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Show PROSPECT FOR PEACE IS BRIGHT AT UNIVERSITY Conferences Are Being Ar ranged Which, It Is Hoped, Will Clear the Atmosphere ALL FACTIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER Resigned Professors Urged to Get Into Line and Assist As-sist in Restoring Confidence Peace is in prospect at the Univers ty of Utah A conference looking to a settlement of the controversy is being arranged for next week between the board of regents faculty members who have res gned and those who have not and probaljly the alumni s comm ttee of twenty fie or a subcomm ttee of that body The conference is scheduled for Wednesdaj but this day has not been def nitely dec ded upon It was definitely learned vesterday that members of the board of regents had been consulting res gned profes sors upon nhat terms they would be willing to return to the-university and all sides are known to be willing to meet and d scuss the situation next week The conference is planned to fol low the meet ng Tuesday night at the Commere al club of the invest gat ng committee o( twenty five tYhatettr agreement as reached Dr H A. Mattill who res gned with the first group of tourteen w 11 not re turn to the univers ty as ho has ac cepted a post at the Univers ty of Call forn a at Berkeley He will De assist ant professor in the department of nu tfltisn. wh ch b regarded as an im portant position in the b g Californ a in stltut on. Peace Pact Proposals Those resigned professors who have not definitely accepted positions else where are be ng asked by regents and the r fnenda if they would be willing to w thdraw the r resignations and con tinUe at the Un vers ty of Utah pro vided Dr J T Kingsbury is removed as president of the inst tution The professors ha e informed em s ear es of the regents and other peace messengers that they would not be sat isf ed with th s proposal inasmuch as they find fault not w th President Kingsbury h mself, but with the pol c es of h s adm n strat on They are not willins to withdraw their res gna t ons unless assured that the pol c es of which they compla n are erad cated from conduct of the school Pobcies complained of were described as those of repress on, su p c on and oppor tun sm The res gned faculty men have also been quizzed the jast few days as to whether they would remain at the school in the event that agreeable ad ministrative pol cies were insured and 6tatus of the whole univers tv organ ization put back to where it was Feb ruary 1 Basis of Settlement. In other words that the demot ons of Dr Ceorge Al Marshall and Professor Fred W Reynolds and the dropping of Professors Knowlton Wse Bmg and Snow be recalled and the res gnat ons of the sixteen other professors be w th drawn and cons dered to have never been presented Most of the resigned professors would be willing to remain at the university upon such an arrange ment The spee al comm ttee of the C ty Federat on of Women s Clubs last night addressed to the men bers of the board or regents a reply to the letter wh ch the latter recently sent m answer to the request for an n est gat on of uni vers ty af f a rs The letter takes ssue w th the state ments n ade by the regents in a num ber of part culars In several instances the nquiry s made as to whether the board has not contradicted itself The letter concludes with the remark that the women are st 11 of the bel ef that a full and complete nvest gation should be made May Get Together J Advocates of peaceable settlement of the controversy at the un vers ty are act vely at work in behalf of next week s conference There is now a d spos t on on all s des to meet upon comn on ground and agree upon a way out ot the muddle wh ch will be satis factory to all The con m ttee of twen ty f ve appo nted by the alumn hav ng declared itself for preservat on of the un ers ty by am cable settlement of the dif f cult es between the par es to the upheaval it s proposed to have th s body represented at the peace con ference Wherefore Wednesday fol low n the Tuesday meet ng of the comm ttee of twenty f ve s regarded as the logical t me. The Commere al club is likely to be the place Defi d te anno ncements as to t me and place w 11 'fce forthcom ng n a day or so Yesterday tho subco nm ttee of f e ppo nted b the comn ttee of twenty f e onveved to the board of egents Pres dent J T Kingsbury membe s of the faculty and the res gned professors I (Continued on Page Fourteen.) PEACE PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT AT '0' (Continued from Page One) comm nications anno ncing the par poses of the committee asking co op eration and request ng that at-tion as regards appo ntments and the accept ance of other posit ons be deferred un t I the colnm ttce can confer with all parties to the controversy Georgo r Merr 11 is cha rman of the s bcommitten named to convey these conjmun cations It is expected that re plies will be recc ved before the meet ing of the nhole committee of twenty five Tuesday night Communication to Regents The comm tnicat on to tho board of regents gives tho facts oncemlng the appointment of the comm ttee of twen ty five by the alumni association tho personnel of the committee and a re sume of the action of the comm ttee at its first s ttlng Friday night on turn ng the commumcat on says To the board of regents tho here in named committee tenders ts serv ce and will be pleased to oo operato w th you in bringing about a proper nderstand ng of ton 1 t ons at the. state s institut ou of higher educat on Wo appree ate the fact that we possess no effective a thority In th s matter, gucl power as we ha o being purely noral nfluenco b t as c t zens appointed by the al m association an 1 1 aving an abiding interest in the university of tho state we are at vo r tier ico there is any way in which we can co operate w th you to the odd of settling the str fo thot now nl ap pllj pre ails an 1 e suggest that jo nfor us as to what extnnt an 1 in what manner yo w 11 bo w II ng to co operate w th s Co operation Is Asked By the terms of o r appointment wo are asked to make a luvosti gat on of existing cond tions at the university and to report there on with o r recomme idatlo is To what extent are you will ng to as Mist h in such an Investigation an 1 what have you to suggest In the way of p oeoduref The omn ttno Is fornardlng a ft n lar ten er nl service to tho pr si 1 nt nn 1 tl e 1 y of the nl est n 1 I j tl o e I ng cm be ft I th fa I 1 Ir ft ol ne. man v o ft V h Inn h 1 I b n I k ew ft he, wrlf f n ft In e ft t V h Ifnre ft f 1 " gK h t f u to ou o deer further action as regards anno ntments for the pur pose of f ll ir in existing a rancies until v,e maj have the pr lege of conferr ng with yo an 1 with the other parties he e n nam d Vll of wh ch is respectful )v submitted (8 gned) J BARRETTE Chairman SLWESTFRQ f ANNOV Secretarj Other Copies Sent Copies of the commumcat on sent to the board of regents were sent to each of the resigning professors together with a letter asking to wl at extent the teachers wo Id be w lling to co operate in effect ng a solution of the trouble nnd making the request about w th holding action on appointments else where A copy of the communicat on to the regents and a letter proffering and asking co operation were also addressed to the pres de t and fac lty of the uui versit Dr 11 al till who has acce ted a po sition at the University of ( al forma w II leave Salt J ake about the middle of the sum or to do some special re search work for the agr cult ral de partn ent of the school at Berkeley lie said last night that he would have likel to have remalncLin Halt I ako He ad that ho had foind his work at the n ersitj nto estlng D ring his sta n tie department of medicine, in wb ch school he was professor of phvs ology a 1 hjsjological chen stry T)r Matt 11 had 1 oen doing research work A n ruber of his articles ap pesrel e ont ss es of tho otfic al paper nl he An orlcan Phys ologlcal soc ct Ono of tl e ost I n ortant was nn salt water lath ng n tho Great Salt lake Dr Matt II has tl e follow ng record Tl A Western Reserve 1901 M A Wester Roservo 10) 1 h D 11 no s 1910 No HUfcesHor f li oit o has et 1 een umrd I ctter to Regents Do letlo wrlttet 1 tho Iclernton of Women n I 1 s to the pgents f 11 in s follows Halt L ko r ty. Ai nl 10 lBir Hon W W iaer Dear sir The n embers of 11 o City Toderat on of Women s clubs througl its com i Ittee on resolutions vish to thank yo for your letter of April 7 Me are very glal that we agree o tho ono po nt nanelj thst tho sprvlcos ol tho resigning professors have teon ery val able On tho next statement tl at tl os professors rpsignel ol ntar ily the nlv rslt 111 not ask the t to 1 sn p ofpHnorft o tho ono h d n I eg nts tl n olho hue o c r r In n ol n at ft ) ro pftfto n I ft b l In s t nw ft H I T eg n t It In v nn U ft I O nfpftftO ft I 1 d not res gn voluntarily but were forced to resign because of cond t ons at the un ers tv and the at t tude of the adm n stratum the details of which were not known to the regents a ord ng to the Btate ent of Regent A a Cott made at tho n ass meet ng called by the City Federat on of CluLs at Ihe Con mer c al club ou the afternoon of March 4 In the next parag aph of your letter you Sdv t s the part cular duty of the board of regents to n vest gate and cons der carefully the best interests of the uni ersity Are not your two statements con trad ctory? Or are we to under stand that the best interests of the un vers ty according to jour judg ment deman Is that Ou n ake do effort to reta n the very val uable servi es of these res gnmg professors! Issue Is Again Taken You t-ay also the board feels t is n a better pos tion to decide th s and s n liar matters than are per sons who no matter how well n eaning the r ntent ons know Comparat elv 1 ttle about un ver 8 t con 1 t onB In elat on to th s statement we aga n beg leave to d tier w th your honorable bodj and suggest to vou that the C ty I ederat on of Worn ea s clubs s composed of women of a erage intell gence citizens of the state and taxpayers and many of them are mothers of the young men and women students at the un vers tv We bel e e that we are vocng the sent ment of the com mun ty the parents the students and the res gned professors when we say that we des re a publi in vest gat on and we wish alho to fay that we ga ned our knowledge of cond t ons ex si ng at the uni versitv from students from some of vour n ost able professors and from Regent A an Cott at the mass meet ing held at the Con n ercial club by the club women Iron th s infor mat on we bel e e we ha e sufb. c ent grounds to ak that ond tions at the uni ers tv be invest gated Tou say no publ c nvest gat on is necessarv for the reason that the board had the alternative of reta n ng President Kingsburv or Dr Knowlton and Professor Wise We aga n beg leave to d ffer with you and in doing so would state that the question for invest gat on as we see t should be upon the broad I as s of general cond t ons at the univers t and Bhould include not alone that personal issue but the bas c pnnc pie of r ght and wrong Justice Is Demanded The fate of the univ ers ty de pends upon the rght solution of the present s tuat on The usefulness of the inst tution is- founded upon lustice, as n e ery worthy act m life R ght and iut ce are what we are trying to instill nto the life of every student at the un versit If this state univer6 t s to fulfill its f nctions to the outh of the Btate the fundamental pr nciples of r ght and just ce must, prevail in th s in v et gation and in the future con duct of the institution Therefore we respectfully pet t on ou to recedo from jour pos t on (hat the board therefore con b ders that a publ nvestigation would be useless and deel nes to hold one As to the facultv relat ons com m ttce mentioned n your public report it s our understanding of that commun cat on that the work of th 3 comm ttee has to deal w th present and future conditions but we as club women are concerned at the present time with conditions that led up to and were the cause of the univ ersity los ng the services of the resigning professors and we most respectful urge that steps be immediately taken to retain the valuable services of these resigning professors We for ard th s to you trust ng that you also w 11 receive this com mumcation in the kindly sp nt in which it is gi en and that jou will accept our statement that the best thing for the future of the univers ty the state of Utah and it present and future c tizens s a pubhc investigation We as club women feel that th s un er ty que tion in the mo t tal subject before the publ c toda and because of our deep interest in th s matter we have used our best efforts in trv ng to understand all phases of the s tuat on Wo still believe that the onlv log cal solut on to this problem is that the board of regents of the state university of Utah hold a fall public nvestigation. Eespectfully submitted MRS J T BELE'nS Pres dent Citv Federation of Clubs. MRS CLEi3SO S KIWEY Chairman MRS A. J GORHAM KATHERIVE B PAPSONS MBS C H M MAHOIS |