Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-08-18
Nonresident Tuition at Uni
versity Now $148.
HIGHEST FEE CHARGED IN U. S.
Governor ;1iipp Says He VIII Sign
Measur Passed by the Legisla-
ture-Rural School Problem
Taken Up by Senate.

the legislature has finally passed the
HambFecht bill increasing the non
resident tuition fee at the university
to $148 a year. This makes 1t the
highest tuition fee charged in the
United States by any state university
according to Senator William M. Bray
of Oshkosh, whose substitute bill was
adopted in the senate. The bill has
been the object of much controversy.
At times it has been defeated only TO
be revived again and sent on it's way
Governor Philip will sign the meas
ure.
Gradually the rural school problem
Is being worked out by the legislature
The senate has just given final con-
currence to the assembly amendments
to the Burke bill changing the per-
sonnet of the county boards of educa-
ton. Under law passed in 1913 mem
bers of the county board of education
were elected by the people and given
power to aid the county superintend-
ent in supervising the schools and
settling school boundary disputes. So
much opposition arose to this law
that the first bill introduced in the
senate and the third in the house were
bills to accomplish the repeal of the
old law. Instead a compromise has
been reached, under which the three
members of the county board of edu-
cation are elected by the county board
of supervisors and are given practical
ly the same powers as the old county
board of education. An amendment
has been incorporated in the Burke
bill prohibiting the Incorporation OF
school districts into consolidated
plan, where the electors of the district
vote in opposition. The measure will
go to the governor for approval early
this week He has already declared
in favor of the measure in a message
10 the legislature.
The Dickie bill to give state aid to
rural school teachers having been de-
feated in the senate, the assembly will
mis- week take up the Bennett bill
on this subject, which provides aid for
rural school teachers who render salts
factory service and remain in the
same district more than one year. AS
semblyman W. H. O'Brien of Ke-
waunee county, country school,
teacher, who is recognized as one of
the leaders in solving the problems
of the rural schools which come be-
fore the house, is in favor of this bill.
He declares that this encouragement
of state aid win do more to build up
the rural schools than any law that
has been enacted since the inception
of the state O'Brien will have charge
of the Bennett rural school bill in the
house.
The Caldwell bill providing for
county mothers pension plan, similar
to that recently adopted in New York.
will be up in the senate.
Senator Otto Bosshard of La Crosse
has offered an amendment providing
for 100000 state aid to be prorated
the amount of expenditures to de-
pendent mothers in each county. This
amendment would practically restore
the old law, which has been in the
statute books for two years, with the
exception that the Caldwell bill
makes the system compulsory on
every county while the old law allow
ing state aid was optional
Several new appropriation bills
have been offered in the senate. A
bill has been presented by the finance
committee asking for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 annually for the new
state engineering department. The
newly created department of agricul-
ture has asked the finance committee
for an increase in its appropriation
from $4,000 to $4,000, and it has
been granted. The university appro-
priation bill will be placed on
the calendar in the senate.
1t is not anticipated that many amend
ments will be offered. Before the bill
was reported the joint finance COM
mittee called President Van Hise of
the university and DR.. W. H. Allen
of Governor Philips efficiency staff
before the committee to present their
arguments for further changes. These
were practically all adjusted, which
will insure the bill going through the
legislature without radical amend
mentS.
The normal school appropriation
measure will be on the calendar in