The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-06
DECIDE TO WAIT
FOR MCCORMICK
Agricultural College Board VIII De-
lay Action Until Ills Return.
RESUME ROW AT LOGAN
FRUITLEss SESSIONS HELD AND
FEELING DISPLAYED.
RESUME ROW AT LOGAN
CsnsetaI to The FferaId.l

Logan, June 5.-The board of trustees
Of the Agricultural college met here
this morning. and after a brief parley
in which the new members evinced a
desire to quarrel, those old members
who refused to do so finally got down
TO business. The necessary arrange
| ments for the graduation of the
students were made and other routine
| business attended to.
1 John L COburn was elected as as
! slstant secretary in place of F D. Far
! feil, resigned. On the question of
| selecting a treasurer for the board the
| hFst fight was developed. Trustee Owen
! named Robert Murdoch and Trustee
| Whitmore and McAllister voted with
| MN, the other three members of the
I board standing out for A. n Fleming,
| the present incumbent of the office.
! Ihls afternoon the consideration of
President KerTs report brought on
! Ied-hot fight The report recommended
/ the unemployment of all members Of
| the present faculty. except Louis A.
Merrill the recommendation as to him
Deing that his case be taken up
separate and apart from the others.
Mrs. Gates Plan Rejected.
Mrs. Gates presented the motion that
was presented by Trustee Smart in
I
the employment OF Kerr, Widtsoe and
Merrill Owen moved that the names
De segregated and voted on separately.
Both motions We're lost
owen moved that Dr.. Widtsoe be
elected director of the experiment
station at q salary of 1880 De. year.
an increase of $500 over his present
salary, and Trustee Stohl amended that
by again presenting the Smart-Gates
motion. The chair ruled the latter out
OF order WhitmoTe then moved that
PRESIDENT keTT's report be adopted. ex-
cept as To Kerr, WidtsOe and Merrill
Trustee StOhl wanted WidtSop and
Merrill sent for at once to have charges
preferred against them and an investi-
cation conducted then and there This.
too. was ruled out of order by Chair
man MCAllister.
The Whitmore motion was lost.
The cid members were determined to
force action on the report before ad-
JouTnment and announced that they
would stay there until morning. but
Mrs Gates compelled an adjournment
by announcing she felt indisposed The
trustees adjourned until 8 p IN.
Professors Engle, Upham and Miss
Moench were granted leaves Of absence
for one year Professor George Thomas.
principal of the Ogden high school. was
engaged in Professor Engle's place as
professor of history and economics.
j 7. Jardine and Miss Verna Bow
man were engaged as assistants in the
department OF English. and Miss Effie
Smith was employed as instructor in
the department of physical culture.
Delayed Night Meeting.
At the meeting Of the trustees to-
night the new members of the board,
Messrs- Smart and StOhI, aud Mrs.
Gates, We're forced to show their hands
h. .1~.g- II
ready to so TO any length i'm the in
terest Of one man, L. A. Merrill Aft
er trying all day 10 carry him through.
by linking his name with those of
Kerr and WidtsOe, they finally de-
manded to know the charges against
him, and when President Kerr got
ready to name them they wiIted and
voted to adjourn
The meeting was called for D. m.
and at that time or shortly after the
old members Of the board appeared and.
after waiting one hour, and the other
members not coming in sight they
ordered the meeting adjourned sine
dIe' and retired TO the chapel 10 wit
n=Ss the class exercises.
Fifteen minutes later the other mem
beFS or the board arrived and the old
members We're called from the chanel
10 participate in the meeting. Sena-
tor Whitmore opened the meeting by
demanding thdL representatives of the
press be admitted. insisting that the
people of the state had d right to know
the facts in the case, but Mrs Gates
Objected so yehemently that the chair
man asked the reporters to retire
After various motions had been nut
Mr. StOhl made demand upon Pres
1deUL Kerr for the charges against
Professor Merrill After some delay
President Kerr arose and, producing
q large bundle of para1-s rrocaade5
10 sort them out and place them in
piles upon the table. This was sufi-
Gent for the NV members. and they
at once moved that the meeting be ad-
Jourued and that the matter be de-
ferred until the arrival home Of Pres
id-Ut Mccormick
The latter sails for Furopn TO-DAY