Show Board of o Regents Hurting I I I State by Throttling U. U o of of L U. U i 1 jr From The Tho Outlook jl 11 I THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH professors of ot the cl University It of oC Utah Ulah have resigned S 1 ami the tho university llY Is passing through h a l revolutionary crisis Lato Lalo in February un 1 Dr Kingsbury the tho president notified fine i i professors professor s that thc they were dismissed for far the good grood of or the tho Institution I A little later latel Professor Marshall who ha has been head of the English I department since Inco 18 1802 1892 wa wax notified that h he be bc reduced In smile grade and hi his place given to a n teacher of ot English In tho Mormon lormon high school In tilt Salt Lal Lake e City who Is a n shop of oC tho Mormon church The Tho professor was told that he was an Inefficient I. I t teacher a a ll statement denied point bUnk blank b by his colleagues anti and hun red t of his former formel pupils received a thou thousand i When the now newt of these dismissals dismissal was undergraduates met in a ti ma mass s meeting and passed d a n resolution t J strongly disapproving of the presidents president's action in tho cases of these professors sors and petitioning the board of regents to Investigate the tho reasons reason for tor their removal al Within a n few days das similar petitions were presented to tho UIO regents b by the members of tho the faculty f cull the Alumni association and other on organizations The president then called four tour of the dismissed ed men and told th them m that he had decided to give gho them reasons for Cor their dismissal al Two of or the men wore Informed that the they were wro sent away for Cor 1 the the good food of tho the Institution The deposition of Dr Marshall l and andI I tho appointment of or Bishop as head hend of the English department depart depart- ment the president said Id necessitated some somo changes in order that the new head might have a a. free tree hand Neither the faculty the students nor the public accepted this explanation The discharged professors lors reiterated their demand for public Investigation and the president met these demands by giving out Interviews to the tha press In which he Intimated that the dl dismissed men did not want tho the real reasons made mado known know One professor was waa charged with having worked against the administration and speaking king disrespectfully in a a private conversation con conversa tion of ot the president of the board of regents Another professor proCessor was as charged with making the statement that t th there thore re were sonio some somo things In which German schools were re superior to the University It of ot Utah Utah Utah-a a statement which w uld have havo been well within the truth If Jr it had been made mado concerning a great man many other universities In tho the United States At a n. meeting of tho the board of or regents held on March 17 the tho pe petitions pe- pe e- e for investigations In were Ignored and b by a vote ote of ot eight to four that body adopted a statement In which occur the words The board is best be t able to decide how and when It will obtain its Ita information what It considers tho the most reliable information and how it will conduct its Ita Investigations this it has always done and proposes to continuo continue so to doAs do As tho the result of ot this extraordinary attitude on the part of a abod bod body of or men representing the he people of ot the tho state In dealing with its most Important Institution fourteen members of ot the to faculty promptly resigned Their published letters of protest are all characterized characterized char char- by reserve and courtesy courtes but the they emphasize the fact that they cannot retain their positions and their self respect and tho they protest against tho the policy polley of ot repression lon suspicion and opportunism which they declare now rules the university By tho the action of ot those professors tho the Institution loses man many of or ofis orita ita is most experienced and capable teachers men who have served it its it t long and have have- given glyen It distinction The school of medicine and tho the department of ot English suffer Buffer most severely SC Practically alli all i 1 tb the medical school faculty has resigned and of or tho the eight members of or tho English department six have havo either resigned or Indicated their intention to resign Professor Ro Roylance lance In the department f f of history ha has been In the university nineteen years ears Dean Cum- Cum t minas for lor twenty-one twenty years yeull 0 If It the people of Utah havo have nn any respect for their university I they will not rest until a thorough Investigation has authoritatively I disclosed tho facts In this extraordinary chapter chapt r of university his his- tory It concerns the whole nation The connection of ot tho the Mormon Monnon church needs n eds especially to be bet t made nta e clear olear It Ills Is a n. significant fact tact that all nIl the men who havo been l F PI dismissed or who have resigned cosigned are non non- non r Tore arc are some errors in the above statement In the first place four not four not five instructors five instructors were originally notified that their names would not Dot I II be submitted for reappointment Two I were w were re demoted Since Tho The Outlook got Its in information the number of those who resigned has bas increased to sixteen One man who accepted appointment to fill fin one of the vacancies vacancies va va- has later reconsidered and refused to come came to the Utah university The Outlook is an influential magazine with a wide ch cir culaton all over the United States Tens of thousands wi will read its editorial on Utah and then watch atch carefully to see sec how Utah handles its problem Other influential magazines are beginning to discuss the University of Utah turmoil As Ai The Outlook editor says it concerns the whole nation Wo We would like to inform the editor of The Outlook that the University of Utah is going to o be refined of its dross when it passes through the fire that is now raging about it Likewise i it is going to be greater and more useful than ever e and THEY TIlEY WHO VHO WILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE PARTS IN MAKING AKING IT GREATER AND MORE USEFUL ARE AHE TIlE THE YOUNG MORMONS OF UTAH The board of regents regents' is extremely unfair to the Mormon people in placing the university in such a position that the outside outside out out- out out-I side world world not not understanding blames understanding blames church influence Real T Trouble o ble Back of It We Wl would like to say to the editor of The Outlook that the masses masses of the Mormon people are just as anxious as others to ke kepp p their state university free from oppression and find baneful dictation The trouble back of the university quarrel i is not one of religion religion religion re re- re- re ligion but of BIG BUSINESS POLITICS AND INCOMPETENCE IPE TENCY TENCE The university was progressing too rapidly The young oung were being taught to think One graduate actually had the audacity to declare himself in favor of a public utilities commission t to control the public 1 service corporations of Utah He d dared red criticise the governor and members of the legislature legislature legis legis- lature and then war was declared It was dangerous to allow such freedom of thought 0 in a university university uni uni- argued U big big business and the politicians The most active member member of the board of regents in backing up the dismissal of four instructors and in defying the public demand for an open investigation IS A CORPORATION LAW LAW- YER PAID YER-PAID P ER-P PAID AI BY A RAILROAD D TO LOOK AFTER ITS IfS INTERESTS INTERESTS INTER INTER- ESTS IN UTAH YOU KNOW T HOW THE TIIE RAILROADS FOUGHT THE TilE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION As As soon as another man in this state appeared before the l legislative e committee and fought the public utilities commission bill he was selected for a place on the board boar of regents Cracking Cr the Whip A m university instructor called was wa down because he expressed ex cx- x- x pressed views regarding the e national currency bill that displeased local bankers banker Another professor at the university was war warned against ta talking r when he attended a meeting b town down and talked in favor of the public utilities commission The Tle hoard board bo rd of regents is honeycombed hone with cs representatives P of big business The rhe common ma man luau hasn't t much representation on that board AI And d we believe firmly that the he Mormon 1 people are just as much interested as the Gentiles in ill seeing the power of politics and big bib bU business removed oed from their state university They he p who who try t to cloud the i issue sue by b bringing religion into the the- situation are doing the state the university l-it l anti and nd the great i masses of the Mormon people an injustice j Fig Fight t Side Sid by Si Side e. e I I The naming of Bishop Bishop Widtsoe T as head of the English department de de- P was the work of or President Kingsbury b We V c do not beP be- be lieve that the church leaders made any suggestions s lg along this line WE DO SUSPECT THAT PRESIDENT KINGSBURY I THOUGHT HE MIGHT STRENGTHEN IllS HIS POSITION WITH I I THE BOARD BY NAMING BISHOP WIDTSOE i As to Bishop Bishop- Widtsoe s 's qualifications we know nothing We r are not prepared to sa say whether the faculty will ill be strengthened or weakened by y his appointment Eastern people reading that a bishop has haR been placed in in charge of the thc important English department and that all who have ha been dismissed and who have haye resigned arc are non Mormons jump to the conclusion that religious differences are back of the university squabble THE rIlE REGENTS ARE l UNFAIR TO 10 THE rIlE STATE SlATE IN ALLOWING ALLOWING AL AL- LOWING VING THIS I IMPRESSION TO 10 CONTINUE IT 11 IS AN ERRONEOUS ERRONEOUS ER ER- IMPRESSION Il WE VB BELIEVE The stand taken b by the Mormons in ill the alumni meeting is the thc best hest proof that the they r are an ready rendy and amI anxious to fight b by the side of their Gentile friends and neighbors for the emancipation of their university ity from the tho thralldom of selfishness |