Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-06
CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT REP
RESENTATlVES TO CONFER
THIS WEEK.
PROBLEMS AND WORK
TO BE UNDER REVIEW
Conference at Cedar Falls to Bring
Out Discussions of Live Questions
-6etterments to Have Large Part
in Program.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines. Dec. 6. Important leg
islation considered necessary TO the
advancement OF consolidated schools
will be discussed at the fourth an
nual consolidated school conference
to be held at the Iowa State Teach
ers College. Cedar Falls. Dec. 9, and
TO-
Other general subjects discussed
will be How Consolidated Schools
are Solving the Transportation
Problem" Forward Looking Cur
riculums for Consolidated Schools"
Competent superintendent and
Teachers For Consolidated Schools
President II. II. Seeriey OF the Iowa
State Teachers College. will deliver
an address Thursday evening on the
Farmer and His School" and F. II.
Cunningham. secretary of the Iowa
Farm Bureau Federation, will speak
on the subject The Educational
Program of tho Farm Bureau Fedora
ton
The conference will be held under
the joint direction of the state de-
partment of public instruction and
the. Iowa State Teachers College.
School men from all parts of the state
interested particularly in the con-
solidated school movement will be in
attendance.
Legislative topics which will be
under discussion include the follow
ing: Provision for careful supervision
NJ ont n Snbp,l 1;vtr;ctc
of building plans: sewage: DRAINAGE:
heating and ventilation: needeS
| changes in taxation: road improve
ment in consolidated school dis
tricts; law for use of wide gua2e
sleisht: statewide plan of fixing
centers for consolidation to en-
courage large and discourage
small districts. Fifteen minute
talks on these questions will be made
| by State Superintendent P. f. Nc
| Clenahan, George F.. Masters. chair
| man, county superintendent's legis-
lative committee, I, S. T. A.. Super
intendent III. c. Moeller. Black Hawk
county and Macy Campbell, of the
state teachers college. chairman OF
the consolidated school legislativ,
committee.
Prof. c. c. Swain OF Iowa. Stale
Teachers College, will discuss the
subject Of larger state grants to
schools for the following purposes;
equality of educational opportunity;
equaliZe the burden of schools sup
port: to maintain minimum stand
ards. to encourage educational under
takinss not yet fully established.
f. NJ. Phillips. state inspector of
high schools in Minnesota, and
George S. Dick. rural school inspec-
tor for Wisconsin, formerly with the
Iowa department, are among the out
side speakers who will address the
conference. Dick will speak on the
consolidated school as a social in
fluence and Phillips will speak on
consolidated school curriculums. Vo-
cational education will be discussed
by Wilbur H. Bender. director Of vo-
cational education for Iowa.
Special problems up for discussion
include the following: Higher stand
ards of qualifications to weed out the
unfit; attracting the most compe-
tent teachers to consolidated schools;
better living conditions for teachers
Ill consolidated schools: making the
consolidated school big, attractive
job; special qualifications for teach
ers in consolidated schools.