Show THE STUDENT LIFE f 1 Faculty Says The In a survey of campus profesr' sors and faculty members the ‘h came roving Student Life reporter statei) back with the following 1 ments concerning the recent board I action and picked at random from among campus figures 2 Moyle Q Rice: “I feel that the vagueness of the accusations the I obvious lack of response to pub-- i lie indignation and the attempts I' at secrecy which halve character-- i of certain mem-- j' ! ized the actions j bers of the board are outrages of the democratic principles which these members ironically assert 1 I are lacking in faculty-presider ? I I have tried to be awake to stu dent faculty and general college issues It is my judgment that our board of trustees probably didn have all the facts when it recently voted to ask President Peterson to resign Probably I am an incompetent observer but as a resul of my observations over a rather long period I wouldn’t vote to have the president resign J IStewart Williams Ira N Ilay ward II S Carter Marion T Bird L A Stoddart F B Wann W D Porter it will be impossible for relationships” the citizens of the state to form a Dean Almeda P Brown: “I have fair opinion in this controversy un been associated with the Utah til all the facts are known ThereState Agricultural college for fore we believe that at the earlmany 'years During those years I have watched with interest and iest opportunity the board of admiration the career of Dr E trustees should acquaint the people nt I If' j j j j ! f i f Peterson first as a brilliant and outstanding student later as a admin-- I I courageous and f istrator building an institution that would assure young people of a complete education By a com-- I plete education I mean a balance j between practical and those things usually spoken of as cultural It is I my sincere hope that this splendid I program may continue under the r guidance of the president” I V D Gardner ‘As one with I almost continuous contact with the I I G ! J far-seei- V j f I i I ng tive of the intentions of the board as to the future of the institu- tion I believe there is a real f threat to the land-gracollege as we have known it and as it is and state I vouchsafed in federal f legislation and the state constitute tion in depriving us at this time our established j of leadership I (weaknesses admitted) I hope the board will see fit to reconsider f the problem in the largest per-- i spective and that differences can t be resolved soon I hope they will weigh the demands of various j pressure groups in terms of the effects rather than in terms jv large of vehemence and tenacity with which they are urged I believe j such procedure will result in other solutions to our problems than the resignation of our president” nt r ? J :"wjf King Hendricks : “Academic free-- I dom is one of the priceless traditions of Utah State Anyone who doubts it is grossly misinformed or blinded by personal ambition” Evan B Murray: Human prob-- j lems are not solved by the tactics of name-callin- g We must carefully weigh and evaluate different points of view and all relevant facts I do not presume to 'know all of the facts that bear on our common problem here on the campus I spent three years at the USAC as a student and I am now completing my tenth consecutive year as a member of the faculty 1 v 4 time we regret that resolutions are being circulated among faculty members an action that might be interpreted as an attempt to place faculty members either on one side or the other in the con- troversy A N Sorensen: In my thirty USAC since 1916 who has watch- ed its growth in physical plant years of association with the stuand influence and adaptation to dent council I recall no occasion the changing needs of the state on which President E G Peterson I feel an error would be made in has sought to curb the freedom resorting to execution when other of action of council members means might heal the scars in-- ! Others have occasionally attemptevitably made in more than a ed to dictate in student affairs quarter of a century of institution-- t but the high academic principles al evolution I believe that the of freedom of action in a depart time of the action contemplated is ment of freedom of speech in the particularly inopportune Irrespec-- I classroom and of freedom in com f f of the state with the basis for their recent action The removal of the president of an institution of the size and importance of Utah State Agricultural college is a matter that should be given very careful consideration In the mean- V ‘ If’ J mittee duties have been pleasing aspects of my life at Utah Stae The student executive council has been as free and independent as any other organization I ever knew The enlightened policy of our president has contributed much toward the attainment of what students are proud to call “our democratic college” Furthermore our president’s whole effort has been centered on the development and perpetuity of a college of worth and distinction President Peferson has frequently defined the aim— the genius heart or spirit of our college and has visioned its best possible future No loyal supporter sees more clearly than he the necessity for the effective blending of the practical and liberal sides of learning in the organization of the institution which has become intertwined with our lives and has sustained our pioneer manhood President Peterson has been - al&Xsheaded and valiant in his leadership of the program his faculty has favored I believe sincerely that over ninety percent of our present faculty members are behind the man who has been sympathetic with the ideals of the people of our state alert to seize opportunities to advance the “people’s college” and devoted and untiring in his work With a mind enriched by study he has succeeded admirably in “anchoring Utah State on the hill” PAGE THREE Lewis Gives Views On Board Action Fellow Students: After having had the honor to serve as your student president during the past year and having had the distinct pleasure of working with the administrative heads of Utah State in a most democratic environment it is with distinct indignation that I observe the highhanded treatment thrown in vthe face of our beloved president Dr E G Peterson In our student meeting of lasts Monday certain board members suggested that we graduating students in the heads and leave the school this year with nothing but joy in our thoughts As a graduating students in he field of Education this is thought very repugnant to me Just what is the future for college graduates in education if educators of Dr Peterson’s national rank can after so many years of outstanding service to school and state be literally thrown out of office by scheming and personally ambitious political appointees WE THE STUDENTS KNOW WE ARE ON THE SIDE OF RIGHT IN THIS V FIGHT DALE A LEWIS Institute Graduates Large Group Sunday Oscar A Kirkham member of the first council of Seventy and prominent interm ountain scout executive addressed LDS institute graduates Sunday in the institute on college hill at the tenth annual commencement exercises Dr Franklin L West awarded diplomas to the following gradu- ates: Arthur A Campbell Lynn B Crookston Elsie F Embry Erne-lin- e Clara N Blanche Harris Hodges Betty Lowe Humpherys Genevieve May S Merle Mecham Glen La Von Mehr Lowell Tom Perry Ruth L Pulsipher Maurine Randall Beth Swenson Evelyn Mildred Applonie Neta Eloise Benson Ruth Bischoff Charles Stewart Brown Maxine Burgoyne Mary Leona Dillman Barbara Gay Hutchins Alta Jolley Bonna Lorean Jones Daniel H Ludlow Loraine Moss Velda Murdock Kathleen Joy Nelson Hulme M Dale Rigby B Easton Sampson and Mona Wilson Student Life Rolls Off Second Extra In History of USAC This issue of Student Life bears the distinction of being the second extra edition in the history of the college We give it to' you because we know that you will want to remember the history that is being made The reduced size of the Summer Session Begins Monday With Full Program With summer session registration set for Monday Director Milton R Merrill Wednesday out-ine- d a full schedule of events and courses offered during the session June 5 to July 14 including all regular departmental classes which have been offered during previous summers The period will bring many prominent American lecturers and artists to the college and will also offer a complete course Following the regular summer session intersession will start July 17 and continue for a four-wee- k six-we- ek I period a con- include Music attractions cert series by the Roth string quartet during the first week and appearance of the world famous Sykora trio as a feature of the second week activities Coach E L Romney’s coaching school will bring for one week June 9 two important national coaches Clark Shhaughnessy foot-£a- U coach at Pittsburg university and William “Little Bill” Miller coach of the former AAU champions the Tulssa Oilers will offer their respective skills to coaches of the intermountain area Two daysof the session June 22 and 23 W E Blatz director of the St George’s school of child study at Toronto will direct a family life institute It will be under the supervision of a committee headed by Mrs Esther Skeels A' workshop and demonstration school in elementary education has also been scheduled for the six week period Under the direction of Mrs Edith Shaw a morning demonstration school and an afternoon workshop will be held The daily ’1 o’clock lecture hour will feature lecturers by Harold T Jones director of institute of child welfare at the University of California Herbert Herring director of the committee on cultural relations with Latin America Calremont California Henry W Simon professor of literature at Columbia university Edwin R of Clapp professor English at the University of Utah and Dr Blatz 5-- ' paper will make it possible for you to keep this issue throughout the years and you can look back saying “I was there” -- V' |