Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-12
j. G. Berryhill Favors Change
In Management of State
Educational Institutions
THE APPROPRIATION PROBLEM
Heads of State College and State Uni
versity Called Upon by Legislators to
Explain the Needs of the institutions
They Represent Increase of Sup
port Fund Very Necessary,
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. March 12.-+The appro-
priations committees of the legislat ure
] have had before them the heads OF the
state college at Anes and the State
University at Iowa City, called by the
Legislators to explain the needs of these
educational institutions The presidents
of the institutions with leading menu
| bers OF the faculties and the members
of the boards appeared and spoke. Both
these institutions are asking for large
sums not only for support but for adj
ditionaI buildings or for replacing
buildings burned. The legislators have
not yet agreed on the plan TO give the
educational Institutions millage tax
for support, but the proposal has been
we'll met. An item in the ASKING of the
| state college that has caused as much
/, inquiry as any other, and which of itself
shows a great deal of the character of
| the work being done at Ames, Is that
for experimental work In various lines.
This is divided into eleven parts: for
investigation with beef cattle, $4,000,
investigation with beef cattle, $4,000
annually; for soil investigation and
corn, $4,000 cash; horticulture. dairy.
cattle and creamery. agricultural eX-
tension and good roads $4,000 each;
swine and poultry, $4,000 each; sheep,
$4,000; for engineering experiment sta
ton. $4,000. The total of this is $65.
600 annually for support of this exper-
nj a N
amount seems large but the college men
point out that New York gives $S7. 600
annually to this work and Illinois $751;
600. But 1t is not 50 much the college
men as others interested in the work at
Ames who have appeared to urge this
part OF the appropriation. They are
also most insistent In having the egis-
lature adopt the millage plan for this
support. They claim that in this way
only will they make sure that the sum
is to be received for long period and
be continuous. As for the state uni
versity the aims CT that Institution
were largely presented by members of
the board. The trustees ask for an adj
dition to the income of the university of
$4,000 a year, towit: $4,000 for gen.
eral support, $4,000 for library, S.
600 for repairs, and $4,000 for university
extension. They also asked $115,000
to make good fire loss and complete and
equip the new medical building, $4,000
for the land. and $4,000 for walks and
paving, all of which are necessary, and
the regents state should not be taken
from the regular building fund income
which is already appropriated to other
purposes in accordance with previous
plans. 1t was tsated plainly and en-
phatically before the committees that
unless the support fund is to be increas-
ed the buildings being erected are not in
fact needed.
The announcement of James G.. Ber-
ryhill before the appropriations COM
mittee that as a long time friend of
the State University he was in favor
of one board for the management of
the state educational institutions was
q bomb in the committee meeting. Mr..
Rerryhill Is well known as a good and
true friend of the university. He
graduated there and is a type of the
best business element educated at the
State University. He has mingled with
the alumni at many of their gatherings
He has watched the operations of the
boards and is perfectly familiar with
board methods in doing business. But
Mr.. Berryhill has devoted his life to
business, and he Is business man. He
stated frankly his belief that some sys-
tenn other than that of the present
management of colleges and universe
ties by boards of voluntary friends. or
what amounts to the same thing.