The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-05

~r. five teachers o. the Latter-day
,..r.- .aII-.e VINO rendered their res
..-...as on Friday are not at all
--.-.. with the reports of the trans
...rs that led TO their withdrawal, as
...r ...t by the college board They
... That Do was unfortunate that the
..-r.- was made public, but since II
-. been aired. they claim that IL is
mana. than fair that their side Of
-... controversy should be given
....rrrfCIs were made out early in
... -.-..- of last yaar and called for
,...-....- NJ their salaries m cash and
....... uTL E uthing scrip. When
........e were maze oJt with the
.....-- who were engaged later. the
r.r. agreed tp pay the raN teachers
fr.-..#..s scrip and one-thTd coin Of
.f.r...-.. but expressly ST pUlated that
Oh. salaries ~ the other teachers were
tu remain unchanged.
Would Not Keep Contracts.
When the college assembled for the
form. off 1..t-Je0U and after school had
han held for about two weeks. Pro-
t...r Paul. president Of the college,
sid .u open faculty meeting that the
beard could not and would not pay the
Salaries ms pa- contract, but that an
Mould B. paid on the same basis as the
r.-.r-a..p.uEeI teachers The teachers
nh. were directly Interested stat, @
rr.f- case To the first presidency but
r......I ra reply Twice more did they
send ,..uuuieatious TO the heads of
OBJ. church hUr mo- answer came
AID that they asked was that the
matter should Doc aruitrated by COM
rf-... of DISTINGUISHED persons, and as
rH.s We're unable To have the matter
.rHu..I .hFt way, they rendered their
RESERVATIONS They did not at any time
r.rfHm The stake board, or the first
.r.-fFargl IL was not a matter for
re.tiu. they claimed. as they had
contracts with the board. and all they
asked was that the contracts be lived
up lo.
Late m last August q statement of
fine contracts with the teachers was
given uut by the college board and
frf1 clause was contained in the agree
m,uts. THAT the board engage all the
teachers iu the commercial department,
nx their salaries and ne responsible
therefor it being understood that the
teachers thus far engaged be retained
at the salaries already agreed upon. ~
DO is upon this clause and upon the
contracts that they hold that they
based their claims to their salaries.
Step Was Anticipated.
ATT of the teachers deny that the
board engaged their new teachers M
m-Gatey after the designations were
a.e-pted They say that the board has
been anticipating this step for some
tue and I'm one instance they know
that man has been looking Tor one
Of Jl- positions for the past five
months and has received assurance that
Dc would get it, The incident did not
come rs @ wholly unlocked for proceed
ing they say. 1t has been looked for
Ward tp anNloUsly for the past five
months
They say, too. that the whole history
Cd. the relations of the board TO the
commercial department has been one
Of oppression. The department was or
-aHIEad four years ago by Professor
Nelson. with only IhiTty-aiN pupils.
Every outlay of money that was made
f.- tle advancement of the college was
made at the personal expense of Pro
l.s-ar Nelson. In three years the en-
u.Iugnt of the college increased to $40.
and the quarters were moved TO the
Twu.el0u block. All this time the
aIHUueur of the board for the susten-
an.. of the college remained the same
as .r was when there were only thirty
SIX students. and iJ was not until the
...-. had been i'm existence three
E.- that the board made its first Of
I... visit
The teachers say they are not much
-"HFel over the action that they have
taken. They have all stepped into good
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