The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-18
GIiIN 70 KAVE CONTROL
LEAVITT AND LEE WILL NOT REC
oGNIZE PROTEST OF UNI
VERS1TY REGENTS
A. 7. ANKENY SUPPORTS THEM
President of State Board of Normal
Directors Says Disparagement
Is Technical and Should
Be Disregarded

Chairman Ieavitt and w. E. Lee, of the
/ state board of control, says that, no with
standing the action OF the board Of re-
gents in protesting against surrendering
4 the financial authority OF the state uni
Versity to the board of control and The
/ opinion of Attorney General Douglas chat
they are not compelled to do this pc
cause of the invalidity of the act by
which the board was er5 ated N its rela-
ton to the educational institutions, they
will not withdraw their bids for the arch
! itecturaf work to be done on the uni
versity buildings. 1t appears that the
! board OF control mem Sers are just as
! tenacious in their elaine CT fiscal authoc-
ity over the university nd normals as tie
regents are in their protests.
President A. L. Ankeny. of the state
board of normal school directors, sym
rathizes with the board CT control in tie
controversy ana believes the board of
university regents are pursuing a course
which they cannot justify in the end.
1t will be remembered that the normal
directors voluntarily resigned the finan-
ciaI management of their institutions in
favor of the board of control. This they
did before the validity Of the act had
been passed upon. But President Ank-
eny SAYS their action will stand and the
decision of the attorney general viii have
no effect whatever upon it.
RULING CUTS NO FIGURE.
f'The attorney generals ruling in tie
case does not affect the question in the
least" said Mr. Ankeny, there was not
an attorney in the state who did net
know before this ruling was given, that
the act by which the beard Of control
was created was invalid insofar as it
applied to the educational institutions 50
far as theory was concerned. Practical
ly the law is all right, and it IS this de
of It that concerns the people. The TACT
that the title and bill are at variance
is not entitled to as much consideration
as the purpose and intent of the leg s.
lature in framing the law. No one qUe5-
lions the fact that the Is 8 stature meant
to give the financial management of all
educational institutions over to the board
of control. Since this is true. why sho Id
anyone oppose the operation Of the law
merely on the grounds of a technical
flaw?" 8
Regarding the alleged report that Ger
tain taxpayers ere preparing to wage a
concerted opposition to the board Of con-
troll assuming fiscal control of any Of the
educational institutions. President Ank
eny said he did not give the matter the
least thought .Ie believes things will
all be fixed up without any trouble what
ever, though he admits that unless the
board of regents decides to yield volun-
tarily to the board q conrtol, they can
I OF be forced la do so. He also main
tains that The normal school directors
cannot be forced to rescind their
arbitrary action in giving up their work
as the financial directors of the normal
schools before tho board of controls
authority actually begun,
President Anlkenys position in this
does not meet with unanimous approval.
The feeling with a great many is that
the nurnlals can be forced, if any one
wishes to undertake the procedure, tc
withhold the financial management of
their concerns from the beard Of control
until the law is rectiied, even though the
djspara cement is a nominal one
The legislature which convenes in
January. 1903, will in the Judgment of
President Ankeny, amend the title of
the bill so that it will have the effect in
tended for it He comedies that until
then the board of regents may retain
control Of the financial affairs OF their
institutions.
Mr. An1eny referred to the appropria-
ton made by the legislature for the COM
pletion and conducting OF the new normal
at Duluth, saying il was insufficient in
his judgment to meet all the require
roents.