The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-02-24
pense OF that institution.

SnOulQ pass upon courses Oi lnStIuc-
ton and subjects in the high school
course Is most unwise and lacking In
appreciation of the principals Of edu-
cation. Education is subject for ex-
perts. This state is one in which gov
eminent by commission and there
fore by experts is developed to
an exceptional degree. This is be
cause the body of the state legis'
lature wisely realizes that they can
not administer in detail on technical
subjects The plan to have the legis-
lature determine the subjects which
must be studied for admission to the
university is contrary to the entire
present trend of legislation in the
state
Students of the University of Wis
consin are up in arms and have adj
dressed an unsigned circular letter to
tue legislature attacking the admins
t1ation of the university and asking
that commission, independent of the
president and the faculty, be appoint
ed to conduct the affairs of the state
institution The petition and circu-
lar letter purports to come from a
committee of Students" and, among
other things, it strikes at the system
of fraternities and sororieties tolerat
ed at wisconsin
The charge is made that when one
of the deans concludes to eject a stu
dent in any course, further effort upon
the part of the student to continue
in the university is futile. This is
the opinion of the best attorneys in
the state" says the CIRCULAR letter. The
student is followed persistently, main
tains the committee, into every class
and the instructors are compelled to
mark him upon scale Of perfection
which demands impossibilities from
the student. The petition calls upon
the legislature ITO cut out the cancer
of dominating deanism," The faculty
and board of regents is characterized
as a "headless institution, where ev-
cry bodys business Is nobody's bust
ness and nobody is responsible.
With considerable legislation pend
ing which relates to administrative af-
fairs at the university, there is MO de-
nying that this letter has made an i'm
preston and that it will have some in
fuence upon the members.
i J. !.
Assemblyman Stern's bill providing
for a non-partisan nomination of jul
dicial candidates in Milwaukee county
passed the assembly by vote of 30
to 35 despite the eloquent and earnest
opposition of Speaker Ingram, who left
his chair to occupy place upon the
floor to argue against the bill. A great
many measures relating to home rule
in the states metropolis are pending,
and this particular nonrpartisan bill
developed interesting debate.
1.-The judiciary of the state belongs
to Wisconsin," declared Speaker In
gram. 1.-The circuit courts are the
great trial courts. Circuit court
Judges are not confined to their own
county in passing upon matters of in
terest to the public and the entire
state. If the bill were SO drawn as to
provide non-partisan nomination all
over Wisconsin ! would vote for it.
AS it stands, relating only to Milwau-
kee county which is dominated by
Milwaukee city it looks like special
legislation I believe that we are
walking upon dangerous ground when
we vote to make radical changes in
our judiciary
Speaker Ingram paid tribute to
the Socialists who oppose the bill when
it was we'll known that politically
they would gain by it's passage. He
also criticised the Democrats for 60
ing into a caucus and deciding to
support this measure when there was
not a single Democratic representative
in the house from Milwaukee. As
semblyman Long, one of the Demo
cratic leaders, vigorously denied that
such caucus was held.
my vote is my own VOTE" he said,
and ] believe it is the same with
other Democrats"
All but two of the Democrats in the
house voted in favor of Mr.. Stern's
bill and all of the Social Democrats
voted against it.
j. y J.
Representative of northern coun-
ties bitterly oppose the bill proposing
to establish fire patrol. State For
ester Griffiths is working hard for the
passage of this measure. The oppo-
sition thus far has been based largely
upon the distribution Of the expense
OF maintaining such a patrol AS the
bill is drawn the burden Of expense
falls upon the counties having large
timber districts 1t is argued that
much of this timber land is owned by
spectators and that they should
shoulder the burden of state protec-
ton. 1t is further argued that no sys-
tenn of fire patrol will be able to cope
with forest fires in the dry season.
The opposition also maintains that
men seeking jobs will set many fires
and that there will be an epidemic of
forest fires. State Forester Griffith
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