Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-06-07
Few Changes In Educational Laws


the Wisconsin legislature.
The Dahl bill offered early in the
session as the big educational pro-
gram has been defeated in the lower
house. Members of the legislature
came here .imbued with the thought
of consolidating the educational
boards of the state 1t was early dis
covered that there was too much oppo-
sition in consolidating the university
board Of regents with any of the other
educational boards. This was then
abandoned, but Speaker Dahl offered
a measure to bring all of the other
higher educational boards of the state,
with the exception of the university
regents and the vocational boards un-
der a single commission.
1t was claimed that this bill would
corrolate the educational activities OF
the state. The proposal was that
central board of education should be
created around the present state SUI
perintendent department should be
composed Of IL members, eight OF
whom were to be appointed by the
governor. The idea was relegated in
the assembly last week.
Meantime, the senate has passed
the Kuckuk resolution providing for
an interim committee of five mem
bers, three from the assembly and
two. from the senate to Investigate the
educational situation in Wisconsin
Back of this idea is the plan for q
big central board of education similar
to New York state.
State Board Abolished
Among the other changes which
have been made in the school laws at
this session is the abolition of the
present state board of education OF
which Maj. E. A. Fitzpatrick has been
the head for the past five years This
board will officially go out of exist
ence on July list of this year. The
abolition of this board will save APP
proximately $4,000. Both houses of
the legislature have now passed the
| Barber bill, which is on its way to
| the governor, prohibiting the state SUI
perintendent department from inspect
ing the rural schools Of the state
This department has cost the state
approximately $4,000 annually. Rural
schools hereafter will only be given
county supervision.
There is still pending before the leg
islature the Teasdale bill which pro-
yides for a teachers college to take
the place of the Milwaukee Normal
school. This. college would have the
power to conduct a two-year uniEer-
sity course and also to maintain an
art department.
Want Governors Salary Raised
Another attempt to complete legis-
lation to provide salary higher than
S., 900 a year for the position of gov
ernor will be made at this session of
the legislature.
One bill passed both houses at the
last session fixing the salary of gov
ernor at $4,000. This session one
was passed simply providing that the
salary can be raised above the $4,000
limit
BY vetoing the last bill, Gov Blaine
pointed out that the two conflict and
that one nullifies the other. He did
not say whether he opposed raising
the salary for the office that he now
holds but he intimated that he was
not in favor of such a move by stating
that the state cannot compete with
private interests in paying its officials.
He pointed out that man holding
the office of governor gets many
things of intrinsic value that could not
be obtained in having position in a
private enterprise.
Assembiyman Herman ]. Koch, Mil
waukee, has prepared another meas
ure which, he hopes will be approved
by the legislature and the governor
which brings about an increase in
gubernatorial pay.
Will Keep 8 First Infantry Units
Nine units of the First infantry of
the national guard will be retained to
supplant units in other regiments, it
was authoritatively learned from Chi
cago, following conference between
army officers at the headquarters Of
the Sixth Army corps area and Ralph
w. Immell, who will assume his duties
as adjutant general of Wisconsin
July /.
Units to be retained are those at
Gillette, Oshkosh, Reedsburg, Delavan,
Edgerton, Racine, Stoughton, West
Allis and Sheboygan.
Units to be mustered out are at
Madison, Beloit, Spooner, Chetek, Ar
cadia, Waubeno, Prairie du CHEN,
Dodgeville, Baraboo and Milwaukee, it
was announced.
The Duncan bill, requiring the IL
censing and bonding of private detec-
tives, police and guards and making it
misdemeanor to. serve in any of
these capacities without license, was
engrossed in the assembly without de-
bate, so to 81.
The Duncan joint resolution amend
ing the constitution SO as to empower
the legislature to provide for the con-
solidation Of city and county govern
ments subject to provisions of the con-
stitution was engrossed in the assem-
bly,.
The education committee bill en-
towering school districts containing