Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-28

originating with these professors, who
are the four faculty members who are
dissatisfied.
The few professors VINO are asking
for President MacLean's resignation,
said an Iowa City alumnus today,
should take note of the action of the
Illinois board of regents. who recently.
after the resignation of President Dra-
per, Immediately passed a resolution
that his successor should not be chosen
from the present faculty, and thus put
an end to scheming of the professors
for the presidency"
Professor MacBride's campaign for
the presidency at the time Or. Mac
Lean was elected was under the charge
of the Iowa City Republican, and he
| has since that time been an unsuccess-
full candidate for the presidency of the
State Agricultural college. The story
of Professor Shanbaugh's trip to Des
| MoineS and his interview with the gov
ernor in regard to his presidential
boomlet at the time that the regents
We're considering a successor for DIR.
| Schaffer was a current joke among the
students. Professors MacBride and
| Shambaugh have never given any indi-
cation that they have accepted the de-
cision of the board of regents in choos-
| ing Dr. MacLean, but on the contrary
| they since have been quoted as saying
many bitter things about President
! MacLean.
| The strongest argument which has
| been used by the managers of the at
tack upon President MacLean Is that he
| is not in sympathy with the members
of the faculty and that such members
are demanding as the price of their re-
manning in the institution that the
president be asked to go. There is no
basis for this assertion, though the four
dissatisfied professors have desired to
spread the statement With the ex
ception of MacBride, Sims, Andrews
and Shambaugh, the old professors
have been loyal to President MacLean.
Some of the best loved professors of
the institution are upholding President
MacLean with an earneStness that
could not fail to affect any alumnus
that knew of 1t. It was said in Daven-
port that Professors Calvin and Nut
ting had demanded President Mac
Leans dismissal. 1t is believed here
that these two professors have been
mentioned in this connection without
their consent. They have taken no part
in the dissatisfaction.
An attempt was made within the
last five days to show that the resig-
nation, by Professor Calvin. of the
position of state geologist, was in some
way connected with the university at
fairs. Professor Calvin has made the
statement, however, that such was
a,f }t,.aY r. L, i
that position because his business In
terests made 1t imperative that he
should devote his summers to them in
stead of to the geologic survey of
Iowa.
The statement was made at Daven-
port that twelve of the old professors
of the institution had placed their
property in the hands of real estate
men in the city for sale, and are in
tending to leave the city. M. C. Reno.
and Dennis Maher. the leading real
estate agents in the city, state that
they have no such property for sale.
and they state that they believe no
such property could be listed in the
city in good faith, without their hear
ing of it. The only property belong
ing to any professor or instructor list
ed for sale in the city to their knowl-
edge is the former residence of Pro-
fessor III. S. Richards. who is now
dean of the Wisconsin Law School.
The statement was also made in
Davenport that Professor George left |
the institution because he was not able
to stand the conditions existing here |
Professor George was young man,
lately graduated from Toronto Col
lege when he came here and while he
was here he was offered a raise in
salary and for that reason left. 1t was
also stated that a prominent dental
professor left for a similar reason. /
This is undoubtedly Mr.. C. B. Lewis |
who went to Drake University. Mr.. |
Lewis was buttonholing regents at |
their last meeting and is not consider |
ed averse to coming back to Iowa If he |
can.
Those who have been best acquaint-
ed with the position President Mac |
Lean has taken in the retention OF
old professors since he came here, |
know that he does not desire to secure |
their dismissal. In the five years that |
he has been here only one man has |
been dismissed that is known of. He |
was for one year connected with the |
English department and being given an |
opportunity to resign, the incident
passed without trouble
That President MacLean has been
able to get along with the few dissat-
isfied professors is accounted for by
the fact that when they have seen him
in his office they have appeared as
amigos. They have been the guests of
the president and there has been no
rupture between them.
At the Davenport meeting, mixed
with verbal abuse like two spot" etc,
1t was charged that President Mac
Lean was a figure head. On the con-
trary, the opposite is the case. When
President MacLean came to Iowa he
gave due respect to the opinions of
the different professors, and he called
professors to his councils in regard TO
the needs of their departments. but he