New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-17
long EDUCATION DEBATE
BILL MY Pass TO-DAY.
Emergency Message from GoCernoT
ETp6cted.
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fervcE cry 20 eluuhacize many %. t1e oa.ec-
lions ralne1 nEli-st tho measure by tho5e IN
te-este5 IN education.
Senator Grady. on behalf OF the minority con-
aue6 alfao-; the entire time in which be SPOKE
% r.rese-.tiur TIE arguments 30 favor ~ TIC
,-,en6--er,s 70 the Lewis b-L suggested by
James Russell Parsons .r- secretary or me
Board or Regents. and reinforced these Win iAe
quotations from e number OF college p7eh.-eI-'s
and irr-o-taut educators throughout TIE SIA'e
ea,-o-,rr the amendment OF opposing The Lewis
rr TO meet these arguments Senators LEWIS
white and j.. r. Brown reiterated the indoTse-
rrert OF the plan by Presidents bn'leE ana
s-rurran and Dr. Wlliam J. Milne
They also contcndes that 81 The BIZ passed
.l-ev would then elect Andrew S. Draper a
r1eGre 10 this eject was given by Senator
Brown. In defence OF the lIl, TIE Senators Wig
orcrsIv attacked The Regents. Senator Brown
declared that they were drawn Sd majority
o. instances from New-Yo-lZ and Alsany ana
that n NY Parsons's Amendments were adopted
a would allow them 20 become more fossl.ize-
thsn any board on this side of The Atlantic
and confer or "an old party, not reDres 1ntatiFe
Of tire school interests az The state, F.t-rS IN
perpetuity and with no infusion OF new blood
The power Of she school systems o. The state.
Eeuator Lewis declared that tEe Board OF Re-
rents existed only ir name md shat the Sec
.retarv had transacted al fts business. Senator
white declared that En- The last three years the
-s-sgo .--,,e1 e--ra-7ffr--a ~ time on the mart
of members % the Board or Ee-euts 'n tle in-
te-sst OF education was % trife more thoc eight
hours.
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Senator Grady declared that the minority had
chosen q plan submitted by Secretary Parsons
and indorsed by men Ike Rush RLees president
~ Rochester University; Chance"ar Na.e.-.7+'
and many others. al ~ whom espresso A @.....-
condemnation Tor the Lewis ollL When he came
70 desl with the suggestion thai Andre" 5.
Draper would be the FIRST Corr1'ss.on Of Ldr-
cation ar. Grady formally repeated She charge
that Charles r. skinner had coue-ta. campaign
funds from normal school principals. lie de-
cleared that she check Of one principal fo- 500
payable 20 1lr. skinner and d~lUn Oh 1n Albany
bank was in existence, and when The state
ment was challenged volunteered 10 assist sen
tor Raines in any investigation On iais poiA-
Senator Grady said.
'11r. Draper VIII find things changed since he
went away when he Was here he could only get
signatures but Skinner gets cash"
In the course Of his ADDRESS senator Grady
quoted the emphatic oc1sure OF the Lewis bi-
expressed by the Rev. Dr Lyman Abbott IN
The Outlook
on The subject % the c9nEers 70 Che eduoa-
tional system OF the state likely TO result from
re oN.-oe OF oo''l'''lssloiFI OF L-lI-4'l'H ~
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we're able to bring into this chamber solid
rhaIaux or only three 20 answer the protests OF
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amendments, ceIenoe1 ClaIles i. SKINNER as q
--erscual friend and asserted that the p-cpcscd
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10 rer cent OF the powers possessed by the
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Following 8 long address br Senator White,
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Senator Brown and further attacked the Re
gents and their secretary, ar. Parsons. whom
-le referred 10 Ironically as .lar clever brilliant
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lie described meeting OK The Regents az
.r-i,ioI, ha has ,.s-, r,--ea-+ - for,r,.4a.
First the secretary ~f the hoard read ~eec-
Hutton which the secretary Of the board ha7
prepared. carrying into effect what the eacre-
1ary Of the board thought the board desired 10
ADOPT. then the Chancellor rut e 10 @ vote. and
81 was adopted without one "oF- ar DEBATE,
discussion OF dissent from the minute .hat 7 en-
-e~as rrr+il The meeting adjourned Not a Re-
gent had e suggestion: everything was pro-
posed submitted and passed ry the brilliant
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