Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-05
Ask LEGISLATURE FOR BONUS
FOR NORMAL TRAINING
DEPARTMENTS.
PLAN MAKES IMPRESSION
ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Nineteen Colleges Banded Together
and Seek State Assistanee-Courses
of instruction Along Special Lines Of
neutrality-suspicious. Of 100000 Per
Year Would 30 Required.
Special to Times Republican.


appealed more to members of the legis-
iature with reference to the enlarge
ment of facilities for making good
teachers than the proposal put UP at
a committee hearing yesterday by the
representatives of the denominational
and Independent colleges OF the state
This is in support of a bill TO provide
state bonus for normal work in these
colleges. 1t provides in brief that the
board OF educational examiners shall
foster departments of education, agri-
culture household arts. manual train
ing and commerce in the colleges other
than those under state control, defin-
ing the standards for such colleges,
providing for approval OF the pro-
posed courses OF study. and grant
ing an annual bonus, which latter will
be $4,000 a year for each Of the not
less than two nor more than five de-
partnants, the aggregate for the state
being not over fifty
There are 10 of these colleges
banded together and back OF the move
ment 1t was represented 10 the mem
bers that as matter OF fact these
colleges are supplying the facilities for
normal training for large proportion
of the trained and educated teachers
OF the state, in fact, are turning out
about AZ per cent Of these now. 1t
was also stated that outside colleges
are furnishing about 20 TO % per cent
of the education along this line. The
demand for trained teachers can not
be supplied. The three state educa-
tional institutions can not do the work.
The normal courses in high schools
meets an entirely different demand.
The bonus plan for the colleges would
largely take the place of adding
number OF normal schools. These
nineteen colleges have the equipment
and are doing much Of the work With
the bonus they would do vastly more
of ii, and they claim to be prepared
to do it very much cheaper than it
can be done at the state institutions
or elsewhere
The proposal appealed very strongly
to the senators and others TO whom It
was presented. The one big thing in
it, however, is the 100000 a year it
will take and where to get the money.
There was also a question raised as to
whether or not 1t was entangling the
state with the UNCONVENTIONAL and
sectarian school work, but this did not
seem to be serious matter.
The Iowa legislature has already
practically decided that nothing shall
be done looking toward any addition
to the equipment of the state for it's
working force. The bills to authorize
a commission to secure and adopt a
plan for Temple Of Justice have been
killed and the legislature will not per-
init even q suggestion Of a time when
the state will really need to enlarge
its plant for business. II has been
observed. however, by some of the leg
isiators that over in Illinois a different
tack has been taken. 1t is described
in a dispatch from Springfield:
1.-THE commission created to ascertain
the need of the state for additional
office room in Springfield will report TO
the general assembly within a few
weeks Sub committees Of the state
art commission. the Illinois centennial
commission and the education building
commission appointed a committee TO-
day (F'eb. 27), to prepare recommen-
/ da'ions to the office room commission.
9 1t is probable plans for the proposed
s1,o00,0O0 Illinois Centennial buildin g
on land adjoining the capitol grounds
will be adopted. The Legislature will
be asked to buy the ground"
There was some surprise that the
'.shot firers bill" passed the senate with
4 unanimous vote. 1t is a very import
Y ant measure The present system is
for the mine operator to pay for the
& shot Inspector and the miners TO pay
for the frer, and the two are usually
Is com bined in one. Under rhe bill as
passed yesterday the operators have to
Is pay it all. Senator Whitmore ably ex-
planned the purposes Of the bill and
Senator Clarkson had something to
e say. A colloquy ensued when Senator
Hagemann INDUCED In some person.
alities which called from Whitmore a
J statement that he had written the bill
Z and from Clarkson some intimations
that Hagemann probably represented
E the operators. But a clause was tackled
on to the bill which it is thought by
s some will injure it greatly. It provides
that the orders of the mine inspector in
regard to shot firing shall be such as
are authorized by law and that alone
q Now the mine inspectors have in all
matters used their judgm and have
Il not been restricted at ali in regula-
tions of this kind. But anyway the
bill will be a step toward preventing
tOSS VI lilS III IilIIiSs ny DlS explosions.
A bill by Enger would. If passed
settle the matter of the pay of the
state sanitary engineer and hotel in
spettor. 1t fixes the salary of the san
itafy engineer member of the state
board of health at $4,000 a year, and
It shall be all he shall get from any
source, also that he must not be con
nected with any engineering firm Al
present the sanitary engineer gets
$1,000 a year and as hotel inspector
81 ,5aa year additional.
i5Fs Members OF the legislature abso.
lutely refused to treat seriously an.
proposals for approaching congress.
with regard to steps to end the Euro
ssDoan war. Likewise the senate woult
5 not consent to go on record as apHro@
l6g what President Wilson has dom
and is doing with relation to foreign
The attitude was that IN
members Of the Iowa senate don
I know very much about the matter ant
are not in q position to butt in ant
ne ounDo0lJons or pass judgment.
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