The Bismarck tribune., 1919-02-19
KANE ANDLADD
PARROT WORDS
OF MACDONALD
Presumptive Heads of Two Big
Educational Institutions
Endorse Fight

Thomas F. Kane, brought from
Michigan, where he was head OF q
small sectarian college, to- be presi
dent Of the University Of North Da
kota, and Z. F. Ladd, whose political
activities have won for him the presl
dency of the agricultural college and
some half-dozen or more paying com
missionerships, parrot the words OF
their masters in alleged tspeeches"
which they are quoted in Nonpartisall
league press organs as having made be-
fore an open session of the state at
fairs committee last night
The leagues educational bills. aimed
ut wrestling from Miss Minnie j. Mel
son the powers conferred upon her by
the people who elected her superin.
tendent Of public instruction by a ma
jority of more than 6,OOO, could not
be instructed with the senate commit
tee on educational affairs, so the
bosses sent them to the state affairs
committee, league steering agsrega-
ton, and it was before these commit
tees that the presumptive heads Of the
university and agricultural college ap-
peared last night, spoke their little
pieces and received their approving
little pats on the back.
Doc Ladd is quoted by his personal
press agent as having delivered him
self Of the following:
.sNot so many years ago every in
stitution had separate board. and
that board would go to the legislature.
one of them for every institution, and
ask for all the money they could get;
and they didn't get any too much. But
the one that was the most successful
in getting the largest amount was com
plimented. And we have been doing
away with those boards, and cO-Ordi-
mating the work, until now we pro-
pose to eliminate all the different
boards and in their place have one, ad-
board. And with the
safeguards which have been provided,
and the provisions which have been
made for experts to assist in that work,
I can commend this measure most
heartily as one that will coordinate
and unity the program for educational
work in North Dakota; and I think
I have as much interest in that mat
ter. and that the institution with which
I am connected, comes as closely un-
ddnthe provisions Of this bill creating
the proposed board of administra ton,
as an other institution in the state.
II feel that two years ago
would not have indorsed some of
the provisions which II ,indorse
i, nov, because conditions have
y rhanged-there lis q better spirit
Of eo-operati ion, and the time has
come when we can take a longer
stride in that direction.
"But want to emphasize again
:; the need Of education for ALL the
people, both industrial and agri-
cultural education, in carrying out
the great program Of industrial
development which is being at this
time undertaken by the Nonparti-
President Kane 6f Sfhe state thiver-
sity is quoted as saying
I'm general this carries out the rec
Of the educational COM
mission that was employed in the
state some three or four years ago.
And that was a recommendation for
the unification of the school system
of the state, in almost exactly the
spirit Of this bill, although the word
ing in one or two respects was some
what different. That is. they recon-
mended that. the board Of regents,
which then was the centralized board,
have it's sphere extended to include
the whole school system of the state.
This bill, l take it, is drawn with
view to carrying out that recommen-
dation.
'The object of this bill is to carry
out in practice the theory of having
one school system, and to have cooper
alton and coordination there ought to
be one central authority to which all
questions should be finally referred to
for a ruling so that there would be
exact harmony and complementary