Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-06
TEACHERS MAP
ENLARGED WORK
STATE ASSOCIATION ADOPTS
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARD.
ING FEEBLE MINDED.
PROPOSES PSYCHOLOGICAL
CLINIC BE ESTABLISHED
Would Locate and Classify All Sub
normal Children and Prepare Spec-
ial Courses For Their Instruction
Suggests Unsraded Room in Cities
of 5000 or Over.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Nov. 6.-Attendance at
the Iowa state Teachers Associa-
ton Convention this year il the larg-
est in the associations history, the
registration passing the 1000 mark
ss compared to 5000, which has been
about the average In years past.
An unusual number Of men are In
attendance.
In resolutions passed Friday the
association went on record as en-
phasizing the inculcation Of Ameri-
can principles and ideals as we'll as
the duties Of citizenship In the
teaching Of children in the grades.
They also favored teaching in Eng
lish.
An extensive study Of the needs OF
sub normal children In Iowa was
submitted by the committee a year
ago. The members Of the committee
were Superintendent F. T. Vasey, OF
Mason City. DR.. r. NJ. Sylvester, OF
Des Moines, and DR.. George Mog-
ridge, superintendent Of the state in
stitution for feeble minded at Glen
wood. This committee made the fol-
lowing recommendations which were
adopted by the association:
Zone. That the Iowa State Teach
ers Association use its influence to
secure from the next Legislature an
adequate. appropriation to support q
psychological clinic in connection
with the state department Of educa-
ton. or the state university child re-
search department, or both. to assist
the school systems Of the state. to
locate and identify all feeble minded
children In the schools and to direct
the education and training ct these
children and to clothe with power
these agencies to make any adjust
ment necessary.
1.-TWO. That the state shall en-
large its institutional facilities for
the care of the lowest types OF
feeble minded children and provide
state aid to local communities for
the educational support OF all cases
that may profit by home life and are
most promisingly educatable.
Three. That more adequate facil-.
tiles for the training Of teachers for
these children be made either in con-
nection with the state school at
Glenwood or with the educational
institutions Of the state.
''F0dr. That a committee be
named to prepare course Of study
for the classes of feeble minded
children in the school systems Of the
state.
Five, That school systems OF the
state in cities of 5000 or over should
establish wherever possible an UNI
graded room for there is almost GER
tain to be from eight to twelve
feeble-minded children In the school
population.
\ THAT any superintendent or board
Of education managing a school dis
trict enumerating 1000 children may
reasonably expect from seven to
twelve feeble minded children and
forty to sixty children Of inferior
intellects. many Of whom are feeble
minded. All are cases for special
type Of instruction and need special
guidance to become socially self sup
porting. An educational fifty chill
dren will be distinctly below nor
NAL and may become delinquent un-
less especial care and wisdom is
used in providing for their educa-
tion."
This is only one Of the many i'm
portant subjects relating to the
training Of the children of Iowa in
the public schools which the Iowa
State Teachers Association is doing.
Other subjects which are studied and
investigated by special committees
from year to year and which are re-
ported on at each convention include
the following: Bible study in the
public schools; elimination of obso-
lete and useless material from the
schools; Americanization courses;
needed school legislation; Junior coll
leges.