Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-14

and the board took hasty action on the
| subject and notified him that the de-
partment would be retained, after
which Pearson accepted.
President Boyd of the finance COM
mittee suppressed parts Of important
letters that should have gone into the
records, and q resolution passed in
July was not at that time spread upon
the records Of the board. Il charge
President Boyd with the mutilation Of
public document with the intent to
deceive the legislature, the governor
and the people of the state"
The presidents of the colleges We're
not consulted as to the plan for CO.
ordination, and this Is an outrage.
Misrepresentation were made in
the letter to the press that was pre-
pared by the finance committee and
given out at the time of the announce
ment of the decision Of the board as
TO the changes.
regard to the plans from educators
were ever given to the public and these
changes were important.
Professor Stanton refused entrance
at Ames to boy graduate OF city
two-year course. stating that It was
exclusively for the boys from the rural
districts who had not had the high
school training and it was undesirable
to mix the two classes.
The board has virtually said that tie
girls have TO go to university ana
get the college education SO as to learn
how TO cook but as fer the boys
studying engineering they can get
along very we'll at an institution with
out this.
The board OF education has been
costly: il has cost the past two years
s35. 900. and the reports shows that
members have travelled $4,000 miles.
Better Use some of the money in help
ing the colleges.
The proposal to send the college stu
dents from Cedar Falls to Iowa City is
without merit. out of 1896 who grad
uated at Cedar Falls the past I'VE years
only 40 had taken the college degrees;
the talk Of sending item TO the uni
versity is mere sop TO US
The board OF education Is going
ahead 70 force their plan: they have
5casted they are going to bull it thru:
now don't You lei them do il: don't let
them injure the colleges in this way,
but pass this resolution and compel
them to stop"
If the order Of the board stands there
will follow litigation that will be We'll
nigh ruinous to the colleges.
Trewin Presents Boards Side.
James H. TreHin said:
1t is an ola saying among Us lawyers
Sto< --%p hoS n
onto the lawyer for the other side; I
submit to you whether or not Mr..
Weaver hasn't done a good job OF that.
This is no new idea; it is 20 years
old; and the board was created to do
away with the rivalries and jealousiee.
to make these institutions work to-
gethef, and to relieve Iowa from I'M
ne cessary expense of wasted effort.
This matter was under consideration
from the very inception ot the board:
because 1t was anticipated that when
tho -thirty-nfth general assembly met
you would be asking Us wha, We had
done to carry yut the ;wfll Of the peope
for this college reform as Indicated to
US thru the legislature. Yet we are
branded almost as guilty Of high crimes
and our very motives have been i'm
pugned. ,e''
They have endeavo-ea to bring the
poor old Laird of skibo Castle" into
this discussion a bogy. Mr.. Carnegie,
by the way. has nothing to do with the
Carnegie foundation. But the very
legislature that created our board di
rected 1t to seek TO bring each OF these
colleges under the Carnegie foundation.
My. Weaver did not tell the truth as
to the attendance at the engineering
schools: there has been steady de-
cline IN attendance At Iowa City en-
cheering school and steady increase
at Ames: yet all the time they have
| been making concessions to induce stu
dents at Iowa City and have main
tanned a lower standard than at A-nes.
When the state OF Iowa entered into
its contract with the federal govern
ment under the Morrill, act it bound
itself to maintain at Ames a school for
practical education in the pursuits and
professions.
The action taken by the board is in
accord with the mandate of the iegis-
larure, in accord with the Judgment Of
educators. IN accord with the desires OF
| the people: It is not a move to do any
| in jury to a single one Of the institu-
tons.
Judge Lee also spoke for the business
| interests Of Anes and presented some
| phases Of the matter as related especi-
| ally to that institution H L. Adams
Yves. Union: W.O Payne, Of Nevada
and Superintendent Reinow, of Elkader
| all spoke.