Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-19

pass identical bills, 1t will be an
easy matter to get the approval OF
the other branch on bull which
1t has virtually approved IN IT'S own
BODY. There has as vet been no
real test on administrator matters
in the Senate, the body IN which
the antl-admlnIstration force dis
plays It's greatest strength. Tie
1923 Senate was expected TO be
strongly antl.administrstlon, but to
the close analyst the balance OF
power appears to lie in the opposite
direction. Some of the governors
recommendations will not be car
ried out by the senate, but it is al
most certain that The most impor.
;ant ones will be approved by that
body. Few governors have been
sufficiently fortunate to have all
their policies approved by the Sen
ate and ltls not making a wild
prophecy to intimate that Governor
McRae will rank high in tis Senate
batting average.
Two constitutional amendments
have been proposed IN the House,
one of them by Mr.. Stevens of
Columbia proposes an exemption of
$4,000 for the homestead of the tax.
payer. The other by MIR. Fades of
Conway leaves the fixing of the
salary Of Supreme Court judges to
the legislature and authorizes the
General Assembly, wien occasion
requires, 10 increase the personnel
Of the Supreme Court to seven
Justices who may sIt In division or
Ell bauc. The salary of the Supreme
Court judges Is 6xeo by the act at
S75OO per annum until other pro
vision is made by the legislature
after the adoption of the proposed
am ndment.
Among the bills of statewide in.
tereso which appeared in the House
the first week Is one by Mr.. Caudle
of Pope county providing for the
removal of the College of Agncul
ture from the University of Fay ette
vile TO Russellville where 1t shall
be merged with the Agricultural
School as the State College of Agri.
culture and Mechanic Arts; also
that the Branch Normal for negroes
at Pine Bluff shall be placed under
the management and control of the
Board of Trustees OF the College of
Agriculture. The bill was read and
referred 20 the Committee on Educs
tion. The members of the legisls-
ture have accepted an invitation ex
tended by the Fayetteville Chsmb
of Commerce to visit Fayetteville
next Saturday for the purpose of /. :.
speotiUg the College Of Agriculture
so that they may be enabled TO vote
intelligentlY upon the proposition.
The Board of Trustees of the I'm
iversity we In session In LIT e
Rock during the week and adopted
a strong memorial to the General
Assembly protesting against the
passage of the Caudle Dlll. They
call attention to the fact that there
are two points to be considered
above all others, the effect on the
cause of higher education IN the
state aud the cost of the proposed
change.
awe find that the almost unani.
nous opinion of the leading educs-
tors of the United States says the
report, "snd particularly those con-
nected with state universities. is
that agriculture aud engineering are
vital parts of the work of the UNI
verslty; that these subjects them.
selves profit by being in an lnstltu-
ton where are taught also the arts
and sciences and other branches;
that the establishment IN state Of
university and an Agricultural Col
| lege separate from Que another in
varlably prevents the development
Of great university or a great agri
cultural college; that all Of the