Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-04

to know the politics Of the members of
either the local committee or the board
of education. l assume that the board
has been appointed in part with some
eye to politics, but l do not know that
that is true. Politics has no part in our
Institutions.
But the Montana system is quite
different from what | understand to be
the Iowa proposition. The Iowa scheme
might work well, but 1t seems to me
to be somewhat doubtful. The extreme
concentration which is proposed might
work great good and it might be harm
full. No one would question the result
IL the right kind Of board were al
ways in power. But it might be difficult
always to get the right kind Of board.
with q membership Of three, on SAL
airy. 1t would be unfortunate II the
financial interests of the institutions
were permitted to submerge the educa-
al interests. No one would advo-
cate cX,ravagance. Of course, and no
one Goes. Both interests must be con-
served for the best results"
e. Benz. Andrews View.
II do not wish to appear to be ad-
vising Iowa people," said e. Benjamin
Andrews, chancellor of the University
Of Nebraska, at Lincoln, yesterday.
when asked about his view of the pro-
posed board Of control in this state.
"but If the people of Iowa were to ask
me for my advice I should recommend
to them that they adopt the Nebraska
system Of managing their university.
1--WE have six regents, elected by
the people, and paid no salary. They
meet regularly and their management
Of the Institution is superb. There new
err is a meeting with less than five
members of the board present and the
thcroughness of their business and ed
ucatlonal methods Is inspiring to the
best effort.
"As I understand the board Of con-
troll plan in Iowa. could not indorse
it. I know Of no educators who favor
the idea. If 1t is true that under the
system the president of the institution
is likely to become less responsible ana
less important in its management than
he now is, 1t would lead to friction.
certainly. For the president must
know his faculty and must judge them
by the work they do within the insti-
tuition; this judgment could hardly be
formed by board of control, for in
stance, as we'll.
II can see no influence to which
board Of regents, the legislature and
the president of an institution Is sub
jected that board Of control would be
able to escape. There are some which
1t would be subjected to and yield to
more frequently than single man in
control of an institution.
Sometimes there are men of great
spirit who are magnificent teachers in
the class room, and whose work there
is absolutely invaluable to an institu-
ton. But sometimes these men re-
ceive public censure or criticism which
is unjust. Now in the case of board
of control it is not unlikely that they
would dismiss such a man who ap-
peared to be troublesome or whose
presence In the institution led to pub
lie remark or criticism. But the pres
fdent Of an institution who knows his
faculty on every side and who should
know the real worth of every man In
the body, probably would realize that
often it is to the good Of the fnstitu
ton that the man be kept rather than
dismissed.
"And an influence against that Of the
president of the institution who is
responsible for the work it Is doing in
the educational work certainly would
lead to Reorganization Of the institu-
ton and the lowering Of its standard Of
achievement"