The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-09
Old Contest Reopened.

The effort to remove the state uni
wersity and the normal schools from
the jurisdiction of the board OF con-
troll is about to be renewed. The out
look is that the bill to be introduced
by Mr.. Perley Of Moorhead will be sub
ject to the same sort of crossfire as at
the last session, when it was fought
thru the house but defeated in the
Senate.
The main objection to the bill at that
time came from members. who honestly
believed that the educational institu
I tions would be better managed under
J double supervision. This element was in
minority, but was reinforced by
friends of the institutions at Faribault
and Owatonna, who took the position
! that these schools were educational in
stitutions, and must go or stay with
the university and normal schools I'm
able to pass the Morley bill removing
all the institutions in question, the Fari-
bault and Owatonna partizans made a
combination in the senate which killed
the Perley bill.
The same state senate is on hand, and
unless the temper of the members has
changed in two years, the same fate is
is just possible, on the other hand, that
with a new house the Morley bill can be
passed.
At the last session some friends Of
the university and the normal schools
supported the Morley bill against their
better judgment. There is a wide dis
tinction to be drawn between institu-
tions Of higher education and special
schools for detectives and for INDECENT
children. While these schools have i'm
portant educational features, they are
all to some extent charitable. Neither
does their financial management re-
quire special or unusual knowledge. At
the present time the board of control
is buying supplies for these schools, and
the children in attendance are well fed
and cared for. The local boards have
educational supervision, but in prac,
tice this means that the superintendent
of each school is in charge. If the local
boards were abolished, as Governor
Van SAINT recommended in his message
there would be no slip or hitch in the
present working Of the system. It is
true that these institutions are on {
different footing from the hospitals ani
penal institutions, but there is no more
naed Of separate board at Faribaul
than there is at st. Peter. I
The university has received some ad
vantages from board Of control super
vision. The regents and faculty woul(
be pleased to have the board of contro
continue in charge Of the insuranc,
and purchase of fuel. However, tn,
purchase of books and special apparatu
For the departments cannot be attended
to as promptly or as satisfactory,
by the board Of control. This has bee1
demonstrated by experience. TIL
system calls for too much red tape, an,
its delays are a handicap to the de
Z partments, which cannot anticipat
their wants after the manner require
Of stewards at the other institutions
The prospect indicates a long an
bitter fight at the session this winter
with strong probability of no new re
suit. However, the legislature cou1
very easily amend the most serious dc
feet in the board of control system, b
removing the university and norma
schools from the care of the board, e1
cept with reference, to insurance an
purchase OF. fuel. = '%..... 49,,
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