Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-19
OTHER QUESTIONS
OCCUPY THE TINE
Of STATE BOARD
Worst Says That Authority at
Agricultural College Should
Be Under One Head.
EXPECTED FIREWORKS
FAIL TO MATERIALIZE
Matter Will Be Discussed by Rs.
gents Today and Formal
Report Made.

President j. H. Worst of the State
Agricultural college at Fargo appear
ed before the state board of regents
yesterday, in the interests of the Az
ricultural college. Stories printed In
Fargo paper to the effect that Pres.
ident Worst would deliver an ulti.
matum to the board were erroneous.
The looked-for fireworks did not ma.
terialize, and President Worst gave
the board some valuable information
in regard to the state farm school.
The Agricultural college Is practi.
cally under two heads at the present
time, with all. the resultant cOnfu.
sion and ill-feeling which follow
such conditions. Before the state
board of regents came into being the
old board of trustees of the college
put Thomas "A. Cooper in charge OF
the college extension work, and also
the experiment station. His authority
has been coordinate with that of the
president since the change was made.
and more or less friction has resulted.
Board Not Responsibte.
The board of regents had absolute.
ly nothing to do with bringing about
the present condition at the Agricul-
tural college. They took charge Of
all state educational institutions last
July, and have made few changes as
yet in any of the institutions. The
board has gone about the work In
systematic manner and we're more
than glad to have conditions at the
Aggie college clearly explained by
President Worst.
The board has not as yet announced
what policy will be followed at the
college, and will likely not do so un-
til the report of the educational sur.
vey is completed by DR.. E. B. Craig.
head.
Favor One Head.
While the board did not take any
official action in the matter yesterday.
the individual members were unan.
imously in favor of one head for the
Agricultural college. However, the
matter will be thoroughly discussed
today, and some plan arrived at.
The following plan was suggested
by President Worst:
TO the State Board of Regens.
Gentlemen: I beg to submit the
following for your consideration and
adoption as remedy for existing ad-
ministrative difficulties under which
the Agricultural College management
has labored for the past two years,
and which, in my opinion, has not
only greatly impaired the efficiency Of
the college, but the present admins
trative organization is unquestionably
in violation of both federal and state
law.
The state board of regents, with q
view to providing for a closer and
more perfect coordination of all de-
partments and divisions of the North
Dakota Agricultural college. hereby
revokes all previous acts of its board
of trustees to the contrary, and es-
tablishes in general terms the follow.
ing memoranda of organization, to.
wit: -
/. For administrative purposes the
college shall be divided into three
main divisions, viz: (1) Teaching;
(2) Experimentation; (3) Extension
Work. Each of these divisions shall
be provided with an administrative
officer with the direct management Of
it's affairs.
2. The college shall have one chief
executive head. the president, and
the directors of the teaching, expert.
ment station, and extension depart.
ments or divisions shall be subordi-
nate to the president and under his
general direction as provided for by
Section 1109 of the Political Code, as
follows:
"The president shall be the chief
executive officer of the college, and
it shall be his duty to see that al
rules and regulations are executed.
and the subordinate officers and EN-.
ployes, not members of the college
faculty, shall be under his direction
and supervision"
Provided, however, that for the
present and until funds are available,
the president may act as director Of
the teaching work of the college, and
that these directors and the president
shall constitute an administrative
board, empowered to determine the
lines of work, the division Of the work
under the three divisions or branches
and the selection Of competent
assistants and employees and their -
signment of work, and to recommend