Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-06
sUsER'NTENHeN+s AND MEN.
sEss OF 8soARDs or coNsoLi.
DATED SCHOOLS MEET. q.
MORE THAN $50 PRESENT r
At IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
formed History. N akins Day in School
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Clarke, supsrin-
tsndsnt osyes and Others Speak
Commissioner uriek Tells Teachers
Ut Needs 9. Mc--,.l Training.
Special to mes-Republican.

Il LES XuOiuSS, NOV. 0-lH0 HTSt COLI
ference Of superintendent, officers and
z board members OF consolidated school
districts ever held in Iowa convened
in the senate chamber at the state
house yesterday afternoon. Never be-
/ fore in the history Of the state have
there been sufficient number of con-
solidated school to make it worth
while to have a conference Yesterday
there were more than $50 persons in
attendance at the conference and it
was announced that there are now 14S
consolidated school districts in the
state.
The conference was addressed by
Governor Clarke, State Superintendent
A. NJ. Deyoe. j. A. Woodruff, inspector
of rural and consolidated schools, ard
NJ. r. Fayram. Inspector Woodruff
had charge of the meeting.
This is a history making day" said
inspector Woodruff I'm opening the
meeting. after explaining that it was
the first conference on consolidated
schools ever held in Iowa. 1T would
have been impossible year ago today
ito have had conference on CONSOLE
dated schools and have present one
half the number we have here today.
Many new districts have been organ
lied in the past twelve months"
q Superintendent Deyoe declared that
as good schools must be provided in
Z the rural districts as anywhere in the
state. He said he placed good schools
above everything else except the
church and the home.
Mr.. Fayram explained the kinds Of
: m a
(, dated school, He said first OF all the
I basement must be thoroughly dry.
4 Then there should be good cement
floor. He recommends that the base
ment be fitted out with a gymnasium
to help make the school the center of
attraction in the neighborhood. He
recommended that the grade rooms be
:on the first floor, the halls wide and
SO arranged that the teacher can sur
Yvey all parts of 1t. He recommended
toilets on the first floor The high
school room should be on the second
floor. There should be an assembly
room with a library or study table in
the front Of the room The high school
recitation rooms should be on this floor
also. He recommended an outside
water pressure system. heating and
ventilating plant and fire escapes.
How to make the building SOCIAL
center entered into the discussion.
!, Other questions discussed were trans
4 portation. the bringing toAther the
community. special problems Of the SUI
iperintendent. equipment and grounds.
Normal Training Conferences.
In a conference on normal training
in connection with the state teachers
association here yesterday A. L. Urick,
state labor commissioner, told the
teachers that in 422 factories in Iowa.
employing 40.134 people. only 931 or
about Ia per cent were training for
better positions In the plant in which
they were employed He pointed out
that in a survey made by the federal
government turnout the United States
it was learned that out Of 12.00o.00O
employed in agriculture and 100000
1 in manufacturing only 1 per cent was
taking any special training In connec-
ton with their work.
Commissioner Urick advocated more
OF the vocational training in the pub
lie schools. He said in industry I'VE
must get away from the automaton
and produce the man who knows what
& to do under all circumstances. The
things that tend not only to his own
happiness but for the welfare Of So
ciety Social service and social well
fare are rapidly supplanting individu-
alism except as the individual is quail
fled to carry his part Of duty"
He declared that as labor looked to
the free school for those fundamentals
necessary in the first part Of the last
century. It must now demand Of the
public school vitalizing that will
bring 1t into closer relation with in
dustry and the occupations Of the
present day.