| Show DR r. r 0 o. SMITH S RESIGNS JS FRO FROG FROl l I UNIVERSITY FACULTY TV REGENTS REGENTS' STAND INSPIRES ACTION Declares He Is Not in Sympathy Sympathy Sympathy Sym Sym- pathy With Policy of Arrogant Arrogant Arro gant Exclusiveness Dr F 0 O. Smith assistant professor of oC education at the University of oc Utah yesterday mailed his resignation to President J J. J T T. Kingsbury to take ef effect effect et- et at al the end o of the present scholastic scholas scholas- tic lIc year He Be had been by b- President Kin Kingsbury and had been confirmed lJ by the tho board Loar 1 of or regents The Thc president of or the Institution mailed him him his contract for Cor the year ear 1916 1915 and it is asserted he returned the contract t with his letter of or resignation Dr Smith bases his resignation on the tho re refusal refusal re- re fugal of the board of regents to join in ina a proposed Investigation of oC the university sity trouble His letter to President Kingsbury follows The Tho time has come for Cor me to decide whether I 1 will sign Hin m my contract for next ear vear or resign I have hn withheld this decision In time the earnest hope that tho the board of or regents would accede to what seems to me to be he a reasonable public demand that the present deplorable deplorable able situation in the university bo be cleared up In Its Its- letter of oC April 13 to the com committee of oC twenty five fhe and in other published published published pub pub- statements the tho board has persistently persistently per por- refused to take an any steps to toward toward toward to- to ward a proper adjustment of the existing exist exist- trig ing difficulties or to tako take the public Into Its confidence Out of ut S Sympathy I have ha no unkind feeling toward you OU toward member of ot an personally nor any the time board hoard of regents resents but hut I J am not In sympathy with the a avowed owed policy of ot th that body hody Under such a policy o of arrogant arrogant ar ar- ar- ar exclusiveness I see no possible future for the university uni Since I 1 would not knowingly accept a position under such auch a policy I cannot cannot cannot can can- not consistently retain m my present po po- 1 I UIl therefore tender my resignation resignation nation to take talce effect at tho thin expiration of oC the present contract Yours vcr very truly l F b 0 O. SMITH E President Kingsbury asserted assorted la last t night that he hc had not received the tho thore re resignation le of ot Dr Dm Smith and ancl that until it came carne to him hn ho had no comment to make malee The rite members of tho the board of or orre re regents were unaware that Dr Smith hl had refused cd to sign Ign his contract and had tendered his reSl resignation lH Dr Smith ith is Its a graduate of the tho University of Iowa taking his B B. A degree InI in I 1 1906 06 his Iris M. M A A. A degree in 1 1907 07 and hl his I Ph hi D D. degree In 1012 1912 Ho lie announced that he has no plans plaits for the future |
