Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-11
ORR E[EC|[D TRUSTEE
Some Scores Left over From
State College Presidency
Fight Being Settled
THE FIGHT is NOT YET ENDED
Changes Thus Far Made, While Not
Affecting Membership of Faculty or
Character of Institution, Will Effect
Quite Reorganization of the Board
of Trustees-state College Support.
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Des Moines, Feb. 1l--Last summer
at the time of THE contest for the
presidency of 1.-The Iowa State College.
when there was a sharp division in the
board of trustees rs between Stanton
and Curtiss and the alumni OF the
| cultural interests. 1t was predicted that
| the controversy would make its reap
pearance at the time of the selection OF
| members of the board before the leg
| islature. This has come true. The
| fight is not Yet ended. but it Is plain
| that some of the old scores left from
| the presidency fight are being settled
at this time. The Fourth district eau
| Gus was held yesterday afternoon. 1t
was sooner ended than had been an
| ticipaIted, and this result is credited to
| Congressman Haugen, who is reported
to have taken hand in the hope of
strengthening himself at needed places.
| The frs. ballot stood 6 for Gabriel
son. 6 fer Orr and for Suhilling. Then
Ellison Orr, of Postville WIS selected.
| He Is no. q graduate of the college AT
| Ames. Mr.. Gabrielson. the defeated
member OF the board, was an a.umnus.
| He was for Stanton. and there was
| friction between him and the agricul-
| tural departments of the college. me
| fight came squarely on the old question
| Of the dominnncy of the two interests.
| In the First district the fight was the
| same. Watkins WAS originally LOT
| StanJton but was got around to vote Tor
| Curtiss and because OF this uhe eau
Gus selected Let's. an alumnus OF the
| college. In the Second district fight
was avusdeSi. but the dividing line was
seen. Mr. Barclay was one OF two who
took the lead in the effort ITO place Cur
tiss a the head of the college. He stood
with the agricultural department right
thru. A few days ago movement was
started to bring out a candidate
against him. - o. NERVES OF
the legislature and those VINO backed
Curtiss on the board were watching
The matter closely. They laid down
an ultimatum to the opponents of Bar
clay, and this was to the effect that
The day Barclay was defeated the bill
TO place the three state educational in
ssitusions under board of managers
would be introduced with the solid
backing of the farmer members The
bill was all prepared and ready and the
threat would have been made good.
The fight against Barclay was in
stantly dropped. And this shows the
intensity of feeling there WAS In re-
gard to the matter.
All this does not imply there has
been any regret at the outcome OF
the presidency fight of last year. but 1t
shows that the fight then Developed
will have lasting effects. The eight
district republican members have Sc
.ected ex-senator Allyn as their can
Sifdnte for the trustee board: and this
Will necessitate the general caucus
making choice as DO which dis
trict is to have the democratic men,
ber Until the general caucus has met
me membership of the board will not
be known. 1t Is regarded as certain,
however. that the changes thus far
made Will effect quite reorganization
Of the board. 1t will not affect the mem
hership Of The faculty nor change the
character of the institution, but Is the
inevitable outcome of a controversy
that was unavoidable.
State College Support.
There WAS a hearing yesterday af-
,ernoon before the ways and means
committee OF the senate on the bill TO
provide for support of the sta.e college
AL Anes and the state experiment sta
slon a, the same place. by m'llage
tax. or Il tax OF n certain number of
mills on the dollar all to go to this
institution for support from year to
year President Storms Dean stan
ton, Professor Curtiss. Trustee Hun
Serford. and others from the college
appeared also Captain Watrous and
Siias Wilson, qlorticul;ursts interested
in the experiment station work. and
others representing various phases OF
work connected with the college. The
plan OF having the college and exper-
inert station supported regularly by
n direct tax instead of by appropria-
lions made by each legislature for
the biennial period has met with gen
eral approval among the members. II
Is being urged on the ground that 1t
Will give the college something definite
to go on. and the board will be able
to plan far ahead for work instead of
waiting each time for the legislature
to act The college, and experiment
station men pointed out that the plan
would be a great improvement f1r
them in many ways. OF course 1t is
expected THAI. the legislature Will pro-
vide a tax levy that Will raise more
money than the college has been hay
ing and as the assessment Increases the
support will increase: but the college
has expected larger sums for support
and it must have 1t. No bills have as
vet been introduced for the normal
school and state university support on
the same plan. but they will be If the
bill for state college millage tax goes
thru President MacLean, of the State
University stated last evening that
while the university appropriation bis
has gone in under the old system of
a direct biennial appropriation. the
millage tax plan would be entirely ac-
ceptable to the university people. This
is also the attitude of the state nor
NAL school people.
The necessity under the present
system of having great deal of
lobby work done In the interest OF the
educational Institutions ds regarded by
those who are responsible for the work
at the institutions as the most disagree
able among the tasks imposed upon
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