Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-30

MINNESOTA SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION SENDS CIRCULAR
LETTER TO SCHOOL HEADS.
81" REGENTS TO ASK MILLIONS
To Present Budget of s4,0oo,oo0 to Leg
isIature-Eoard Determines on Re-
trenchment to Include Economy In
Every Department of University.
St. Paul


St. Paul.
Questions as to the policy regarding
tate aid to school to be advocated BY
school authorities before the next leg
stature are asked in a letter mailed
0 superintendents and directors by c.
+ Schulz, state superintendent Of edu-
cation.
Mr.. Schulz cites that there has been
4 shortage in the state aid for each
If the last two years as appropriated
by the legislature. The failure Of the
lawmakers to appropriate up to the
>ull amount for high. graded, rural and
consolidated schools and for special de-
'artments in all these is explained by
Ar. Schulz as due to desire to re-
;trict the tax rate. The amount avail
lble for state aid the last two years
vas S3S25, 900, as against s4,718.71S
necessary, If the full amounts earned
~ the schools had been paid.
The state uperintendent asks school
Ulcers to advise legislators in their
districts as to their own attitude to-
ward the questions.
The move follows the recent dis.
tribution of 1892 900 of state aid
which. although representing the
largest single disbursement in the his.
tory of state business, was only 20 per
cent of the total intended.
1t is of the utmost importance
that we should have a stable. pro-
gressive and expanding public school
policy in Minnesota" Superintendent
Schulz states in a circular.
Millions For University.
With budget estimate Of nearly
S4,000000 to present to the Legisla-
ture, the University of Minnesota
Board OF Regents has determined on q
retrenchment policy which will include
strict economy in every department,
and restriction of enrolment wherev-
er possible rather than to increase the
teaching staff
More than score OF requests and
petitions for new buildings, increas-
ed equipment. increased salaries and
enlargement of teaching stats were
heard by the board, but only few
Of them received encouragement
Among the expenditures the board
looked on favorably, however. are:
Erection Of a 100000 hospital for
patients for clinical study.
Establishment of a separate depart
ment OF public health, requiring an
initial expenditure OF $1,000.
creation of an associate professor
ship of railroad transportation.
Provisions for giving women voca-
u"nal training in lines other than
Enlargement of the industrial work
If the college OF chemistry to meet
the new demands brought about by
Additions to the university library
and the engineering research labora-
tory.
Governor Names Delegates.
Governor Burnquist has just appoint
cd twenty-four Minnesota delegates t
the National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress on December to 8 at Washing
ton The list of delegates contain.
these names:
st. Paul-P. T. Glidden. Paul Doty
| G. J. McConville, J. w. Cooper, A. ]
| krank, George Lambert and II. r
| Quinlan.
Minneapolis-W F. Decker, J. C
| Andrews, ]. l.. Record, Charles d
| Gould, Theodore Void. F. G. Win
ston, r. W. Chadbourn and S. c
| Woodruff
Delegates named from other Mime
sofa cities are: w. Hayes Laird. WI
mona; James X. Grondahl, Red Wing
w. c. Masterman, saltwater: f. c
| Anthony. Hastings; J. E. Reynolds
| Mankato. Mile Bunnell and A. c
| Weiss, Duluth: A. H. Reed, Glencoe
| and j. NJ. Elder, Brainerd
|
Seed Wheat Shortage Seen.
The farmer who is forced to buy see
wheat this winter will feel the effect
Of the prevailing high prices of farr
products. Though milling wheat i
bringing close to So a bushel. the ma
whose own product is too poor for see
purposes will have 10 pay as high as 5
or even higher in getting a supply els,
where, The corn crop. late in startiu,
rounded under favorable weather an
there Is no seed corn problems, a,
cordins to Mr. Bull
|
To Check Baby Blindness.
~ regulation directed against bah
blindness recently adopted by til
state board OF health has been signe
by Attorney General Lyndon A. Smit
and will have the effect of a state lay
1t requires all physicians or oths
Of newborn children with one per eel
port to health authorities any signs
| + r
Place Car Shortage Blame.
Car shortage conditions, as cor
planned OF especially In the West ar
Southwest, are blamed in a gres
measure to the seaports by c. F.. Elr
Quist and o. P. B. jacobson, state ra
| road anu warehouse commissioner