The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04

was made 70 that eject. bat nor signed ~
ne RE committee adjourned - rect =
fsllf f,osare AZ efcEock. shortly before that
tire I called the committee together az-l-a
ard Urged them 70 yoln with me II eszsssos-
fug Or Eauaiison- After long debate .
rsv.vrs was made IL favor of his retention
No unusrzI procedure Ess adopted. and ]
cannot conceive how al irteIlsc- capaa4a
o. reasoning ths divinity cut Of TIRE Gn1-
vegsa should Ord anything anexplscaols 70
IL The rseor5s CT the board Of regents
vii verify these statements.
Another mistake IS made By President
Edwarsis ia attrfbuting 10 nas ire remark
thar DR. HamIston's head contained 10
more gray matter than hls feet No
language q nlIre Is capable % being thus
ttanslats5 What vas SAID On that occa-
sian ear be found IL the Post-IntelliSsles
q Nay Is the reporter OF the paper being
present. ard from his account quote;
Mr. vfley-what was the reason Tor
the caustsc criticism OF Dr.. Hamilton So1
delivered 70 ms q few Gays agoE
- do S@y. responded Mr.. Fay. Thzt
ssPxceptlonaiisna' was t0c rnstaI aorfcsi a
work Tor my understanding ~ one read
fl I nave since studied X more carefatIy
ant hegfu TO understand. He who colla
grasp Snencer At ore reading would %
possessed CT an exceptionally fortunate
Intellect
i~The thought contained IN the words
which President Edwards sscribes 70 me
right have beer In his brain, but never II
mine
Again President Edwards recollection
becomes faulty. when he stated that his
reasons for recommending the dismissal
% Or. Hamilton were mat the finances
OF the state did not warrant employing
two men fl the same field. The question
~
until the Hamilton contest had been on for
nearly SIX weeks. To prove what Presl-
dent Edwards real reasons were, / quote
from the Post-IEtelligencer published on
May Is: Allow ne TO fnterpose feT
words interrupted President Edwards
I have recommended the dismissal OF DR..
Hamilton because do not consider him
capable OF teaching IN a university. Why.
I wish you could see some Of the ques-
tons he puts on the blackboard during an
examination. / was IN hts room one day
and saw twenty questions on the board.
Of which this Is al example: Why IS the
soul subjected TO corporal conditions
Every one OF those questions the pupil
could have answered BY saying simply,
don't know who does know?
Again / quote from the report Of the
same discussion. which Is published in the
P0st-Intelhgencer for Nay Il:
Then President Edwards spoke: do
not believe that mental and moral phlloso-
ply has place in the university he said.
1t belongs 30 the school Of divinity. !
am an agnostic I'm this-I know nothing Of
the beginning or the end. and you don't,
either
1T is. also. possible. that President Ed
wards may have forgotten that just be-
fore that meeting was called to order he
stated in conversation with myself and
Mr.. Davis that he had read the writings
OF DR.. McCosh, Or. Peabody and Dr. Hop
kins upon the subjects Of mental and NOR
al sciences. and ] tell you. gentlemen. they
are all rot These are the very words
used by him. lie continued; I do not
want Or. Hamilton, who teaches along
these lines. 1 want what is called expert
mental psychology and DR.. Hamilton can
mot teach it properly
These are the facts The records prove
them. / leave the reading public TO de-
eide whether President Edwards has cor
rectly stated IN this interview his reasons
for recommending DR.. Hamiltons dis
missal In President Edwards comments
on tho catalogue, he omits TO state that, at
the time when the committee on instruc-
ton met 20 consider with him the manu-
script for the catalogue he assured them
the contest with DR.. Hamilton was over;
that he would treat him fairly, and his
courses OF study would be inserted In the
catalogue just as formerly. lie forgets,
also 70 state that, IN the face OF these as
surances of fair treatment. he had inter-
polated clause Ia another part OF the
catalogue which provided that no one
could receive normal diploma who had
not taken four courses tn psychology, and
that these compulsory courses were all 20
be taught by Or. Bolton. and that mental
science. ethics and logic. branches Of
psychology, which in the past have al
ways been required Tor a normal diploma,
We're no longer obligatory. All this he
kept carefully to himself He also forgets
10 tell why he cut down the credits for
graduation from 80 TO $50. and removed
them from physical culture. without con-
sultiug the faculty or informing the com
mittee on instruction as TO these changes.
He assured the committee no radical
change had ben made. Did he do this for
the purpose OF getting the regents 70 re-
lax their vigilance and entrust the manu-
script TO him. as was done? When these
acts were discovered, suspicious were
naturally aroused. which L regret Presi-
dent Edwards has not been able 10 remove,
nor has he offered any explanation for his
acts. except that he did not purpose the
results. This explanation I feel justified In
doubling, particularly after the violent
temper. passion and spirit OF opposition ex-
hlhlted by him when. from careful consid-
GRAFTON. the majority OF the regents
thought It wise 20 undo provision IN the
catalogue which eliminated mental and
moral science from the compulsory train
iug Of teachers, and which did not re-
fcct the views az the majority Of the re-
gents. As 10 the rest OF President Ed
wards interview. which appears 20 have
served as n vent FOR his personal feelings,
no comment Is necessary. / have only de-
sired 20 bring out the true ard underlying
reasons, as shown from the records for
his removal HIS interview satisfied me
that che regents have made no mistake in