The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-15
BOARD KICKS ITSELF
NOUNCE THEMSELVES IN
EFFICIENT
VERY PECULIAR SPECTACLE
Voted to Hand over Their Affairs to
More Competent Body
MOrey's CentraIiza-
ton Scheme.

The state normal board yesterday voted
itself inefficient, went on record as be-
lieving that 1t has not done It's work as
we'll as it could have done 1t, and rec
o1umended that the legislature put the
normal school affairs in the hands of q
BODY that would deal with them more
coDlpetently than the board itself had;
that is, part of the board did. Directors,
Hammond, Nye and Clarke refused to
assent to making such a spectacle of the
board, but the five other members pres
ent voted for the proposition. After the
board had thus gone on record, some of
the members began to consider the ac-
ton, and came to the conclusion that it
was a rather absurd proceeding, and the
vote was reconsidered and the matter
laid on the table
Director Mercy introduced a resolution
which went on to cite the decision Of
the supreme court which had divided
the normal school authority, which di-
yideG authority was not the best thing
for the educational interests Of the state,
and resolving that the normal board rec
o1nnlend the amending of the board of
control law so as to take the educational
institutions from supervision of that
board and that the normal board, be-
lieving in the Capitalization of executive
vor of the creation of a state board Of
education to have control Of all educa-
tiCnal interests of the state, replacing
the normal board, state high school
beard and board of regents Of the state
university. In other words, board Of
control for educational institutions only
The resolution said in so many words
that this Encouragement would result in
a more efficient and more businesslike adj
nliristration of the different educational
institutions involved than the present
system provided.
Director Hammond protested against
the resolution, declaring that the resOlu-
ton directly implied that the present
management of these various institutions
were satisfactory. It simply means
that the board Of regents, the normal
board and the state high school board
are ineffective at present" Eyes, 1t does"
admitted Mr.. Morey.
st seems to me that we are going out
of our way in thus criticising the work
of the board of regents and our own
board, said Director Nye. Director
Phelps moved to strike out that part of
the resolution referring to a state board
of education, but the vote stood to A..
Then the resolution itself was voted on
and the vote was still a tie-4 to 4. Then
Director Phelps, to everybody's surprise,
changed his vote to the affirmative and
the resolution was carried. This caused
former attitude and his known jealousy
In behalf of the normal board.
Hammond Takes a Rap.
Director Hammond then took another
whack at the resolution. II have lived
in this stale seventeen years" said Mr.
Hammond. and In that time I have seen
the state university grow from small be-
ginnings into a magnificent institution;
l have seen our normal schools grow to
power and influence until they are the
equal of any in the entire country; and
have seen the remarkable progress Of
our high schools, challenging COMPARE
son with the best results of the time in
education. And yet you want us to crit
ictse the system and the men who have
built up these grand institutions You
say these boards have been criticised. 1t
is true; but | have heard the board Of
control and its methods criticised ten
times more in the past eight months
than these other boards ever were In
twenty veal S. We condemn the system
which has made our educational interests
great, and commend board Of control
system which has been denounced and
criticised, and which is yet decidedly in
the experimental stage"
Then the board hedged. reconsidered