The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-05
EDUCATORS MAKE
FULL Statement
AT CLOSE OF MEETING THEY
FORMULATE REPORT OF WHAT
THEY BELIEVED TO BE RIGHT
ON THE MATTERS UNDER CON-
SIDERATioN.

Before adjourning yesterday evening
the heads Of the different state educa-
tional institutions issued a statement
which they desire should have the
widest publicity, and they deplored the
fact this morning that a newspaper
made them say exactly what they did
not say. The following is the report
in full:
"The conference of today was an
adjournment of the one held early In
December, at Valley City. The general
feeling of the conference was that It's
attitude on the matter of the board of
control had been misunderstood. The
conference in no sense attempted to
pass upon the advisability of a general
board for penal and charitable insti-
tutions, but did reiterate It's belief in
the unwisdom of such board for the
educational institutions of the state,
because in the matter Of government
there would be no economy in the
board of control methods over the
trustee system now in vogue in the
state, as shown by the experience of
other commemorative. Still further, it
was felt that a dead level of efficiency
and individuality of institutional
growth was sure to follow the estab-
lishment of a board of control regime
for educational institutions.
"The problems, too, OF many institu-
tions cannot be comprised and clearly
considered by a single board, even
though q paid one. The experiences
also of other states where the board
OF control for educational institutions
frfo
suits expected over the system now in
vogue in this state. On the contrary,
they have been positive damage to
the institutions, holding and checking
their growth, as shown in the history
Of South Dakota, Montana and even of
Iowa. In our neighboring state, Min
nesota, the educational institutions
were removed from the jurisdiction Of
a general board of control after four
years of trial.
at was also pointed out that a
board Of control for educational insti-
tutions would bring the institutions
into politics rather than take them out
of 1t. In fact there is no state where
the educational institutions have been
so little involved in politics as in
North Dakota.
at was felt, however, by the confer
ence that educational institutions of
the same character, doing practically
the same kind of work, such as the
normal schools, might well be placed
under the same board.
Before adjournment, the conference
authorized the appointment Of a COM
mittee, consisting of Presidents Nc
Vey, Worst, Mcfarland and Smith,
and Messrs. n. c. Young, M. B. Cassel
and ID. A. Dinnie, to prepare an ex-
tended statement showing in detail
the attitude of the conference on some
Of the more important educational
problems in North Dakota, including
the question of board of control for
educational institutions. The confer
ence instructed the committee to issue
this statement in addition to the one
now presented at an early date, SO
that the people of the state might have
the fullest information upon the ques-
ton involved.
1.-THE conference also decided to meet
quarterly, and the next meeting is to
be held at the University of North
Dakota, Friday, April IA.
"Signed.
Frank L. McVey,
81. III. Worst,
George A. Mcfarland,
"Committee