The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-09-29
CHANCELLOR'S JOB
is STILL OPEN
NO APPOINTMENT FOR HEAD OF
GREATER UNIVERSITY OF
MONTANA YET MADE
State Board of Education Has De-
cided to Spend More Time Inter-
viewing Educators; Various Mat
tiers Having to do With Schools and
Colleges Are Considered.

NO appointment of chancellor
for the Greater University of Mon
tana will be made by the state board
of education until the board has had
an opportunity to interview several
educational heads throughout the ma
ton who will be invited to appear be-
| fore the board in Helena. 1t was
stated that none of those whom the
board will invite to come here in con-
nection with the chancellorship ap-
pointment are considered active can
didates for the place. The board adj
journed its present meeting and pro-
badly will meet in a special session
within a week or 10 days.
DR.. f. j. Kelly, vice chancellor of
the University of Kansas at Law
renee, who came to Helena to confer
with the board at the meeting just
adjourned, was not considered an
active candidate for the chancellor
ship. He was one of several whom
the board had invited to come here
in this connection.
The state board of education, at its
meeting Tuesday, voted to increase
the salary of Lloyd A. Henry, civil
ian rehabilitation agent in connec-
tion with the state department of
education, from $4,000 to S2,650. 1t
also was voted that Mr.. Henry is to
have an assistant, whose salary is
not to exceed $1,000 a year.
Mr.. Henry filed with the board his
report for the year ended June 80,
this year, showing what had been ac-
complished by his department In
the fiscal year LA applications were
received, 103 cases were placed in
training, q cases surveyed and
pending further action, II trained
and placed in employment, financial
aid secured for eight, and medical
aid for four. Total state and federal
funds allotted to the state for the
year was $15,213.96, of which from
the federal funds $3,785.94 and 49,
1898 from the state funds were ex-
pended, leaving an unexpended bal
ance of S7,608.09. The total amount
of money secured by the state board
for maintenance, appliances and
medical attention from industrial and
private sources was S2,935.
Mr.. Henry's department will be
transferred from the department of
education to the state industrial acct
dent board He will, however, re-
main under the jurisdiction of the
state board of education. 1t was vot-l
ed to continue vocational training,
although without regular director
G.. B. Edwards, former director of vo-
cational training, resigned in August
and his work will be continued under
the department of education.
The resignation of George B. Ed
wards, director of vocational train
ing, under date of August 81, was
read and accepted.
The board also discussed a propos-
ed fOur-year course of Bible for the
public schools. This subject was up
at the July meeting, when it was
referred to Miss May Trumper, SUI
perintendent of public instruction,
and DR.. E. C. Elliott, then chancel-
lor of the Great University of Mon
tana. At the meeting last week Miss
Trumper recommended that the plan
submitted by John Dietrich, superin-
Lendent of city schools of Helena and
of the state board of educa-
ton, and S. d. Largent, city super
ntendent of schools in Great Falls, |
be adopted. This plan was taken
rom a syllabus issued by a national
committee.