Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-20
President Of State University
Declares as False, Report
That Discord Prevails
EVERYTHING is HARMONIOUS
Relations Between Faculty, Students
and Regents Are Of tho Most Pisas-
ant Nature-T. r. Given Lengthy
Interview This Afternoon - What
MacLean Says.
Special to Times es-Republican.

Speclal 10 Iimes- Republican.
Iowa City. May 20. President
George E. MacLean and Hon. Martin
]. Wade, absolutely deny that they
have had any meeting at any time,
with a committee of men from Dayen-
port, who. it is said, came to Iowa
City to investigate the conditions oes
disruption, alleged to exist at the state
university. President MacLean says:
mo such committee was in the city
to my knowledge. did not see any
member Of such a committee at any
time, nor is there any such condition
existing among the members OF the
faculty OF the state university, as tha
article in question alleges. s
Not to my personal knowledge = tho
president continued, .'thruout the past
year, or the past five years that
have been here, has there been any
foundation for such statements. Nor
have I, at any time, or any place. iD-
timated that conditions OF insubordina-
ton existed, or that there were any
men on the faculty with whom was
not in the closest sympathy. Tho
statement that this condition was the
talk OF the university. and the Clubs
of the university, is false az far an
my personal knowledge goes. AZ tls
Triangle Club. where the professors Of
the institution meet, there IL the
heartiest good fellowship between my
self and the men with whom hawo
worked for five years. Never, to my
knowledge have there been sceneo 0k
discord in the meetings Of the facuitys
or in my office. asis
Between myself and the profeasors
OF this Institution there Ii the cloaeHt
and IL q social Nv Tufnli19 "a ~
older phase OF this utterly falne .aloEyss
the action OF the state leU16oo4uro
showed that they were In ,sympath4
with the aims and purposes Of ~
university At no time was there
strained relation, between myself o. tho
members OF the senate inyestigatirN
COMMITTEES. The kindest feeling ex1eead
between the committee and my1tlk..
Such q statement was not fair to 6ell-
ator Garst. AS Senator Maytag wan
the Office on the day he vialted
the university, ne Cdlu ~ utes ~ 4 SSyss
ize now how great are the needs s.
the university. and how just are TIE
demands OF the board OF regents, ana
no one regrets more than myself The
fact that the funds at my disposM viii
not allow us to give the full amount - 3
the university: ss
"The talk, which the article In queg-ss
ton intimates has arisen, ccncefnin0
the relations OF the legislature and the
has been caused, no doubt,
by a misconception Of the conditions
which exist. It is the board Of regents
who ask the appropriation Of the le9-
lslature and not the president OF the
teThe president of the university re.s
turns his report to the board Of re-
gents as their servant, and the board
Of regents act thereon. The presidents
IS the servant Of the board OF regents
as the board of regents is the servant
,f the state legislature. The matter II
IF the appropriation has been 80 thor
,ughly threshed over, and the truth y
90 well known, that see no reason Tor
what appears to be wilful preyersion
Of the facts"