The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-27
GOVERNOR SPEAKS MIND RE-
GARDING STATE SCHOOLS
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reduction can be made without impair
ing their efficiency, as the estimates
asked for On page SO of said report arr
unnecessarily large, and in place O
creating efficiency will create ex
travagance.
The appropriation asked for this
year. without counting the $27 900 from
the Lever Bill and the additional in
come of about $150,000, is in excess
of what it was two years ago. With
the unifying system it ought to be
much lower than it ever was before
as we have added a new department
to our educational systems which is a
Board of Education which is asking
for an appropriation for its own main
tenance, $4,000.
This report showing salaries at
$290,236 is an increase over two years
ago of over 1000 1t shows the up
keep and overhead expenses, $685.
500. Certainly the overhead charges
for the university of that amount of
money is greater than it ought to be.
No business institution has an over
head charge of more than fifty per
cent of the. cost of the actual amount
required for labor. The overhead
charges of an institution like the Uni
versity of Idaho, outside of expenses
for instruction, should not be over
thirty per cent of the total cost.
On page rs of the Report of the
Board of Education are the following
items: .The college enrolment, 400;
summer school enrolment So; special
courses enrolment, 1902; total, 500"
The enrolment for summer school
might as we'll be eliminated Students
in the summer school are charged
five dollars tuition. Besides that the
legislature is asked to make a special
of five thousand dollars
for this summer school, This part of
enrolment has nothing to do with the
The special courses including 1O2
students consists of short courses
which cost very little relatively. There
has been a total enrolment of 406 stu
dents. When we take into considera-
ton that the enrolment of bonafide
students numbering 406 ask for an APP
preparation all told of over half mil
lion dollars it is time to investigate
and determine whether efficiency and
are being practiced.
I am reliably informed that summer
schools are being maintained in the
state of Idaho and maintained with a
high degree of efficiency for the tut
ion fee of ten dollars and without any
cost to the state. The teachers taking
hese courses are employed in the var
Gus schools, of the state of Idaho and
give perfect satisfaction. This would |
make the cost of summer school OF |
90 students cost $1,000 while the uni
rersity asks for $4,000. There can be
10 additional expense to summer
chool in the university. The profess
ors employed at said institution
hould receive their salaries on the
'asis of a yearly allowance and the
ime devoted to teaching summer
chool ought to cost the state nothing.
Besides the appropriation asked
rom the legislature the Dairy Depart
lent at the university sells butter and
Their products raised on the far
yhich are not accounted for in this
eport.
/ am informed that there was an
greement made by the regents of the
University, about three years ago, with
le timber industry of the north to add
Forestry Department to the universe
7. The timber interests pledged
to put up a building at a
tate of Idaho. The state has the For
stry Department in running order,
ut there is no building erected yet
nd the timber companies have for
often their obligations to the state,
nd it is a question whether the state
lall continue that department with ..
1t having the parties directly inter-
;ted and benefited carry out their
art of the contract.
The Academy Of Idaho
The Academy of Idaho at Pocatello
we'll located, well managed and well
Iuipped. 1t has a very large com
ercial department, which, accord
G to my idea, is the largest depart .
mt in the school. If the state desires
add a commercial training to its
vocational system the foundation ex-