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Normal School Question in
New Light.
TO AID PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Getting Back to Politics To Name
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(By George Gallarno)
'Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 2-An effort to
solve the biennial problem OF the
establishment of more normal schools
for Iowa, which confronts every gen.
sral assembly, is to be made in q bill
which will be presented to the legisla-
tors this week. The measure. which
has been under consideration by edu-
Gators of the state for some time. and
which it is understood has the ap-
prevail of members Of the assembly to
which it has been presented, provides
for the establishment Of departments
IN the colleges and universities Of the
state, which are not under state con-
troll, of professorships for teaching
Agriculture, household arts. manual
training and commerce or any one or
more of these departments. The bill
will set forth the qualifications which
have In order to take advantage Of its
provisions and declares that an edu-
cational institution in order to be
ranked as a college or university
within the meaning of the act must
have at least seven professors other
than those provided for by the act.
giving their entire time to university
work; have course Of four years in
liberal arts and sciences and shall re-
Quire for admission not less than the
usual four years of academic or high
school preparation in addition to the
pre-academic or grammar school
studies; also that it must have per-
manent endowment of at least $780,
600 or an assured income of at least
$4,000 annually. exclusive Of tuition.
and maintain library. laboratories.
curriculum and faculty. meeting the
standard set out by the state board Of
educational examiners. State aid 10
to be given to the institutions comply
ing with the provisions Of the pro-
posed law, to the extent of $4,000 an
'nually for each Of the additional pro-
fessorships installed, but no aid will
b given any institution unless 1t has
Installed two Of the departments. and
no institution 10 permitted to install
more than Eve departments. To be
eligible to any portion Of the appro-
pFiation named the college or uni-
verstty must maintain one or more
two-ysar courses. covering SO weeks
n 6ach Of the two calendar years. said
eo1rDes n themselves leading to no
1SgTss, but eQuipping the students to
teach In the public schools Of Iowa.
Under the direction Of the board Of
plotting the course are made eligible
70 receive from the superintendent Of
public instruction . renewable GER
tihcate, good for period Of five years.
to teach in the schools Of the state.
The sponsors for this bill argue that
Il will settle the question of estab-
fishing additional normal schools in
the state. that it will be matter of
great economy to the state as it will &C
complish all that the additional normal
advocates demand, at a cost Of only
salaries OF the new prOfessorships.
Among the educational institutions
which would be able to qualify for
state aid under the bill would be
Aorningside college at Sioux City;
Coe college at Cedar Rapids; Drake
university. Des Moines college and
Highland Park college at Des Moines;
Buena Vista college. Storm Lake;
Central college, Pella; Cornell COL
lege, Mt. Vernon; Ellsworth college,
Iowa Falls; Grinnell college. Grin
nell; Iowa Wesleyan college. Mt.
Pleasant; Leander Clark college. To-
ledo; Lenox college. Hopkinton;
Luther college, DEBORAH; Parsons COL
lege, Fairfield; Penn college. Oska-
loosa: Simpson college. lndianola;
Dubuque college. Dubuque; and Upper
Iowa university. Fayette.
Getting Back to Politics.
A bill to repeal that part of the new
educational law which provides for the
appointment of county superintend-
ents by . board in each county, COM
posed Of the presidents of the district
school boards. has been introduced.
This would put the county superin-
tendsnt back into politics. The law,
which was adopted by the 35th general
assembly, making the state superin-
tendent' and the county superintend-
snts appointive, does not 60 fully into
effect until next April, at which time
the different county boards will make
their first selections. Those who op-
pose the repeal bill declare it is I'M
fair to do away with the law before
It has been given a trial.
To Name State Superintendent.
Governor Clarke will have the nam
Ing of a superintendent of public in
ptruction to succeed Superintendent
Oeyoe, some time before the present
session Of the assembly adjOurns.