The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-05-15

quires school boards to provide classes
In citizenship when requested by ten
alien residents.
Governor Williams efforts to con.
solidate state educational institutions
and thereby cut expenses was upset
when the session re-es.ablished the
Wilburton School OF Mines and the
Tonkawa Prep School: creating the
Oklahoma military academy out of the
Claremore Prep School and creating a
brand new school Of mines at Miami.
with total appropriations for same of
near half million dollars.
Separate board of regents were pro-
vided for the state university, the
Langston A. and N. the Tonkawa
prep school. the Chickasna College for
Women and the Wilburton school of
Mines and the Miami School OF Mines.
A general board of managers to gov.
ern all corrective and charitable in.
stitutions, which heretofore have been
managed by the department of edu.
cation and board OF affairs. was estab
lished. The board Of affairs takes con,
troll of the Enid feeble minded school,
The state will pay two 500 scholar.
ships for each county, to the A. and NJ.
College and, 25 state scholarships to
the Langston A. & N.
A teachers pension fund is estab-
lished which provides that after 25
years service by women teachers or
80 years by men. or after certain dis
ablement, pensions of six to seven hun.
dred dollars are paid.
The session granted 100000 aid to
rurual schools. not over $500 year
to any one school. The state will pay
one-half the cost up to s2.500 OF any
consolidated school that is built and
equipped. new law provides for
combining two or more adjacent in
dependent districts to be nokwn as a
United District. after petition and elec.
tion. The act OF 1915 relating to con.
solidated schools is amended to pro-
vide for dissolution Of same by vote
Of 20 percent Of the district.
A & NJ. school and department OF
education are directed to prepare a
text book on agriculture suitable for
are authorized in counties OF less than
1000 school population. The state
superintendant's office Is authorized
to establish teachers employment
bureau and a department of high
school inspection. Local school boards
must provide part time classes in any
district where there are twenty or
more minors between 16 and 20 years
old who are employed. and in such
district minors may not be employed
during the class hours. All new
school buildings costing over $4,000
must have their heating and ventilat.
ing plans prepared by the state super.
intendent. Salary OF county superin.
tendents are made the same as county
clerks.
Changes In State Government.
The session was conspicuous for
the number OF new commissions Great.
ed. Among them were the following:
Creation OF state farm and indus.
trial council to take over some OF the
activities OF the state council OF de-
Tense and similar county councils.
Creating commission OF five to man.
age work OF the adult blind, with ap-
preparation of $4,000.
Creating commission OF three to cod.
| ify and suggest amendments to laws
relating to children.
Creating state library commission
and appropriating $4,000.
A special board is created for hand
ling affairs relating to fraternal insur.
ance companies, separate from the
state insurance board.