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OF 0. i 4 Alumni Take Steps to Se !cure Investigation of Affairs Af-fairs at Institution J 200 ATTEND MEETING & Planned to Hear Reports at II Session Scheduled for I Next Monday Night "fl Twenty f vo of the n ost ) ronunent J educators of Utah w 11 u est gate tho J tro bio at the Un vers ty of I tab ac I cord ng to a resolut on adopted at the a meet ng of the Unn era ty Alumn as 3 soc at on last n ght A comm ttee of I se eu tv as appo nted to select twenty j f ve such men The con m ttee is to a report at the next meet ng of the asso 8 c at on It s understood that the larger j) comm ttee shall cons st of men chosen SI from the entire state i respect ve of fi colleges wh eh they may have attended j About 00 persona attenled last A n o-ht s meet ng George Heder sec M retary of the assoc at on pres de T, ow fj ng to the absence of K chard W j ounr Jr the pres dent Flbert D j Tl on as pres dent dur ng 1914 was elected pern anent cha rman One ot K the features of the meet no- was a talk 1 by Professor W 11 an Eoylance an 8 alun nus and one of the es gn ng pro if f essors of the un vers ty He nrged the ft ne es ty of n ak n the f ght at the S un ers ty mpersonal and sa d that the S trouble was one in which persons or personal t es should not be cons dered I i Committee Reports The report of the coomm ttee of three appo nted at the last meeting of the assoc at on to ask the board ot regents tor an invest gat on of the trouble a sed by the d sm ssal of four mem bers of the f ac lty and the detnot on of another was made by Oscar W Carlson cha rman He re ounted the charges made aga nst the men who had res gned and the denials n ade by members of the board of regents ment oned further d fferences at the un vers ty, and urged that a free d spass onate nvest gat on be held He also introduced the resolu t on that a ommittee of seven be appo ap-po nted to select t venty five men or state wide -prominence to invest gate the trouble The mot on of Mr Carlson passed by unanimous vote The men appo nted to act on the alumni comm ttee are W B Wallace Oscar W Carlson James Wade Horase Sheeley James H Moyle R cha d v oung Jr and Judge T D Lew s It was indicated to them that they should appoint men for the b g nvest gat ng comm ttee who were not preiud ced in any way concerning the pr sent trouble In Lis speech Professor Boylance who i rani ed as one of the lead ng histor ans of the west sa d in part It Is necessary and desirable to make this controversy Impersonal arid a so to rea ze the seriousness of it It is one which demands great sen ousness of thought the breadth of hu man feel ng and knowledge and care ful we ghty judgment I w sh to suggest a so tl at the trugg e for freedom of speech at the Kg unlver lty has been arge y won I not 8 entire y won and that victory is due & as much to the assert on of the right b of free speech as anything e se It la i due arge y to the ga ning of a new 1j vtewpo nt for ourse es as we 1 as in i others in that we have brought our j selves to a rea ization that the ga n t ng of the rUht for freedom of U speech is to be had pr mar y by the 1 assert ng of such a r ght. Must Investigate An investigation nto the contro ; ersy must be had and it wl 1 be 1 ad I feel confident of that. Public opin on once aroused w 1 effect the rest for after a 1 everything of such 1 a nature depends upon the op n on I and thoughts hed by the public That is the one essent a Dan el A exande who with Mr Carl eon and Judge T D Lewis was ap po nted on the original alumni committee " t6 ask the board of regents for an in vest gat on exp a ned why the meet ng of last night was held deep te the ef forts of Pres dent Richard W Young jr to postpone it. He said It is desirable to explain why we i res sted the a tempts of Mr Young , to pos pone the meeting In the first place there is nothing In the constl tut on which glee's the executive of f cer any right to postpone a meet r ing That matter rests entire y upon the committee appointed for the pur yt pose of arranging meet ngs Ne her jba the president nor any other ind vldual $ I 1 as he r ght to postpone any meet ng ! of this association g If the pre ident had such power Es it won d p ace the entire matter of fv our meetings in the hands of one partlcu ar person. Th s would never A do Ne er should one man control our meet ngs i Moreover we have reason to be ' 1 eve th ough statements of the pres dent and others that he had been I urged to postpone the meet ng through j tollcitation of one member of the board of regents arfd through the de i s re of only two members of the as jt soclation ' Suggestion was also made by Mr Alex I ander that contr butlons be so Ic ted to II def ay tl e cost of h ring a room for the meeting and a so to defray the expense of the next meeting The contributions tj n ade last n ght we e arge enough to de 1 fray the expe ses of both meet ngs j To Report in Week I The report of the committee of seven J o noose twenty five men for the unlver 8 flty invest gating comm ttee w 11 be made fil at the next meeting of the Alumni asso j clat on Th s mee ng wi 1 be he d next Monday n ght at 8 o clock In the Com )! mercial club The members at last (f ght a session maintained throughout 1 t at t e r meeting was official Last n ght s meet ng second to that of j he assoc atlon two or three weeks ago was the largest In the his ory of tho as so at T e members Indlc ted that they wou d a te d the meeting next Mon ' dd ; t s nderstood from out of town alumni that they ore heartily In favor of rar Investigation If for no o her reason than to show that the action of the board of regents is above reproach They urge that the board conduct such a meeting Although t was sail yesterday that Dr Joseph F Merri 1 m ght suggest nedla t on of tho present trouble no sucl ac t on was taken Dr Merri I d d not at tend the meeting Richard W You g president of t e assoclat on. f d as night tlat the post p ned s ssion on Apr I 5 wouM be the of fl r m ng Hesadtntle alte ten h nun e da e f ond t ons de j m (1 Un Hdd i s so e m e ' nonrwnn fx nore n h mem H M H k 0 V i h n ns, sa p i s 1 ra s gat on m h d l last nig t B meet rig It is understood that t s step w be taken on n case that a o her suggestlo fa fall short of the r purpose Confidence nas expressed by members ast n ght that t e who e tang e would be st a gh ened ou The members ns sted that the matter was abo e re ous or po 1 t ca issues and added that they thought t e board of regents wou d be w ling to nvestlgate f on e con inced they had made an e ror n the r ndorse ment of the p es dent s act on n d s m ss ng Professo s 4- A Know ton and George C W se and Instructors PhU C B ng and C W Snow and the demot on of Profe so s George Montajne Marshal and i "W Reyno ds Resolution Adopted T ie reso utlon adopted last ii0ht 1 full s as follows "Whereas A co ditlon has ar sen at the Univers ty of Utah so that fifteen of the most aluab e members of the univers ty faculty many of t em be Ing department heads have fe t It necessary to tender the r reslgna ons because of the po cy now pursued by the administrat on and "Whereas It Is pub eye arged that free express on of thought or speech is not a owed at the un vers ty either within or without the c aesroom wh ch may in any way offend po itlca y re 1 g ously or financia ly regard ess of the propr ety of such thought or speech as cla sroom instruct on and that the uni ers ty adm nistrat on fol lows a po cy of repress on susplc on and opportun sm incons stent w th the fundamenta s andards of adm nistra t on adopted by the eading unlver sit es of Amer ca anc Whereas A 1 oyal alumni of the un vers ty are anx ous and desirous of preserving promoting and extend lng he usefu ness and influence of the univers ty and of guard ng its good name and reputation from unjust and unfa r criticism but are a ke a ert to the necessity of expos ng and erad ctlng any unfa r or un Amer can conduct or action if any there be in the admini tratlon of the affa rs of the tin versity and Whereas A c sis has been reached n unive s ty affa rs and the e tuat on cal s less for part s anshlp and more for sober thought and constructive ac Hon and the s nklng of personal n terests if the good name of the uni versity is to be maintained and gen eral confidence in It is to be restored and Whereas The members of the alumni association are vital y con cerned in the correct solution of the serious problems with which the r alma mater is now face to face and in rendering such ass stance as tl ey can to the board of regents in this con nection now therefore be it Reso ved That we proceed to the election of a committee of seven members whose dut es it sha I be to name a commi tee of twen y fl e of the mot prominent and scholar y cftl zens of the s ate to the end that the best thought of the state may be brought to the solution of th a vital question Duties of Committee That sad commit ee of twenty five be requested to make such Invest ga t on of cond tlons at the tin versity as they may deem necessary for an In te gent and thorough understand ng of the mat te rs in con tro v era y and that they then make such recommen dat ons to the board of regents as In the r judgment wl I work the best so lu ion of the serious s tuat on that has arisen to th end and tha.t irreparab e harm to the un ers ty n ay be avo d ed and itt good name ma ntaned That said comm ttee of Beven report back to a meeting of the Alumn as soc at on to be led one week from tonight al the names of the twenty five men se ected to const tute such comm ttee and that sad comml tec be requested to fl a copy of 1 s re port with the se retary of this as soc Jay on Members of the facu ty of the unlver slty held a meet ng yesterday afternoon for the consldorat on of routine mat era perta n ng to- work at e inst ut on The uest on of t e res gnat ons of t e varl ous professors was not d scussed It was ant cipated that the members of the facu ty m ght comment on the speech of Dean Holman made at the mass meeting arranged by t e 8a t Lake Federation of Women s clubs last WednesJay but noth ng was said Presl dent K ngsbury d d not attend the fac ulty meet ng Rep ing to t e charge made by Sena tor George Dern that h had obb ed aga nst t e reso ut on for an invest ga t on of the un vers ty. Ptps dent Kings bury said yesterday tlat he had mere y answered t e uestlons of membe s of the senate re at ve to un vers ty affa rs |