Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 1 | Kingsbury is Held to Blame for 'U' Trouble

" ikgsbury eld to 111 FOB ! TROUBLE 4 or Regents Also Come in for Scathing ' Cnbcism in the Report i of the American Asso- aabon of College Professors, Pro-fessors, Made Public festerday. ; VXRY PHASE OF MATTER COVERED lessor Joseph Peter-! Peter-! ion, One of the Profes-; Profes-; rs Who Resigned, Is Placed at Head of the i Department of Psy- Aology in the Univer- cty of Minnesota. " " ' " ' rl eatnjTCTj the investigating com at if tie American- Association of '"si; Professors lias just returned fal mitt ignmt President J T ti tie board of regents, fbt apa of the complete report of t-faj eomsnttee were received la tliit Grr yesterday The report feci of eigaty-two pages, eonsti-fcj eonsti-fcj i Am and, at times, scathing fcdsoit of Dr Kmgsbury and too reij of tie board of regents. It Is tad bj a3 of tie seven members of lacHnitee. N hvestigatOTs eonehide after all tie evidence, that tie dual du-al f tie four professors last spring ' pre npjee for Peterson. lit front Minneapolis Minn, last eoe tie official sta ement that Joseph Peterson, who resigned i & faculty of the University of " mu be the head of the de-a de-a psychology of the Crurer jGaaesota. Peterson, who was connected Be University of Utah for a a rears and who was dismissed J ufigiiam xoungnni ?j 9 ldM inflicted with C J a e"",reI' lntirihes in eon f Hat school, is a graduate of sW7 f Ctllfonlla tere he . JJ a a deF In 1905 He degree of Ph. D from the ftr of Chicago in 19J7 4PTemt7 of Utah lenity -y i-eterson is succeeded by Dr a- m ira u irom t: t Worcester Maw 8!0iJj,hM been a i ' oi the Liuversity of Kan irV .ST1""7 14,1 D0 3"it 't ers. ,S88f,,0f tieee '4teft?2 i,f or tieIr faiInr to ' 1 S?wnd nPholdK the four 'Cu7 t.w"e dipped and P'io tabwrnJ?.? ""eoteea Profes bC tS6 '' reffel rather bx w tn Polic es of the insti Patters Included Wtte."?'1111' Utherto on ti.T,' Lnd "tatements relat SWtoi .Spry for attitude H m 8eTT orat on and other tSSS- t4 to the L ffr1" by Ule board of l? f to. -clpltatea the I 'ft,1Hon of ,her rof'or and 'tt, the ute Dnl te0' .report, .p. uf JJO. It trii" t case of Dr ;r--!JlJ0 ! but h oageTo KINGSBURY IS HELD 10 eUHE IT UHIVERSITT Report of the American Association As-sociation of College Professors Pro-fessors Is Severe Arraignment. Ar-raignment. (Continued from Page One.) praise of the regent? the only praise un- covered by a perusal of the book Is tempered by the regret of the inquirers that the regents fa fled to do this when the trouble broke, in March. Facts Not Sufficient. The Question of sectarian influence at the university Is discussed in one chapter, but the committee decided that the facta presented were not sufficient to Justify m. conclusion. The report winds up with a denunciation denuncia-tion of the board of regents for ita attitude atti-tude toward requests for an investigation of the trouble, charging that this attitude will inflict harm upon the institution. It 1b staged that all of the findings of the committee, were unanimously concurred con-curred in by the members of the committee, commit-tee, whose names ate all aua ched, as follows: Edwin R. A. Seligman, chairman, chair-man, Columbia university; John Dewey, Columbia university: Frank A. Fetter, Princeton university ; James P. Lichten-berger. Lichten-berger. University of Pennsylvania; Arthur Ar-thur O. Love Joy, Johns Hopkins university univer-sity ; Roscoe Pound, Harvard university; Howard C. Warren, Princeton university. Following a preliminary statement about the troubles at the school, the report re-port plunges into the question of tenure of office for professors. Of official grounds for dismissal, the report has this: In any attempt to judge of the conditions of professorial service in a university, it is manifestly important im-portant to know what are officially regarded as pertinent and sufficient j grounds for dismissal. There appear I to be at the University of 17 tab. no statutes or permanent regulations of the governing board de lining these grounds. They are de'.ermined in individual cases by the judgment of the president and board of regents holding office at the time; and may ! be diversely determined at different i times. In this sense, the government of this university, like that of many others In America, is a government of men and not of laws. Many Statements Quoted. The report is replete with statements from both sides of the controversy, ex- j cerpts from official and published state- I merits, letters and excerpts therefrom, with liberal footnotes referring to dtf- ferent bits of evidence considered by the committee. i Thus are the cases of Wise, Knowlton. j Eing and Snow discussed. Charges against Dr. "Wise and Dr. Knowlton were I that Wise derided the university and I that Dr. Knowlton spoke disrespectfully j of the chairman of the regents- Of these charges the report says: j The committee conceives It to be scarcely needful to say that it regards re-gards neither of the first two charges as presenting any proper ground for the dismissal of university teachers. On the other hand, it seems i the committee to be a wholly unwarrantable unwarrant-able extension of official authority, that the president and the chairman of the governing board of a state-supported state-supported institution should publicly public-ly announce, or permit to be announced, an-nounced, that unfavorable judgments of their qualifications for office may , be uttered by professors in private conversation only on peril of dis- j missal. In particular, that charge should have been brought against ! Professor Knowlton, appears to in- ! dlcate the exis'ence of a highly undesirable un-desirable condition at the University ! of Utah. It means that casual ex- i presslons uttered in informal talk with a colleague, repeated by him, ! and carried by gossip to the ears of the president and of the official criticised, criti-cised, may become the basis of public pub-lic charges leading to a loss of position. posi-tion. The law of lese-majeste can not with advantage, in the committee's commit-tee's opinion, be applied to university univer-sity faculties in America. Regents Criticised. The report goes on to say that the grounds for the dismissal of Wise and Knowlton given by Dr. Kingsbury was "apparently affirmed by the board of regents in its 'Public Statement' of ilarcn IT." The report continues: It is true that the board gave as Its actual reason for sustaining the recommendation?, rec-ommendation?, not the charges upon which ti)f:y were based, but the allegation alle-gation that there was "such a serious seri-ous breach between the president on one side and Dr. Knowlton and Professor Pro-fessor Wise on the other that one or the other must go." (This allegation the committee will examine hereafter.) here-after.) But the board at tr.e same time made it clear that, apart from this consideration, "it would, were it necessary, adopt the president s recommendations rec-ommendations on the a hove ground alone" i. e.. on the grounds given by the president himself. And in vindication vindi-cation of the legitimacy of dismissal upon such grounds as these, the board presented In Its "P'lhlic Statement" State-ment" a (to the committee) novel conception of the meaning of "freedom "free-dom of speech." The passage is of sufficient interest to quote at length: "II. is argur-d to the board that professors pro-fessors and Instructors should have the rlrht of free thought, free speech, and free action. This cannot he and a not questioned. Tho board, how-evr. how-evr. has the fame rights These privileges are reciprocal. When the rlgh's of the two clasn, then it Is for the board to determine which is rieht and which course nerves, or In Inimical Inimi-cal to, the bpst Interests of the (inl-versi (inl-versi ry. Someone must have the rleht and r-sponsl bill t v to decide such matters, and the law ha vested It In the board. Professor Wise, for Instance, In-stance, has st-en fit to be tin le t he university, and to sp'-ak In an un--o:T'pMrrienti ry way nhout th administration. admin-istration. "That is his pri-.-n-ire. It. 1r also 'hp right and prlvllt; of the president arid bo;i rd to sa y thn t his course is wrong and refuse longer to employ him. Professor Wine rnuv then go to another inntltntlon and sta to where his views and trio-e nf the governing board ma y coincide. If there In any pla e- where an erni hrce In permitted to hdlttl the Institution that pmplovH Mm find to criticise Uh management unjustly. Applies to Knowlton. "What has Just b-en paid applies also to Dr. Knowlton, who M;-rj r t to spea k ver y disre:pwt frillv, If not iriB'Jltlnglv, of the '-hrnrnian of the board of T'V.'-.ry.. Kiorn his Ktand-point, Ktand-point, this douMJ'-Hs hh-uih that he has r-xercl"'-d his ina lie na rights of fr-e tho::gnt, free, upwrh ; rid fie action. ac-tion. Hut the pr----l'lctit and the board al'o have an "qua! rifht to frnr thought, frt-e p- 'h ui Ut i- action, 1 v.'lrn too, rcH'ilt i(, at (r j.r'-f.l'i'-r.i and h'-ani t'.t, not f)i,T':e wjtb It. Kno-vI- on'K r.f.nl i tr.-f-n t h ; ), may m i-ufU V '.):' an I Nf 1 1 i, ' Ion an 1 -:;it.' wii re HirriCar n 1 1 men I aairiKt, ihr- i.ri:- ' fldfr.K ofli' w of tr.e co y i j, I n bo; rd tr.av le ,i i'proy-J. If o, that Is win-re he h " If: -v!'li-n( from thlv ifi.t';;i;:fj 'hat the '", florij of t. In I " '-o-i vtT -n I ion , u f imii ! to t'-f"' h-FK !n ,- Uid'.f rnitv of flub I ,'',' ially (lclljjf.1 nn fict'lom to ex press sentiments in agreement with those of the president and the regents, re-gents, or to seek employment elsewhere. else-where. The committee is unable to feel surprise that the publication of this "Statement" was immediately followed by the resignation of a number of members of the faculty. Procedure Discussed. Of the procedure in the matter of charges against Dr. Knowlton, the report sa ys : Before considering the question whether the privilege of a fair trial upon the charges was, in fact, offered the professors accused, the committee commit-tee notes the procedure employed by the president, and also by the board, in the matter of the verification of the principal and only significant charge against Professor Knowlton that of "working against the administration." admin-istration." The committee finds it to be established by the evidence, and. Indeed, not denied by the representatives representa-tives of the university administration, that President Kingsbury accepted as true, without investigation, the secret statements of private informants: that he at no time permitted the professor pro-fessor concerned to know the names of his accusers or the nature of the specific acts of which lie was accused; that the president laid the charge before be-fore the regents, and aisn published it, after receiving an absolute denial of the truth of it from Dr. Knowlton. Knowl-ton. and without examining the othe-r evidence offered him as proof of the falsity of the charge ; and that the board of regents adopted the president's presi-dent's recommendation for the dismissal dismis-sal of tliia professor without knowing know-ing the source of the principal accusation accusa-tion against him or the nature of the evidence upon which It was based. It is manifest, therefore, that whatever the facts as to the truth of this charge against Professor Knowlton, neither the president nor the board took any just and adequate measures to ascertain whether or not it was true. Board Again Censured. The report criticises the board of regents re-gents for its declaration that the charges against Wise and Knowlton were not important im-portant and that the first consideration, in cases of friction, was to dispense with that faction least valuable to the university. univer-sity. The report says: The committee further notes that the board grounds its acceptance of the president's recommendations upon a general rule of policy, viz.. that when serious "friction" arises between be-tween university officials and teachers, teach-ers, the governing body should consider con-sider only the past and the Inferential Infer-ential future value to the instiution of the services of the persons concerned, con-cerned, and should not consider the question "who is right and who is wrong in the disagreement." The functionary of superior value should be retained, the others removed. Though this rule doubtless has some plausibility, and sometimes appears to make for efficiency. It seems to the committee, as a principle to be followed fol-lowed in university administration, to be wholly inadmissible. The committee com-mittee can construe the board's repeated re-peated public enunciation of this principle only as an announcement that considerations of equity were not taken account of, at the time of the dismissals of March IT. and that, fO long as the board adheres to this principle, such considerations will not be taken account of. In cases involving involv-ing the relations of the president of the university and the faculty. Such a rule of action on the part of a governing board contains the potency po-tency of grave Injury to the Institution Institu-tion under its control, not less tiian of grave injustice to mc: idua!? ; for a publicly proclaimed Indifference of the governing body to the question of justice as between individuals is sure to cause damaging resentments and a loss of public confidence. Letter Referred To. Just how effective this rule may be, as a means of "preser ving a practical prac-tical working organization." is well illustrated by the present condition of t lie University of Uta r . In a letter published April 14, 1 & lop the board has conceded that, through the res-igna res-igna t:ons result: tig largely from its adherence to this rule, the university univer-sity has been deprived of the services of a number of "competent mn whose positions it may possibly he . difficult to nil," and it remarks that the regents are "not so blind as to believe that the university will not suffer because of this agitation." The university and the edu atloi.al interests of Utah have unquestionably unquestion-ably already suffered greatly from the consequences of the r-e-nts' action on March 17. These unhappv convp-quences convp-quences are chiefly due to the fact tliat the policy of dlsretrardirtr consideration con-sideration of equity, and rif hed'ng only considerations of fhlencv," does not in the long run tnd to the efficient working of any orennization of human beings. It is certain to in- render far more "friction" than it allays; al-lays; it is not perrn.T r-mly nct Ive even In the ma n& ctM'i-.-nl of workshops work-shops or business housm. Applied in the envernmcnt of un; vr-rsi t s, it is the sure beginning of disaster. Knowlton Defended. The report glvr- Dr. Knowlton dental of the charges made aaalnst him by the president of ihe university and s; n t i-ine-nts of W. R. Arcylf. hr-d nf the A. F. fraternity, fra-ternity, James II. W'Ofe and others that Knowlton had. to their knnwic.o.. -io-fpnded Dr. Kingsbury at-aKst ert t irlsm, rather than seeking to undermine him. Of Dr. Kingsbury's charges a gainst 1 r. Knowlton thaf he was tryi ng to undermine under-mine the president, the report says: For the assertions relaMng to Dr. Kingsbury personally. It Is to be observed ob-served that Dr. Klntrs'cirv offrs nothing- In the nature of evident beyond be-yond his penona I be-llf and the statement that "friends" funnarriM and unspecified as to number) man these assertions. Rfpfs'-n tatlvei" of the university ndmlnls'raik.n t -quently Informed th" rnm:rttt"e that If frtven some additional time- they hopevi to h riMc to Indu'-f thpso confidential con-fidential Informants of the. president to testify over th.-lr own ram ph. Thou 7ii tha r-omm litre had air'-a'ly for some w h be-en Hppk Irig to ehrif th'.n evidenr-e. it was unwilling to r'-ach a de--Mon upon The point until un-til Rvery reasonable opportunity had hen given for the product Ion of all available t evt j inon v. The committer has, lherr-ffre. d-ferre-d for hIx weeks the romp!! Inn and publication (,f thin report. Up tei tho tine of Its preparation prepa-ration for the pri"s no rvidencr. from tbe anonymous ncruH-u-s of J'rnffisnr Knowlton bar be-ri fen h coming. f r. K now: ton. on the- et lur hand, lavs b-fore t he com ml tf a " e v i -dncp, first, his personal affidavit (of de-nu-i proff-svor Know!e.ii'5 n Tidn vit a nd an indication e(f the nature- of the supporting tcqflineiTiv have been com-munlca com-munlca tr-d to p re-Mi el -nt K.n-.'sbiir y B rjrl the rege-nt s. a nd t hey ha ve been 1nvtvl to nuhrnlt rvf , In rebut -tff I If they rlr-Hlred to (In ho, 0 hu1i evpien'-e, has been rec,.Veo: up to tho ti rnet of the preparation of thin report. re-port. Denials Are Entered. The cefti m It t t.f , however, dewlrlnr? tf dej all In It.'l power tr, Kerijre such e'.l'b-nce,, If It rri-ite,!, ,,n May 17 ft'MreH,-.j efi,.r to all (he non-refli;iilni' non-refli;iilni' profeior n s,f tin- I'n I vit. slty of Ubjh faculty, asking, among Ot her epie;t Puis, t lie fe 1 o W 1 ; .g ; "Have you ntiy firKf - ha ikI kii'iwl-vge kii'iwl-vge ;ih to Ihe omiP I ton e(f Prnfi-w-f.or Ktiowllori with anv rnovenir-nr within the faculty to displace resident resi-dent Klngabury?" Klfl een out of the t we-n t v-e.ne pro-fesejjs pro-fesejjs to whom this P-tier war f..tiI replied ; all p.t.vc rn tn ,ri.-.i Ion e- finitely In the negative. Two pre. fr:., i'4 ,",,!;,! (,f lifivtrirr be-ijij at in - (,F:d -:ia:;d 'hat iTe-TfiMor K nov.Mtfut vv'fnt I ti volvo l In a movement move-ment iu::it"Hf the pr'sild.-ni. (,,,,. Itf 'h' . ITof'-'-.-or J 11. I'll Hi, fit;, ,i; I "Home F-.1 I'i'iriMiM before K.-bt uury, ! KM.',, I wan Inl'of me. bv a man. In v'.o:ti I ha ve K-ea I cot , f hi n co. t ha I here- '"III a movement n foot lii ii:. ! p'-e I'r-Ml'l-nl Klr,i-"hnrr lie muhm I'rofi mmoj'h Kjiowllon at-d 'Chough, und 'J said there were others. I did not mention thif to anyone until after the trouble arose at the university. When professors began to resign. I tried to get from my informant the details of this movement, but he has not to this time (May 2) a nswered my inquiries." in-quiries." The informant here referred to is not a member of the university faculty. fac-ulty. Professor W. C. Ebaugh has been notified by the committee of the Inclusion of his name In the statement state-ment of Professor Paul's informant. He replies by telegraph: "Your letter of May 2ft contains matter veritably new to me. The statement connecting connect-ing me with any person or persons as mentioned, or with any movement like that und---r discussion, is unqualifiedly false." Summary of Findings. The findings of the committee, bo far as they relate to the recent dismissals, dis-missals, may be briefly capitulated as follows : (at Of the four charges which were given by the president of the university univer-sity as his reasons for recommending the dismissal of professors, three specify no proper grounds for such action, and the fourth is without basis in fact. (a) The president, of the university and the chairman of the hoard of regents re-gents by their recent action virtually gae notice that the expression by a professor, in private conversation, of an unfavorable opinion of their (ualifications for office would be a ground for dismissal. This action, unjustified in general, the committee regards as peculiarly unsuitable in officials of-ficials of a state university. (c) The governing body of the university uni-versity has publicly declared that in cases of serious friction between officers offi-cers and teachers of the university it is not concerned to know "who is right and who is wrong in the disagreement," dis-agreement," but only to secure harmony har-mony by eliminating from the university univer-sity those whose services it believes to be relatively less valuable. This, in the light thrown upon its practical meaning by recent action of the board, appears to the committee equivalent to a formal announcement that considerations of equity have not been, and will not be, taken account ac-count of by the board in cases involving in-volving the relations of the president of the university and the faculty. Versions at Variance. (d) The board has. however,' given two irreconcilahle versions of ita attitude at-titude on March 17 toward the request re-quest for a judicial investigation of the charges. The first version is that. In view of the board's adoption of the last-mentioned principle, no Investigation In-vestigation could alter .the essential consideration upon which the board based Its action : and that, in fact, the board "refused to he forced Into a public or any investigation." The other version Is that an opportunity for an investigation was actually afforded af-forded the professors accused, and was rejected. The committee finds that though the professors Hocused were Invited to appear at a meeting of the board, no properly judicial In- estimation into the truth of the cbaigcs lias ever bfon made either by the president or by the board of regents. re-gents. e The board now appears to regard re-gard either two or three of the charrres as "not constituting proper grounds for terminating a profsnor'n connection with the university." It has also received through this om-mittee om-mittee the sworn statement of the professor acain.n whom the fourtu charge wag made, ca tPRorlcailv denying deny-ing the truth of thp charge. The board, nevertheless, refuaes to with-draw with-draw this cha-c. to present evidence in support of It or to reopen the case a of tho professors agninst whom these four charges were brought. What Evidence Shows. (f) The evidence shows that, under un-der th present administration, un-verlnd un-verlnd go?9lp, coming from persons un'.vrilmir to assume public r. ponM-1 b'lt t v for their flat entente. hn pia-d an unfortunate. i: t in the affairs af-fairs of the University of l"'ah; and that Profe'.oor Knowlton was dis-mlse.) dis-mlse.) t itiiout ever i eltu? permit led to know who were his a cc liters. In tne ras-1 of the principal charge against him. i r In i'.s "puMlc satrr.nt" Indued In-dued on Marh IT in xpln nat Inn of the dismis.i-ils, the board emM the llm!M of freedom of reeh in the urdverwiy in ?U' h a v,,i.v as to Justify Jus-tify any member i-f the faculty In resigning re-signing forthwith. Repression Discussed. r.iipter thr of the report Is entl'led "The r-'mphilut of Repression." Km-braced Km-braced In it are ivtori and M.V.ements bv It. Joseph pe'ersnn and L'r. W. tl. I kov!a t.ce. two of t he. profi-hnors w ho re -! Si ;r e 1 . and Miitnn Hev v, t h college v;1!-.!l"'orhin whose Rroud the Ire of the Kovernor. Tn's chapter starts out : peyeral of the resign! ng professors charrre trim the r"-T,t polb-y of th u n I v.rM f y admiriitra ! Ion ban been ch ara ' f'Tlif-l by an effort to reprr.-s the legitimate liberty e.f utrer:inc .,f metn I er of t hr fa c;!: v upon poll! I-r-sl, economic and rrdikrious quewtlonii. It ly ri-it ci. urged tn.tt tlds In any ca "Ud to d!n:n!n'- 1. but only that a number ef teachTs wr on v.i-ri v.i-ri eniH oc.-n si em s tu m 'neinil to t h president a office and Iv-m wbn t they cons - ned to be f,''b :ai wa rn-irr-t against the re et I lion of certain put lie tiir.rarices, or th" continuance continu-ance of certain civ.r n.-nvltles Ir seerns cte:ir that the n.-tie.n e,f the p;e-..-nt In the-e I n -' an ces wan not du to nnv personal rb-sire to ifstrlci the freedom of expression of tea, hr on such matter", but to an appre-henslverie?:.- ith recnr,! to the ef-tfft ef-tfft of r; 'a in rr. fes;,,nnl utterances utter-ances upon Influential ill Iron, or upon up-on the bemrd nf rei,'i.itH. the fn to letr'Hlanrre:, or the nACnior, and consequently con-sequently upon the. amount of the n ppmprta tlona re.e-ej ved by the university. uni-versity. An lllustro'lon of fh character and motive of the preside nl'n inter-ve-ntiort In rel.-.tion to (i10 r 1 1 , -1 j -sion of rellgie)!,-) fjueiton.s bv pn- fepsors. Ib givrn In Tt-nrifi from a 1 Uer add rv'si .1 t- 1 'r- ftde-i.t Kind's- burv on M irrh 2fl. lJl5. by Ir. Jo- Kpph l'Ltrion, pro.'t.iior of ty-ch ty-ch i'-rry : ! "My I '"ftr Tt. Klni:.t.ury Follow -In; h; hs ;''lfe a. t-:.iien:ent iv.y mme,ry perml'B of Iri- an'-en of ad-fmni ad-fmni ynu OJ t" thf He of h-ItiK h-ItiK ...ireful :n my la-!i :ni h":e; "( Nearly three yejirs at", or at lea.l ".ei- two. you 1 U . 1 to your off!-' and t"!d nio thai 'a iy Influential rnnti" in tr. i-:ty t ad oh-j.--te.) to rerrnln of ;-.y !a,-hir.M in iren.-i!,- !iv(-;i.'1(i!v, n:i:! hai f.i!-; tht If l.lfl . ..:: t , iiu'l to K-"t B-joti things In the u n 1 v-r !"! : y h would n-nd lh ni 'fv. he-e f. :.iO said t,..n I hd hi-.-n e-iin r-l wltu '.in-l.inK suh tint mv uln'' d't t.ot . a re for their rei:c:on nn.l that ih.ey were n -t wlllint: t'i on nii'-v1'''- 't,,J n.vi;i:d - ;t An eyjiTnrie of 'h former for-mer ''ond I tPm:. I pol ti led out 1 1' at he hil l r.'T : r. n In any of my r!.i!-.-i In the university. I narnel sl-jd-nin of nilne wf:o had rr'r.t, fti'd w!p ;;n on in'B.tirti'.s. nn l eome v ho wrn liieii tnlk'.toc of K"ini; on m!t--ior.v 1 re- Mie:F:l.er liRrnlnk' to you . n::'.ori Ot herH I pNo pu: n reel O-lt tV.e f.T-l ti.:i ' nui'h -nrn! it tons n t" s". inl'ui t g' a:t;tii'len Io-a.i:. religion v. ere fr--fj'.lel:: result .'f ,i'iewe V . ur.l tlon, utid IhHt It w:ij itnlus; to ,-:;ari;e all e,f t ! : ii to ny teauMrmn. Vuu agreed to thlv " l - i Inter, Just he fore n- y re,-p-polrruient jwo yrsrp oi Htiln rnlie-l rn! In'o 1 1n f f i . Vu toi.l nie i hn t Vertn 1 n red'' r. t or n i-er-tHln nienihrr of the bo.(rd nf r.-ceniH' I do not remember hirh- - hud brought te ynil re-t;iin .-ritl-elsniw of n,. that. K . I 'hud tu;!it fn:nUiflt tho f xperlcii'-. a of Jimepli Smith.' Entered a Denial. "Tliis 1" d'-nieil. nnd offftred you nie.ins of proof ,nt I hid not -!", t liN, t h:i t hud ue er referred to or IT'Hde iMMUUH IIOHF roii.'iTnli.i; h-i.-U nrr-itr-, You niri.t (.;,.! nt this time thai i ertnln leir-onri. or a .'ei t:ln rceent. hjid said that some of th members of ihe lefrusLatiir were not wiii'.n l Mi.tke the needed a;pro-priatb.r.a a;pro-priatb.r.a to iho ur.ivrs.ty bra-s of my cir:K lre. oj advised me to brt txirvn.'.y i-arful. 'not v:i to mniion tho word lehplon,' po thi&l reo;i.e would not feel ihN way to-n-Ards tr.o ur.li'TV.iy. I told ou later th.u I we:.t i-.vlre to vovir offlr to rehi-n. that ti:e un'vr:ty might n-"'i n-.i-j any appropriB tlona on my account. You were not In. juid in the :n(-Antltn a col;ue conN'tn.'4 me l!n l::e own word.! that the unt-ve; unt-ve; -mty ii'-uda .Nome thing rrore t.MTi it dors large a rproi r!a tlona. "I l-a'.'-r I ie.irned that you had deS-rde-l m. as I remenil-er. to re-cents, re-cents, aa to iv.y falrnetia in teaching In the ur:lver!t v ; you ad vine d me, i-,oueer. itT-identally. to hrtiiK into cLim d!ac;f a: un ar-d ex :da nation a the term 'lo-l or D'Mty. If I "rould consider.' louV.y do a "In theie rnm orsaiinrm your own 1 attitude I'-warda ne "as friendly and obvuuudy to j-rotrct me. thovitlh after the ron ern t ion I fe.t pera- natty lx. Ht my ir' .eno here wa hritln-! hritln-! n!r.: ;o be em I ara 's! -nr to you. Of I tlr, view 1 very 'nuoh dlFabi:aed , In a i-iinvrrjAtion wifi you a yar I or .o :fco. at tr w hi'h I ronrludvJ j t tut yo i artunily wt-re n;Mi( for j i rr.e to nv,.i1n ;n t:.e unlvrMtv. In t:N (-ouverr;it;--n you had pointed i out to uie thuT r.-.y oreirnv'o hero ts pv! len. e ilia: the rhvir.h la not con-; con-; liolhfiK the university." Slatements Referred to. The Koyhime and Sevy etutements. to:;et;er Willi tho committee's comment, com-ment, fo'low : ICvftmples of thlp practice on the j ai r of i ivsMein KliiK-sbury are Klven in n let ter to the .-ominitie from I r v. G Hoviiin-e. i ro feasor of lilt ory n tid poh b-'i) scle net? . ill I pon iruucst of n miniber of el t v-'. liitdu.Mruc m embers of the 1, : i it: r. .i p-ofef-;...r ve advice nnd :t i s. ( r. nee in the conat met ion of a puhlii1 utihiica bill and Vajis told by the prealdent that an objection had ce,me to him, coupled with a threat . that If auch activity did not case. the un(Trslt'y'a approp-Ations would be cut off. The president declined to i dlerioae the sourx- of thJB complaint and ttireaX. nor would he either ap- prove or disapprove of the action In question. (Li Ln numerous Instances of complaint com-plaint to the president of utterances of professors in the. classroom. bear-In bear-In c upon rei Lrion, politics and other matters, after proof that nothing Improper Im-proper had been said. Instead of up- holding the accused and vindicated IriMru tor, the president would atvaM himself of the incident as an opportunity oppor-tunity to in; press upon the instructor the need of cauticn. ( In general. ih president fas fallen into the habit of placing in-sTrictors in-sTrictors always on the defensive, with rt-iranl to complaints from without, with-out, yet ha a failed ciearly to vindicate vindi-cate them when complaints ot charges hrtve proven (troundiess. Other Instances Cited. Pr-vera' other instances of a simitar simi-tar sv-rt have beM) reported to- the committee. Milton iv a member mem-ber of the graduating class of 1?1 4. deposes that In con versa t!on v,itri President Kir.pshury in .Ume. 101. the president admonlshe3 him that he ahouid : He careful In saying anything that would offend any supporter of the university; thwi when various vari-ous Interests w ere supporting the university by taxation they wer verj-sensitive verj-sensitive about beir.R crttlcisel. I replied re-plied that In my opinion the university uni-versity should not yield to the criticism criti-cism of outside Interests, and that students should be permitted to investigate in-vestigate and speak frankly about all matters of public importance. I cited him the example of the lnl-vernlty lnl-vernlty of Wisconsin. This seemed rather to shift the trend of the president's presi-dent's eiiticlsm, and be said that if ho were in a position to conduct the i university ns he wished there would be even greater academic freedom at tha university than I had &iEpi:t' . He further said thai I cofA r.:: a'dre the various forces t7s ". bear on hi as preside?! pf ti-Tersity. ti-Tersity. I told Mni thai " -sympathized prea-ly witfc is ir -position, but I ikougit H a f.-.j-- ; that the president of tiie vr-n-i should have to s'jbsit to o;;'::; ::-terference. ::-terference. I further suted " my opinion, if the peor'e of '? ; knew the character of the ir;ri- -ence he was cb'itred to toleraTe "-" wouid rally behind bin in ti; : . tion of a broad, progressive icr.-.j trativ policy, like that w;.i:'n l argued for in my coxmez:s: speech. Viewed tfs Admission. It appears from this tes-ir.sr-y President Kmsrsbury has fclH.f i mitted that there exir.s at te v-- versttj Jess . academic freec'Tin he retrards as desirable. With-' --. ence to the general sltuir. ie , university, the folio win? Ques:; , put by this couim:uee to F:tJ"--::-K!nesb-.:ry: , Question Does the ?re?f: ! that in view of local cor.-:i::or.s !'' , necessary to restrict tie u'tfrir-i and the civic a:nviy of rrc.f?5- in the fni'.-ers-.iy of Utah to P decree than cr.gat be Decfii where? . - Answer ProbaMy not than in severs other state z:'.'--sitles. 1 The state of things disused testimony is nan:festb" an f,V.i".jJ i! unw!iole5c-me one. In ?r'::zlsc!a first incident related ry . Rovl.mce must. It ftr.resr5 .0 Jj; committee, be of grave tR.er. . citrons of Utah: an of new: i;- tion is clearly called for. to -.5 A whether the person w..o thre.it repoated by t..e f--'t. hois as w ouid aprar tc cestcd some important r11--l' "J There exists, doubtless. "J.Z " of any sl:tc unlversit. (Ccntmred on PaeTei)J - :nr I' RVING S COOPER, noted I Theosophical lecturer, who will be heard in Salt Lake during present week KINGSBURY HELD TO BLAME IT UNIVERSITY (Continued from Page Four ) from t me to time persons possess ng or reputed to possess pol t cal influ ence will at empt to shape the teach lng in the un versltj or to restrict the leg tima a iberty of utterance and of civic action of university teachers not by direct attack but by hreats of reduction of the approprla tions Important Essential If our state uni ersitles are to con tinu. to be nstitutions n which -self respecting scholars can serve or In which the true character of a uni erstty s malnta ned 1 is essential that all such a emp s be vigorously resented and that no g ound be given e en fo the susplc on that teachers n these inat tutlons are under p essure of the sort exemplified rn the firs case c ted by Professor Roy lance There may be room for leg tl mate deba e concerning the proper 1 m ts f freedom of teaching there can be no room for debate as to the improprie y of perm ttlng poe ful lnd v duals outs de the uni erslty whether in or out of public office to d ctate to university preslden s re spec lng the utte ances of university professors And the resists ce to such attempts must necessa 1I come first and chlefl from the p eeidents of the s ate unlversit es. To the committee t seems clear tha President Kings bury wh e personally desirous of maintaining a due measure of freedom in the Lnl ers! y of Utah has not sufficiently res sted p essure of the sort mentioned bu lias rather at times permitted himself o be used as an Instrument through which such pressure was transmitted to members of the faculty Regents Are Criticized Nothing has done so much to strengthen the w despread feeling of distrust which has unquestionably been engendered by recent events at the uni erBlty as the attitude still held by the board of regents a per slstent refusal to permit the dls closure of all the facts In such cases always gives color to the belief that there exist facta unsuited for dls closure The committee gathers that the persls ence of the board In Its present position has aroused on Oie pa t of a large section of the local public Inc uding many of the alumni and a majority of the students a degree of suspicion and even hoa tlllt) which must be a continuing detriment to the univrslt s effl ciency as an Instrument of public education and must affoct d sadvan tageously the posit on and the work of teachers In the nstltutlon Sevy Speech Mentioned Chapter four la headed Intervention of the Governor of the State In Faculty Ma ters and relates to the Se 'y speech It contains affidavits from Professor C W Snow and Dean Byron Cummlngs bat Professor R. R Lyman Interviewed them as to whether they had aided young Sevy In writing h s address In this chapter the report says The governor of the state clear y attempted to exercise an Improper p essure upon the regents and the pres dent of the university to cause them to take some disciplinary action agalns the eachers w o had fa ed to present Mr Pe from del eling a spe ch of which the governor dls approved It s evident that ere s some striking circumstantial evlden e pointing to a connection be tween he attitude of the go emor and e d smlssa of Mr Snow The charge of ectarian Influence on Appo n ments Is the title of chapter five of t) e repor an 1 t brings in the demo tlon of Or eorg M Marshall as head of he i ng s depar ment and the ap po ntmen of O J P Wldtsoe of the L D S co ege In this c ty Demotion Discussed Th s hap e Is n part as fo owa I has een ha ged by some of the ft gn ng professors and by graduates of he n ers y hat se arlan re gio s nf uen o he des re of he nlnniU on op acate n ertain e glo ft d has been responn b e for e a n re ent a pro n men ft and fo he emo n of a professor ong h fl of he unlve it Th s o s n a e appear e p ess y am ng eaftons or g na y g en b h r ft gn ng professors for a n r s lea fron subne n s a erne n ha n e case of ft a of hese tea en ne of the P n pa o h f ft gnat on was a be e a e p eslden ha f a en s Je n reaa ng p es ft p t n an pos onft n o fa w men ss ec ed no pr na n g o n Is of s hoarshp a d ea Kb be a se of he r one wh rgot enom a o wh e majo v ho peop e of ft n p nn n n ajor v of he boa of egen ft ad ere e h r h f es ft rut of U ter day Ha ft mm n y know as the Mor mon h h (P eslden K ngsb ry Is no himse f a mem er of this body I was fur er be oveltysomeof e resign ng pr fenft s that t e presl len al mo e hen on e ft lei o tl s p ess e n ha en vers tv was n o se en e os ng ts non se ar an ara er Evidence Is Indirect irho g t e on tee would gftd a o S deal ng w an us e nf so e s te f b g a ew ser snesn f ha ge nn! a haft a e 4 mm nc e n n X en ft in ft ft ft n mft ft t ley H w was n 0 1 appo nted professor of anatomj In he school of med c ne and short aftec acting dean of the schoo He rece ved the degree of bache or of arts from the Un ers tj of U ah in 1909 At the t me of he forn e appo ntment he was a second year Btudent In a med cal schoo and at he Ime of the la ter appo ntment, he a no et aken any degree n med c ne Mr now is a men ber of 1 e Mormon hurch and of a famllv prominent In the tory of that body More c oso re a ed to the Present d ff cu es n the univers y are the changes n the staff of the department of Eng sh made by the board of regents In Marc 1915 On h 8 date In accordance w th a recom mendat on of he p esidont pre ous made pub ic Professor Geo ge M Marsha was removed from the head ship of the departmen of Eng sh but not from his p ofessorsh p) and Mr O J P Wldtsoe was appo nted o a professorsh p In Eng sh and to he headsh p of the department the eb o rank ng a so "Mr F W Reynolds professor of Eng sh Relevant Facts The re e an fscts concern ng tHe professo demo ed and h s successor so far as he comm tee bas een ab e to as e an them a e as fo w s a Professor Marshall a bache or o r g of uorne C1S87 and a master o ar s of Harvard (1905) was he en or membe of he facu tj (af er Pres den K ngsbury and had been a eacher n he un vers y fo twenty ee years He has pub shed an edit on of Dryden b Palamon and Arc te and articles In the tent American) ed tlon of the Encvc o paedia Britann ca Mr Marsha 1 Is not a member of the Mormon church There is evidence that he has fre q ently been cr elzed by Individual members and off c a s of that ohurc on two grounds The first comp a nt was that he had not recommended Mormons for appo ntment In his de partment Dean Ho man s ates to t a committee that In his presence Professor Marsha 1 was on one occa s on charged by Professo J H Paul w th never having employed a Mor mon and with preferr ng eastern men W th regard to h s comp a nt. Professor Marsha 1 dec a es hat the assertion that he never recommended Mormons Is untrue but that It Is a fact that he has for the most part so ght to secure Instructors espe c ally In Eng Ish compos tlon f om eas ern unl era es ha ng a special reputation for the train ng which they give In this subject. Other Complaints The other complaint whtcli appea s to have been made of Professor Mar sha 1 by some members of the Mor mon church has been that In courses In the history of English literature 1 e has frequent y exprensed admlra tlon of the Church of Eng and and that In a course on Dante he has spoken in a favorable manner of the Roman Catholic church with respect to the latter complaint, five recent students under Professor Marshall In a letter to this committee write His course In Dante Is especially fine and the only clrtidsm has been not because of lack of knowledge but because of emphas ling the his torlcal a gnlflcance of Catholic theol ogy The committee Is In possession of no evidence to Indicate that Profes of Marshall s referents to certain rel gtous bod es were of an Improper character The facta here mentioned are significant only In so far as they tend to show that Professor Mar sha Is management of the English department was viewed with disfavor by members of the Mormon denomlna tlon ..The reason officially given for Mr Marshall a demotion was that he had not retained the full efficiency and vigor that Is expected and demanded of profeasors and Instructors The dean of the college of arts and act ences Professor Cummlngs. expresses the opinion that Professor Marshall was an able and efficient teacher remarkabl devoted to his work Attitude of Students A letter prepared by a committee of five of Professor Marshall a stu dents states When the news was confirmed that Professor Marshall had been demoted on a charge of Inefficiency there was much Indignation, and some 01 us students circulated a petition among other of his present students containing statements of apprerlat o of him and hla work Two thirds of his students In the regular course signed this petition and four o t of five of those study ng for an M A degree The majority of the students who did not sign the petition ex plained that though they appreciated Professor Marshall s scholarah p and work they did not wa"nt to antagon se the preside t of the university We know that the charges brought against Professor Marshall in pt posteroua and we hope that you will take into consideration in summ ng up his case the elements with which we are ob Iced to contend ery few have criticised Professor Mars is I when asked to sign the ptit on and these few criticisms were d re ted not at all against his abilltj as a teacher but rather aga at certain laws he has expressed Deposition Is U!ed This letter Is accompan ed bi a deposition by Mrs Helen P Sanford testifying to the truth of the sta e ments of fact contained therein The student newspaper the I nlversl fhronlcle (It should be remarked h this paper I as throughout the con ro ersy been an agonistic to Pres dent Klngsburg expresses I e opinion tha Pro esso Ma sha s department has been f 1 ed w h the most progress e and up o da e me in he facu ty b O J p Wldtsoe has bee good enough to rommun a e at the comm ttee s requea an out ne of h n professional career In condensed forn t Is aa fo owe B S In chemist y I tab Agrl I tura college 189 engagel In n s s onary wo k on slands of So Pa If , 1897 1901 head of depar men of I eml rv and phjslcs an I es h er of Fng sh Letter da Ha n a high bcIoo 1901 1903 graduate st dent In Pngllfth Harvard nlversl j 1903 90S AM Ha vard 190(1 ml of departmen of Kng Ish Ijt da 8a nil hi s hoo 1906 191f p n pa 1909 9 fi of ho la er da Sn ntn g n hoo nc ud ng a fto he bus ness o ege n gh s 1 o an s mmftr ft hoo Ttss a sh nu tt me sees ons a L a Ag ege n gham T g n ers ad Lnlvere y of a P h a o s The Reslorn on of the Jostie a o me of Mormo a no oge Is o s s g h eflj of es ft ns rrepn ed fo hn Yo ng n Mu ua Improveme assn n 1910 191 wl h an n od by osep 1- Hn 1 J n tie m of wn e apon ft 12 I 1 or 1 e Ju en p I n monthly max&xJne devoted to the to terests of the Sunday athoola of the Mormon church Mr Wldtsoe aiao holds the office of bis op In t Mormon church W 1th reference to Mr Wldtsoe a appoint ment the follow Ins; que on bas been placed before President Klnrbur Wldtsoe a Bishop Did Or K 1 nxbur at an time receive sn suggestion direct or In direct from an) official of the Mor mon church wltl reap t to the appo ap-po ntment of Mr a soe Answer No R chard ounf tag ha! rman of the exe utl e comm t ee of the board of regents and an offl al of th Mor mon church a 10 i atei at mo ar ae be Is aware the proponal for the demotion of Professor Marshall and for the appoi ntmen of Mr kltroe came from President K njrsburv him aelf In his oral statement to he aecretary of th ao at on Or King bur in rep oan nterroica tlon opon this po n Mid t at whHe It was hla ueus -uitom efore fill ng posit ons In I e fit u I) o secure from other nl erslt ea s kites lors and recommendations of aj ab t men he iad no sought u auKKe'llons be fore appointing Mr 1 hoe to the headship of the department of Kngllsh Facts Referred To The comm ttee has f course no means of J dglng of hr general abll ties and the akll aa ear hers, of P O Snow and Mr d soe It has no reast n to doubt that e are of the hlghea chars te 1 seems to the comm ttee tow er o h ev dent tha on ter ng on t length of train ng nnd the onal perlencr of nppo c eee sp po ntmenta were s ne to ju If the aurpr se wh h y e oked an o g a number of men n of he a fa u T e ean a fa p eg d o MA1 a a eiso. o e a der e n nff e professors and Instructors he had had only two ears of post graduate a ud) In his subject that be had ne er been a member of a college or un veraity faculty -od without expert ence n regular college teaching that he had for the auc years preceding his appointment been engaged In the heav duues of school administration neceasartl) entailed by the principal ship ot a combtred high school busl ness college njght school and sum mar scnool and that his onl pub 1 cations were works of theological controversy and denominational a pol ogetlca This preparation Is not auch a Is al present usually expected in those appo nted to headehlps of Lxn portent departments In either col eges or tnl era! tie of good standing T ese fa t howe er are In the committee a opinion, not auch as to enable t o judge of tt e motl es of the president of the unit erslty and of the board of egents In making the appoin ments and the demotion wh ch hs -9 been a led In Question Concluding Chapter The cone uding chapter of the report saya One of the graces and most re g eatable features of the situation at the Lnl erslty of ltah In thla -om m ee opinion Is the attitude wh! b haa from the beg nning been on atenlly maintained b the tard of regents toward n rrerous petl Ipna asking fo a borough public In estlga Ion of the recent Incidents and of general un e-slt conditions. Tt ese pet Uons. which ha e come fmm he fac It) the Alumni asao la tlon the atudents and a targe um er of I aena of the s ate of I sh the board has In a -sses re e ed dn a tig that tt a ne 're o e fo the anane en of e al that tins oubts as r (? rre nesa of ftp n a he c dc of o no e a one f e ; e in a f e anno r had e n en ed h rr I n T pt pi the committee to show that the board falls to understand or at leas to act upon three fundamental facts nam el that every ins itutlon of public ed ca on and especia 1 a state unlve sity equ es for Its sue cess the conflden e and respect of the public tha there an be no sure bold upon public confidence wit oat an unflinching read ness to face pub Hcit In regard to all o fl Lai acts and policies and that he onlv erect e way in wh ch anv putt body can meet serious charges brought b responsible re-sponsible persona Is b not mexelv permitting but demand ng a search lng and open Inquiry into Its meth oda