The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-25

Logan. April 24-The Agricultural col
lege students were exercised today as
never before. and many of them, even in
the face of President Tanners almost GER
tain reelection by the board at this even
ing's session, did not fail to openly ex-
press their criticism of the president.
and to assert that in the main The Herald
article headed "A Change is Needed y
was correct. Yesterday knots of students
stood about the Railways. and the argu-
ments were exciting.
A particularly earnest group stood in
the library, where for the first time many
of them learned that mass meeting, So
called. had been held the day before. and
that they had been put on record. indi-
vidually and collectively. as indorsing the
president and charging The Herald 5
article with inaccuracy.
LUDICROUS FEATURES.
Whether he is to blame or not. the
president was criticised for many of the
ludicrous features connected with the So
called mass meeting.
To begin with. it was not mass meet
ing. and a mass meeting could not have
been held at that hour on such short
notice. Not more than half a dozen
students knew that any resolutions had
been presented to the faculty What
ever resolutions We're to be authorized
were to be given to the faculty instead of
the newspapers. and yesterday charges
were rashly made that the president had
given out the resolutions from the faculty
meeting when they should have been at
least as sacred as the other proceedings
of the board However. I" ridiculous
features of the meeting are 'or in the
way the Cuasi-indorsemen strccr
was obteined, a desperate mes-, Ore mad
necessary by recent troubles, and in vie
of the fact that the board of trustees l
in session and is looking for an excuse
10 reappoint the president.
But as to the ridiculous features.
The mail reached Logan depot at 1;4O
a. m. 1t was 1920 p. m. at least, before
the papers were distributed from the
postofice The college buildings are
mile and half away and it was at least
O'CLOCK before the mail was distributed
at the college. And yet, according to pub
the bareful Herald article had so
permeated every Granny of the institu-
lion and the homes of MANI Of the
students in Lcgan that a ve-.table cy-
clone of wrath was aroused. Great as
The Herald influence is. it is not so great
as that.
THE TRUTH.
The truth is that only few of the
students knew of the purpose of the meet
ing; less than half of the students obeyed
the summons to the meeting. and
large number refraiced from taking part
when they found out the purpose of the
meeting and some spoke ana voted
against the matter. though it was pre-
sented it looked harmless enough.
One young man in particular spoke
against acting in such unseemly haste,
but 4 was represented by speakers that
a vicious attack had been made on the
faculty and other officials. and
a committee to investigate and draft reso-
lutions. it was thought. could do no
harm e they We're submitted to a duly !
called mass meeting. BY far the majority !
thought the committe would report back |
to the students the result of ;ts findings. !
Many of the students wanted to leave |
were held closed by friends of the /
scheme, and the matter was rushed l
through beautifully, the whole matter /
being all over in less than an hour after /
the paper containing the article had |
reached the college. But even those who |
voted for the appointment of a COM !
nittee. most of them at any rate. did not |
,onfer on that committee power to rep
resent them individually, collectively and /
Instead OF calling the
meeting together. the committee assumed
was furnished one ready drawn. which
that the president was an
deal president. and that The Herald's
lrticle WIS untrue.
UNDERMINED WORK
copy of the resolutions was sent post
taste to The Herald's opoonent and an
,ther con- was filed with the faculty.
rho only knowledge that most of the
I
tudents had of the resolutions was when
hey saw them published. Such were
he statements of a number of vigorous
-oung debate-S in the college library to-
lay. some of whom denounced the as
umption of authority a trick. If any
oubt existed as TO the friction between
tudents and faculty. It was dispelled
and the fact that any opposi-
ion developed in the face Of the presi-
ents almost certain reaDpointment
OolSs bad. indeed One young man yes
arflg
THE resolutions were railroaded
through after the students had been
ricked into attending the meeting. but.
INFLOW what about the students who
ave left. and there are close onto
undred2
1.-THE students who opposed the presi-
ent at the other mass meeting are gone.
here was a mass meeting then. when
he president was condemned. What has
Trought this sudden change? Oh. I'll
ell you. the dicipline of the college is all
light. The embarrassing force has hurt.
ather than helped. the president, as his
pDointment was almost foregone con-
lusion''
The trustees of the Agricultural college
-ere in session all day today. morning.
Don and evening.
Citizens applying for admission were
efused entrance. Ore of the trustees
Explained that good many applications
nd perhaps complaints would come uD :
mich i would not do the public any
God to hear.
Alter ttte IDEItt- HdQ all Dcen adjusted
2 said the public might see the approved
linutes.
It developed late tonight that an eff
o-t was made at the meeting to exon
-ate the president and smooth over the |
riticisms passed at the previous mass ;
ieeting. but the opposition was strong ,
e-eral students urging that there had
cen no change that would warrant them
receding from their position. The Trib-
ne article yesterday persistently misrep- {
esented the figures. The enrolment ac- j
ially shown by the secretary's book was
y. instead of 1856 for last year
The routine work of the session was ,
hsefly the arrangement of the schedule ,
T salaries and election of the faculty.
he salary schedule was discussed at
.=gth. although an effort was made to {
ave il go through without much con-
Iteration. There is an increase of the
ggregate salaries of about 5000. the
residents remaining at $3.50 year.
here are few decreases. but n number of
lcreases. There is one position yet to
e filled
HYDE GOES OUT
The resignation of Secretary J. E. Hyde. {
take effect July /. was accepted. al >
rough at least two trustees were very |
Iuch opposed to il. But the president
no seemed to have things well in hand {
ated that he could not work in the ]
ame institution with Hyde. The secre- /