Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-11-14
STATE BOARD meets
Board Of Education Gives Uni.
versity Department Wide Scope
UNABLE TO GET PRESIDENT
Committee That Visited Eastern CIT
les Report That In Every Instance
They Found the Teachers
Were Better Paid.

Des Moines.-The state board oil
education adjourned without select
ing = president for the Iowa state col
lege at Ames. to succeed A. B.
Storms. who resigned year ago. The
monthly session was held at Ames
Although the board was hopeful OF
securing E. E. Sparks, president OF
the Pennsylvania state college. to
take the place, it is stated that Mr..
Sparks will not leave the east.
I'VE are anxious to secure new
president for the Iowa state college
and We are doing lot of casting
around" said Mr.. Boyd, secretary OF
the finance committee. eve would
be happy if we could get man who
would be as successful as John G..
Bowman has been at the state uni
versity."
An institute Of hne arts at the
state university at Iowa City was
created by the board and Prof. c. F.
Ansley, who is at present at the head
Of the English department, was Sc
lected to head the new department.
This action was taken so as to give
the students in the fine arts depart.
ment, at present under c. A. Cum.
mings. full credit on their work for
degrees. The change does not affect
Professor Cummings work, but in.
cludes it under the general head.
The report of the committee ap
pointed to visit the colleges for the
blind and to make recommendations
for the improvement of the college
for the blind at Vinton, filed its re.
port with the board. The members OF
the committee were A. B. Funk,
Charles r. Brenton, Thomas Lambert
and w. r. Boyd. George D. Eaton.
superintendent of the Vinton institu.
ton, accompanied the committee on
the eastern trip last month.
The principal changes recommend
ed by the committee are:
Discard double beds and install
single ones.
A manual training laboratory.
A printing Office to print books for
the blind.
Factory for making baskets.
Systematic effort to make adult
blind self supporting.
Cottage system for housing Of pu-
pills.
One paragraph Of the report fol-
lows:
I'm every instance we found tho
teaching force better compensated
than our own and more teachers in
proportion to the number of students
enrolled than in Iowa. So far as our
own institution is concerned, this
may be said, that taking into con-
sideration the amount of money at
its disposal, Iowa is getting more for
dollar than is being obtained in
any Of the institutions visited. With
q continuation Of the spirit now at
our institution and with slightly in
creased support fund, splendid re-
suits could be obtained"
Saloon Question at PIainfieid.
Does q railway track cut of part
Of a city from its main business dis
trict?
Upon the determination Of this
question hinges the chances Of the
one saloon in Plainfield to continue
In operation. H. H. Sawyer attor-
ney for the Iowa Amendment associa-
ton with headquarters in Des
Noines. presented this unique argu.
ment in court at Charles City in an
effort to defeat the purpose of the
liquor interests to do business in
Plainfield. The saloon In Plainfield
Is located in that part of the city
which is on the south side of the
railway tracks This is contrary to
the intent of the mulct saloon law.
contends Mr.. Sawyer, since the law
restricts the operation of saloons
only to main business streets OF all
cities.
State Board Buys Potatoes.
The state board Of control pur.
chased 5000 bushels of first class
Minnesota potatoes for use at the
state insane hospital at Mt. Pleas
ant. The contract price is u cents
per bushel delivered at the side
tracks at the institution. 1t is prob
able that the same price will also be
paid for potatoes for use at the re-
at Anamosa. The contract
price includes the freight for first
class Minnesota potatoes.