Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-16
Debate on the Proposed Board
Control Attracts Much
Attention
elLLILAND ANSWERS wHlPPLE
Latters Argument Was Severe Ar
raisnmcnt Of Some of tho Methods
Employed BY the State College, Uni
versity and NormaI-GilIiIand De-
tends the Present System.
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Des Moines. March 16.-4The senate
adjourned last night with Senator Gill
liland on the floor speaking against the
bill creating board Of regents for the
state educational institutions. Senator
Gilliland was the first to speak this
morning, having the floor under the
rules. and continued to answer the ar
guments OF Senator Whipple of yes
terday dwelling, for some time on those
points.
Senator Whipple told of the work Of
its Investigations, and told of the
changes that had been made by the
committee substitute bill increasing
from six to ten years thu, term of office
and causing three Of the fifteen mem
bers to be appointed every two years,
SO that no governor of the state, unless
he served more than two terms, could
appoint more than six of the fifteen
members of the board. He then took
up each Of the three institutions in
turn, and from the figures in the re-
port of the legislative commission
showed extravaganza on the part of
the management of the institutions.
He claimed that the primary purpose
of the State Normal was to train teach
ers for the common schools Of the state.
but that in fact admission was given
only to graduates of high schools. the
admission requirements being as high
as the state university. He showed
that the salaries paid teachers was
three times as much as ten years ago
and the salaries of other employees five
times as great as ten years ago. He
showed that three professors at Cedar
Falls in mathematics got $1,000 year
each, and $3.50 for the summer school,
and that the total paid for the in
structors in mathema tics is $4,000 more
than is paid at Iowa City, and $1,000
more is paid for the language professors
than is paid at Iowa City. He declared
that the Cedar Falls Normal is the best
In the country, but that it is duplicat-
ing the work of the state university
and doing work 1t should not do.
He scored the state university also
for extravaganza, and showed that the
salaries paid professors and employees
was three times as large as ten years
ago. He also claimed hat on the tes-
timony of professors the university
and state college were each employing
students at Is cents an hour to do
work that was. unnecessary. He COM
mended students paying. their way, but
thought the state Institutions should
not buy attendance.
AS to the state Agricultural college,
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.travagance and for the lobby that 1t
has maintained against the bill.
Senator Gilliland yesterday afternoon
devoted his entire time to answering
the arguments of Senator Whipple. To
Whipples statement that eight men
from the state college had for three
weeks lobbied against the bill, he an
swered that If eight men could domi-
nate the board Of trustees of the Ames
institution, would they not dominate
the new board of regents that it is
proposed to create and thus starve out
the other two schools; to Whipple's
argument that politics now dominates
some Of the schools, he answered that
at present our school has no interest
in the selection of the members of the
boards of the other schools, but that
with single board the three institu-
lions would be continually wrangling
over the selection of members of the
board and would dip into the politics
of selecting a governor in order to
have voice In the selection of mem.
bers of the board. To Whipple's argu-
ment that the professors are spending
their time in idleness lobbying for
bills, Senator Gilliland answered that
with this condition, when each institu-
ton has board to look after it, what
idleness there would be when one
board had three Institutions to look af-
ter. He called attention to the fact
that each institution now has a board
to look after It's interests and recon-
mend to the Legislature its needs, but
that the legislature sends a committee
of Its own to investigate, and never
accepts the advice Of the boards He
then suggested that the proper course
for the government Of the Institutions
is to appoint strong committee, as
strong as the ways and means or ap-
preparations committees of the housa
and senate. and charge these commit
tees with the business of recommend
ing. He called attention to the fact
that there are now committees. but
that they have never had meetings in
ten years.
The senate constitutional amend
ments committee has reported for pas
sage the resolution for an amendment
so as to allow changes in the drain
age laws.
The banks and banking committee Of
the senate has reported for passage the
Brooks bill allowing renewal Of char
ters.
The senate agricultural committee
has reported for passage the bill max
ing large appropriation for expert
mental work
The committee on public health has
recommended for passage the bill de-
fining vaccination as scarification.
The house held out late Thursday
afternoon and made good days work.
Much of the time il the afternoon
was devoted to a discussion of the
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