The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-02
GR|aS At THE UNIVERSITY.
President Edwards and Fac
uIty Nay Be Removed.
REGENTS IN A WARS MEETING.
Isbsvp Issue Raised between ooA"
Of Regent. md Faculty.
nj Omen nebeIiion md Insnb"rat-
nation Made by ReEenf bafi>-
President Edwards Efpin'n-
ca.-tana~r yeer's Resignation

s. "a sta.s o. anarchy prevails 81 fne Oni-
ys-ssx ~ Washington. INSTRUMENTATION
8 rms RIO. from the lowest jaaiioF % me
,reslsen, o. ne faculty. Reseilion aaF
,,eea ,nelted IN he minds q the s'adenis,
ard one ssensscr-ef the faculty. i'rof. van
der veer q ne gymnasium. has nofn
f,re.a 10 resign OF account % she eondi-
sson Of affairs now existing"
xs,eh .fstersenfs ~ fhez were frefiT
rade and reiterated. with 40 the sioq1enee
{ employed At a camp meeting. - ihe board
~ ss~enss .nsstIng last nlght. TIE board
,res n tho prEsase rvcfn q fao Peoples
e asvsaes bsnk or yesier wsy. last nish' o.
O'Clock.
PRECEDENT Fay raj al TIE head Of table.
areuna 4hleh we're seated REGENTS Has-
asn Kelox~ rinti,rn, King and Davis
Far four long hours no board wraaglrt'
orer propdaaI made BY IscEsns DaFl
IT,. President Edwards b. Immediate
f1mswe6.
a. art an eHors was made 20 rcstrlei
she prf,Ile-sio-, a many important matters
..bss eanle up i reporter for the Fos'-
& yrtsI1,rener was IN ATTENDANCE 81 'ae
meeting. ard sas copying statement
.sade hy rrexsdeni Edwards and indoFsea
& by IN faculty rhen ohjecson vas maes
II giving r4hliciiy 10 Ire rnatteFs contained
s N II ana other papers Regent ksug eN-
i r~essea his belief that TIE board eboaid
~. 10 anything that Il would be ashamed
& 90 have appear In print and The matter
ssas dropped.
The whole controversy was brought
rbou hy the action OF the board OF re-
gents at the meeting Of September a by
& which gynnss stun work and military dr!ll
were made eanpnlsory on the students ~
the freshman and sophomore eiaSses. and
twafssy-four credits Mere allowed 10 stu
dents for participation n this work. The
regulation raised opposition 81 a most AK
grerslye character from the faculty Of ihe
university. The students reheiied against
Ii and finally adopted resolutions con
demnIng Il.
The Instructors eancnS.
Last Saturday President Edwards ard
the members Of the faculty met IN a room
ri the university and discussed the issue
raised hy the regents in energetic fashion
II mas believed that the meeting WAS
secret one and some things we're said con
cernlng the board that the members of the
faculty believed woald not get outside the
four walls Of the room IN which the ''cau-
cts" vas befd. They were In error. apps
rently. for la. night Regent Davis. who u
also registrar Of The university and nstVr-
ais spends mos, OF his time there. quoted
largely from mo remarks made BY some
az she moro hos-heaAed Instructor.
According to AR. Davis. one member o.
the faculty referred le the regents as
lot u ward heelers and hum politicians.
As ilusarailug the feeling tina, Is alleged
10 permeaie alike the students ard en-
ployes AT the university. Me- Davis sala
that student came into the Office and said
that The regents were - lot Of id
fools." Mr.. Davis also took violent cscer-
ton to the editorials IN the Pacific Wac
n which the regents were referred &C. g.
saythlag bot complimentary language. TO
AID ansuli % injury sa,a SIR. Davis. Pr, sl-
Gent ts9warIs a3pClrted the editor OF ihs
se:ieya Tapsr 20 a paying position 10 ac
ssselov o. tho nalversliy Nost ~ thss
matter was brought esgf hy Nr Davis him-
seif n the course n remarks nc had plade
in support cf his demand that the boarn
Immediately aisulIss President Edwards
and secarc another nan far h!s position.
The cnfire matter was brought 10 an Is.
rue ~ the presentation Of chs following
letter from President Edwards. Nho sat %
chair next 60 President Fay during ,he
sesa.on;
Tac Hoard and the racnit,.
IT seems 20 ne ihat no best Interests
o. the unworthy sonand that the faculty
have written laws governing ns del8era.
lions. Many Il the questions shat ma,
properly he considered ~ mo faculty sr-
such Thar nnal appeal mus, properly e. 10
sAe hoard % resents. end en- the whole lhe
relations e she heard Of regents aud sac
faeulty are sucn that Il seems aavlsahls
to eon ssier ihgir rotations, ana vl,h refer
enee 10 coming 10 ara unasrsfanaina o.,
Them snd wBh ;hs view OF doanlrs ta~se
relations n writing. 50 TIA; there 1881 be-