Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-04
THE IOWA VOTER.
gorsszpon ieaes Marshall Times.
How One Man Controls the
aOyga Agricultural College.
Dummy Trustees.

Alta meeting Of the Board of Trus.
tees Of the Iowa Agricultural College
about the 18th of this month, there
were present eleven members, two
Icing absent. The main feature oil
the meeting was the dropping oil
Professors Mathews, Footeand Jones
from the Faculty, and the resigna-
ton nf Professor Roberts. Pres. A.
s. WEIGH rendered his resignation
lin perfect good faith, as it was sup
posed by outsiders, but the act was IN
reality move In little game. The
Arkansas flag ii seems has been wav-
ed all summer, only To divert the at
tention Of the people from the Presi-
dents hostility to Professors Math-
eve, Jones and Foote. There were
no charges made against these Pro-
fessors. OF the eleven members
present, only six were opposed TO
Messrs. Jones and Foote, although
eight were willing to displace Mr..
Mathews. Suel Fosters influence
and vote being given on account Of
sectional prejudice and the fact that
lie wanted to put in a friend of his
own. The law provides that a Pro-
fpssor can be removed by Il majority
Of the Board, which would be seven.
10 do with six the work of seven
was the problem. TO insure the re-
novai of Jones and Foote as well as
Mathews, the Board declared all the
chairs vacant bya vote OF s to 3, SOME
Of the Board being induced TO vote
for the measure by the pretense that
it was necessary in order to Gust
Mathews gently. They then re-elect-
cd WEIGH President; supplied Rob
ert's place with Stalker, Of the class Of
10; Mathews place with McAfee.
and reelected the former Professors
with the exception Of Foote and
Jones. When it came to the ques-
ton of their reelection much to the
establishment Of five unsuspecting
Trustees, the vote stood 5 in favor to
& against their reelection.
VIM. ID. Lucas, who Is Treasurer
Of an embryo loan and trust ccmpa-
ny Of which WEIGH is President, was
elected Treasurer. WEIGH was then
authorized to fill the places Of Foote
and Jones, and on the 10th of Deem
Der the Board meets TO ratify.
portant chairs have thus been remov-
cd, and their places have been or are
to be filled by Welch. The Board |
of Trustees have been convinced by
him that he alone Is able TO obtain |
nm appropriation from the Legisla-
ture for the College.
IL il very unfortunate for the inte- |
rests Of the College that some OF the
best men that she has ever known
have not pleased President WEIGH.
There was DR.. N. s. Townsend, a
man OF marked ability, now Presi-
dent Of the Ohio Agricultural College
Professor w. A. Anthony now a
distinguished Professor i'm Cornell
University, and superintendent
Hugh M. Thompson, a man OF ster-
ling practical ability and a staunch
friend Of the College, but their abili-
ties did not save them, and now here
are Professors Mathews, Foote and |
Jones, the two latter having been
identified with the College from its
AS In other cases
their budding popularity Is signal
Tor their removal. The Board has
placed the whole control
OF the College in the hands of the
Striker, who has just graduated, is
In the place OF Roberts, the places OF
Foote aud Jones to be filled by the
The Treasurer of the
Presidents loan and trust company
the Treasurer Of the College fund
the Board of Trustees docile; what
more Is needed to make him what |
some are already disposed to think
hm--the Iowa Agricultural College?
His salary remains ut $500, while
the salaries Of the Professors are re-
duced to $1,000. This unusual dis
proportion IL of itself significant.
The salaries of the professors were
originally fixed Mt $1,000, that OF the
Pres dent at $4,000.
Whatever may be thought Of the
floral nature of the man who organ
lied and perfected this scheme, he
elll lie recognized at once as the pos
SCISSOR OF great executive ability.
FRIEND OF COLLEGE,.
Nov. 1873.