Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-16
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN BRANCHES
ABOVE GRADES INCREASE
5000 IN TWO YEARS.
MODERN HIGH SCHOOL
HAS TREMENDOUS GROWTH
Three Hundred Fifty-One Accredited
Schools in Iowa Alone-Workins
Towards Ideal of High School Edu-
cation For Every Girl and Boy
Libraries Growing.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. March 16.--1n two years
the number of pupils in Iowa accred-
ited high schools has increased S,0Os,
according TO a report on Iowa ac-
credited high schools just published by
Leslie l. Reed, inspectors. In 1854
the total enrolment in such schools
was i0,6S5 white in i515iSio il was
4S,061, the population meanwhile not
showing much change.
The modern high school is having
tremendous growth" declares this re-
port. In 1860. according to DR.. Will
liam T. Harris, there We're but forty
high schools in the United States but
today there are 351 accredited high
population Of 2,225.OOO has over 10000
pupils in high schools and last year
graduated 1906 pupils.
The fdeaEat least a high school
education for every boy and girls
rapidly being reached in Iowa. Last
year 22.7 per cent OF our total popula-
ton was enrolled In our schools. New
buildings are being erected at a rapid
rate. For the last five years Iowa has
spent nearly $4,000, 900 annually on new
buildings. Equipment in libraries and
laboratories has passed the fondest
dream Of the most hopeful educators
Much attention is being paid to the
high school Libraries according to this
report The 351 accredited high schools
have 4 total Of 402, 438 volumes din their
libraries valued at S324.ss2. They are
also well equipped for the teaching OF
manual training, domestic science and
agriculture. The value Of the equip
ment for manual training Is $3.50. 7Os:
for domestic sceince, S139,292; and for
agriculture 322.746.
"Opsn House" Discussion.
There was considerable discussion at
tho conference Of state institution SUI
pertntendents this week as to whether
or not the institutions ought TO be
open to receive visitors every day Of
the week and Sundays or whether on
Just special days. Henry W. Rothert,
superintendent Of the Iowa School For
the Deaf at Council Bluffs. believes
the institutions should be open at any
and all times for visitors and he so
advocated In . paper he read on the
subject OF State Institutions and the
Public" Several superintendent pres
institutions open Tor visitors at any
and all times.
"The writer does not approve Of Wis
itors' days." said Superintendent
Rothert in his paper. "Our institutions
are not tho American navy. Within
reasonable hours the glad hand Of well
come should be extended to all callers |
every day in the week including Sun |
days.
Ito prepare for inspection and re- |
view only at certain times and with
draw the latch string at other periods
is not in conformity to the American !
democratic idea Of open house and
Justly merits the criticism that pub |
lie institutions can only be seen when
on dress parade
What 10 an tnterurhan?
Residents OF Colfax were at the state
house looking into the matter Of the
taxation Of an electric line which oper
ates between the town of ColfaX and
the Hotel Colfax. at the edge Of the
city. It Is claimed that this particu-
lar piece of property has escaped as
sessment both by the county and by
the state. The county officials were OF
the opinion that it would be classed
as an interurDan and be taxed as such
by the state. But It Is not so clasSed
inasmuch as an interurban must ex-
tend from one city or town to another
and this line does not.
State officials informed the persons
who were looking it up yesterday that
it was a matter for county assess
ment inasmuch as 1t Is not an interur-
ban or q railroad. The county officials
had thought that the state assessed it
and thus It had escaped taxation en-
tirely.
Traffic Ordinance Upheld.
Now that the supreme court has up
held the validity of the Des Moines
traffic ordinance which prohibits the
parking Of automobiles in the business
district uI,s,ily ivwa ciuies viii enact
traffic ordinances SO reports declare.
There had been feeling that mas
much as the state law gave the citi-
zens the right to use the highway that
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