The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-19
CONTROL BOARD WAR
WILL BE RENEWED
Friends of University VIII Be-
gin Contest for Sep
aratiOn

The fight for divorce of the state
university and the state normal schools
from the board of control will be re-
newed in the legislature this week.
While the senate has killed the
Ward bill, the Perley bill, which con-
tains practically the same provisions.
is still pending in the house. 1t is be-
fore the committee on general iegisla-
ton, but that committees conSldera-
ton of the bill has been limited to a
public hearing, in which S. w. LeaVett
of the board of control locked horns
in a combat with the friends of the
state university.
Doubtless influenced by the fate of
the Ward bill in the upper house,
George E. Perley has decided TO offer
some amendments to his bill, which 1T
is believed by the university normal
school faction in the legislature will
make it less Objectionable to the sup
porters of the board of control. Mr..
Perley will offer to accept amend
ments which will give the board of
control authority to erect all new
buildings for the university and the
normalS, win leave the insurance on
the buildings a matter for the eXclu-
sive charge of the board of control,
and will say that the board in charge
of the state institutions shall also
purchase the coal for the educational
institutions. With these amendments
to the Perley bill, its author and many
of the friends of the educational in
terests believe that the bill will pass
the house.
Swing Into Line
HopeleSSness of the Faribault and
Owatonna state institutions being able
TO secure a divorce from the board of
control, they say, should now be ap-
parent TO the representatives of these
institutions in the legislature, and
they are confidently expected to swing
into line in support of the Perley bill
in both house and senate.
B. H. Tfmberlake, the Hennepin
county representative who has been in
charge of the Perley bill in the house,
said yesterday that he was quite con-
fident that the changes in the bill
would win friends to its support.
Mr.. Perley has conceded to the
the erection of new buildings, the con-
tracts for insurance and for the pur-
chase of coal.'' he said. These are
matters which many think should be
properly in the hands of the board of
control. We want only to separate the
educational institutions from the board
of control-to avoid it's Jurisdiction in
the ordinary matters Of daily routine
This has caused friction and will con-
tinue to result in friction. 1t has been
harmful to the best interests of the
state university, and / do not believe
that anybody wishes to seriously Grip
pie the great institution
That the university people have
prejudiCed their case with the legfsa-
ture is not denied by even the best
friends of the Minneapolis institution.
w. W. Bardwell, chairman of the
Hennepin county house delegation, is
admitted to be one of the best friends
the institution has, but he is not en-
thusiastfc over the combative atti-
tude of the university professors and
student body.
Leave 1t to Delegation
IF the university people would keep
away from the legislature and let the
delegation handle the Perley bill I
do not doubt that better results could
be attained" said Mr. BardWell. "The
members of the board of control were
personally not opposed to the segrega-
ton of the university when the session
began, but there have been unfortu-
nate things said on both sides.
Remarks made in public have been
construed as reflections on the board
OF control members, and it is only hu-
man that they should resent them.
The student body has been unfortu-
nate in It's youthful enthusiasm for
olYorce for the university from present
authority, and il, too, has contributed
TO the friction between the board of
control and the board of regents and
faculty"