The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-05
one BOARD
To RUN ALL
Y. THE SCHOOLS
GOVeTnOr CTuCe Wins In His
Fight for Compact
System
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
oklahoma City, Okla, Mar 4,-
Practically every educational and
charitable institution of the state is
placed under the control OF single
board of management by the admin
istration bill creating state board
OF educaion, passed finally by both
houses Friday, in the form in which
It was redrafted by the conference
committee
In addition to taking over the du-
ties OF the presenl board of education
! and the state text book commission
I his bin makes the new board the
successor OF the regents of boards OF
control OF the state university, the
preparatory schools al Tonkawa aad
Glalemore, the girls industrial school
at Chickasha, scW5al OF mlGes at
Wilburton, all six of The normal school
school for the deaf, school for the
blind, boys training schools at Pauls
! Valley orphans home at Pryor Greek
! school for the feeblemnded at Enid,
coored A. & Nj. university at Lagns-
ton and school for negro detectives
at Taft
The board is further given the gen
eral supervision of education. includ-
ing the formation OF courses Of stud-
les for all grades Of schools and nor
NAL institutes, rules for issuing teach
ers certificates, examination ques
tions and conducting examinations for
teachers and eighth grade graduates
classifying high schools and accredit-
ing them to higher institutions, ana
laying ont courses of study for teach
ers and pupils reading circles.
The board is composed OF the state
superintendent and six others ap-
poin.ed by the governor two OF whom
must be experienced school men
They are to receive Sc day and So
for hotel bills and are not limited TO
the number of days employed.
The bill ie along the lines for which
Governor Cruce has been contending
ever since his Inauguration The con
ference report embodied the features
of the house bill making the board OF
education general board of control
to which the senate had previously re
r fused to agree.
The vote on the final passage o.
the amended bill was rs follows.
Ayes-iAllen, Anderson, Barefoot
1 Coyille, Beeler, Echols, Franklin
Goulding, Harlin, Horton, Jones, Ken
drick, Langston, Mtcneli, McMechan
McCully, Smith, Sorrells. Stewart
Thomas Thompson, Tielghman, War
= rem, Williams and Wynne.
Nays-Berkey, Briggs, Brownlee
Chapman. Coffey, Dutton, Graham
Landrum, Memmmger Redwine, Rod
die and Vandeyenter.
Absent or not yoting-Cloonan Del
ton, Eggerman, Garrett, Hatchett, Po
ter.
A hard fight was made in the sen
ate on the bill as amended headed
by Senator Vandeventer, who oppos
ed the inclusion OF educational AM
charitable institutions under the sam,
. board, and made his hardest figh
on the proposition thai the board al
l. created by this bin would mean tn,
establishment Of the greatest nolitica
machine ever seen in this state.
Chicken-Stealine Bill.
n The senate also adopted the confer
ence repor, on the chicken stealth,
bill, 26 to 4. This bin as finally pass
ed provides alternative penalties O
two years in the penitentiary. of 81.
months in jail and $500 fine, and oh
lections were raised to its constitu
tionality because il makes the sam
offense both a misdemeanor and
felony.
Kale parnard's puphc delenser bill
was passed finally in the senate. 10
gether with bills by Hatchet4 in re
gard to the state treasurefs bond
fixing the amount and requiring
monthly financial statement. and b,
Gouding regulating mutual fire In
snrance companies.
The new Edmond building bn wa
placed on the senate calendar for i'm
mediate consideration, but an effor
TO place the resolution for a referen
dun on the school land hill in a sin
Lar position of advantage was defeat
ed l3 to a.
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