Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-02
INTERESTING WEEK.
Board of Regents Hold Their
Important Meeting.

body Else Will be Aired President
Raym0nd's High Handed Course
Regents Have always Been Kept Mis-
Informed in Relation to University
Some Facts Told Them.
The annual meeting of the board
OF regents of the West Virginia Uni
yersity will be held this week instead
of in June as usual. The call for the
meeting was issued by President
George G. Sturgiss and the reasons al
legged for this change in time are that
the work of the regents may be incor-
porated in the forth coming catalogue
instead of having to issue it with the
list of what was required during the
past year. The fact that the week
would witness the completion of the
new six thousand dollar pipe organ
and other improvements about the
University were alleged to have had
weight in determining the issuance
of the call
Together with the sending out of
this call reports have gone out of Nor
gantown to the effect that there would
be some sensational moves made by
the regents in pursuance Of recon-
mendations of the President for
wholesale removals of members of the
faculty 1t has been stated that at
least four members of the faculty
haye been asked TO resign and that
one of them had refused to do SO.
Inquiry of the President Of the Board
of regents ELECTS the statement that
no official move of this kind has been
made. Mr. Sturgiss declined TO state
whether or not he thought that such
a move would be made but it is gener-
ally believed that the President will
force matters along this line to a
crisis.
Everything tends to show that this
will be done. rne President has by
his course OF procedure since his in
stalla6ion forced the rest of the facu-
lty into a psudo-opposition which has
been used by him as lever with the
regents for the removal of several of
them without a hearing.
The President is meditating this
move with the greatest confidence be-
cause he has heretofore declared in
an interview that while his recon-
mendations were not binding on the
board that they have uniformly gov
erned themselves in accordance with
his wishes.
In fact ever since he has been cleo
ted and before that time he has had
the ear of the regents to the entire ex-
clusion Of the faculty. While visit
ing each member of the regents per-
sonally before his election in reference
to his appointment to the position he
ingratiated himself so strongly that
no one about the University has ever
been consulted by the board with the
exception Of the President.
The President has ever represented
the views OF the faculty to the board
and they have never been allowed the
opportunity Of presenting what they
have to say. He has indeed in seve-
raj instances represented them to be
favorable to plans that he proposed
and afterwards stated that they were
opposed to them because Of his adj
herence to them. The case of the
present summer quarter system that
has been introduced is an instance.
When this matter was presented to
the boaId at the first meeting after
the election of DIR. Raymond he was
asked by the board as to the attitude
of the faculty. He replied that they
were enthusiastic in favor of 1t.
Inquiry of large number Of the fac
ulty reveals the fact that the plan had
never been presented to the faculty and
Io,t hnu no
timents in any manner on the SUBJ
ject ;
Another matter is that relating TO
the fellowship system. This they were
said to have been enthusiastically in
favor OF when again as matter of fact
it had never been brought up in facu-
lty and had never been passed upon.
These instances might be multiplied
If it were necessary.
In all of these matters when ever
he was honestly opposed along legiti-
mate lines he has posed as being as
sailed by the faculty on account of
their tendency TO characterization.
The adoption of the elective system
and the abolition of all degrees in the
College except the Bachelor of Arts
was called up in faculty during the
summer quarter when only few of
the regular members of the faculty
were present and only eight men
voted. There were then about forty
members entitled to vote. AS it was
it was adopted by a majority OF four
To sum it up in few words the
contest if there be any is between the
old methods tested by the conditions
under which they were ia force and
the new ideas OF the President who
has supreme contempt often express
ed for West Vlrginians and their
state.
He has worked for the removal of
every man who has dared to oppose
him however slightly or however legit-
imatalv and M other MAN has hppn