The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-17
REVIVE PLAN
TO ELIMINATE
INSTITUTIONS.
State Board of Administration
Would Concentrate
System
THE FUNCTIONS ] n, OVERLAP
Scheme Would Cut Out Botti-
r neau, Mayville and Ma
q poleon y

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Abolition of some state institutioY'
and development of others, favofec
by the state board of administration
may furnish the Nor;h Dakota legis'
lature with one of its most import
ant problems. Sa
The proposals include:
T.. Adjustment OF the state nor
NAL, schools at Mayville and FL
lcndale,
Limit normal schools of the
state to those at Dickinson, MI
not and Valley City and enlarge
them as necessary.
Abolish the state school of for
estry at Bottineau, transferring
work to the agricultural college:
= Separation OF boys and girls of
-, training school. perhaps using =,
one of the abandoned state nor
= mails as temporary. home for
girls. g..
Abolish the state school of sci->
ence at Wahpeton, transferring
duties to University of North Da-
kota at Grand Forks. -.
Provide mill tax for educational
institutions which will permit plan
extending over several years for
development of institutions to |be
placed into effect. s.
The board is expected~to make these
recommendations in it's Forthcoming
report. Bills probably will be pre-
pared embracing all the suggestions
Attempts Have Failed.
Attempts to consolidate North Da-
kota institutions in the past have
failed and their number, instead, has
increased.
The advocates of consolidation feel
that there never was q mere -oppor-
tune time to push the Question than
in the present session of the legisla-
ture. No political party has been
willing to assume responsibility for
taking away an institution from a
town, and incurring emnity, it is
pointed out. With the legislature diS
vided politically, no political blame
could be attached to one party II such
plan we're carried outi r. So.
The educational institutions in
North Dakota include: "
State University, Grand Forks; Ag
ricHtural college, Fargo; norma,
schools at Valley City, Mayville, Mi.
not, Dickinson and the state normal
and industrial school at Glendale; :;
state school of science at Wahpeton
and the Forestry State Normal school
at Bottineau. x l<.4
1T Is pointed out BY close students
Of the institutional problem rin North
Dakota that the state institutions Tor
the insane and other dependents must
be enlarged If the state is to take
care of its dependents adequately. I'm
less there is consolidation, they say,
the expense of maintenance will rise
to unthQught Of proportions.
Many Of these persons feel that
many of the state institutions have
been badly located. Ellendale and
Mayville, they say. do not have rail
road facilities to make good normal
school centers. The tuberculosis san
itorium Dunseith is at the end of a
branch line which provides tiresome
Journey and lonesome retreat for
victims Of tuberculosis. They feel that
the Kildeer mountains would offer a
much better place for such a sani-
tOrium
viii Tax Scheme.
The board Of administration haA
worked out a scheme for mill tax
for all the state institutions. The
boards recommendations, however,
may include q mill tax 0nly for edu-
cational institutions, The tax held
necessary to raise adequate funds for
all institutions, on the scale on which
appropriations are granted, follows:
institution. Mill Tax Appor. -.