The sun., 1899-11-28
sTATES SCHOOL SYSTEM.
u,,ys 10 UNITY ITS ADMiNIsTRA-
Pbox OFFERED AND DISCUSSED.


,.,,,r of the Commission APP
,,,.d nv Gov. Rooseveit-Concensuso OF
p,,,,on In Favor OF Placing tho schooh
rnd.r the Supervision OF tho Rerents'
.~ Nov p2-The comm ission appointed
a. Roosevelt to suggest plan TO unity
WoInI,istration OF the States school sys-
mo ,ho superyIsion o. which is now divided
p, plu ' ,be state Board Of Regents and tho
oe'" ," no,ertment of Public Instruction. held
m e'' c,s, meeting here to-day at the CAPITAL.
~. members are Frederick W. Hollis OF
yanrers, chairman: Melvil Dewey. Secretary
,,ho state Board OF Regents; Danforth T..
,,..rorth Deputy State Superintendent OF
pnhlic instruction; former Justice Joseph r:
n.iv o,New York former state Senator DANIEL
a Mcmillan ot Buffalo; Robert r. Wilkinson
., ~ ronghkcrsIc aud william Herman OF Utica.
Of olio,n,ission io"o will cndeavor to frame plan
,..uriAcation, 80 that the next Legislature Will
s,y. ample time to consider IT,
nr,,ng , three-hour session the Commits
-. iistsned to the views OF number OF
Nn,.,nent educators on the question OF unih-
p.,An DR. william J. Milne. President OF the
s..,a Normal College at Albany. favored the
',sa,,on ofa Comm issoner OF Education by tho
nsaots 20 take the place OF the State Super
,',s.den, OF Public Instruction. giving the
p.asrts mower to pass ordinances laying down
W.. .nIcv to be pursued by the Com missioner
Hhoss action would be renewable by the
Regents.
,is,,, did not believe In unilcation. but
..ror.d A clear line OF demarcntion between
~. work OF the Board OF Regents and the
snrsrintsndent OF Public Instruction. the lat
"a, N have charge OF the common and high
'.hools and the Regents OF all other branches
=, educational activity. Mr. Cole favored the
.r,,,ntment OF a Superintendent OF Public In
.,,nc,ion by the Governor for term OF six
Years. without confirmation by the senate lie
,,vorad placing not only the common and high
.nbn,ls Iuder the superintendent OF Public In
.ttnr,on but thought that the academies and
uniyersitie- would IN tlms, oe supp0rted az
he Superin' endent leaving little Tor the Re
cant. 10 look after. .
snnsrintendrnt ~ schools favored the election
STfhs Regents OF a Commissioners Of Educa-
Ron. ~ who should be called the Chapeeliorr, OF
.bouii have charge OF all the work performed
by the state In connection with public or
schools HTG i9o 9 Y ,Se noRts gS sndss s
Si no, believe in the REORGANIZATION Of the
Hoard Of Regents or limiting the term OF ofilcs
VI 0ppTinciual CHA Boyntou OF the Ithaca High Srhool
believed that the Roard OF Regents should be
feorganized and ts mem hershlp OF twenty
three reduced to nine or = even. and that there
snSnS snnsmnSeTshp in that body. the same as the
nTSred tSs sesion q
,bancelior Ry the Regents. whose work should
be- dvidei into five departments as follows:
Elementary schools. secondary schools, higher
education. home education. and administra-
live department. He favored the selection OF
OF Sss se ReSy.nfs Sy the
nSwer To appoint every official receiving a
salary o. $3.50 and over. without regard to
'0fS.s President i Heck Of the Troy Poly ,echuIo
Institute believed in q line Of demerkation.
with tho private schools on the one side. under
the charge Of the Regents and the public and
high schools on the other. under the surer-
vision Of CHmmi.sIoner o. Education
sSss :. sGs hiseni sH De known
Mr.. c. ", Bardeen o. Syracuse endorsed
Superintendent Maxwell's remarks In the
The Commission after in spec ting the Regents,
department, adjourned. and io-ntght held
a,hree hours SESSION at the Hotel Tsneyck
ment OF Public Instruction tomorrow IN orn-
Ing. and a!terward hold another business ses-
ton, which the Commission had vel! started a,
Ii seems 10 be the general opinion tha,
truc,ion should be merged with that Of the
Regents and placed under the supervision OF
Al present seems to favor the election by the
Regents OF a Chancellor OF the university. tc
have charge OF all the States educatiOpa work
and that this work be divided into Ave or six
departments. with director at the head o
each. Iii contemplated to make the salar,
OF the Chancellor large enough. so that this
best educators Of the country viii be attracted
to the tositton A salary OF $4,000 has been
suggested: The he, opp?sstion 70 this pla,T
the supervision OF the common aud high
schools They DO not believe that the Board Of
Regents. as at present constituted, should have
the power to select q Chancellor or Com.
s to be applied to the ofncai to be placec
in charge OF all the educational work
ganzation Of the Board OF Regents by donl
away with the Governor; the Lisuten9nt
perin,endendent o, Public Instruction as ex,
office members. They want the seventy-yeal
ag- Limit adopted, which would shut out four d
The present members Of the Board Of Regents
They are tho present r.iia rcihianceI,3r: AnsoII
townsend of Troy. T' who is i'''g 81 Year,
Old, Hamilton Harris Of Albany anC
Father Malone OF Brooklyn. This would reduce
he membership OF the Board from % tC
the first Chancellor or Commissioner OF Educa
ton should be appointed by the Governor for
term OF six years without confirmation by tn,
ssenate. the Regents to appoint his successor
BY the time the term OF Office Of the first Com
missioner would expire the ,seventy-year ag'
ber' a. the Board ot Regents and n reorgani
Ea'ion Of the Board would result before |
would te time for the filling OF the Office 70
aserOnd term.
tentative plan for unincation tomorrow a re
cess VIII be taken for two weeks. and those in
terested In the question will he invited to sub
M written criticisms OF the proposed plan Il