Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-25
Six Hundred -Four High and Approved
Graded Schools Invested Nearly
100000 in Grounds, Buildings and
Equipment During Biennial Period.
According to Report. III
Special to Times-Republican.

high schools invested nearly six million
dollars In grounds, buildings and
equipment an average Of nearly
$4,000 for each school, Reference
libraries, supplementary reading ma
terial and other working apparatus
have been provided in these schools
snd industrial courses are being pros
vided.
Many rural and village communities
have taken steps toward providing
public school advantages equal to
those found in many OF the larger
towns and cities" he declares in his
report. splendid modern buildings are
being erected in cities, towns and viii
lagos in the open country. The school
house is becoming the center Of COM
munity. educational and social activi-
ties. About 200 localities have voted to
establish consolidated districts. Sew
erai consolidated districts have built
homes for teachers. In many COM
munities school plots consisting Of
several acres are furnished for park
ing, play grounds and experimental
work in agriculture.
"Three thousand five hundred pupils
ere enrolled in the high school normal
SOOAOOo N0AAae9 SAAS Ss~A ~cAo
1916. Eleven hundred certificates to
teach were issued to graduates from
sfl1iss course at the close Of the school
year in June. A marked Improvement
in scholastic preparation and in teach
.iEg spirit are manifested by these
students as compared with applicants
for certificates with NO special train
ing.
"a Impor<sMe Recommendations.
State superintendent Deyoe makes
some important recommendations In
Guiding the following. sss5
Rewriting school laws. The 1egis-
lature should provide for and permit
rewriting Of the school laws for the
purpose Of simplihcation and elihina-
ton of ambiguous and contradictory
sections
school funds should be reduced to
two classes The school funds for all
districts should be reduced TO two
classes, general funds and school
house funds, corresponding to the
funds estimated by boards Of directors
and funds voted by the people. We
have now provided for only two funds.
corresponding to tho funds estimated
-hy boards Of directors and funds voted
hy the people. This arrangement will
simplify the Bookkeeping OF school
Officers and county officers"
Superintendent Deyoe declares that
the department Of public instruction
should be authorized to appoint
state school building architect and
sanitary engineer. qualified to pass on
all plans and specifications for school
buildings and grounds. Many errors
in school building plans would thus be
corrected before It is too late. he says.
He recommends health inspection OF
al school children as follows: Health
inspection Of all children attending
schools should be mandatory. No
child should be permitted to grow to
manhood or womanhood, seriously
handicapped because Of some physical
defect that might hays been remedied
in childhood. Medical inspection or
health inspection by second nurses OF
school children in many cities Is
blessing to many children physically
defective. There are many children IN
rural schools suffering from defective
oversight, diseased tonsile, adenoids,
improper care OF the teeth, uncleani-
ness, improper clothing. etc.
He calls attention to schools In min
if.g districts saying that special as
sistance should be rendered to schools
IN mininS districts either by the min
ing companies or by the state, that the
children Of families in mining districts
may have equal public school adj
.yantages with other children.
He recommends state aid to normal
training high schools to consolidated or
industrial schools and to vocational
schools. AS to tuition in high schools,
re. declares that every school corpora
.t,on which does not itself provide high
school facilities should pay the tuition
of Its young people in neighboring
high schools and that the maximum
ar,ount OF tuition that may be col
-lected should be increased from $3.50
to IS per month.
He believes teachers should be more
thoroughly trained and adds, May the
time soon como when one year OF
training above four years high school
course will, be required"
On the compensation and retirement
Of teachers be says: "The teachers
compensation should correspond to the
TIME and expense Of preparation and
the ability that successful educational
work demands. Salaries have adj
;vanced in the state but not to corre-
spond with the advance In the cost OF
living. wish to commend to the care
ful consideration Of the people OF the
state the proposed law providing for
the retirement of teachers. No workers
are rendering q greater public service;
than the teachers. The state may well
encourage continued service by those
Who take up the work Of teaching"
He says county superintendent
should have county assistants capable
Of directing the work in special SUBJ
jects and who are competent also in
general supervision Of schools.
osWoif Manned 40 SRscsivsr.
Des Moines, Nov. 25.-On the appll-
cation OF the attorney general. the dis
trict court appointed Sherman DeWolf.
os Reinbeck, receiver for the Iowa
state Mutual Automobile Association
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