Show PRESIDENT KERR VICTORY Professor Professors Me ad and of A A O 0 AND NEW M MEMBERS EMB RS OF Y ARE SELECTED r Special to The To L I OGA OGAN Ut July uly SM w wJ WL L J Ker Kerr of te the An tural c i lee loge obtained a complete v tion at te the had hands oC tel the board of oC tee tees ad and put to ute litter rut rout h his e ena In the faculty and d to those OR omi th the o who have have s so attacked h him Ie ad and Merrill er wr were s sum ml manly dismissed ar after Ke Kerr h hed cage charged them wt with bei being out ot of h har mony wih with the policy or of t the t trustees and the president ad and out ot of hoy harmony with the student students Their bar board Sto and Sm Smart Mr Mrs Gate Gates w who o a few wOk weeks a ago S so loudly prime proclaimed te the innocence o of re and demanded sc specific chae charges st sat siet silent while Ke Kerr a an investigation t and d then to ma make 1 the vindication mor more sweeping the bd board Kerrs Kerrs salary ate alter So StohL hd had move moved to ruo it 1100 President ct te the d dodd dodding ing vote ote on al all disputed queto questions the theother oter other members dividing eual equally There wa waa no hesitation on hi his p part H vo vote wa was boldly and quickly Lined Up in FactIons Te The br board met a at te the at I S ad and sn soon got to work work astonishment reporters w were ame admitted without a a wr word of pretest f froma even even M Mrs Gate Gates Te The old m w were Un lined d up on on one side o of th the te table wi while the ne ness oe ones we were on the obe other side e Thoa Thomas Smart the leb of the t a te board who i is wIt with te the K tao tion took in the proceedings ton tok no pt part k te beyond saying Yes o or UNo No In voting and I second the e J te three t The reading otte of the minutes of t the J last meeting w was te the frt ti thing de done I In Inthe tle the main te these minutes consisted of oC i In Innumerable numerable repetitions of litra I G Gatos patent mt motion a as to e plying Kerr WIdtSOe ad and MerrItt er a and the reading cau caused ranch much amusement t to most ot of th those p present st Trustee Owe Owen te then presented a en amendment to She e bylaws pm providing for te the election of a vic vice peen president I la order repetition o of t the df rind culy culty oe occurred ti this ye year I It c car red The first fight w was t the selection 0 oZ a a avice vice president M Mr OW ne named J A A Mr Mrs Gat Gates ne named Mr Stohl Mr W was elet elected vice e president cas the ing vote yote e ug te dd Sohl nae A A M M for treasurer a and Owe Owen name named R Robert rt Murdock There wa was athe another t tie and voted ote for Q ws was nam named a as auta auditor fo te college e eTh Th The matter of t the e cur course a at te the ce college dev developed a a T Tb The on n ne c e n is or of opinion was a i In favor of CD con that at cur course ut until te the students now flow entered have completed lt Pre Pros det dent Ker Kerr maintaining tat that te the college wa was under implied contract t to gf graduate students that that relying upon catalogue promis promises had entee entered the cour course The Th following presented by Trustee Owen wa was adopted Be i it resolved that we recognize the claims of the the students alrey already entre entered upon te the engineering cu he e cot lef loge and that we ak also recognIze te the In interpretation of th the Jw law a as giving 1 as th the I right to continue t the s so as t to graduate al all student students na n o rege regI ered and that no new students h be rete in te the engineering cur courses f for ter the pear 10 1906 ad and 1 1906 imus linens The voe vote on t this resolution was 1 Professors Removed Then c came the Interesting of the meeting Ker Kerr a arose a nod after summarizing his for the hi report fr t benefit ot of President r mende mended t the removal o of Dr a as director or of the KUn ad and of L Leia A A Mel Merrill as t In doig doing 8 so he sid saId I 1 desire ere to state brIe my reasons for requesting the removal of these two professors Both of t th have given ample evidence ot of t the fat fost tt that te they are Dt not at al all i in sympathy wih with the policy a of the b board o of tr trustees e and the president of te the school a and ar are entirely out of harmony with t the ote other member members of the faut faculty a a stent student by body Harmony I is imperative I the college I Is t to progress a arsi th that n cannot be obtained wit with te these two o pr pro in the faculty I te aut a am prepared to go into this matter as deeply a as th the br board desires I have documentary evi evidence dence and am prepared t to summon um wr nes ad and have have tem them testify He ten then named Dr p A A Yoder for tor diet director at ata ata a salary of 2000 0 pe per ye year Jardine for at 1200 M said a ad Water Waiter W a as Irrigation eng er at 1000 60 Professor Q W Jensen who ee wh w wag op posed to Ke Kerr wa was rele released bus or of the decision to no more students te n det in the i engineering course co Wen When Mr Ker Kerr st sat dw down tee there wa silence for some time al all ee ees bing being upon and his colleagues wh who have have ben been incessant i In te their dem demaa fr for s specific cilc charges bu but no not a a word came fm from te until ar arose wor ad and moved that the presidents tat th report bp be benot not adopted The moton motion was 1 lost 4 to t 3 then move moved to adopt the te rep report ad and recommendations and the motion crie carried 4 to 3 Stohl a then move moved tat that President Kers Kerrs sa salary b be fied fixed at 2500 a a ye year and recommended a that he be Owen moved tha Ke Kerr b be reelected president and tt that taT bis is salary b be pr per ye year Sto SteM nIn Widtsoe for ate president fixing the the tg Ia at 30 President Mccormick stated tat that had s said b he would not accept ept the presidency but m in insisted upon h his name beig being put put Ke Kerr wa was elected 4 to 3 Kerr Thanks Board Professor Ker Kerr tae thanked t the b board members for te the vindication in h him a and tt i in the future a as in inthe l the past hi his sole a aim wi will b be to av advance ce the interests of the college Th There wee were some matters of rute routine bun business S brought up ad and die disposed of ad amid ten tente then te the bad board The result of te the meeting gives te the geet greatest satisfactIon t to of people bere regard regardless Ies less of 0 theIr politics ad and President Mc McCornick c Corick Cornick Is commended for his far fair but attitude A go good del deal of astonishment is mete manifested hoWer however over the of a and Merrill They ey protested tei their ln tune cence yet et ty today when Kr Kerr ofte offered to tomae tomake mae make hl his charges specific ad and debI atey tew threw te the gauntlet In te the f tao o otheir their friend friendS te they wilted a and han a word t to Sy say Professor s Career Walter ater W was b born m In InG G H He received hi hIS sool l education duc n nin in Colorado aad d Cra Hf He first Contin Continued ed 2 PR KERR C 1 WINS VICTORY f Continued from Page ge 1 i came to the Agricultural college a as a I In Iii 1890 an and t c tune that J e w 8 pursUIng his hi studies h halso I also acted alted a as hu instructor and E Il In the chemical laboratory He He graduated lii In SOv with the he degree of B S in civil 9 97 lu ue post graduate work Vork In l Resigned c hnud from the rint sta sta ton tion Apri April 1507 to accept ej as and Employed as assayer and chemist of Swansea MIning SIler SliVer City Utah t I his tu a the the position of assistant chemiSt In the Utah nt staton station May lY 1901 Was instructor In mathematics In I Agricultural college of tah during the year anti and 1 a haI halt endIng June 1303 As it result of civI v I ton tion WIL was appointed engIneering aid In I I r r i 5 4 1 t c is z zA zi S A i A I I S 1 I I I DR P A YODER Selected to Succeed Dr Cr Widtsoe as Director of the Experiment Station tation the r reclamation service ervice ot of trio depart meat or of the Interior and In November 1901 at the expiration of probationary y period received permanent appoint appointment ment Was appoInted Irrigation engineer er of the Uth Utah experIment atlon In July Jub 1903 Was Vas transferred from the department o of the interIor to th the office of eX e ement ment stations of the department ot of agriculture as assistant In Irrigation investigations ith charge ot of the gOv gOvernment work In Utah and stationed at Logan January anuar 1904 Was elected associate member Of Am Society of Civil ChU Engineers February 1 1905 Was for the te season from Utah to tae take charge of experimental irrigation and dl dry farm work in Mon Montans tans tana under u a cooperative are agreement ment mentor or of the department or of agriculture and the state of Montana March larch 1906 Was Vas promoted from assistant Iu in irrl gation investigations or of the department of agriculture to irrigation engineer department of agriculture e Took corr courses in en engineering la inn and phy physics during three of the four years spent at the minee Professor McLaughlin I is thoroughly I conversant wih with the details of the ir irrigation work at the college having I been connected with It fOr many wih i years or Indirectly He Is a man of famIly and now has his home here Dr Life Story StoryS S Peter A Y wits born near ShIp L La Grange county Indiana In 1867 His p parents rents were WIC pioneers piOneer of that seton section of the countr country having moved thare ill by t team am from PennSylvania and I Ilette lette In t t wilds Ids of the dese north ern em Indiana forest foresta In his da day he had experience In converting the primeval forests Into arable felds heidi u a work which however was as accomplished for that farm principally b by his father and Until he Was vas he aU all his time on the faint the he distrct district school 01 fl from om tour four t to IX In the year a as long longas lon lonas as the farm would peri permit until h completed the tho common and nd after he be wa was eighteen teaching li i the public schools After lie he was twenty ode c he Cr for two ear teach ench In these s hols during the months td pd v ring at t oie l ur I tad trade during th the I With t these earnings te s stat t with ith he entered I hr and I b by alternate or simultaneous teaching a and ld doing work a as a std nt he pur pursued pursued sued his academic nd city ity course oure in fr of this countr country a and ld abroad He first attended the IndIana state tt noral normal from which he graduated In 1893 1891 During the last two years here his success s a as a a was reCognIzed by his being given the position or of laboratory abort o assistant assistant In chemistry and physics After completing the four year years normal school course cours he at once en entered the In lana university from which he reechoed te the A A B de degree ree In 1894 Here again he was given a peal ron on on the faculty viz that of in In chemistry h During the sue c two years in which he held this position he completed for for the tho theA A l M degree Studied in Germany Also He then entered the university of Chicago where he did one and one half years ears work principally in them leaving there to accept a tern tem position as teacher or of physical J In the state stat norma school at Mankato Minu He next taught for cne year at Duluth MInn Inn high schol school from which In 1899 he was given a leave of absence t td continue hl In Germany He entered the Of in the fal fall of 1899 Here Herelle lle he pursued agricultural chemistry under Professor completing a line Une of oC oCr r work on acid As collateral work in this university he lectures on agronomy by Professor Von 01 on and and al industry b by ProtEssor Professor FJ on physics b y Professor flecks and on organic theoretical and technological chemistry by bj Professors Fischer and Pole tori tora respectively In Apri April 1901 1901 ho he re receIved the degree Ph D wih with chemistry ns as time thc major and with agriculture and Ph a as th the two minors During g his oure nt itt thE the university lie he of vacations In travel in Germany his Austria I Italy l Switzerland and amid Fance immediately upon his return to America In June 1901 he accepted his present position in the department of chemIstry or of the the agricultural col college college lege and experiment staton station of Utah tah Here his time has been mostly oc teaching but he has hail also taken part In the analytical work of the experIment staton statIon especially r during the the and devised some new to facilItate the thc work A centrifugal son soil which he in invented vent vented d and had buit built has great greatly the meCha mechanical analysis of sol soil in Ill which is determined the tho per of different grades on the score of fn ness of sands sits silts and clay This machine and the tho re suits of his tests of were first described in a report to the congress of Applied Chemistry which met at Berlin In InJune June 1902 and later ater was more ful fully described and discussed in bulletin No 89 ot of thE the Utah experiment staton station In publications of the of Sois Soils and andIn andin In the office of experiment of the United States department Of agi agri agriculture culture ver very favorable mention was made or of this machine and at the Louisiana Purchase exposition it was wa awarded a siver silver medal medalIn In Iii hi his work at the college Dr Di Yoder has established a a reputation for fOl thoroughness and accuracy Ho He Is con considered to be Dr equal as a scholar and amid Is a close Investigator his w rd being accepted 85 as authority in ill his Jn line of work He Is quiet and a favorite wIth tIme the st student dent body He was married in 1895 but has no |