The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-05-29

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than in Oklahoma, better
than the ~r~1le Of Kansas or New
York have. And these two states
pride themselves upon their institu-
t{{osns.
As Great Saving in Kansas
THE superintendent Of public in
struction of Kansas last year, per-
sonal friend of mine, told me that
with their unification Of the control
their schools were the best that they
had ever been and he stated that the
reason that the Kansas schools and
institutions are good, is that they are
under one board. "
He told Of hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars which were saved for the
taxpayers of Kansas because Of econ
onies, got thru the unification. The
law will have the same effect in North
Dakota, without doubt.
"There are some people who think
that this is a new thing. Here is what
we did in Oklahoma and Kansas and
New York did the same thing before
we did: @ =
In Oklahoma we accomplished very
good results by passing law abolish
ing the board Of University regents,
board Of the school Of Mines regents,
the board for the normal school, the
boys' training school penal insti-
-tution) and girls industrial school,
and other boards. Instead Of having
all these boards, which conflicted with
each other, running the institutions,
we put them under the control Of ONE
board, consisting Of seven people, six
Of whom are appointed by the gov
ernor. .-. ~. -. -.
1--WE put % institutions under one
head. Every institution in the state
save the penitentiary is administered
by this board. a. >
"The North Dakota bill is better
than our bill in that out Of five MEM
bers, only three are appointed by the
governor, and the other two, (40 per
cent Of the membership are elective
officials.
'sThere is no reason why the peni-
tentiary should, not be administered
by the board Of education. Our penal
institutions should come in line with
the trend Of the times in other states,
and become educational Institutions,
as they should be. We ought to get
away from the hard hearted feeling
with which we have been treating the
inmates Of our penitentiaries. Edu-
Gators on a board which have control
Of the prison, for instance, will give
more humane treatment to the pris-
oners and perhaps make them better
men.
Attached for Practical Purpose
.sThe strongest feature of the bill
is that the business Of education is
under one board and the business Of
education includes training the men
who have gone wrong.
"The criticism of our present sys-
tenn is that it is so complicated that
often it does not serve the people.
Numerous boards conflicting in au-
thority, and scrambling against each
other for the appropriations, cannot
serve the people as well as a board
with control unified.
'sThere is no sinister motive behind
this bill, am sure. Some people have
attempted to say this but they have
done so for political purposes.
"The success of this new board of
control for North Dakota will depend,
as in other states, upon efficiency.
And with two of the members elected
by the people, and with every one
working for its efficiency, there can
be no doubt about it's success.
/, "This bill deserves the support Of
every man who has at heart the best
interests Of the schools and the stu
dents who attend the schools"
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