Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-15
CHANGE In SCHOOL FOR DEAF
Proposal TO Take Institution from Jurisdic'
tien Of Board Of Control.
EDUCATIONAL BOARD TO HAVE CHARGE
Institute, I'm Common with that for
the blind, Held to BE strictly
Educational and Does Not
Glass as an Asylum.

The movement inaugurated to take the
Iowa School for the Deaf from under the
Jurisdiction OF the State Board of Control
is likely 10 meet with success. Is the opin-
ion of State Senator c. @. Saunders of
this city. IN the event of the proposed bill
creating an educational board being
adopted by the legislature.
Regarding the desired change of the con-
troll Of the State School for the Deaf Sena-
tor Saunders said yesterday: Two years
ago when a bill was introduced proposing
a separate board of control for the state
university at Iowa City, the Normal school
at Cedar Falls and the Agricultural coll
Iege at Ames, a clause was inserted In
Guiding the School for the Deaf and the
School for the Blind at Vinton. The bill
pa ssed the senate, but was defeated in the
house After the defeat OF the bill a com
nittee was appointed. OF which Senator
Whipple of Vinton is chairman. This COM
mittee has filed a voluminous report which
has not yet been printed. This report
fayors the placing " both the School for
the Deaf and the School for the Blind I'M
der other control than that OF the State
Board Of Control. Tho proposed bill Tor
the creation OF an educational board to
have charge of the State university Nor
NAL school and Agricultural college pro-
,,des for a b1erd OF fifteen members Of
which three sfisll constitute ruling
hoard. The three members OF the ruling
hoard are to receive a fixed yearly salary
while the remaining twelve members of the
educational board shall receive per diem
ana expenses. have not yet been able to
Give the proposed bill much attention as !
have been very busy on other matters
hut IL appears that there is some opposition
N having such a big board. Some OF the
members of both the senate and the house
am told. favor having a board or not
moro than three or Ave members. board
Of fifteen members, they contend, would De
unwieldly."
While not expressing himself openly
Senator Saunders indicated that he was
favorable to placing the Iowa School Tor
the Deaf under other management besides
that Of the State Board Of Control.
Those agitating the change take the
nosition that as matters stand the School
for the Deaf is practically classed with
asyiums and penitentiaries. whereas IN
fact, Il Is purely an educational institu-
ton and as much so as the state univer-
c,,v. Normal school or Agricultural col
IeRe The same. II is contended, Is equally
true of the School for the Blind at VIM
ton. It has further been urged by those
soaking the change that in the event OF
Il not being placed under the control OF
the Educational board, II the latter Is
created, that the legislature enact law
placing the State School for the Deaf I'M
der a separate board of it's own, as was
the case before the creation OF the State
Board of Control.
Senator Saunders reached home aftei
midnight Saturday. his train being de-
layed at Earlham by a breakdown OF the
engine. He expects to return TO Del
Moines this evening.
Senator Saunders expressed himself a.
confident that an anti-pass bill would b'
passed by the legislature at this session
but the Hughes bill now before the senate
he declared, was entirely too drastic and II
its present form was doomed to defeat
Regarding a primary election law, Sen
=. ator Saunders said there was a diversity o.
opinion which was not confined to factiona
lines In the ranks OF the stand-patter
there were those who favored II and thos
who were opposed to It, and the same wa
true In the Cummins forces. 1t was I'm
possible, Mr.. Saunders said at this time 4
express an opinion as to the probability o
the passage of primary election bill.
The committee appointed to investlgat
the indeterminate sentence and Elmira re
formatory systems. of which Senate
Saunders f. chairman, will present its re
port Tuesday.