The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-06-13
INSTRUCTORS IN
! NEED IN STATE
CHANCELLOR SAYS COLLEGE PRO-
FEssoRs ARE BECOMING
SCARCE OVER WEST
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
State Highway Commission Will Let
Contracts Amounting to $4,000
on July Eight Towns Want
Vocational Institution

Helena.-'Iabor shortage may or
may not be acute, but the shortage of
good educational instructors is more
than acute. 1t is serious" This is the
manner in which Edward f. Elliott,
chancellor of the University Of Mon
tana, summed up the results of his
trip through middle western and east
ern states In search of faculty mem
hers for the. various departments of
the university.
Specialists and experts in scientific
pursuits have gone into businesses
which require technical advisers Mr..
Elliott declares. Failure on the part
of educational institutions to meet the
salary increases which obtain in COM
mercial lines has driven many leaders
from. our profession. Most of those
who remain are already in good posi-
lions and it is very difficult to get
them to change"
Mr.. Elliott has been absent for more
than three weeks, and in that time he
visited Minneapolis. Madison, Wis.
Ithaca, n Y, Washington, d. c.. and
Ames, Iowa. He believes he filled at
least half of the positions open in the
university, and the names of the men
selected will be disclosed at the meet
ing of the Montana board of educa-
ton on July Z. Among the vacancies
are president of the state normal
school at Dillon and dean of the school
of engineering at the .Bozeman agri-
cultural college.
After tour of the state institutions,
during which he will participate in the
commencement exercises of university
departments, Mr.. Elliott will 90 to Mil
waukee to deliver an address before
the National Educational association
convention on July l. He will then re-
turn to Helena for the board meeting.
Law Misunderstood.
Wholesale infractions of the Mon
tana investment (bIue sky) law, due
largely to misapprehension regarding
it's provisions, are likely to bring GER
tain companies and agents into con-
tact with the penalty section of the
statute. declares George Fl. Porter,
state auditor and investment commits
Sioner.
Because company has complied
with the provisions of the law, some
agents have assumed that it is I'M
necessary for them also to obtain
licenses. This is wrong. Mr.. Porter
says. Both company and agent must
receive the approval of his office. Fur
Their, all advertisements must be sub
mitted to him before authorized pub
1ication, he says. This applies to news |
paper display space, readers, pam |
phlets, circular letters, and all litera-
ture intended to promote the COM
pany's publicity campaign.
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Contracts for Road Work.
Contracts aggregating about 100000
will be awarded by the state highway |
on June Is. Six projects
are included in the list, and all are
federal aid roads.
Red Trail, near Wibaux, Ala miles, |
SIS, 9SO.01; Red trail, near Wibaux, 5.68
miles, s19,99735; Tongue river. near
Miles City, 4 miles, s19,558.75: Forsyth
road, near Forsyth, 3.24 miles. $40,
99S.25; Yellowstone trail near Liv-
ingston, miles, S19.995.15; Grass
Range. Fergus county, 6.13 miles, &c.,
979.07.
Eight Bid for School.
Eight Montana towns are bidding
for the new state vocational school for
girls, asserts Mrs. Hal B. Ives, who has
from Hunters Hot Springs,
where d meeting of the board was held.
Another meeting has been called at the
springs on June 81, prior to which sites
will be inspected, and it is hoped de-
cision will be made. The towns in the
race for the building are Great Falls.
Helena, Kalispell, Gilman, Harlowton,
Columbus and Deer Lodge.
Must Report Disease.
Physicians. school teachers and
school nurses, and the heads of fami-
les where no physician is employed,
are required to report all cases OF con-
tagious diseases to the health authori-
ties, according to a regulation adopt
ID by the state board of health In
.essfon In Helena.
Also regulation was passed requir-
ng city and county health officers to {
meet in conference with the state !
,oard once a year. The board asks |
titles and counties to bear the expense !
Il sending the officers to Helena for
his conference. Il
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