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Show LET SCHOOLS TEST MEDICAL IN '. ASKS GOWANS , State Superintendent Be-1 I i eves Old Dispute Will Be Ended. ! : j risclnfc of standards, of preliminary 'qualifications upon medical practi-j practi-j tioners within the purview of the state board of education Is recommended by I Ir. k'.' O. Crovini. superintendent of 1 public 'Instruction, in his biennial re-j port to the governor and the leglsla- I ture. This not only will liave the ef- f-et of settling the vhl dispute He-tween He-tween the schools and the medical pro- I fession. I r. Gowans asserts, but also will tmd -heTteT"To"protrtfhs pub t lie and give 'greater basic character and fitnr.-s to the practitioner. After assurance by examination that : an applicant for lic ense to practice medicine is fit and qualified from an educational point of view as a basis,! Ir. ;oati recommends a law which' will submit each applicant for exam- (nation as to actual knowledge In his j own particular professional line to ex - . aminers of his own euft or school. The homeopath would not be subjected to . the verdict of the allopath, nor would the chiropractor or osteopath be com- I pel led to run the gauntlet of possible, I antagonism on the part of examiners ', ,.t ..ihnr ... ..f lh rh.,U , PLAN OUTLINED. 1 "Itrieflv. the plan here proposed." Dr. I firiwatiM Mates, "as the solution of this j vexed nuc.xiiim, i this: j 'Since the hole matter Is one of ; educational qua I if icat tons. the state board of education miKht properly le authoi Ired by the legislature as the : lirenyiim tnl mm pimtT t" fix punid- ' srds and determine qualifications. "An applicant desiring to practice j the healing art, whether ot tne regular regu-lar schpol or one of the medical sects, would le required, for example, to be a hieh school graduate and to be a ura duute of a reputable professional .chool of standard grade. would thn le required to rusts in an examl- nat ion in t he subjects known to he 1 fumlauo-ntal to the practice of the j Iw-atniK ait. such as anatomy, physiol- (kv, chemistry, hacierioloay, diagnosis, j etc, Miid a Wo in the practice of the nit according to the methods set up by the letfuiHt- profession or the med- J ical sect to which he belongs. Vnder j h I) -a titan, 4he- wre would be- o ( . parihihty. In evhlertcinc bis ability to Isctoslly pnicttee the healfna; art. an 1 I applicant would be examined by qual- j I- ified niemters of h s own sect. But the stilt- would be affording prater-tion prater-tion to its cittT.ens l. exactinte reason ( aide standard, and the Mnple would ; fed Ht liberty, to -e.M t any form of j tientment they desire." STAMDARDR FOR SUPERVISOR. Special attention is paid to stand- , srds nf notification in respect to school teHchers and educators placed j In supervisory posittona. lr. Goan 'nntendf lhat the state hoard nf edu- j ration should h.ive the power to fix the j Ktaiidanls fr the former as well as i he inner. Th-re Is a pressing demand at the I present tun for the etablishment of i a division of child welfare anil a division di-vision of health -education within the , department." lr (iowanssays. respect-inx respect-inx chilil welfare. -This demand has I I. cen create. I ms a rcMiM of the stnr-tliiit; stnr-tliiit; conditions of ill health and ; physical unfitness of men called In j the draft and the alarming mortality j 4tft4 m'trhidily rales anwnc c-hilUrtn of i j preschool age. The state hoard of i I education should be piven authorization authoriza-tion by the legislature to nrtranize such j divisions within the department h 'condition In the state and the wcl- j P fare i f the younc may demand." j MORE MONEY NEEDED. j I mi b!inj of the school appropria- j tion to meet the needs of the Mate is I recommended by Ir. (iowans. This I should be done, he says, by direct ap- I proprintion or by such modification of (he s'atc constitution as will make-H it possible to increase the present achitol fund. The compulsory attend- f ance law should be mmlified or f anwnded to require at least 144 hours K per Vfiir beymid the present require- y itienlM u to the ae of . I'nresiiained increase ff feeble p minded in the state constitutes a men- ate, lr. liowans declares. SeKrena-'j tion and cutndml rare of these chil- H dicn is ahsolnleiy essential, he as- H serts, and rtcomincnl that parents. H other relatives or guardians pay the 1 H hciual costs m whole or in part in :i II hikUim es here they are t inn - H cially atd", IeavtiiK to the state the-i H i'iTd"n of canns for those who are in- H diuent. H |