The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-15
I SWEEPING POWERS
New Board Of Education Com
mittcd to Many
Reforms
3 peeisi to Daily Leader.

Crueo Saturday under an act OF the
last legislature possesses the most
sweeping powers OF any sta board
heretofore organized and will be
step In working out certain education
u reforms 10 which the new atlnin
istratlon Is committed
In addi ion to school management
contemplated lii the act tho board
probably holds power to abolish orI
combine state educational lnsdtu
tions for failure on heir part TO pro
vide a teaching force or managing
organization for any OF them. the
sail institution would OF necessity
quit business Legislative ratlfca
tion would not be essential should
tine educational board take such steps
and the administration would Dc free
tc carry out its hitherto announced
policy Of re'renchment iu that sec
ti0n Of the state government
Briefly put. the schools will be re-
ducod TO a business basis. cOmpail.
bic With high grade educational
system
A very salient feature OF The Bew
boards authority is 70 bring about
Capitalization Of school F0rk, that
Ia, confirming each institution t0 IT'S
function By removing conflict OIL
Ripping OF courses OF study 50 that
tue institution may r}icularze and /
thus reach the highest standard oil
Proficiency in o given line. II means
keeping The higher educational il +
lutions free Of lower grade work Per /
sons desiring an agricultural eduCa
ton would be required 20 attend the
school carrying that speciality, ike
W.se, for instance. tbc study of law
would DE confined o tue law school, /
and a high school education would /
have 70 be attained at a high school +
W place OF q normal institute.
As expressed during the legslatiac I
session II ono wanted 8 shoe mcujoa +
lie would have 10 20 % cobbler aud T
not 9 iewgler Tho general idea tar-
fied out, educators say, furnishes tAe
strongest system and win cvemuale 1
IT'D the STATE attaining proper rauk Hull
the olucatl0Im wolld
New Board Succeeds Many
fh new board succeeds The soI (
loving boards aud organizations
The stale board Of iucati0n as itl
new exists. be : ate textbook CONF
mission the board Of regents Of the
state university. the board OF regents
Of the university prcpara ory schools
AZ Tonkawa and Clafemore, the board
9f education nov in control of the
state normal schools, the board OF
regents of the Oklahoma industrial
Institute and College for Girls at
Chickasha. the board Of regents OF
the School OF Mines and Metaliargy
al Wilburton. the board OF control OF
the school for the Dcai at sulphur.
the board uf cUntrol f0r tue School f
FOR the Blind. the board Of control 0i
the BOYS Training school al PaNls
VALLEY, the board Of control Of thei
Orphans Home at PRYOR Greek. the
board oi regents OF the COlOred Agri-
cultural and Normal university al
Lansston, the hoard uf regents Of the
Institute for the Deaf Blind and Or
phans' home for the colored at Taft.
and shall have all the powers, rights
and privileges heretofore legally cX-
ercised by said boards
Powers AS Fixed
The general supervision Of the
public schools oi the state; to form
ulate and adopt courses OF study for
the common schools and county nor
NAL institutes, and arrange courses
0i study aud adopt text books f0r use
in The higher educational institu-
tons, to formulate rules and regula-
tons governing the issuance Of All
certificates TO teach in the public
schools: To prepare questions Tor e1-
animation OF applicants for county
and ,itv certificates TO teach ia tbs
public schools. to examine applicants
Tor state certificates, 70 teacn IN the
public schools OF the state and for
cun1k ctors' aud instructors certiii
Gates 10 teach in the county normal
Institutes 10 prepare examination
questions for graduates from the
eighth grade of the public schools 10
classify tho public high schools of the
state and properly acegedit them to-
The various higher educational insti'
tujious of the state. 10 formulate aud
adopt courses of study for state pup
lis. reading circles and for state
teachers reading circles. and 10 Sc
leci books 10 he used in said readnS
circles and % prepare questions lot i
Inc issuance of reading circle eertt /
cater.
I'll addition tho organizations oi
commercial and business colleges
may, upon application request the5
state board Of education 90 forum /
late rules aud Fgus ions governing
sueh institutions. as well as te Tor
nation aud adoption Of courses oi
stud and rules gokenlae iue iHaa- 1
aEce ol diplomas from such Schools /
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