STEAK ANSWERS
AUDITING COMMITTEE
Required by Law to Report Point
Matter Complained Of in
Initial Report.
DO NOT ASK FOR IMPLICATION
Says Department Is Always Prepared
to Establish Complete Data as to
Handling of School Funds?Williams Silent on Catawba Charges.
Adverse criticism by the State Department of the practice of the State Superintendent of Education, including his annual report,
traffic data dealing with State educational institutions not under his control, thereby burdening the State with
needlessly large printing bills, brought from Superintendent Stearnes last night the reply that precisely the matter complained of is required by law to be included in his report.
An examination of section 1037 of the Code appears to support Myers's position. It requires the various higher educational institutions to be annually with the Superintendent of Instruction a detailed state of their affairs, and further requires the superintendent to include it in his annual report on the public school system.
The committee also expressed great surprise last night in regard to the need for more efficient education in the State.  To the Audit Committee's statement that complete records for the fiscal year ending September 1911 were that available in his office, and that the figures had been obtained from the Second Auditor. "No one has ever applied to the Department of Public Instruction on behalf of the committee," said Mr. Stearnes, "for facts in reference to the past school year or for records for the fiscal year ending September 1911." 