Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-02
BlSBEE STUDENT
 ON UNIVERSITY
elssEE STUDENT VIGOROUSLY DEFENDS POLICY OF PREsI-
 DENT ADAMS.
The President Must Be Supreme in

Be Supreme in Theirs
 Mir. c. E. Morfoot, of Bisbee, who formerly was a student at the Arizo- na University, has writ the follow ing letter to the Tucson Citizen. It contains some timely suggestions for those who are responsible for the progress of the university:
 Having been a student of the University of Arizona for two years and being very much interested in the welfare of that institution, feel it incumbent upon myself to make a few statements regarding the present head of the university and the work accomplished by him in his capacity as president.
 The university belongs to the stu
 dents, it's paramount object is their welfare; they are in constant touch with all it's workings; Is interests
 are theirs; surely their opinions must count for something. A few years ago the school was a university in name but a third-rate academy in fact. It's course, if any. were vague,
 undefned, loose; it's dicipline lax in the extreme. and the administration
 itself the object of ridicule to the | public and stud ,.t.
 From out this state of affairs this chaos, this confusion, this uncer- tainty-the university has been res
 cued by the capability. foresight, in
 tegrity and indomitabIe energy of one
 man-namely, F. Yale Adams.
 He came to us man filed with knowledge of what state university should be. He labored long and dil-
 igently to make that same bear fruit,
 and by his strenuous. untiring efforts in that direction, not only gained the
 success he merited but the, friend ship and admiration of the student
 body as well.
 With the hearty support of capa-
 bIe board of regents. Adams admin istration was eminenty successful.
 The university was model one. Its
 reputation was improved at home and
 abroad. The confidence of the peo- pie. which had been lost because of
 former squabbles in the school, was
 restored and the future of the univer- sity looked bright.
 But now. He is beset on every side by a Bibie-back fanatic. At ev- cry turn he is baked by man who has no compunction in attaining his ends. be it by fair means or foul The inference is obvious. The present trouble lay not in the capability of toe president but at the door of the pres ent board of regents.
 If the U. A is to progress the peo- | ple of Arizona must see iy it that the president shall be supreme irI his office and the boa,J supreme in theirs; that all ths men connected with the university be appointed so'e- ly or an educational basis and not be- cause they have political pull. The interference of the present board win the affairs of the faculty Is un- precedented and wholly uncalled for Adams shows his calibre when he refuses to submit to their dictaIon, preferring, as he says, to hold his sell respect rather than allow their nn-
 warranted interference
 This is no defence of Adams. He needs none. The work he has ac- complished stands-an eloquent tes- timony to the untiring efforts he has put forth for higher education in Arl- zona. It is simply an endeavor to show the educational public their loss should they allow the present schem- 1 ing board to obtain control and put in place of the really capable man we have now, an egctistic, fanatic, poii- tician. It is high time we were sauashing these squabbies. and on the
 downfall of the regents the process
 will be completed"