Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-18

Mr.. y. Ia. Miller was called before the
investigating board to substant1ate the
,harges. His manner was lnsolent and
ruculent. He made his charges, and
heir absolute falsity was demonstrated
It once. He then became abusive and
to involve members of the fac
lily in a personal alteration, calling
hem liars" and intimating thata physl-
,al encounter would please him. Mr..
Miler's conduct was such that Brother
8otulph declared that If he were pres
dent of the college, the fellow would not
remain there twenty-four hours. At the
of the investigation, the mem
Ders of the board were convinced that all
the charges of Encouragement were false
and that the dissension hal been caused
almost entirely by Mr.. Miller, who had
sedulously fomented discord and en-
couraged dissatisfaction, lusubordina-
ton and disrespect among the students
in his department.
Last Saturday President McCrea sus-
pended Mr.. Miller and requested the pres
ident of the board of regents to call a
special meeting to investigate his case.
The meeting was held on Monday morn
ing, and President McCrea presented
these formal charges against Instructor
Miller:
characterization, direspect for the
of the president, stirring up
strife among the students, making false
charges against the management of the
college, criticising other instructors and
professors, and assuming authority not
granted.
Mr.. Miller was summoned before the
board to answer these questions. He
was 10th to appear, alleging that he was
afraid of physical violence at the hands
of members of the faculty, but upon be-
ing assured that nothing of that nature
would be permitted, he went before the
board. All his truculent insolence lad
disappeared, and he proceeded to excuse
his previous performances. Replying to
the accusation of having made false
charges against the management, he said:
81 did not go before the board of inves-
tigation of my own accord, and did not
intend to make charges of my own
knowledge. Mr.. McFie, Prof. Blount,
John d. Bryan and the editor of the Re-
publican urged me to do 80. McFle,
Blount and Bryan came to my house and
coaxed me to 20 before the board. The
charges were made by Mr.. McFie and l
supposed them to be true. He and Prof.
Blount came TO my house several times to
induce me to put forward the charges.
have not criticised the admission of chill
dren to the preparatory department, but
on the contrary have thought the action
of the management in that matter very
creditable, proper and necessary. l am
not fairly treated. Instead of bringing
McFie, Veeder, Blount and the other peo-
pie, who have made charges, here, am
left to face the music for them. was
wheedled into this by McFie and Blount,
who came to me three or four times to
coax me to do this. I did not make
charges that students had left the college.
I knew nothing about it, only what the
others told me, and named only the eight
that had left. | did not make those
charges that were on the blackboard the
other day."
(Mr. Slower said that Miller did make
the charges, and Miller was called before
the board of education to substantiate
them. Ed
President McCrea-"I have nothing to
say against Mr.. Miller's com potency as a
teacher. Mr.. Miller, your work as an in
structor is most excellent, but you have
allowed these people to fill you up and
you have gone outside to injure the col
lege. All disrespect and defiance of au.
thority originated in your department."
Regent Black-"Is it not strange, Mr.
III kok %ha ophp,iao cf thu ipcfitr.
tion selected you to champion theil
cause?"
Miler-"These people talk about the
college and make charges but don't stand
up to them, and J do; that's the differ
ence. The trouble is that McCrea has
not treated me properly and l say SC
now. I demand my salary and offer my
services for the remainder of my term
and that's all I have to say. You gentle.
men can do what you please, but l de.
mand my salary"
With this, Mr.. Miller Strengthened uI
and stalked out of the room. In mo-
ment he returned and said: 81 am moi
the only man who has said anything.
am not the only one who is dissatisfied
have no complaint, no dissatisfaction
with the school as a school, but do com
plain about personal treatment. Now
have something to say about other teach
ers here, and would ask that all but the
regents be excluded from the room."
Whereupon everybody else retired te
give Mr.. Miller an opportunity to tell
his tale without fear that the persons he
referred to would know what he said
about them. The gist of his communica
ton to the board was that other pro
fessors had talked secretly against the
management and declared that they were
in sympathy with him but didn't care te
say 80 openly for fear of losing theil
jobs. Among those whom he accused
was Prof. Lester, against whom Mr.
Miller has manifested strong animosity
even to the extent of threatening Lester
with physical violence and referring te
him before the students as shat damned
little Englishman."
Prof. Lester is about foot shorter ant
a hundred pounds lighter than the valiant
Mr.. Miller. The regents informed Prof
Lester of Mr.. Miller's charge and assured
him that they didn't believe word of it
Mr.. Miller's secret tale of woe appears tt
have been that his supposed friends hat
all "gone back on him" and left him tt
bear the brunt; wherefore he "peached'
on the whole lot.
After hearing all the evidence ant
listening to Mr.. Miller's defence, TIN
board resolved that the charges agains
him had been fully sustained. The actor
of the president in suspending him wa
approved and Mr.. Miller was peremp
torily discharged in accordance with tn
law giving the board power to remov
any employe for conduct prejudicial ant
injurious to the interests of the college
his salary to be paid up to date.
Mr.. Miller's class was then called in
and the members were informed of tn
action taken by the board and toll,
to make immediate choice between
two courses, viz: to remain in th
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