Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-12
SCHOOL SYSTEM
TOBE REVAMPED
Educators Will Submit Their
Ideas to the Governor
Wednesday

A series of concrete propositions
| for improvement of the educational
system of Pennsylvania will be sub
mitted to Governor, William c.
Sproul, on Wednesday by the Com
mittee of Educators who visited him
I on Thursday and discussed the gen.
eral situation. At that conference
which went over various phases, the
| Governor put forth some views of
his own which he asked that his
callers consider with the understand
ing that when they return, they pre-
sent their ideas in form to be studied.
While members of the committee
! decline to discuss the subjects taken
! up, it is understood that they will
submit drafts of proposals for en-
livening the educational system and
providing for more fleXibility in re-
gard to certain objects as well as
betterment of rural conditions. II
they meet approval by the Governor
they will go into the bill to reorgan-
ize the Department of Public In
struction which is now being drawn
up for the Governors eye.
1t is probable that within the next
ten days that the committee OF
three senators and five members or
the House provided in the BALDWIN
resolution to probe the school sys-
tenn, will be named and will meet
with the Governor, and also near
the educators. They will be given
the drafts of the bill and likely re-
port outlines of a measure Contain
ing the concensus of opinion. The
Governor has been in touch with men
interested in school affairs, in most
of the cities, and will soon be ready
with a policy.
Legislative leaders expect to see
the Governor early in the week about
the revenues, and the Governor will
also indicate to heads of departments,
some of his ideas about the general
appropriation bill from which S4,-
100000 to S5,000,000 must be cut.
II the Governor settles the revenue
problsm. not much time will be lost
in reporting out the charitable in
stitutions' appropriations.
Much interest is being manifested
here in the third class city nom
partisan repeater which is in the
Senate, and which opponents of the
present system believe will be passed.
The State Police bill will be passed
this week and be sent to the Gov
ernor.
Decisions of the House are said
to favor the contention of the "wets"
that the State printer was right in
declining to print the Fox prohibi-
ton enforcement measure without
the search and seizure" amend
ment The "wets" insisted that the
committee had no right to strike
out that amendment which was made
by the House, but the committee
ordered it out. The bill appears with
the amendment and if a motion to
strike it out is made tonight. the
Speaker will be called upon for
ruling, and the matter likely put
to a vote of the House. Predents
and rulings, the last of which is
said to date from 1898, are being
industriously looked up.
The Threshermen's Association
has issued a statement in which ex-
pressed hostility to the Eyre tractor
bill, even if amended as suggested
by the State Highway Department
to exempt farm machinery. The
Eyre bill would forbid operation of
tractors on State highways if the
wheels contained cleats. The Asso-
citation has called upon 5000 tractor
owners in the State to work against
the bill and to hold meetings of
protest against it.