Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-29
COUNTY suPERlNTENDENTs OF
IOWA VISIT SEVERAL MODERN
as EDUCATIONAL PLANTS.
SOUTH IOWA EDUCATORS
HAVE EYES OPENED
'lnspsotion May Result In Movement
For consolida.Ien Whsrs Plane Have
Net Yst Taken Rect Clay and
Dickinson Counties Have Prominent
AZ Place IN Advanced Education. I,
Special to Times,Repubncan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 2ss-sCounty super
intendents from ninety counties in
Iowa who attended the annual meet
ing OF their association held in Sioux
Rapids and Spirit Lake last week
went back to their work in the possess
zion Of moro evidence Of the success
Of consolidated schools than ever The
principal feature Of their meeting was
to inspect consolidated schools and
4 they visited eleven schools In Clay and
Dickinson counties
To those from the counties in south
ern Iowa where there are no consoli-
dated schools the tour OF inspection
was 4 revelation School houses out
in the open country~with no town for
miles around were visited where the
equipment was more up to date than
that Of the average city school, where
the courses of.Stndy ,wero particularly
adapted to thesnseds Of tho pupils and
where the atmosphere was more
wholesome both for the moral and
physical being than in the average
CITY school.
These school buildings and
grounds had gymnasiums, Fairgrounds
equipped with swings, teeter boards.
\ strides and other modern playground
apparatus. They had tennis courts
ana in some cases Baseball diamonds.
They had plots for gardens and Tor
the study Of agriculture.
The visitors were entertained by the
commercial clubs Of Sioux Rapids and
Spirit Lake and automobiles were fur
nished In which to take them around
to the schools. At Sioux Rapids they
have q $4,000 consolidated school
building
See Linn Grove School. "
The superintendent were taken out
to Linn Grove. where they have a
$4,000 building and nine acres OF
land. Here they were served with a
big dinner by the girls Of the domes-
tic science department. The tables
were beautiful in their decorations Of
wild flowers and wild blossoms. The
boys and girls did the serving.
Out at GLgh View which is right In
the open country they found a fine
]. building ooaeing $4,000. At Cornell
in Clay eouzty they found a fine
building. al
The visitors on being taken back to
Sioux Rapids were given q banquet in
the big consolidated school building
there. ;s,s85,
The trip the following day included
visits to aFoenville, in Clay county,
n tlsFe thsy havs 8 @D1,SOS bUilding ana
sfuur acfss 0t grounds. Here as in
i son1e IL the other consciidated dis
( tf3ctS ! buildHg waS provided for the
tuperintendent and his family. In some
Of the districts teachers houses are
provided. Often buildings in the con-
solidated tract are utilized In building
houses for the teachers and for the SUI
perlntendentss to live in. D. 4 Il.
epsnosrs Model High School.
The school men visited the high
school It Spencer. where they have a
building costing $4,000 recognized as
one Of the hnest In the state. The
domestic science department at this
building served . fne dinner for their.
guests. Il
AT Spirit Lake the visitors saw what
is reputed, to be the largest consoli-
! dated school building in the United
States. Their program was given in a
gymnasium which seats 1000 people.
At tArnold's Park they found SAL
900 building. A conservatory and
greenhouse ID maintained In this build
linz which IL q unique feature.
At Terril tho school men visited
one OF the Oldest consolidated school
districts In the state. Where there was
once q four room building there is
now q modern structure costing $780,
900 with eight and one-half acres Of
ground. The grounds are being de-
veloped gradually under the direction
OF 4 landscape artist, small part be-
Ing finished each year. An entire
township is included in this district.
AT Milford there 10 one of the best
consolidated schools in the state. The
district has been operating as con-
solidated district for some time.
At Okoboji they found buildings IN
the course Of construction which will
cost about $4,000. There is to be q
house for tho superintendent and the
janItor. There are nix acres Of ground.
AT Superior the district Is consid-
cred unusually wen organized. There
the visitors saw an exhibit Of school
work. Part Of the ground IS devoted
70 agriculture and each pupil has his
plot OF ground which he Is using in his
contest Of growing crops. The one
growing the most on his plot Of ground
will receive . prize OF IS. The build
( ing at superior cost 337 900.
George e. Farrell. OF Washington,
D. c., one Of the principal extension
workers In the department Of agricul-
ture, was one Of the speakers on the
programs. Other speakers were State
Superintendent Deyoe, Prof. e. j. Ash :
baugh, Of the State University Of
Iowa; Mrs. A. d. Funk, Of Des Moines;
Carl G. Swain, rural commissioner OF
education for the state Of Minnesota;
Prof. Macy Campbell. OF the state
teachers college, and J. w. Jarnagin.
OF Des Moines, editor Of the Iowa Far.
m2r.
Lake City's Graduates.
Special to Times Republican. y
Lake City, May "a. Graduating ex-
ercises for the Lake City high school
will be held in woodlawn church
/ wednesday night, May 81. The class
numbers Twenty-Five this year, the
largest in the history Of the school.
Justice Horace e. Deemer. OF the SUI
preme court Of Iowa, will give the
commencement address. Il