The Ely miner., 1916-11-10
STATE EDUCATORS
GATHER IN ST. PAUL
DISCUSS MILITARlSM, SUFFRAGE
AND MoTHERHooD-coLLEGE
WORK IN SCHOOLS URGED.
PLANS SCHOOLS AT PRISONS
Board of Control ContempIates Asking
Legislature to Provide for BUILDINGS
Members Would Give Inmates
Educational Opportunities.
St. Paul..

st. Paul. |
Militarism was denounced, woman
suffrage advocated and motherhood de- |
clared the most overworked of the pro- |
fessions, by speakers before the Mime
esota Educational association in st. |
Paul.
DR.. Yamoi Kin, head Of the Woman's
Medical school, Pie-Yang, China, fayed
militarism. She said the height of bar
barism was the settlement of difficult
ties by force. Charles Zeublin of Bos-
ton, sociologist, said that principles of
government and the duties Of citizens
cou,d not be we'll taught to children
when the majority Of their teachers
were treated like slaves in that they
were denied the franchise. William
Writ, superintendent of the Gary,
Ind, schools, put in the good word for
mother.
Carol G. Pearse, president Of the
Milwaukee Normal school, said at a de.
partment Of secondary education that
the adding Of two years of college
work to the high school course would
not only prevent crowding in the uni.
versity, but would aid the student by
giving him the benefit of home influ.
ences in his early youth.
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Favor Schools at Prison.
Establishment Of day schools at the
state prison and the state refomatory
is contemplated by the Board Of Con.
troll just as soon as the legislature
makes provision for them. Board mem.
bers said they were considering a rec
ommendation to the coming legislature.
providing for erection of school build.
ings in connection with each institu.
tion, each building to be a model for
the purpose to be served.
Night schools are now conducted at
both prison and reformatory, but the
courses are admitted to be of the ira
ditional type. Little effort has been
made to emphasize educational oppor.
tunities for inmates as paramount to
other activities that engage them.
c. ]. Swendsen and c. E. Vasaly,
members of the beard, recently re.
turned from a tour of inspection of
penal institutions of The Eastern states
with special reference to the kind of
schools maintained for inmates. They
came back confirmed in their belief
that Minnesota was ready to give to
its prison population the schooling 1t
did not get before entering prison.
They were particularly impressed by
the opportunities for emphasizing vo
cational education.
!. c. c. Declines To Aid.
The car shortage situation In Mime
apolis and the Northwest will not be
clearedup by the Interstate Commerce
commission. Ira B. Mills, chairman of
the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
commission, recently issued a state
ment blaming the Eastern and South |
ern roads for the car shortage here |
and appealed to the federal body for
aid. He has received word from Z. H. |
Meyer, chairman Of the l. G.. c., that |
the matter is one over which the com.
mission has no control.
On Educators Conveyances.
That the cost Of keeping up old |
Dobbin or the flivver or other convey |
ance used by county superintendent |
IN making their rounds Of rural schools |
should be borne by the county was q |
contention by Superintendent N. A. |
Thorson Of Polk county before the |
conference of county school superin- |
tendents. His sentiments were vigor- |
ously applauded by the gathering, |
which filled the Senate chamber at |
the Capitol.
Battery "F" Mustered Out.
Battery F, the State University's |
contingent in the First Minnesota field |
artillery, which returned from the Mex. |
lean border more than a month ago, |
has been mustered out of the state |
service. Captain w. H. Rhinow, acting |
on authority from the adjutant-gen- |
erals office, read the list Of III men |
and declared them mustered out. Hon |
cradle discharge papers will be fur |
nished the men later
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Favors Pure Milk Laws.
Pure milk regulations enacted by
the Legislature to have statewide ef.
feet and place Minnesota in the front
rank among other states were advo- |
Gated by Commissioner j. J. Farrell OF
the state dairy and food department |
at a hearing before the commission re- |
Gently appointed to propose revision
of Minnesota laws relating to public |
health.
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Young Girls Poor Teachers.
Seventeen-year-old-girls are all right
in their place, but they are as a rule
i'll suited to teach in the rural schools
of Minnesota This was the concensus
of opinion expressed by county super
intendents at a public conference
with C. G. Schulz. superintendent OF
education. Nearly every county OF the
state was represented. Girls Of that
age lack the mature judgment and
training necessary for instructors
speakers declared. w. E. Boerger OF
Stearns county favored an amendment
20 the statutes.
May Cut Hill Valuation.
Representations made to the State
Tax commission by agents for the
James ]. Hill estate may result in q
substantial decrease in the arbitrary
assessed valuations as fixed recently
by the commission in the proposed or
der to increase the personal property
valuations from S233,355 to $2,793 900.
and moneys and credits from $S00,62S
To 60 LA ono Tha commission has