The Green Forest tribune., 1902-12-20
HE COMING LEGISLATURE
.nator Butt Talks of Matters
 to be Considered by 1t.

kSenator F. o. Butt leaves in a huple of weeks to assume his Mites in the General Assembly #hich convenes the second Mon- sy in January. Thinking an in- 4ryiew with him would be of in- sarest to our readers our scribe Gopped in on him yesterday and ioling him by the offer of ten Int Havana, bought for that arpose, proceeded to interrogate i'm as to the general situation, |nd the probable trend of legisla- on during the coming winter. liter lodging the issue by talk kg about the beauty of Little ock and the hospitality and Eendliness of her people, in fig les of speech that only Senator Iutt can use, he discussed some positions in substantially the fol- wing words:
 q anticipate pleasant and in- 4 resting session. A number of Sessions will come before the Ext General Assembly of great terest to the state. Some of lem are old ones, some new. It buld be difficult for me to say at Is time what l consider the most lportant of them, or what is EeIy to be the fate of any par
 alar measure. The last would rgely depend upon the individ- Sl sentiments of the various embers and at this time, these Q unknown quantities. In edu- 4 4tional lines some action will be slkn toward the establishment of Knty Supervision for our Nools. Such an attempt has fen made each session for the lst ten years but without suc-
 ss. The encouraging feature
 these repeated failures, how Ter, is that each time the ques-
 ln arises it meets with a strong-
 following than before. It is
 ta to say that the sentiment in
 For of such supervision is a
 pwing one in the state, just as
 evar is, as a state advances in
 educational efficiency, and it
 but a question of time when
 kansas will have an intelligent
 supervised school system along
 es similar to those that obtain
 every one of our sister states
 lose public schools are in 8
 Ete of real efficiency. Under
 r existing system, every school
 the state is a kingdom unto
 elf, or more properly, is a lone
 pumping around in mid
 cam by itself, and knows no
 lnection, or association with
 y other school in the state.
 is condition of affairs needs
 ision, and instead of it, the six usand schools of Arkansas
 |uld all be working together to
 pmmon end and under trained dership.
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
 The State University demands
 careful consideration of its Fds and conditions. In the ab- lee of 8 report from it's board ol
 stees to the governor, nothing N1nite can be said of it's present s Edition and efficiency in com T Elson with former years of it's
 tory. There can be no doubt some legislation Of great i'm :
 lance to it and to the state will j, enacted at the coming session has recently suffered a heavy r Fby the destruction by fire ol t mechanical department. Oul ,, lyersity, while it has lost its ne and largely it's character as D, IS supposed to be primarily J a !ndustrial school, and to se- Y < 9 the government aid that falls "a ually to it, must continue tc id pne. If it does so continue, Il s1 |uld be one practically as well
 p theory, and an industrial t| pol without g thoroughly Fl lpped mechanical department Il good deal like q funeral with : ,ll q corpse. The state is able Q llord it, and trust that the 1q Flature will put this part of the Versity. upon it's feet and again