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Show :i J, T. KI1GSBUBY I bgkhei I OF UWVERSIT? m Salt Lake, Jan. 20. The res.gna- i tlon of Joseph T. Kingsbury, presi- 8" dent of the University of Utah, is in the hands of the board of regents. U It will be accepted at a meeting of 1 the hoard to be held tomorrow. At f that time President John A. Widtsoe B of the Utah Agricultural college will Bjf be elected to succeed Dr. Kingsbury HHJ as president of the state university. f While no official action has as yet H been taken, it is reported that the H board of regents agreed at an infor-H infor-H mal conference held recently to ac-n ac-n cept the resignation of President Hl Kingsbury and to offer the place to HI Dr Widtsoe of the Utah Agricultural H college It was rumored last night H that Dr. Widtsoe had accepted the 1 offer of the board and that he would B be elected president of the state uni-B uni-B vi'rsJty tomorrow. H At Logan last night Dr. Widtsoe H rt1d inquirers that he had nothing to H my whatever of the report. H The resignation of Dr. Kingsbury H Toes not altogether as a surprise. B Ir was regarded as probable nearly a H "ear ago when a n jmber of the mem-Hi mem-Hi hers of the faculty of the university H; resigned. H Removal Demanded. B At that time there was a demand Hl on the part of members of the alum- Hl ni and others that President Kings- Hl bury be removed. However, during H the bitter contest that ensued a ma- H jorlty of the board of regents stood H vith the president of the institution H and he was retained, while the pro- B fessors who left the Institution sought H places elsewhere. H However, the impression at that M time appeared to be that when the H trouble was over President Kingsbury j would resign and a new head of the H institution would be chosen. It is a h co-incidence that the new president ! of the university is a brother of O. j J. P. Widtsoe, head of the English M department at the university, whose H appointment to that position was one M of the causes of the furore at the H university nearly a year ago. B; Dr, Kingsbury's resignation will i probably take effect at the close of Hi' t-be school year. It Is reported that i Dr. Widtsoe is preparing to leave Lo-H Lo-H gan at about that time, which would B i Indicate that he Is coming soon after M j completing the present term at tie I agricultural college to take up the H j ,work at the head of the university M j here. H t I Has Served Many Years. H Dr. Kingsbury will have completed Hl 'twenty-one years of service as presi- H dent of the university at the end of Hit the present year. He was first elect- 1 ed president of the Institution in 1897 Hl and has been re-elected several times HI slucc. He was elected a year ago Dl for a two-year term. Prior to his HD first election he served for two years HJj as acting president. He now severs HI a connection with the university Hj which he has maintained for thlrty- Hl eight years in various capacities. Bj i President Kingsbury was born in B IDast Weber, Utah, in 1853. He H studied at Illinois Wesleyan, recelv- H ing at different times the degrees of B: bachelor of arts, master of arts and H doctor of philosophy from that instltu- H 'tlon, and later the honorary degree H 'of doctor of science from the Univer- 'eity of Utah. B I oo |
