New-York tribune., 1903-03-04
REGENTS DEFENDED.
HElRING ON BROWN BILL
Secretary Pavsoas Replies to Assr.
f;0ns Mads By ITS AdUocofes.
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AEbaay. March S-Ths Senate cemmitass ca Psb-
lie EencaGon gave q bearing to-day IA TIE Senate
eh2HbeR O. tia I'm Of Senator T. T. Bzawn sta
orgK1fzs state beard of edneat5nn.' The BIN
GutAer4sHs tAs leg1szktnss elected sn 1904 a year
when Ffessdsrt IL eisefsd 70 elect "a 1sW nine
Regents Of the unsSsrxity 10 constitute q State
Board OF Earcatioa. This hody 10 thereupca au-
thortssa te a7poAat superintendent Of Public In
structon Tor q term C Eve yearz
Ths great interest taken In the measure was
shown BY The presence of . large number q men
sn6 wonaa IN the Senate ehamheE, who listened
inte1tly te an that was said There were present
posed &C the I'm. Bishop W. c. Do4ne. Of Albany.
and J. Russell Parsoas, jr., the secretary OF the
Boere of RAgents.
There were also present Senator Brown. who
1rEusG for Ah btIL and Charles R Skinner the
Superintendent Of Pubic Ipztruction- Nr. Skinner
said he primarily favored ths election Of heed Of
the common schools by the legislature. but Il the
Legislature sh0uI4 thEk best 70 delegate its power
and have thts board act In Su advisory capacity he
would not oppose that plan La concluding speech
he made upon The bin. Mr.. Skinner said that be
believed Senator Browns bill was the best that yet
had been framed to promots harmony Of the edu-
c3rfonaI interests Of the State.
Darferth E Atnswortk. Deputy Superintendent
OF Public instruction. also spoke spprovingly Of
Senator Browns bill Howard Conant. principal
OF the Elmira Free Academy and vics-presddeut Of
the Principals Academic Association, orGAniza-
ton composed OF nearly seven hundred secondary
school principals. was present to express the OPP
position Of the association 70 the bill Senator n.
E Lewis. of Rochester. chairman Of the Senate
Committee Public Education. presided over the
hearing. Members Of the Senate Committee on
Public Educsfion were also present. and Assembly
man Landon, chairman Of the Assembly COMMITTEES
Public Education. and several Of the Assembly
men who members Of tha latter committee
NE- PARsoNSs ADDRESS
All the Questions relating to the union of the
school systems Of the State were considered oy
these. who addressed the committee Mr.. Parsons
made the first address. and said, in opening MS
address:
I an here to say tia. the Regents are un-
eauihedIy opposed TO Senator Browns bin TO or
ganize State department Of education ootn In us
original and in its amended form.
Mr.. Parsons then said in part:
The original bill would defer indefinitely, the
amended bill for many years, II not perm2nenLLy:
any real uato1 Beth would Ss preseet Tesef
dual system would become triple system ,ca p tne
ton Of third conficring element. Under the origt-
e M es IN tSe smesdd I y &c would til
the death or resignation Of the present hegents-
the ssa1e B0sFd 2 Of Edncation IN ehaTgs Of acad
mics sad al other woTh nov nov iG6oS n56oseee and With
poTeT to elect superintendent; second the suReT-
ing the control OF public high schools -. .no,t
s. Rs M m I @ sa TeTsr p pf he state
tional system In many gases IneS sae 80 +SroTaR
endoWments leases or contracts that sePaFq5i3h bS
in administrative eonfT9i ,. from osa snS xod be din
cult Moreover il would be Illogical and unwise
In f0fs desfe is so to fSs Be o9rsd in the nine
Eggesior Sh9 % are 1p is to be subject
their control and 10 such Of their rules as may not
ion hSTsE Of Pr int Sns sf 1ss sm q
4Se teuDeri1fe1dent In once al the time OF their
slsto This means that thS9s1 @ the1 s1Ss G ne. e
ercise the function of appointing superlntenoens
till i II the et ssp Tse nhVers s sxe tss pOsS
and pefomns The dTt3ss q ssss Sts of SsEsuta is
not compefenf to elect srpertntendent but . that
Ihouid Be introduced with viex % TIE utimats e
fhe e1i11G Snjus1ice n e1 of this imprtafion.
UNANIMOUS FOR UNIFICATToN.
At this crisis is interesting and importa Mt to
recall that the report Sf the onSe6o5 6 TSs
gnanm9gs in aegs a On me s2se s6Sof' of tRe s
methods Of unifcation were sagges.ed;; r,n,,o y,
.+Tacf5or 5FSimie efectiHe t-sS bv s the Regents
uRisfng in irsef the functions Of both the niveF
sy end the DepaTent OF PI6G t .as5fs aGa not
rosessona GeaoT and that therefore it would
ear 5Te eanai e9 as5 fnS system their fruits ye
shall know them or rather ~ eoSo n s naEs e oet
practical snsueT this objection would be to ask
s9v q tnle should Be happy to put any Of you
g9es 7 IL i 1he ey % ri slen oute se trnh thst this
ghost would be laid. However. as a theoretical
;s nG 6ee 70 a Pe sussst naf ts e6jscen has
weight in similar cases Look at the controi OF
For q city board OF education men are sought
ecufTe are abtifya accnstouaHd to asirs competent
select sble officials and 70 see that the var1
Gus edHcstiqgal interests Of the ety yoT6 IG Ss E
lected administrative officers not necessSriy
v wav 81 psTenthess. you'd IKE to ask the
political method Is likely TO secure ua5nso a
educators sdmnistratxe ones Aas dohe &c tf
likely that men OF the nTst rank. VINO nase o.
woid Ike to give all their time to this work, WIN
accept position with no assurance OF time 1or
der present. conditions the is only three years
No mar. however competent. can hope 70 ss1annsn
s suck pGfz sho ana pe11 Ep.s e esousR frst rate
man such Andrew Draper happens -,r3,ses 70 ee
f-uitfui results he IS sure to bs tuned S9n
with change IN the ecnnlezion Of the ia ei
close 70 the people. Now, You know as We1 as s,a
s ,S I ss S ot SeRE eaay 'ISs po e h % tel
ss an edncstor that the infusion Of that element is
s9. 9 e s.s sef eBs oses ssson sonr this
OF this danger II 10 cons1oeTeo gooo poIleS
or srss et n to ts trs Msyof 1e {us removing these
tcar6s Of education. which are snalogous 70 5ne
3etbod Of arsoinfnsnt is advised by the committee
Of Fieteen Of the National Edncatonai Assceast9 @ S
EenEs method Of appoiatnent vhich not only acI
& T9s - 9Th =. tss osnr " Su. q E bscoe the approved
practice IN the appointment q Eaany osher s6aca-
nonal hc6ies n t,oer noIitsea divisions there
now State boards o. education when IES IRs R
ss7eTaI the adHinistrstive oricer is appointed BY
such board
WORE OF THE REGENTs
Il is clear that II we are to have any real uni-
se.tion q al or bo1t eept through
some such board q srussess as sse a. NE actai
work sb spe sn1 Jspnary SEQ When began g act as
secretary. the Hsgsns aays 49, ns nsStineS The