Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
Editor of the Wallace Farmer
Says He Favors the Board
of Regents Bill
WAS COUNTED AS OPPOSED
Sounds Note of Warning That the
State May Not Always be Able to
Maintain Three institutions as 1t
shouId-PrincipIe of Central Board
is Correct One.

Des Moines, March 29.-Ienry Wal
lace, editor of Wallaces' Farmer. one OF
the leading agricultural journals Of the
west, Is in favor of the single board of
regents bill, and states that the prin-
ciple of one board to govern the three
state colleges instead of three boards
as at present, is, in his judgment, the
right one. He sounds a note of warm
ing that Iowa may not be able always
to build and keep up it's three insti-
buttons.
II fear that If some check is not put
on the tendency to develop three uni
versites in Iowa the people will, when
dull times come, and the burdens of
taxation more severely felt than now,
refuse to respond to the large demands
for money which will then be inevita-
BILE. 1t is time now to count the cost,
lest the future historian say, Iowa be-
gan to build three universities and was
not able to finish them
Il am not able to agree with many of
the friends of the agricultural college
who think the board of regents bill
will be harmful to the agricultural in
terests of the college," he continued.
ON the contrary, it seems to me that
il the details are properly worked out,
it will be helpful. 1t must be under
stood, of course that the agricultural
department of the college can not be
operated under rules which are entirely
satisfactory in the operation of many
other departments of an educational in-
stitution. The agricultural depart
ment runs a large farm and will short
~ have still larger one when the new
dairy farm is under Roadway, and
handles good deal of stock, and con-
sequently could not operate this kind
of business under ironclad rules re-
curing exact advance estimates Of ex-
penditures and restriction as to sales.
From the few members of the legisla-
ture with whom l have talked, how
ever, do not understand that there is
the slightest desire to enact any law
which will handicap the officers of the
college in the transaction of it's BUSH
ness, and feel sure that there will be
every disposition to adjust satisfactory
lily these matters of detail The finance
committee of the board OF regents
should have authority to prescribe
these details after they have familiar
lied themselves with the work of the
agricultural department and its needs.
Principle Is Correct.
II think the principle of the large
central board to govern these institu-
tons, rather than three boards as we
now have it, is the correct one; and I
think that under this central board the
agricultural and mechanical depart
ments of the agricultural college will
be materially strengthened 1t seems
to me that the disposition of this board
would be to build up those departments
at Ames which peculiarly belong to
that institution and the same would be
true of the university and Of the nor
NAL school. Each Of these institutions
would probably be required to elmi-
nate some OF the work it is now carry
ing on and which is duplicate of one
or the other institution. 1t is right
and proper that this should be DONE"