Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
srArE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Asks INCREASE FOR EDU-
cArloNAL WORK.
AReER INCOME NEEDED
TO CARRY ON ADVANCES
Total Increase Of More Than ma"
Million Urged Upon Legislature
a..rd Outline, Purposes For Which
Money Is wanted-Needs OF Each
School Told in Detail.
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spectal to Times Republican.
Des Motnes, Dec. 22-For the carrying
m o+ the work Of the educational IN
stttut;ons OF higher learning IN Iowa
the Thirty sixth general assembly VIII
he asked to increase the annual IN
come O, the three by s5So.s75,
The recommendations Of the state
board OF education with regard 10 lhe
support funds and the special appfo-
priations are summarized as 1oLows:
Increased ANIMALS recommenoeu-
state college, s220.s25; state university
s157.SO0; state teachers college soo,zoo'
Specials Coilege, SS4,-
$50: univ ersity s69,5oo; teachers S.
300.
Total annual increase recommends
was s606,7T5. But from this should pe
deducted specials that expire June 50
next of s72,5oo at the university ana
$4,000 at the teachers college. leaving
g net annual increase of s5So.sio
Reason For Increase.
In regard to the reason for the N
creased allowances the board says
at is not alone the growth Of these
educational Institutions in numbers
that calls for constantly increasing
support funds. More than the growth
in numbers IS the ever widening field
OF educa tional endeavor Many hlsh
schools are today farther advanced In
the matter of equipment and labora-
tory facilities. in general, than some
very excellent colleges we're thirty
years ago. In large part, this expan-
sion In education has been the direct
result of popular demand for II.
university or college is no longer
looked upon as segregated spot where
scholars meet a select body of young
people for purely academic purposes.
They are looked upon as great work
shops, where world problems of the most
practical nature are being worked out
for the general good. While UNIVERSE
ties and colleges still maintain the
scholastic ideal, they are more and
more realizing that 1t IS their duty to
render to their immediate constituents
and the world at large type OF SER
vice which the educational institutions
Of our forefathers never dreamed would
be attempted. Thus It has come about
that, In an sie great Institutions OF the
country, mary Of their ablest and
highest priced men DO not teach at all.
Their work Is wholly along the lines
OF research: and the notable accom-
pfishments Of these men. working sill
entity. sometimes for years, in thefr
laboratories, are priceless. Who can
compute n dollars and cents the value
of Flexner's discovery and isolation OF
the spinal meningitus bacillus; and II
perchance he has discovered and tso-
lated the germ which causes fnfantile
paralysis, who will be so bold as to re-
luce that TO a monetary basis, albeit
it, monetary value will be enormous?
"A considerable portion Of the IN
creased appropriations asked Of the
thirty sixth general assembly Tor
these educational institutions is for the
purpose Of enlargtng their scope IN the
direction Of service to the public
rather than to serve especially the
comparatively few who are at work for
degrees. We believe that every labor
atory supported by the state can be
made to do direct service to the peo-
peI az large and we believe that 1t Is
the duty, as we'll as the opportunity. OF
the state college Of agricultural and
mechanical arts, thru the medium OF
the short courses in agriculture. nome
economics. and trade school courses IN
engineering, to render inestnlable ser
vice TO that large body OF young men
and Young women who can not take
the four-year college course and who
perhaps, might not be benefited If the!
did take it. 1t Is the boards desire
that these courses be increased II
number and liberalized to such an ex-
tent that no young person who can be
benefited thereby shall be excluded"
Whyfore Of Millaee Taxes.
with regard to continuation OF the
rnillage taxes for permanent improve
ment, on a lower basis, the board OF
education says:
ct becames necessary TO ask the
Thirty-sixt general assembly for
renewal Of the mtllage tax. The first
levy should be made in 1917, and fol
four years thereafter In view OF the
fact that valuations have increased -:
board will not ask for as large tAs
as has hitherto been levied, namely
18th mills each for the state uni
versity and the state college OF agri-
culture and mechanic arts, and 1-10tf
mills for the state teachers college;
but in lieu thereof, would suggest the
following:
For the State University OF Iowa
3-20th mills.
For the State College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, 3-20th mills.
'For the state teachers college
10th mills.
mo other fiscal policy ;nauguratet
by the state has been productive oil
better results than this method ot pro-
viding for the physical needs of the
several institutions. This method has
enabled the governing boards to maj
out for each OF the institutions a com.
prehensive plan Of future development
which. when completed, will give u:
a. well housed institutions as can any.
where be found. Practically ever,
building constructed out of the millag'
4 tax is fireproof. The increased initia
expenditure has been more than com
pensated for in the lessened cost OF tn
up-keep, in safety to valuable publi
property and, in the case Of dormi
:. tories III safety to human life
New 1uildings Erected.
During the past biennium the fol
towing buildings have been erected q
the state educational institutions:
State university Women's dormi
tory Courier hall), addition to univer
slty hospital, hospital heating PLAN
improvements in chemical building
store room. engineering shops foun
d ny. nurye4 home under construction
mems gymnasium under construction
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