Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-26
Legislative Committee Said to
Have Recon. ndation Ready
on Control Board Idea
THE NORMAL TO BE EXEMPTED
One Board for the state coIlsse and
tho State University to Be the Plan
of the Committee Appointed to In
vestisate-sure to Be Warm
Fight.
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Des Moines, Oct. 26.-Information is
had from very reliable source that
the report of the legislative commit
tee on the matter of board of con-
trot fer state educational institutions
Us in favor of single board for the State
University and State Agricultural Col
lege, but leaves the State Normal sep
arate from these. The report has been
prepared and agreed upon by members
of the committee and is ready to de-
liver to the legislature when called up
on. Hhe plans as outlined in the re-
port Of the committee further call for
board of fifteen members, eleven Of
which will be appointed by the gov
ernor, one from each congressional
district and the other four will he Of
ficials of the state and -officio MEM
beers of the state board. The fifteen
members of the board will serve with
out pay, other than tfeir expenses ac-
cording to the committees plans, the
committee figuring that the office be-
ing one OF honor entirely will attract
none but the very best men in the
state. The regents of the State Uni
versity and trustees of the State Col
le2e now serve for 81 day and ex-
penses of ten cents a mile one way
when they are serving. 1t is oonsid-
cred that such wages amount to moth
ing to the class of nlen who are now
on the two boards. Hon Joe. Lane, Of
Davenport; Carroll Wright, counsel
for the G. r. !. & p, at Des Moines;
DR. v. L. Treynor, of Council Bluffs.
and other professional men are on
boards and their time il worth vastly
more than "a a day.
There is sure to he very vigorous
fight in the legislature over the report
of the legislative committee on the
board of control idea, but very mucn
more certainty that there will be a
fight If the report Of the legislative
committee is for board of fifteen
members to control the university or
college only, leaving Normal school out.
There are those who have been favor
Ing the single board idea, who had in
mind a board of three men similar to
the board of control for charity insti-
tutions, who, would devote all their
TING to loolsit1- after the tcsrcn-iolsl
institutions of the state including the
State Normal board of fifteen look
ing after but the State College and the
State University will not meet their
ideas, There are others who are OPP
posed to having any of the schools
Joined In mana genlent to any of the
others and they will fight the idea al
so. The state normal may favor the
bill for the reason that it leaves them
out.
The information obtained on the
tours of investigation made by the leg
when the report is made, but the
chances are that. with the recommen-
dation of any bill the whole subject of
education in the state will be threshed
out. The State Normal now is controll-
ed by board of seven trustees; the
State College and State University by
boards of eleven, one from each con-
district and the governor
and superintendent are members ex-
offieip of each making boards of thir-
teen for each. The board is called a
board of regents at the State Univers-
lty and trustees at the. State College.
At present the members are elected by
the legislature. From time to time
the educational system of the state of
Iowa has been criticised. Governor La
Toilette had something to say on the
matter at one time when he was here.
One of the curators of the state univer-
sity of Missouri was in the city the
other day and said that Iowa had made
l vital mistake in having the agricul-
.ural college separate from the State
University. There have been those who
claim that the State Normal should |
be several state normals located in diff
,erent parts of the state. The Offering
If bill to the legislature changing
he school system will probably be the
signal for the advocates of every sys-
EN- known to offer their ideas in bills.
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Word has been received here that
Senator Hughes of Williamsburg is at
work on his anti-pass bill. He will
make some changes in the bill which he
Introduced at the last session. At that
ime the bill was lost by small ma
ority, but it was recognized that If
here had been any danger of it's pass
ng. there We're any number who stood
eady to change their votes and sac
ifice their standing with their constit-
tents on that question. Senator
hughes has not divulged what changes
e contemplates making in the bill this
ear He recently obtained copies of
he bill as it was finally voted on at
he last session, however, and signified
lis intention to be on hand with an
ther bill when the legislature con-
-enes.
1t is the theory of some of the state
fficials that wild cat schemes break
nut periodically and as naturally with
part of the human race as it is for
he entire human race to breathe.
ust at the present, however. this state
S free from wild cat schemes of ev-
ny kind according to the claims of the
fficials Inquiry has been made ard
% one seems to know of anything that
orders on the wild cat The building
nd loan associations. which few
ears ago We're bringing gray hairs TO
he state officials. are gradually dying
ut and the wild cat insurance conn
anies have all gont. to other states. I
'ome OF the insurance companies in
owa at one time adopted wild cat
lethods but that was merely to meet
onlpetition with the genuine wild cat