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Half Of Those Who Visit state
In Winter Now Go There
to Play.
WIDE VARIETY OF LINKS
ny SO1. METZ(st;Il,

The annual exodus OF golfers to
Florida is increasing with regularity. II
is safe to say now that half the people
who visit the State In the winter play
golf. Consequently any self-respecting
resort must have links which will hold
~ well as attract those who are SO for
uUnatc a. to spend part OF the cold
weather scaspn--that IL, cold up north
in this land Of sunshine.
Ten years ago Florida had few
courses. The game was looked upon az
n hobby. craze that would die out
Hotel men refused to build bunkers and
make hazards on their expansive lawns
Now Florida has thirty points which
have links. Resort and hotel mana gers
are draining swamps and filing low
lands. making hills where none existed
ami solving problems IN grass growing
aud turf building that would put a Bur-
bank to shame. Golf Is here to stay. II
is the one almost general amusement Of
the winter visitor.
The problems offered are unusual to
the golfer of the North. They are simi.
lar to those found along the coast
courses Of scotland and Ireland and that
they are popular IL proved by the fact
that there are no more rigidly adhered
.
than there are at such goltlng points as
Eclleair Ormond and Palm Beach. You
play golf On reserved time at these
points or--you don't play.
An example OF the earlier mistakes are
The sand putting green's of the old courses
They offered simple solution to the
,cNing problem of growing grass in "A
hot climate by lodging 1t entirely. Grass
rrecns are being built almost every
where now.
The winter golfer faces a problem
when he turns to Florida In the num-
her OF it's courses and the variety OF
special attractions to select from. Que
canont hope in "A season TO kill tarpon
and sailhsh. deer and quail. angle In
fresh water and In salt and mix this
all with round or two Of golf each dav.
Fortunately there is sunshine and sport
enough for all
II the visitor is best satisfied in solv-
ing the problems OF golf. then Bclleair
~ his stopping place now. Some ono
aptly said that the Lord and Donald j.
Ross. backed by Morton +. Plant. have
h,cn good to Bellcair This resort on
the west coast overlooking the iulf Of
Mexico and Clearwater Lake. has he
come one of the famous golf centres Of
the country because OF one OF it's two
lS hole course. 1t is ranked 10y those
/ who know golf among the first half
dozen In America.
Its two courses, designed "A few years
ago by Donald j. Ross. have turf greens
Of Italian rye. The courses ramblc
through orange groves. over ravines and
rises and some of the putting greens
ar. on natural elevations.
Course No has SiN holes OF undues-
toned quality course No. boasts OF
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ST. NICKS DEFEAT
BOSTON A. A. TEAM
llObcy Baker Carries Puck
Through Field for Win
ming Point.
TEAMS TIED IN SERIES

BosToN, Mass. March 25.--Thc 81
Nicholas fIockey Club won from tho
1ioston Athletic Association this evening
by score - . to In rough aud
,.citiur game. The victory again ties
the teams IN ,tc fsht for ,hc champion
.'1i nf the Amateur Iiockey League
\ gren, crowd witnessed tho contest.
iIubcv Baker was shecred wildly when
he maize on" of his Lightning dashes
through the loca! team and scored the
goal that proved the winner when there
were but thirty seconds Of play loft IN
thr iifs' period.
Hutchinson made Eoston's only tally
ON a pass from Oscpod after i've min
u'es hai elapsed. COS scored st Nich-
GLASS first goal without much assist
ducc from lis tcd0'mit"s five minutes
later Tho second half was - hot one.
many penalties tc!ng .n&oscd. Skltou
was the worst offender and hc wa put
of the Ice three times IN the second
half Tho local seven made desperate
attacks on the St N,cks goal but nne
defensive work saved tho game The
l.u,iit
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T. l. inpossible to classify Floridas
courses Experts disagree. Personal
preference must rule. But aside from
BeIclir. which now stands supreme.
and PAIN Reach. which Is out to cha,-
icngc the leader when its new links are
open. there are half dozen or more
other points with courses under way and
just completed which command atten-
tion.
Ic Land is ~ the Indian River coun-
try. aud this season has opened nine
additional holes. thus completing regu-
latiou II hole AFFAIR $50 yards long
The uow hLli and the old, built about
twelve Years ago. have been the result
II the planning Of -. T.. Miner. the
local profess on1l since golf was started
at this point This man has made
success az grass putting greens. feat
in t~c.r. until Donald Ross came along
and solved the problem SO splendidly
tt B"ll,uIT pc Land is ceniVe OF
education and Possesses Stctson tnivcr-
S!tN. Hence II draws many northern
families who wish g. educate their chill.
dreu here Tournaments are held In
January. February and March. in addi-
,iOn 10 "A weekly event every Wednesday.
Th. FI1iitland Park Golf Club house
typiues its location. which IL In the
central Interior of Florida as well as of
she urauG" belt. by being located in an
orange grove. 1t abounds In natural
hIztll.. such aS fresh water Lakes. hills
and pits and = one uf the few courses
N the state on high ground. The pres
eut nine holes riugiug in length from
l35 to 80 yards. for a total OF 3.01j.
Nerc huilt Ny James q; Carroll, the club
pro. e. sionbl The additional nine will
y" seeded tho middle of March and ready
for tine It\. season. carroll likewise
va, th..r architect. It's outlook " splen-
did 80 Dc is adjacent Ia three lakes.
FI~tis. Giilu and Harris. When the
,.uurs. Pes pipcd srAss putting gt"eus vii!
Y.p'.." the sand ones.
NJ VI Ami. far down the cas- coast,
= tu o.d mole course of ans yards.
reached ~ twenty minutes over fine
road .nrdor,d by beautiful homes. \
uc,, course ~ eighteen holes ut 6.o>s
yards has just been opened By the MI
ami Eeach Golf club. with greens o!
grass.
At Orlando. en- the central part Of the
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EXODUS OF GOLFERS TO FLORIDA INCREASING EVERY YEAR,
THIRTY DIFFERENT RESORTS BOAST GOOD COURSES
Belleair Ranks With First
Half Dozen in the Land
Palm Beach Popular.
GRASS SUPPLANTS SAND

State. there is a charming . hole course
Of Bermuda grass and turf green's at
the Country Club. 1t is 2.563 yards In
length, borders a beautiful clear water
lake and three OF its holes abound in
natural hazards. Tho course will he In
creased another nine holes at the end
of next season. Tournaments are con-
fined to local members. -. II. David.
son. the professional in charge from the
Lake Shore Country club near Chicago,
built tho course three years ago.
Ormond. on the east coast. opened Its
present IS hole course IN 1910. 1t was
designed by George s. Merritt. Abroath.
Scotland. Its professional II is 6.Oi7
yards LONG. It's holes varying between
I<2 and $40 yards. This Ia one OF the
popular courses OF the east coast system.
and It's three annual tournaments at.
tract many golfers Of class. II is located
alongside the famous Orrond automo-
bile ocean speedway.
Pensacola. away up on tie northwest
ern coast Of Florida, has "a country club
course of nine holes. 1850 yards long
and grass greens which are kept green
winter and summer. II was built
twelve years ago and the grass greens
were added three years ago. Tho course
uverlooks the Bay OF Pensacola. The
=
marine. destroyer and aeroplane tests
are made. give It a particular charm OF
its own.
st. Augustine. glowing with history
and romance. makes high boasts FOR
It's new IS hole course being built
by Donald J. Ross. a mile from the city.
There are two . hole affairs already.
The new links, backed by the Flaglcr
system. will be $500 yards long. with
grass greens. The climate is not 80
warm here a. further south and the
course will hold many u winter visitor
who has hitherto gone further north for
the first stop on his way home.
over on the west coast. near Tampa.
81. Petersburg IL building AN IL
hole course. nine of which are open. a.
". Tiiiinghast. the architect, says: IL
firmly believe it will he fine" 1t Is
1900 yards long and the professional
In charge Is David Guthrie. Tho far
greens and greens are all OF grass and
the piping alone cost $4,000. In a
little over n year jungle has beer
turned into "A splendid course. with nine
natural hazards in the shape OF ravire-
lakes and rolling land. The course WI
he open all the year.
Tampa. on the west coast. facing
Tampa Bay. mas an old cours. OF cigh'
teen holes. 5.ltI Yards long, owned by
the Tampa Automobile and Golf club
but like it's rivals in tho state II is de-
term.nel to have a course Of particular
merit and the new Is hol" links
ar. now being built under the direction
of Tom Rcnde,ow of chicago NJ palma
Ceia for the Palma teia Golf Assocla
ton. at a cos, Of s5o,0o0. The length
is S3.o yards. II will he opened in Sep
tembcr.
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HITCHCOCK MAKES FOUR GOALS.
lie Helps GrccWs &" Defeat Whites
nud Ncil0ws at tiLrU.

AIkEN. :. G. March "a I'm a round
robin p,aN.d here this afternoon ou IA"
Whitney Field the Greens defeated IN"
Whites and I"lloWs. piling up scores of
Il to | and . to respectively. For III"
Greens Thomas Hitchcock Jr, At No =.
scored four goals. T.. ~ Post, st No .,
and T.. : Won Stade, AZ back. scored ?
each and n W. CASTOR, Jr, At No. l.
scored one.
Strawbridge made the lone score for
tn. Whites aud Webb tailed for the
YelowS.
In the third round of four periods the
whites and Nclpws fought il out for
hooby rank, the Whites winning, to >
The lineups
Green. so /. u W. Gaslon, Jr so. q.
r. H. Post, 40, s. Thomas iiiyhv".k, Jr .
back. +, :. Won Sthd".
whIies- No, /. ", L. Goodwin; No; 9.
W 4. Iulbrrt, y" =, H. T., straw "hridg",
back. r.. " Hopping.
Yrilows No. l. Marshall FjclI 81 \o, .,
y s. clark, 40. .. " N"hb, m'E q
Allison,
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CRESCENTS DEFEATED
BY CANADIAN SEVEN
Nonarch> Of Winnipeg Gnlm
Easy Victory by score
Of to ;.

The Crescent A. g. S"Ncu was uo
match for the Muuprvhs of Winnipeg 80
the -. Nicholas Rink last night, and
the Canadians won, : to 3. tn" teah@
played three twenty muut" periods A'I
in only the first Of them did the Br"'E-
lyn players have u chance. In that sc'-
sion Marpcs the canadian rover. scored
twice. while conway made ON" goal i"'
the crcsccnts.
g. Hay. tn" left wing OF tho NlS''luS
team took up the burden ~ ~" sr"'d
period and sent the pIrh into ih" net
twice. Mccarthy added another g"a. f."
IN. ,r,dt uf the trr~,"uf~. tn" VI Die
archs had things all their own way in
the final session &. Hay. l.ourhllu ana
II. Irwin scoring Th" 'rcs""ni1 k'p'
up their custom of making "n" r""' 900
each period. iIcff"runu accounting for
the tally The lineup:
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be put down and rolled az soon a. tn"
weather permits. The ate coming Of
spring has retarded the work hut IL VII.
be pushed as soon as the weather moder-
ates under the personal supervision of
Coach keene Fitzpatrick. The result
should be surface that will rank with
the best In the country.
Tho new track Will be q quarter Of
"A mile ~ circumference and viii have
>traishtaways Of .9o yards on either
side. The width Of the oval track Will
bc eighteen feet. that Of the straight
Always will be twenty-thrcc feet The
latter will be broader 10y s",era, feet
than those Of Iiarvards track.
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FIND
GOOD SCORES EASY
Straight Strings Win Nearly
Every Competition at
Travcrs Island.
CONDITIONS ARE IDEAL

brilliant weather and almost perfect
shooting conditions brought out a record
number of gunncrs AZ the Tr1vers Island
traps Of iii" New York Athletic 'lub
Yesterday. 30 excellent were the condi-
tions that the nlmrods had no great
difficulty In breaking the lying targets
and ~ "a result n straight score won
practically every event. IN some cases
more than one marksman returned u
straight score for leg on one of the
regular cups.
The monthly cup was the first trophy
shoot on the programme. Frank u.
Stephenson the Brooklyn gunner and
l.. W Thompson each killed twenty-five
straight birds and gained legs on the
cup. =. A. Brown. however. was the
final winner as he had two legs already
scored on 'he trophy The club cup
was the exception to the rule. Not n
single gunner made straight score in
this event. but more than dozen scored
,gs with fuIi scores of twenty-five tar
gets
ON the shno,oir for tn" trophy. a. II
was the final Saturday Of the month.
the cup was won by 4 l.. Bennett The
accumulation cup tho n"Nt prize on the
list. h. a yearly fixture aud ~ reSnlt
oulN a leg was won yesterday. II was
taken by j u. iIeudrckson with a
straigh, score Frank H. Stephenson
wuu ;hc TraVcrg Island trophy after =,
|, shootuff against y webb. Each had
q straight score in the original shoot.
on the shootof the Erooklyu gunner
again ran twcutl five straight target.
TIE novice cup for tho month also
came to an trd Yesterday with j. IL.
lIartrdiist being the winner 1ft't "A
shootom The high scratch gunner was
j. II IicndricksOn and the high handi-
cap prize went to VI. McNoy, Jr. after
shootofr. A. l.. Ranney won the dis
tance handicap. Frank H. Stephenson
again broke into the limelight by win
ming special cup with another straight
! string a. 'VCuty-ny, targets
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goshen. y. y, March :a.-Iohn u
Townsend was elected president of tho
orange County Driving Park Association
a, its meeting this afternoon. Other
officers elected were W. Averell Iiarii-
man, vice-presidcnt, and Rensselaer, Wrs-
ton, secretary and treasurer. The di-
,ectors chosen were Thomas u, Bradley.
Robert Qoeiet, W, Avercll Hartman
Pierre Lorillard. Jr.. John u. Townsend
aud Rensselaer, Weston. The dates for
the trotting meeting are August Is. i6
and ~. when $4,000 In prises will be
contsnded for.
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ATTACHMENT AGAINST RICHARD
Echo of n san Francisco JudHm mcnt
Against Fight Promoter.

Deputy Sheriff Murphy Yesterday
served an attachment: against George l..
Rickard. known a. TeN Rickard. the
prize night promoter. at Madison Square
Garden, together with one upon the Show
Corporation and one upon IN. three
boxing commissioners.
TT" attachment was for Sl.,1h on
judgment obtained by Joseph Il. Miles
uu January Il. 1911. I'm san Francisco
The attachment was granted here, on
the ground that Richard IL a resident
of Nevada
The sun., 1916-03-26

BosTuN, March - There has !",u a
considerable discussion among mrnh'r,
Of the Woman's Golf Association Of Bus-
Ton over the eligibility of Miss Vera
Ramsay, a British girl, as contestant
in the associations championship toar-
nament to he held AT BrouhlNr in May,
not withstanding the fact that sh" is the
present champion of the orgaul%I'iuu.
She was invited into the Championship
last year at Brdc Burn ANA won.
Opinions differ as to the proprietN Of
throwing open the championship I" in
yited guests.
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TIGERS TO USE NEW TRACK.
tindcr Path q. Palmer stadium 10
he Read, for First Meet.

r. NcTroN. y !, March 2j-Thc
rnirtrr stadium. prev iou~ly Used only
fnr football ~ Princeton. Will be ready
tur tr,rs athletics hy May Is. the date
set for tie annual ntcrs'Aolastc meet
aud 'hc Ir.rc'ton-Nlrg. meet The
stadium track still lacks two inches Of
the outer ,iud,r surface and this will
The sun., 1916-03-26
CADETS LOSE POLO GAME.
Battrry = Trio of PrOvidrncr HcHt
Them by az. 90 ~.

WLsr roiNr. y. Y. March 21.-1'he
Wee, Point cadet indoor pol tcdrp.
which has been winning with rather
monotonous regularity Of late. ran into
a snag here this afternoon when they
lined up against the Battery \ trio
from PROV .deucc, Il. / Tn" guard d,mcr
beat the Army lads by a score Of .is
to -, in game that was i.lcd with
Interesting situations from the hrs,
thrown.
For tho first three periods IN" cadets
looked like winners, but fine work 10y
Lull and Dillon In the fourth period
tod tho score a. 3 all Dillo. scored
twice in the ueAt period. giving the
m.lijiaucn a safe lead. TO make mat
ter. worse for the Army Cadet rc.tou.
who rode a fractions horse. was "A vic
tim Of his pouN's treachcry in the final
period. when his mount in riding of"
p'Gormau, of tho ruardsmcn, booted
the bali through the posts. counting u
goal for the visiting team. The m.litii-
men rode Army mounts throughout.
The lineup
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A~HNArotl~. Md. Mnrh % Co
Iu,nuia WAS badly beaten ~ the Nava
Academy irurer' th,s afternoon win
he fo.ls the Navy 'ads Won eight of iir"
bouts. w.Il, AN four suir" bouts tCll -
the midsuiruon N"uqulu Wa Il" only
,,p,.-.ututiV' of I..uu.tia WHO made
ruush 81 showing
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TITLE MATCH IN PITTSBURG.
EiIis Picks Home City rs Placc f0p
Contest with Nmupomc.

Though Charles Peterson of ~ Louis
iu, .ris"d his ui.r.riI bid Cor the charles
ll' s-livrrc MduIuu" match for the
worlds 'hrp" cushion c.rrum champion
ship. the card finally wts awarded to
Harry Davis ut IittshuTg. who offered
$500 ~ added money ia addition to
What tn" players can draw at tho box
unI .,. NavIs I,r'iN"d preference from
Ellis. the r1 mr!ou. h"r,us" the latter 10
q rit'shu:Grr. Nrrl .. ari ) Will 10
the dates - IL" contest.
Tho 'it'lr the', handed tournament at
lS.2 ht.Nr' among Fir.uiu Cdssignol,
W.lIl'r to.'i'u trd Young Jake
Schloicr WIFI n,rtu iu rhjcago to-mor-
row u s .i'U,., .u cNhihition affair
with no title - take. hI, .houid produce
some interesting play
The sun., 1916-03-26
DEVANEY'S TACTICS
DISPLEASE REFEREE
Millro>c Runner Disqualified
for Humping Leslie at
Small Clubs Meet.
RIVAL CLUBS IN ROW

G tt-'i ui the Suti tluhS ttHck ana nclu
cham, ionships held in the Second Field
Artillery Armory. l66th street and
rrauk'in avenue. last night when Mike
rt,arry of the Mil,roSc n A. was dis
qualified after Flushing a yard In front
" SD lo.lic % the l.. I y g. The de-
a-iu cf Referee W. T.. BRADY was
greeted with loud applause by tho crit
al crowd pcNaney has earned the
f,ru','iuu uc cutting corners and shoul-
.f.f..c opponents. and there was "A gem
,ral shout OF disapproval when he edged
and bumped into Leslie. just az the
long Islander was sprnting by him at
he b,ttpm uf the h,ckstrctch Leslie
,a4 ,up,hcl h1Uk and bcvauncy was
enabled to enter the homcstretch with
I'D utiutaGc of yard. which he held
tt, bad feeling between the Long
'-'s.d urt .lrose clubs caused 10y the
....4tIu't.uu of Dcyanny was intens-
'.l 100 900, medley relay race which
wound 900 th" track programme The
.rI-Li for points was at It's height
= '.. f.pIr when trainer Melvin Sncp-
a~I rf tuc M,lrusc club uouuced on
rrn.i,,s .t the Long Island y =. for
't,r...l ip cover up neglect IN
....- 't, baton Holmes. the third
.utr tot Long island. had failed 20
70, t., baton from Fisher and Shcp-
I'd escorts THAI when Fisher called
Ns - f.c attention of Harry New
..t, tN. 'H''vr VINO is a mcmncr of
he .- island club and was acting
-....r. uf the course told Fisher To-
.... tl. h,tHu in Leslie. who was wait
', r.iN '.n last relay at a mile Tor
\ IA. 1 Ii
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tory A. x e.. "a. GoI'~ Ir t14,t..
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- Gornltu >Iit'l-- --Lnss OF 1, pu.i for
ot'u .p-s. Tmo. . pcroas Of D.. mn.
and Cad-, II l.. Mcbride
The sun., 1916-03-26
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-23
Chan. XV.-SupDliCS.

When We speak of the early days
in MahasKa county wc@mean prior to
the time that Frank Glaze first en-
gagged in the grocery business in Os.
kalOOsa. SO in the early days. it
was sometimes difficult to telephone
your order up town and have the
in fifteen minutes. What's that?
You sometimes fail now! Well,
that's matter of business and has
nothing at al to do with history, so
please ring off, we want to talk to
friend on one of the rural lines and
have only four hours to get the con
nection. Get that? If you did,
that's more than Landlord Garfield
did when he ran hotel here about the
year one. or possibly fifty-one. Game
was quite abundant then, and the I'M
disturbed timber, yielded a harvest
of wild fruits, such as has not since
been known. The substantials were
pork, corn meal and wheat coffee.
Even these gave out sometimes. On
one occasion the boarders at the
Garfield House had a rather late
breakfast. 1t happened this wise:
The landlord had noticed his larder
was running low. but he was in hour
ly expectation of supplies from KeO-
knk. One evening the pantry was
bankrupt, but the host was in hopes
his team would come with provisions
before mornings But hope deferred
maketh the heart sick" at every
dawn. VIM. ID. looked wistfully
down the divide in vain. He
mounted horse and left for Richard
Perkins, secured a small quantity of
meal, and half a side of bacon from
a settler down there and started for
home. The half dozen hungry
boarders sat in front of the cabin,
pining for the flesh pots of civiliza-
ton, but soon their spirits rose. and
their mouths began to water, for
away to the south came the plucky
landlord, riding like Jehu, and
holding aloft the half side of bacon
as sign of relief And this supply
failed not until other provisions
came.
The grandfather OF o. G. G. Phil
lips was among the first to come to
Oskaloosa. He realized the fact
that he was coming to a new coun-
try, and he resolved to come we'll
provided. Accordingly he brought
with him. what he supposed to be
sufficient quantity Of -four to supply
his family for an entire year. The
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-23

in high schools. California tops the
list with GAS per thousand, Washing.
ton is second with "a, Massachusetts
third with 1917 and Oregon fourth
with 22.S,s outranking Iowa only by a
fractional pupil per thousand.
In the percentage of school popula
ton enrolled in the common schools,
Iowa is second California leads with
SS6S per cent
Iowa's high school development ia
the last few years has been we'll round
ed. Since 1914 the number of students
in accredited high schools has increas.
ed by 5000, Twentyl per cent Of this
growth has been attained by the ad.
dition of thirty-two high schools to
the accredited list but there has been
an increase of 640O in actual school
enrolment.
Iowa now has 15S high schools of
more than 100 pupils each. AS there
are exactly 157 cities and towns in
Iowa of more than 1,400 population,
an idea is gained of the big enrolment
in the small town high schools of Iowa
One of the most striking develop
ments has been in the tendency of
high school students to remain for
a full four year course and take their
degrees.
While the high school enrolment
was increasing 20 per cent, the gradu'
ating classes increased 30 per cent.
and they will mount much more rap
idly in the next couple of years, and
the larger classes entering recently
complete their work. Thus in the West
Des Moines high school there were
1S2 gra~1uates in 1915, and there are
23S seniors this year.
Six Iowa high schools graduated
more than 100 pupils each last year
Cedar Rapids 1877. Davenport 107, East
hes Moines 142, West Des Moines 1888,
Iowa City 100; Sioux City 10.
This year there are nine schools
with more than 100 in the senior class
those mentioned above and Burling-
ton. Council Bluffs and North Des
MOines.
The schools are expanding in their
curricula Five times as much man
ual training equipment is in use this
year as in 1894. while the equip
ent for domestic science and agricui
ture has doubled New school build
ings are being erected at an eXpendi
ture of over $2.000.000 year and the
coming summer will see new state
record set in hat line. Contracts had
been let for over $2000,000 in school
construction before this months cleo
ton took place, and Des Moines alone
has just voted for 100000 in build.
inCS.
Iowa is meeting her educational
problems. AMI the progress recorded
in the cities will be matched in the
rural schools as soon as good roads
construction is well under way.