Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-19
SCHOOLS k|SkANAG[D
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISCOVERS DEPLoRABLE
CONDITIONS.
NO SYSTEM IN BUSINESS
At AMEs AND IOWA CITY
Business Ends of University and Col
lego Run in Haphazard Manner -
Board Busy Strengthening Out the
kinks-state Normal School in Good
Conditions Compared to Others.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, Feb 19.-That the state edu-
cational board Of control has found
plenty of work, and as abundant need
for work, is evidenced by statements
emanating from persons who have for
members of the general board and with
members of the executive committee.
1t is said if the members Of the educa
tional board We're inclined to talk for
publication they could convince every
citizen of Iowa very quickly that the
legislature did very wise thing when
it created a state board of education.
Not that the board has found anything
which reflects on the general honesty
Of the mana gements of the various ed
ucational institutions, but that there
has been discovered a woeful lack of
system and of executive management,
in two of the institutions, that has
cost the state thousands of dollars.
1t is said that the state normal
school, presided over by Mr. iSeerley.
has been found in splendid condition,
the state getting returns of the proper
kind for every cent invested. The
same can not be said of the other two
institutions. The men directly con-
nected with the management of the two
schools are fine men. splendid edu-
Gators, but of some Of them it can be
said their conception Of business man
agement has been anything but flatter-
ing to themselves or beneficial to the
cause of the economical expenditure
of state funds. The board of educa-
ton has been installing business meth
DDS, bringing about a great change and
a great financial saving, and doing it
in a quiet way.
lMismanagement at Ames.
It is said the board found the great
est need for reorganization to exist at
Ames. The board tackled the Ames
task heroically and has succeeded al
ready in making q wonderful showing
Certain business matters pertaining
to the operation of the institution were
run in a hap-hazard way that entailed
great and needless expense. Organ
ization and system have replaced hit
and-miss methods, and the board ex-
poets to make a phenomenal showing
when the proper time comes for CIV
ing publicity to the work Of the direc-
tors of the public educational institu-
tons.
In No Hurry to Select Successor.
AS to the Storms succession. it is
fact that the board has given that
matter very little serious thought as
yet. If Storms quits, as seems most
likely, the board will take it's time and
select man whom it believes will be
in every way qualified to succeed him
and place the school on still higher
plane of efficiency. The members of
the board very naturally refuse to
talk Of changes, or of their work, ex-
cept to say that they are bending every
energy to give the schools the greatest
possible prestige, to place them on the
highest possible business basis, and to
consider the questions arising in con-
nection with school administration to-
tally apart from politics and every
thing else except the best interests of
the schools and of the state.