Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-23
RETAIN BOTH.
Board of Regents Refuse to Ac-
cept Resignation.
They Keep President Raymond Here
in Defiance of Every Sentiment of the
Town. Alumni and State Generally
Action in Regard to Professors a
Straddle Weak Action.

IONus AluHni anu STATE UeutTdtly
Action in Regard to Professors a
Straddle Action.
The mountain labored and brought
forth a mouse. As a result of the
work of the Board of Regents DR..
Raymond's resignation was not ac-
cepted and none of the faculty were
dismissed. No recommendation to
dismiss any of them were made by
the committee which had the matter
In charge
Friday was the crucial day of the
session AT noon the committee
which had been in session looking
over the ground reported and the re-
port was acted upon Immediately on
converting Friday afternoon. There
was lots OF oratory and some verbal
hair pulling by the various members
OF the board.
When the final vote was taken four
men lined up on either sideand Pres
ident Sturgiss had to cast the decid
ing vote. The board insisted not
only in voting on the acceptance of
the resignation which DIR. Raymond
had rendered in fit of pique but on
the order of the board in regard to
INSTRUMENTATION on the part of the
faculty.
DR.. Raymond was called down
rather vigorously for acting so kid
dishly in presenting his first letter.
He was told to take it back and
couch it in most respectful and gen
tlemanly terms.
THE OBJECTIONABLE RESIGNATION.
The letter to which they objected
was as follows:
1T is impossible to build UP a
University save on the basis Of
sound morals and sound scholarship,
with the generous co operation of
those engaged in the work. | have
asked the removal Of certain men
known to you and to me and to the
community at large to be grossly de
ficient in one or all of these regards.
This demand your honorable body
has refused TO grant for reasons
which | cannot deem sufficient.
On this he handed in another
amended and written in language
more befitting the dignity of the
body which he was addressing. The
second resignation was to take eff
feet on October first after he had
drawn the summers salary which
he had shown himself eager to get
even before his first resignation was
declined and when he was hanging
on the ragged edge.
The matter precipitated warm
scrap and the members lined up four
and four. Regents John j. Davis,
z. G. Eastman, W. E. Powell and A.
Fl. Kunst were the members of the
board who acted for the best inter-
ests of the University and state by
voting to accept the resignation
Regents James Brown, Campbell,
McMahon and Hamill went contrary
to this and voted to reject it. Presi-
dent Sturgiss cast the deciding vote.
The change of front on the part of
Judge Campbell is thought to be
due to soreness engendered in his
campaign against Dovenor in which
he was so numerically pummelled
recently. At the last meeting OF
the board he was in favor of firing
Prexy and retaining the men Oh
whom he had made his vicious and
and unwarranted attack.
Regent Brown had been a puzzle
to everyone and he decided to stay
with RAYMOND when it came to a
show down. The other two regents
Hamill and McMahon are neither
residents of the state and of course
nothing else was to have been ex-
pected of them than that they would
take care Of an outsider who was at
lacking our home people
After the settlement of this ques-
tion the report of the committee or
the dismissal of the five members OF
the faculty was taken up. They
recommended the passage of an Or
der to the entire faculty that the
board did not look with favor on any
acts of INSTRUMENTATION and that
they would hold everyone strictly
accountable.
Again the vote was five to four.
Those who voted against this stated
that the reason they opposed itswas
that they did not believe that Dir.
Raymond was the proper man to
judge of this as he had shown him
self to be absolutely without tact or
discretion They made it very hot
for him and voted solidly against
the move but it was carried despite
protests but they went ON record as
violently opposed to the present way
Of doing business.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
supplemental reports were re
seived from the President Of the Tn