Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-07

lOuS aS nave any CHlctal connection
with the institution.
ct is charged that the university is
guilty Of extravaganza. You have an.
pointed committee to investigate
cur realty transactions. / invited that
committee and your general investi-
eating committee to inspect every bus
mess aspect Of our institution. You
can't investigate any too closely to
suit me.
ct is charged here that professors
devote about eleven hours a week 10
their work. Any professor who does
not devote practically his full time to
his duties is not worth his salt. 1
stand ready to help you weed out any
MEN who are devoting proper time
to their work"
President Van Hise refused to sub
scribe to the doctrine that an educa-
tional officer ought not to be closely
allied with the business end of the
university. The buildings, he said,
represent the shell of the university:
its professors, their books and their
apparatus. Mr.. Van Hise contended
that the educators are qualified to
handle the affairs Of the school. and
when they lack such qualifications
new men should be obtained
Assemblyman Carl Minkley, Social
tst, spoke against the bill. He charged
that politicians are trying to tamper
with the university He said that the
institution evidently is mot too much
III politics, but is in the wrong kind
of politics"
Levi Bancroft, former attorney gen.
eral; T. G. Richmond, Henry Morgan,
Dr. William H. Allen, and other
Madisonians spoke for the central
board plan.
The Bosshard bill to prohibit tip
ping is having clear sailing. The
measure was passed by the senate,
and has been reported out for pass
age in the house. A number of bell
boys and hotel employees appeared in
opposition to the measure, saying that
their salaries are small and that they
would be thrown out of work if such
a bill is enacted into law.
Many Anti-Vice Bills Recommended.
The past week amounted to a long
field day on the nineteen anti-vice
bills recommended by the state vice
commission. Former State Senator
Howard Teasdale, chairman of the
vice board, and a large number Of
social workers came here to speak for
the bills. 1t appeared to be generally
agreed that the state should create an
Industrial home for the care and treat
nlent of fallen women. Unlicensed
rocming and lodging houses were
pointed to as evil spots. 1t is pro-
posed to protect women from these
places by licensing rooms and lodging
houses, thus shifting a new RESPONSE
bility upon the keepers An effort
viii be made to strike at vice by es-
tablishing a stiff penalty for the use
Of false names in cases of arrests.
Many young people arrested escape
publicity by giving fictitious names.
it was said. "The light of publicity"
said Senator Teasdale. ''is the greatest
weapon with which the ai7ti-vice
forces have to work. Strong support
was accorded a bill to create Mann
fct within the state, and make it ap-
ply to counties and towns. The bill
is so worded that there is no question
as TO its application in cases where
women are transported for immoral
purposes from points within the state.
The measure is considered drastic.
and will meet with more opposition
than most of the other bills recon-
Eended by the commission which in
vestigated vice conditions throughout
the state. 1t is rather a delicate mat
ter to oppose these bills, and most of
taem are destined for passage in both
houses, as indicated by lack of opposi-
ton before the committee of the SEN
ate which spent the week hearing
arguments.
Raps Military Drill at University.
The report of DR.. William H. Allen
on the survey of the University of
Wisconsin to the state board of public
affairs form was given out. This is
the report to the board and not the
report of the board to the legislature.
Every angle of the activities of the
university and a criticism Of what the
university is doing that it should not
Go and what it is not doing that it
should do is made in the report 1t
covers some one thousand five hun
dred legal pages.
One of the most important recon-
mendations of the investigator is a
suggestion 20 abolish compulsory mill
tary drill. There is nothing in the
university's relations with the federal
government to make military drill
necessary. Because of this depart
ment, says the report, the efficiency