Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-20
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
Details of the Removal of Arm
strong and Hartigan.

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Hot Talk Over Injustice Done the
Professors Connection with the
! University Has Ceased Appropria-
tions Asked for.
PARKERsBuRG. W. Va, Dec 20
Two heads have fallen at the Uni
versity. and it may be that others
are to go. The two members of the
| faculty who have been removed are
Robert A. Armstrong and DIR. j. w.
Hartigan. They were removed by a
resolution adopted by the Board of
Regents declaring it was Tor the best
interests of the University that in
terests of the University that their
connection with it should cease
They were therefore removed, Prof
Armstrong; removal to take effect
April 1st, at the end of the six
months leave of absence, with pay
granted him last Fall, and DR.. Hart
igan's on the lst of March. He is
given leave OF absence, with pay,
until that time, SO that while one
draws salary for two months and
the other for three, all connection of
either with the University is termi-
mated at once.
The vote on the resolution of re.
moval was six to two, Regents John
j. Davis, of Clarksburg, and Z. c..
Eastman, of Point Pleasant, voting
against it. Nor did they stop with
voting and arguing against the
resolution, but they prepared and
had spread upon the records oil the
Board two similar protests, one in
regard to the removal of each Of the
two professors. The one in regard
to Prof Armstrong, which is similar
30 that in regard to Dir. Hartigan, is
as follows:
Regents John j. Davis and z. G.
Eastman protest against the action
of the Board of Regents in removing
Prof. r. a Armstrong from the pro-
fessional chair occupied by him in
the West Virginia University, be-
cause there were no charges preferred
against him of immortality, ineom
potency or unfltness for the position;
or good grounds shown for his re
moval. And for the further reason
that said Armstrong was denied the
right 20 appear before the board in
his own defense"
No charges are preferred against
either one of the deposed professors,
no trial was held and no opportuni-
ty was given either one Of them to
be heard in his own behalf. No rea-
son was assigned for their removal
other than that the best interests of
the University demanded their re-
moval. Both the deposed professors
have been identified for some time
with the anti Raymond element at
the University, and this is not the
presidents first attempt to remove
them. Encouraged by the result of
the late election, which he is said to
consider vindication of his course,
he has again recommended their re-
moval, and this time he has secured
it.
DR.. Hartigan and Prof. Armstrong
are both West Virginians, "haw.e eat
ers,n as the president is alleged to
speak of the natives OF this State,
and both have long been recognized
as among the ablest and best men in
the institution. Prof. Armstrong
has been the professor of English
and was for a time the vice presi-
dent of the University, while DR.
Hartigan has occupied the chair of
biology.
So far no action has been taken
with regard to the successor of Prof.
Miller, who was elected State Super
intendent of Free Schools. One of
the regents said that probably no
action would be taken in the matter
at this meeting of the Board for the
reason that the meeting was called
for other matters, and Prof Miller's
resignation was only handedin since
the meeting be- IN. 1t is probable
that before any cue is given his po-
sition the work will be rearranged,
the principal Of the preparatory de-
partment being relieved of other
work. Prof. Miller has been given
leave Of absence with pay to April
LIST any way, and no change will be
made until that time.
This afternoon G. A. Ellenberger,
Instructor in music, was authorized to
establish school OF voice culture.
The regents have gone over carefully
the presidents recommendation for
running expenses have agreed upon
an amount which they will ask the
legislature to appropriate for this pur-
pose. 1t is less than IS, 900 in excess
of the amount appropriated by the
last legislature
The total appropriation which the
president wants the board to ask for
is $3.50, 900. The total appropriation
for the last two years was $l96, 900.
The amount this year inclndes apprO-
priations for the new buildings being