Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-23
HEADS OF UNIVERSITY AND
COLLEGE AND LEGISLATORS
TO MEET.
MEMBERSHIP OF ALUMNI
SOURCE OF TROUBLE
Complaining Of Too Much Duplication
Of Work and Demanding Correlation
as Between Observation-Disclosures
Hinges on Appropriations = Entire
Change Amusing to Legislators.
,pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March "a peace con-
ference has been arranged between the
state university and the state college,
to be held this week, when President
Pearson and President MacBride, and
others for these two big institutions.
will meet with members of the legisla-
ture at dinner and seek to effect a
settlement of what has developed into
one of the hercest side controversies
of the entire session.
While the senate has been fighting
booze and the house has peen lan,bast-
ing the highway commission, the al
umni Of the two big state colleges have
been sparring for position before the
appropriations committees, and what
appears to be an irreconcilable conflict
is at hand. The situation has an al
most amusing side in that it reverSes
conditions that were visible two years
ago. The arguments urged then are
forgotten. In many respects the very
things that were being strenuously de-
MED then are now admitted and offered
as arguments.
Alumni Make Trouble.
The conflict is not, SO it is stated,
SO much between the heads Of these
two institutions, nor the faculties, as it
is between unofficial committees of al
umni. They are now complaining that
there is too much duplication of work
and something ought TO De done 10 cor
relate (the hateful word) as between
the departments. They are saying that
the failure to eliminate Implications is
the cause OF much of the extraordinary
expense. Each side wants the other to
cut off some departments and 10 step
trenching on the special field OF the
compliments.
It all hinges about the appropriations
and how much shall be given in special
appropriations and how much for -es-
ular support.
The state university people are in
sisting that one Of two things be done,
that either the state college support
be cut down to an equality with theirs,
or that they get as much as the Ames
bunch. Tia; pretty we'll expresses the
issue thst has been made.
S. U. !. Adults Ames Books.
A COMMITTEES of the alumni of the
state university has had employed for
the books of the state college TO find
out how the money is being spent. The
university bunch insists that 1t is
costing more per student for the edu-
cation given at Amss than it is at Iowa
City The Ames bunch deny this and
are hurting back other accusations. OF
course it is all very nice and polite
and nobody is using any harsh Ian
guage, but the situation has become
SO strained that II has been thought
best to attempt a conference and effect
a treaty Of peace for fear that in the
end nobody will get anything.
It will be recalled that the state
board OF education in its report rec
commended an increase Of s220,625 per
, annum in the support funds at Ames
and $4,000 annually at Iowa City;
also special appropriations of sS4,50o
at Ames and $500 at Iowa City.
The governor in his message devoted
some space to this subject and pre-
sented some figures that were new to
the public.
The attendance Nov. 20 last at the
state university, was reported as 1855
} in the collegiate departments. while the
total enrolment including the school
for nurses and the summer session was
2,771.
| At the state college the enrolment
at the same date was reported at
2,542 and the summer school 61s, max
| ing $3.50 in all.
The governor figured it out hat the
income annually Of the state university,
| not including fees and tuition, is
ss57,7o0 But If the legislature ap-
proves the recommendations of the
board the annual income Will be
Isl, 012,30o.
The governor also figured it out that
| the income of the state college is
s1,156, 400; and if the recommendations
/ of the board are adopted the income
will be s1,4s0,200.
Legislators Want to Know.
| What the legislators want to know
| is just what to do about it. To that
end senators have been sent quietly to
Ames and Iowa City and have appeared
| without announcement to investigate.
| Yesterday a committee Of members Of
| the house went to Iowa City and an
| other to Ames on like errand. The
| fact is that the members are all at sea
over the matter. They do not know
what to do, There is not enough money
| to satisfy all perfectly legitimate de-
| mands. Where to make the cut it the
question.
Some members of the legislature are
even go ungracious as to indulge in a
| little laughter in their sleeves over a
| situation that they tried very hard to
guard against two years ago. and would
have done so but for the activity Of
| alumni of the two institutions, then
working in cooperation even as now
| they are scrapping with each other
over who should get the most. But 1t
may be set down that the legislators
will. in the end. try very hard to do
justice to both institutions and give