| Show ICal Cal Professor Is Dismissed as asI I Enemy oi 01 U. U S. S I By Associated Press I BERKELEY LEY Cal April 2 Pro 2 Pro Professor i fessor Alfred i Forke head of the I department dc Jf Jr oriental lan languages and I. I W. W 1 D. D an assistant in chemistry were ere dismissed today from the faculty o of the University of ot California b by th the finance nuance committee committee com coin of ot the board of regents on the grounds that the action of or Forke FOlke and Hackh were Inimical to the n t jitU nel t r t t from froni the office of Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler heeler pr president s of at the university uni uni- the men were dismissed following information against them submitted b by United States State naval officers i. i The university authorities I state they were bound to strict secrecy secrecy r regarding gar details of or the charges brought by the naval officers against gl the two faculty members The following statement was wa given out b by the regents' regents committee commit commit- tc tee which ordered the thc dismissals At a joint meeting of or the executive the tive and finance committees of or the regents of the University of oC Call Cali California all fornia Cornia held toda today Alfred Altred Forke A Agassiz assi professor protessor of ot oriental languages lan Ian uRges and literature and head of or orthe the department of oC oriental languages lan Ian and I. I W. W D D. Hackh as assistant assistant assistant as- as in chemistry were summarily sum sum- maril manly marily dismissed from the faculty on account of or actions Inimical to the United States go government nt Professor Protessor Forke ha has been for years a professor in the University University sity alty of ot California He Be was first appointed to the faculty on May Ia 12 12 1914 He is a noted Chinese student and has acted as adviser to the Chinese legation Mr Ir Hackh has been an assistant assistant assist assist- ant in the department of or chemistry chemistry chemis chemis- tT try during the tile curr current nt half eal According to the university records records rec rec- ord Professor Forke was born In Germany and was educated at the University of ot Berlin and at ot Genea Geneva Ge Ge- neva ne Switzerland lie spent twelve years ear In the German consular consular lar tar service ser in China H He lIe was connected connected con con- with the faculty of or the Oriental seminary an educational In Institution in Berlin previous to a. a assuming his position here Hackh was waR born horn in Stuttgart Germany March farch 25 r. r 18 1890 0 accordIng according accord accord- In ing to th the these e c records H He nie me to lo lothe toh h the University of California in 1914 from front th the Und l Real nral gymnasium gym gym- ym- ym In Stuttgart art anti and graduated lri In December mb r 1917 with the theo degree of ot bachelor Jor of or arts ll lie wa was appointed an asi assistant tant In lii the tp chemistry department upon graduS R a t on |
