The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-15
NO CENTRAL
BOARD Of
CONTROL
Senate Votes Down Bill Creating
State Board Of
Education
Special to Daily Leader.

Oklahoma City, Feb l4-All chance
Of placing the higher educational IN
stitutons Of the state under one board
OF control at this time was banished
Monday, when the senate by a big
majority voted down an amendment
to the bill creating state board Of
education, which proposed such
change, and would have made the
board Of education supercede all OF
The existing boards Of regents.
The bill under consideration, by
Williams Wynne and offey, gave the
state board of education direct con-
troll over only the common schools
oi the state The nearest approach
to settlement Of the trouble be-
tween the state schools, growing out
Of alleged encroa(hments on each
others field OF work, is the power
given the board to examine the curri-
cula of the higher state institutions,
and recommend TO the regents the
elimination Of such courses Of instruc-
tion as are needlessly duplicated. No
power is given to the board TO enforce
its recommendation in that respect.
The bill was advanced to third read
ing with only one important amend
ment, which was proposed by Senator
Thomas. 1t gives the board of edu'
cation authority to regulate the
courses of study in business and com
mercial colleges on application from
the state organization of such schools
The bill was made the subject of a
lively debate, however, the first di
vision coming on the motion of Sena
tor Hatchett to re-commit to the com
mittee on education, with instructions
10 simplify the educational system by
the creation of whatever boards are
necessary to establish correlation
among all schools of the state, from
the common school on up to the uni
| versity.
"Piecemeap Legislation.
Hatchett declared that there had
been too much legislation by piece
meal: that he was not necessarily
opposed to the present bill, and was
not sure that all schools should be
under one board but wanted The
whole matter worked out now His
motion was voted down, however, /.
to Is.
The senate also advanced to thirC
reading bills by Thomas, placing tho
water supply of cities under contro
Of the state board of health, a copy
Of the Kansas law, and by Landrun
and Tehee. appropriating $4,000 fol
statute OF Sequoyah in Statuar,
hall at Washington, in accordance
with a resolution adopted by the sec
ond legislature In connection will
the latter bill Senator Landrum elo
Quently eulogized the work of tn'
Cherokee Cadmus, and declared tina
the Indians, now the vanishing rem
nants OF once proud people, ar
entitled to recognition somewhere.
Reconsideration.
On motion of Senator Hatchett
chairman Of the committee which re
ported 1t out the senate reconsideret
the adoption of an unlayorable repor
II ich killed tire Logan-Tehee bill from
from the house relative to the name
G. serving process, and re-reterret
the bill to judiciary committee No. !
The senate had hard time decid
ing what to do with a check for $50
turned in by a special investigating
committee which had investigates
the disbursements under a resolution
adopted ON the closing day Of th
special session and had been REIN
bursed by the senate auditor to tha
exten. It was finally decided to turi
the money over to the state treasur
10 be converted into the general fund
Senator Hatchett was allowed, a
his request, to have his name with
drawn as one OF the authors of tn
Murray election bill.