Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-04-01
JUNIOR COLLEGES
FOR FIVE CITIES
Senate Committee on Education
Recommends Nye Measure
for Passage.
BILL COMES UP THIS WEEK
Under Terms of Measure Five Schools
May Be Established in as Many
Towns Making Application
Provides $4,000 State Aid.

Madison.-The educational system
Of this state may be supplemented by
the addition of junior colleges to give
the first two years Of academic work.
The upper house committee on
education and public welfare has rec
commended the Nye junior college bill
for passage, with only Senators Clark
and Titus dissenting. The measure Is
expected to come up in the senate FOR
action this week. Under the terms
of the bill five junior colleges may De
established in as mafy cities making
application. State aid in the amount
of $4,000 per school is provided. 1t is
generally admitted that If this bill is
enacted into law junior colleges will
be Immediately established at Oshkosh,
Superior and Racine.
Maj e. A. Fitzpatrick, secretary of
the state board of education, believes
that the establishment of Junior col
leges will furnish a broader education
to many people in the state. In
statement which he has just issued
he has pointed out that this plan is not
a new movement in this country.
He said a lower division of the uni
versity could be found in Chicago,
California and Washington. He said
that normal school work accredited for
two years Is provided for in eleven
states. Public high schools have been
extended to include the first two years
of college work and there are 80 such
institutions at the present time. There
are SO small colleges in the state car
rying on similar work.
The movement for Junior colleges in
the state was summarized by Major
Fitzpatrick as follows:
Desire of parents to keep children at
home.
To provide completion school for
those who cannot go further
Desire, of students to secure college
work near home.
Geographical remoteness from a
standard college or university.
To meet the entrance requirements
of professional schools.
''Even in an institution like the Uni
students from the state are from Dane
county; 2,006 are nonresidents," said
Major Fitzpatrick. '"The attendance
from the county in which the normal
schools are located range from 81 per
cent at Oshkosh to 20 per cent at
PlatteviIle. The attendance from
within fifty miles of a normal school
ranges from SO per cent at Stevens
Point to 81 per cent at Plateyille."
The house refused to reconsider the
vote by which it killed the Anderson
bill to abolish the divorce counsel in
this state. By vote of 81 to 40 it re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
it engrossed the Edwards bill for a di-
vision of gran taxes Of the terminal
cities. This bill affects Milwaukee,
Green Bay, Superior and Ashland.
Although the committee unfayorably
reported bill validating street bonds
in Oconto the house, after half an hour
debate, sent the measure to engross-
ment
The house reconsidered the vote by
which it passed the Frank H. Hanson
bill for full switching crew on light
engines outside Of railroad yards. 1t
then killed the bill by vote CT so to
45. This was one Of the measures
which had the backing of the four
brotherhoods.
By a vote of 81 to 2 the assembly
gave final passage to the G. E. Hanson
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment that a sheriff may succeed
himself
On request of Assemblyman f. j. Pc
terson, the assembly killed his bill pro-
carrying of dangerous weapons. Pc
terson explained that amendments
adopted made the bill impossible.
viding for a stricter supervision of the
BY a vote of IA to Is the house re-
fused to reconsider the vote by which
it passed the Mark bill separating the
town of Phelps from Eagle River
school district. The bill was then sent
to the senate, where it will be made
snecial order of business for the next
week.
The Becker bill increasing the pay to
country newspapers for publishing the
laws of the session and placing the
charge on a circulation basis was
killed 63 to 81.
The assembly is on a slaughter ram
page. 1t killed nine of the fourteen
bills considered. A fight was made to
kill the Ruffing bill for one days rest
in seven, but it weathered the storm
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For transcription of Wealth"
Transcription of wealth. as means
of paying off war debts and to prevent
future CONGREGATIONS, contained in
joint resolution to memorabilia con-
gress to take such step, was recon-
mended out for passage by the assem-
bly, committee on judiciary, after an
exciting executive session. Assembly
man J. N. French and AsSemblyman