Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-19
Majority Of Members Favor the
Plan For Educational Board
of Control
NOT so SURE IN THE HOUSE
Objections to the Measure Fairly Met
by the Trainers of the 1ill-Work Of
the Colleges Not to Be Directed by
the eoard-WiIl Manage the FL
nances.
IBy Ora williams,l
Special to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, March 19.-The board of
regents bin will pass the Iowa senate
with an easy majority, but 1t may be
close in the house, and those who have
been fighting the bill have been bas-
ing all their hopes on the house. SEN
ator Whipple, who has led the fight
for the consolidation and simplification
of work, has stated that he has seen
evidence of growing sentiment quite
recently in the house favorable to the
bill, though admitting that most of the
work in opposition has been done with
house members and some of this has
had effect. The debate on the bill has
not been concluded in the senate. 1t
may last all of this week Thus far
there has been a good many sharp and
severe things said on both Sides and
both on the floor of the senate and in
the Hobbies there Is considerable acri-
mony manifested.
The discussion has developed that
the greatest objections to the consoli-
dation plan are two in number. The
first ds the claim that 1t will subordin-
ate high priced men to management of
low priced men. A $4,000 president
will be subordinate to a committee of
$4,000 men and this committee sub
ordinate to board Of volunteers. This
isI the way II is being put. But Senator
VThipple points out that this is not
true. The executive committee of three
will in no sense have direction OF edu-
cational affairs and be over the college
presidents. This committee will have
charge of the finances Of the colleges,
and The direction of college work will
be left as 1t is now to the president
and faculty with the same general re-
strdctions as now by and thru a board
of regents. The status OF the faculty
will not be changed. The general pol
icy of each college will be fixed Just
as 1t is now.
The second serious objection to the
plan is that it will beMttle the normal
school and state college at the expense
and for the benefit of the university.
Senator Whipple and others interested
admit that in all probability in due
time, the college and university work
now being done at the normal school
will. be largely cut out or modified, and
they say frankly that the normal
school has really something to fear in
this direction. But as to the state coll
lege they declare that there need not be
everything which legitimately belongs
at Ames will be continued quite as well
under the board of regents as under
the board Of trustees system.
Senator Whipple in his opening ad-
dress to the senate called attention to
the fact that opponents of the single
board plan have deliberately sought
to make capital by continually refer
ring to the proposed board as a BOARD
of control and to hold out the idea
that BOARD of control methods" are to
be adopted for the colleges, whereas
what is proposed is board of regents,
quite as broad and liberal in it's make
up and purposes as any Of the present
boards. But enemies of the plan per-
sist in calling 1t a board OF control
because everyone recognizes that the
running of college cannot be on the
same OASIS as lIlc IdiIu6Oi'ShS VI -
penitentiary or hospital, and they thus
hope to discredit the board of regents
plan.
During the past few days the MEM
bers have been given pamphlet pre-
pared by President Storms antagoniz-
ing the board of regents plan. In this
Is included a number of letters from
cators elsewhere who all condemn
a BOARD of control" for colleges. 1t
is stated that some of these extracts
from letters are incomplete. and, for
instance. what President Angel has
said viii look different when his en-
tire letter is read to the senate this
week.
The statement of President Storms
however sums up the most serious OBJ
jections which are made to the board
ea Of regents system as proposed ans .ns
II viii form the basis of most OF the
argument in opposition