Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-21
NO DECISION YET AS TO WHO
WILL BOSS THE THREE STATE
COLLEGES.
COMMITTEE OF CLERKS
OR EXECUTIVE WITH POWERS
Control Board Postpones Selection of
Committee Until 1t Can Be Deter
mined Who is Who-Funk or Tre-
win Probably Will Be Selected as
Presiding Officer.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. April 21.-The new state
which means that 1t has started out
on a structly conservative and cat
tious basis, and shows no inclination
to "go off half cooked" or to take some
body's word for it how the organiza-
ton should be perfected. The members
gathered in the governors room and
Governor Carroll presided over the pre-
liminaries. The first thing was to take
up and read the new law and consider
to be done. Some of the members had
never read the law carefully, and others
had discovered that it was not an easy
task to digest the new law at one sit
ting. And so the lawyers of the new
board, Of which there are several pro-
ceeded to dissect the new law and to
expound the principles as indicated In
the measure. Informally 1t was decided
that about the best thing for the COM
mission to do at the outset would be to
talk about the general policy contem-
plated in the law and incidentally let
the members get acquainted.
There was not one among the men,
bers who enjoyed the personal ac-
quaintance of every other member of
the board. One member confessed to a
speaking acquaintance with only two
others.
AT the outset it was found that there
We're two distinct views held as to the
policy of the board with respect to the
finance or managing committee. One
view was that the finar-e committee
should be merely a clerical body, or an
executive body, three men who would
be the servants Of the board and have
very little latitude in any matter ex-
cept unimportant details. This was on
the theory that the board Of nine is &c
be in fact the active directing head OF
the colleges and everything Is to be
done in accordance with specific de-
cisions of the board. This theory would
mean that the larger board would get
together at least a dozen times a year
would take UP the details of manage
ment, would hear complaints, would
elect heads of departments and pro-
fessors and emloyeS and laborers, and
would in fact assume actual direction
of the colleges. Then the finance COM
mittee would visit the institutions and
see that the orders of the board arc
enforced, incidentally keeping the books
and accounts and paying the salaries.
The other view which appeared
right at the outset is that the board
of nine is to be advisory and to decide
only the larger questions of policy as
affecting all the colleges, that the
board should meet only two or three
times a year and pass upon matters
submitted by the finance committee.
and that the finance committee should
in fact be the governing and directing
body of the whole organization. This
would mean that the smaller board
ability and broad culture, men of ca
pacity for organization and direction
of men, board of sufficient standing
to inspire confidence at the colleges,
and certainly men well worth the $3,-
500 a year they are to get. 1t was ar
gued that If the legislature had in
mind men Of a character worth $1,000
year more than the members of the
board of control they did not expect
men of clerical capacity for the
places.
In view Of these divergent views. as
stated by one member of the board.
the feeling was strong right at the
outset for deferring the real organiza-
tion until such a time as the board
would determine what policy was to
be pursued. Then the men to fit the
policy would be selected.
One of the members Of the board
stated that there are large number
of candidates for places on the finance
committee, a larger number that any
one outside OF the board knows of. and
that as a matter of fact a great deal
of work had been done for this or that
person. AS to the position of president
of the board 1t Is stated that EX-Sena-
tor Trewin had the inside track be-
cause he had done some active cam
vassing for the place, tho there was a
strong sentiment for Ex-senator Funk,
who had not made any canvass for
the place.
The board will commence house,
keeping in the rooms occupied by the
senate committees south Of the senate
chamber, which rooms were used by
the board of control when it was or
ganized.
DEATH ENDS LONG ILLNESS.