| Show ID IDOF OF REGENTS c. c IN PROBE 3 REFUSED Board ard Takes Stand That to toc c Join in Investigation of Rumors Rumors Ru Ru- RuI I mors Reflecting on University j Would Be to Abdicate Position That Regents Control School I ACTION ACTION OF PRESIDENT IS UNALTERABLY UPHELD i t T Reply to Committee of df f Twenty- Twenty r i five Named by Alumni AsI Association Association As As- Declares That Some I of Resigned Men Propose to Rule or to Ruin University t ANOTHER ANOTHER NOTHER MEETING TONIGHT t THE board of regents I of th the University Uni- Uni FJ v of Utah last night refused refused refused re re- re- re fused to extend aid nid to the co committee of of twenty five appointed by hy the alumni association of the university lin in its proposed investigation of the university situation and in a a. t communication communication com coin to the committee gave its reasons reasons for its stand The committee commit commit- tee wait waited cd for the thc reply of the thc regents more than thou two hours and when it was read it astonished the committee b The regents spent the greater part of three hours boars in the preparation and discussion of the reply and md it was vas after 30 io 0 o'clock when it reached the tho committee of twenty five Deci Decision ion of the regents was ivas not adopted unanimously by the board Ten en of or the members voted for it and three against it Those who opposed the tho n adoption of the reply and who argued i in iii the regents regents' meeting that all nIl assistance should be bo given the committee of twenty five were AV W. Y W. W V Armstrong Ernest Ernest Ba Bamberger an George C. C Whitmore YI The meeting of ot tho the committees represent representing representing rep rep- resent resenting ng- ng the resigned professors the faculty the regents and a n committee from Crom the committee of 01 twenty five will willbe willbe be held In the faculty room at the wit wit- tonight Compromise Predicted J It was predicted at the meeting of or orthe the committee of or twenty five last Jast night that hat a compromise would be reached whereby peace would be bo restored All AU members of ot the committee of ot twenty twenty- five lve were present at the tho meeting In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Commercial club excepting W. W W. W r TIn flay ay W W. I tr t. t Bradley 0 O. J J. J Salisbury John D. D Spencer and Prof George A A. Eaton i The rue reply sent the committee u of twenty five by b- the J regents in answer to the communication asking for tor information mation as to what course It should pursue in its ita attempt to straighten out the tho university trouble follows Honorable YV W. J J. Barrette Chairman Chairman- and Committee of ot Twenty Gentlemen Gentlemen We We beg to acknowledge c L i the receipt of or your oUt letter of ot April 10 1915 1915 tendering your our services and oCt offering offering of of- fering to co with us in bringing bring bring- t ing ng about a better understanding understanding- of oC the conditions at university In the outset we e express press the deshean desire e an and belief that nothing hereinafter contained will be bo construed In any an degree degree de de- de- de gree as reflecting upon the tho fairness fairness I. I disinterestedness or ability of or your our or of or any member thereof Wo Yc understand that your appointment appoint appoint- without self seek ment came entirely ing that you OU approach the performance of ot the duties thus Imposed with re reluctance reluctance ye- ye an and possibly with misgivings s sad and that your our motive mothe Is the public public- spirited desire to assist in composing the the unhappy If ferment at the university You win will agree asree that the situation demands that we should answer your our communication with the thc utmost candor Lack Lak of Confidence Your Yom out committee owes its creation to lack of ot confidence in the fairness and ana knowledge of oC the tiLe board oard or of regents regents regents-a. a lack or of confidence on the Continued on Page Pose G. G I I REGENTS REFUSE TO AID IN PROBE Mediators Will Meet With Committees Committees Com Corn From All Sides at U Tonight C Continued From Page 1 1 part of ot a n. majority of or thc tho alumni and senior classes of tho the university present pres pres- ent at the tho recent alumni meeting and lOd no doubt on the part of other good citizens Y Wo Ve arc Invited to acquiesce In this opinion and to submit our deliberate deliberate de de- de- de liberate Judgments and the conduct of oC tho the university to tho the review of ot your committee Were Yore we wo disposed to abdicate abdicate abdi abdi- cate our functions we could select no nomore nomore nomore more worthy t successors than your our able and distinguished bod body but whatever te mn may bo ho the views of others we have ha not lost confidence In our own own Judgment judgment Judg judg- ment and Integrity We are an accused of ot being Ignorant of ot university affairs although uniformly tint uni and arid we believe bellee to an extent almost unparalleled elsewhere wo we 0 have havo devoted do time and thought to our duties as ns regents Motives C Impugned d. Our m motives Ji Jis s are Impugned an and we stand accused of ot having sought to compel compel com coin pel thought and speech at tho the university sit sity to conform to the Imaginary de demands demands demands de- de mands of or the Interests financial political and religious religious religious-or of which we weare weare weare are assumed to be either cither Jointly or severally the abject and willing tools yet ct wo we solemnly assert that neither tho tilo board nor either cither of Its committees nor any member thereof we believe belle has ever sought to shackle or 01 repress that freedom of ot thought and expression without which a a. university much necessarily necessarily noces- noces tall fall short of ot Its great objective We Ye further asseverate erat that no professor sor or instructor In at the tho university either in the tho present juncture or an any other time within our knowledge has been dismissed or demoted for or on account of ot his teachings Two or three disconnected incidents of ot a n more or orless orless orless less trivial character have been paraded ed as the sure proofs of or a determined policy of repression and opportunism And here b by wa way of oC parenthetical humor permit us to ask What What assist assist- assistance ance can the tue alumni and the public hope from your our committee of ot twenty twenty- five composed of such a formidable array array ar ar- ar- ar ray of ot corporate managers and attorneys attorneys nes ne's and high officials If tr the board bond of or regents stands condemned for tor repression of ot thought and opportunism because of or the affiliation of or some of or orIts Its members with big business and with the dominating church Hack Up Kingsbury bur The president of or the un university also has been arraigned and convicted at the bar of this destructive agitation Doctor Kingsbury who Is essentially a gentleman deliberate courteous and gentle is now portrayed as hast hasty In Inconsiderate Inconsiderate inconsiderate In- In considerate and t tyrannical It has been su suggested ested that tho board remove the doctor as the head of oC the school and grant him a leave of absence for one ono year ear on full pa pay The board IB is convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that this action would not compose compose com corn pose the situation and would be construed construed construed con con- an and er very proper properly as an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt on our part to saddle Doctor Kingsbury with t the entire responsibility It ity for tor an alleged condition of affairs for which the board of ot regents is equally equal equal- ly answerable The large majority of th the board stands In tile the present crisis unqualifiedly for Doctor Kingsbury Wo Vo remember his many years ears of tireless tireless tireless tire tire- less honorable and effective service We Ve do not forget torget now as the man at atthe tho the wheel he has steered the university I through thc the dangers of our local re religious religious re- re lous and political controversies This has demanded wisdom and diplomacy for tor which and for tho the chief chic part ho has played ed In the remarkable growth of ot the university along every e line of ot scholastic and material development he ho deserves we ve e submit the commendation and gratitude of ot the people of ot Utah I Wo Yo beg therefore to repeat what we said i In our public statement that In respect of the ment for Cor 1915 16 of four certain teachers and of the changes chan es In the tho English o department we wc uphold the recommendations of ot Doctor 1 Kingsbury and arid respectfully de decline decline de- de cline dine to reconsider or alter such ac ac- ac tion Uon n Resigned As to the resigned members of or our OUI teaching teaching- force It ma may be said that these resignations were unsolicited and purely voluntary But It Is answered that tho teachers concerned were compelled compelled com corn polled b by their consciences to resign and thus thuR to escape an employment ment de destructive do- do of ot self eH It is asserted that these resigning professors stand standon on hol holy ground If H such be the tho cn case e is iR It impious for us to sUJ suggest esl that the ninety or so 90 teachers who have havo not re resigned resigned ro- ro signed stand on unholy ground round Is Isit Isit Isit it not quite logical to t. t conclude that the they are aro either cither devoid of or conscience or as opportunists have hac compromised with their consciences In order to savo 0 their salaries But rather do we roach reach tho conclusion that the gentlemen g who have resigned did lid so hastily and amI without without without with with- out duo consideration Wo We 0 regret this Inconsiderate action so far at least as concerns the majority of or them since we are thus deprived of the services of or competent men whose hoso positions It may mar possibly be he difficult to fill till It seems relevant however here to note that tho the reasons now assigned h by some at least of ot the resigning professors proCessors are arc quite complex when compared with the simple simple sim sini- pie reasons given b by them In their letters letters let let- of resignation h iIo A Control Tho The attitude of or the board does docs not notarise notarise notarise arise from Crom the arrogant assumption that it Is infallible Whatever the Issue In the beginning of or this controversy ers may have been It has h now become Shall the regents exercise their discretion discretion discretion dis dis- in tho the control of the university 01 or shall the they surrender that discretion and control to any group roup of oC in instructors who may feel themselves cs to be wronged and who may arouse the public to their support or to lo th tho th faculty as a whole or to your yoni OUI comm committee able and trustworthy trustworthy trust trust- worthy worth as JB it unquestionably Is This we aro are prevented from doing because of our deep consciousness that on tho the whole we ye are aro right and from our unwillingness un un- willingness to create a precedent tinder under un tin- der which the tho ultimate control of or the tho university shall ho bo submitted to a mass meeting rather than to the determination tion and dh discretion o of tho the board Mule or Ruin ITc LV U We Yo are aro satisfied that we do not misconstrue the motives es of or some of ot the tho instructors concerned when hen wo we conclude conclude con coti- clude elude that they propose either cither to rule rulo the tho university or to ruin it Tho Tue evidence evi dence seems clear that n n. determined effort Is IB being made to convince the tho public through press and anti periodical and to persuade other universities that no self Kelf teacher can cn Join our faculty and arid that no student desirous of ot open-minded open instruction can profitably h attend our school Persuaded Persuade that tho the good of the tho university university uni uni- ia it to be promoted through closer rela relations between the faculty and the regents we crat created a committee commit commit- tee on faculty relations This committee commit commit- i tee tet Is authorized to meet with committees committees com corn of or the faculty acuity In consideration of or such uch matters and things as lB s may pertain or lie hA of Interest to the tue faculty In their personal and scholastic rela rela- Wi- Wi l have the tho assurance of or Dr Lovejoy LO who recently visited this cit city as IS the representative of the Associated University Professors that the appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap of this thin committee puts the tho University of or Utah full fully abreast of Princeton and one or 01 two other schools where ere the faculty from front tho professorial s serial viewpoint Is 6 Is accorded proper I though in fact tact quite quito unusual tion We e also learned learne from rom him that the tho alleged Inadequacy of consultation between the faculty and the regents which has characterized our local practice practice practice tice In the past constitutes no exception exception exception tion to the general rule In the universities slUes of or the country countr Will UI ilI J. J Fill Under Unde our resolution of 7 we shall begin on April 15 to fill tile the vacancies caused b by re resignations and will viii continue to fill them as rapidly a as consistent believing that the welfare of the university demands that there shall bo be no further dela delay In iii this re re- re gard Wo We r are not so blind as to believe that the university will not suffer be because because because be- be cause of this agitation but we feel Ceel confident that if we persist in our de- de termination unrestrained and destructive destructive destructive tive agitation will be discouraged the thc legitimate supremacy of or the board of regents and of the president In their respective respect spheres wi will be assured the faculty will bo be accorded such tenure of ot office and privileges as wise wisely ma may maybe maybo be bo granted and the school maintaining maintain maintain- ing that same hl high h standard of freedom of thought which despite denials ha has characterized Its past career will shortly recover from Its Us wounds In conclusion we thank you for your r offer of ot service and co We again assure you ou that we do not doubt that your sole obJect In making this tender is to bring about the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare of the university and you ou will wo we believe ascribe to us In justice the pursuit of or the same object BUt Bui for tor forthe forthe the reasons hereinbefore briefly outlined outlined out out- lined and meaning mcanin no discourtesy we beg to be excuser excused from participating In your suggested Investigation an and I I from Crom offering advice as to your proC pro pro- I C el LIre We 11 have the honor to be he ver very re respectfully re- re spec t ILl I I THE TIU BOARD OF REGE OF REGENTS TS OF THE UNIVERSITY By W. W Y W Wi RITER BITER Chairman Committee e 1 Meet d Tonight There will be he a meeting of a committee committee com corn from front the faculty a committee from the resigned members a committee commit commit- tee from the thc committee of or twenty rive and the tho faculty relations ns committee of ot tile the board of regents resents In the faculty room at the tho university tonight to de determine determine de- de termine upon a possible compromise in inthe tho the university trouble Prof Milton Bennion requested W. W J. J Barrette chairman of ot the committee of ot twenty twenty- I five to preside at nt this meeting Tho The committees previously announced will willbe willbe willbo be bo the committees representing the faculty and the resl resigned ned professors The |
