Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-10
II. II, sEEMAN, OF THIS CITY,
PRESENTS TOWN OF BEAMAN
WITH LAND.
TRACT WORTH $4,000 FOR
NEW CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
Conditions Which Are Specifie IN
Proposal-Form to Be Used For Ex-
perimental Asrculture-Five Dis
tric.s Must Vote Consolidation.

4
n h. Seaman. Of this city, for Whon
( the town OF Beanan. Grundy county
I was named has made INNS, generous
o4. :, -. -,.r - $500 -.
'''e -'s'
"!''c- i accepted "iI PROVIDE hand-
some memorial for the donor, and the
town and its surrounding territory one
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'-ie STATE
Mi Beaman offers - give 10 the
town forty acres OF land. ssfi1,are7 To
he worm s1o no1 nro,-i,5t~,-- So. s,t,.o,
- - 'tio '"0'''s '"e Town Oh sea
man vote consolidated schools: that
The school oe OF twelve grades and the
I course OF study sueh that the school
I Viii be accredited: ana that the course
viii Include agriculture and domestic
science and The farm De used for ex-
perimental work in agriculture.
Great Thing For Town.
Mr. Baamaa's offer viii prove a grea.
thing for 8eaman and its surrounding
territory and according Il ne Grua-
dy Republican, Grundy Center the
people Of Beaman are determined 10
work hard 10 Meet the feW conditions
set forth in the offer The Republican
has the following 70 say of Mr. Bea
mans gift
H II Beanlan Of Marshalltown. one
of the Beaman boys for whom the
town of Beaman was named. has o.
fered 70 the town o. Beanan a tract
OF forty acres OF fne farm land i'm
mediately Joining the school and town
school purposes The offer is in the
nature Of a gift. bur Mr.. Beanlan has
named several conditions which mus,
be followed first because mis- idea in
making the gift is TO improve the Bea
man schools and offer better educa
tional advantages 20 the bows and girls
of Beanan and surrounding territorv
The conditions when Mr.. Reanan
has laid down are very brief and sim
pie and might be summed I'D in three
sentences
"First. consolidated school must
be voted by at leasr five school dis
/ tric,s, OF which Seaman must he one.
| Second. a twelve grade school with
I a course OF study approved by the
! state so the school will be accredited.
( must be established.
!
| cude agriculture. domestic science.
and similar studies. and the forty acre
farm is 70 be used for experimental
and other school purposes.
To Give Question Wide Discussion.
The real situation IS summed UP in
the first condition, namely q console
dated school. and orce this is secur.-
ed The rest is easv. The loval citizens
of Bearnan are going to work to Sc
cure the splendid gift IF Mr.. BeaoaJ1 :
and a campaign nil he started at once
looking toward the consolidated school
district. the first condition. I, is not
the intention 20 an.agonize any one
in the matter as the fullest inSorrna
ton about other consolidated districrs
( viii he sought Neither viii anv at
/ tempt be made to hurrv thru the vote
! upon the question buy the fullest dis
cussion possible will ne given to the
/ matter.
'.Beaman already has a fair school
/ building so IL will not he n4oAssa-,.
| 10 erect a new building now. There are
several good rural school buildings l.,
the proposed consolidated district and.
I i'm case the consolidation goes -hr,,