Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-30
STATE SUPERINTENDENT DEYoE
RECOMMENDS NEW CHANGE
IN SYSTEM.
WOULD PUT CONTROL
UNDER STATE PUT
Favors Placing Appointment Of State
Superintendent in Hands Of Board
and Eliminating Double System OF
School Irspeetion-Makes Other Re.
communications.
Special TO Times-Repubiican.

Des Moines. Oct. 30.--lmportant
changes ns the school system of Iowa
are recommended by State Supersn-
tendent of Public Instruction A. NJ.
Deyoe in his biennial report on the
schools of Iowa made public today.
The most outstanding in his recon-
mendation favoring placing the state
department of public instruction under
the state board Of education, providing
for the appointment of the state super
intendent by the state board of educa
tfon, doing away with the double sys-
tenn Of school inspection and the uni
fication of the safes educational sys-
tenn.
Other, important recommendations
are the following:
Revision of the compulsory attend
ance law requiring all children to at
tend public schools or schools inspected
and approved by the department OF
public instruction. thus doing away
with foreign language schools. This Is
in accord with a resolution passed by
the state teachers association last year.
Health inspection of school children
made mandatory to prevent the large
percent of physically deficient young
persons such as the draft examinations
of young men are revealing.
Revision of the law enacted by the
Thirty-seventh General Assembly with
reference to consolidation of schools
which he charges has practically
stopped school consolidation.
The passage of law which will not
permit school to operate unless it has
a specified number of pupils as min
imum attendance.
Simplifcation of the school laws by
rewriting them for the purpose of re-.
moving antiquities and apparent con-
tradictions.
Continuation education law. a.. re-
curing young persons who have quit
school to work spend certain amount
of time in completing their education.
Provision for the appointment OF a
state school building architect and
sanitary engineer qualified to pass on
all plans and specifications for school
buildings and to inspect construction
work.
Raising the tax limit for running eX-
penses of the schools to meet the in
creased cost of efficient school admin
istration. 2
The erection Of state educational
building on the capitol extension
grounds to house the department OF
public instruction. state board of edu-
cation, and other boards having educa-
tional functions such as bureau OF
labor, board of health, food and dairy
commission.
Unifieation Plan.
Considering the placing of the STATE
board of education at the head of the
school system of the state. thus pro-
vidng unification. he declares:
1--WE recommend that the superin-
tendent of public instruction be made
appointive by the state board OF educa-
ton and that when he is SO appointed
the supervision of the public schools
be placed exclusively in the department
of public instruction. The unifyins OF
the entire public system Of education
should be accomplished FOR the benefit
of the public schools and the young
people who seek the advantages Of
higher education"
In further discussion of this ques-
ton he declares. The present dual
system Of accreditins and approving
schools is confusing and unnecessary.
The superintendent of public instruc-
ton should be selected or appointed
without regard to political influence.
His duties are no less important than
those of the chief administrative Of
'fcers of the higher institutions Of edu-
cation. His job should be considered
the most important educational posi-.
ton in the state. His salary should
not be less than that Of the presidents
of the state institutions of higher
education and his tenure of office