Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-06
STORMY SESSION \
At THE COLLEGE
All Went Merry as a Marriage
Bell Until Mrs Gates offered
A Motion.
THEN THE TIDE WAS TURNED.
touldnt Agree on Kerr WdIsoe and
LletrIll'-.GO Cutler
Nay Act
Special Correspondence,

Special Correspondence,
Logan, June B,-Tho trustees Of tho
Agricultural college met IN udjournol
session AT $3.50 p, m, yesterday Action
was taken upon certain lecommondl.
lions OF Director WIdlsoo N reference
10 tho experimental station, Petitions
Of Dr. Engo, Prof Upton ana MlHa
Moonch Tor leave Of absence FOR one
year FOR the purpose OF studying w
various uDivoretlcR were grnnted, lrof
Thomas OF Ogdon WIZ elected professor
OF history and economies, William Jar.
dlno and Vcrnn Bowman were elected
instructors M EnglNh and Miss lsillr
smith instructor OF physical education
for women To this point all hnd been
harmony but the combat royal began
when Mrs Gates offered substantially
the sam motion that Mr, smart had
made IN the meeting M salt Lake, cnot"
Ing W, j. Kerr ns president, Wldlson
ms director Of the experiment station,
and Merrill as professor Of ugfonomS
and nSlng their salaries owen moved
20 aogregnio the motion and vote ON
each individual separately THIS let
loose the dogs OF war ana there was oil
Horts of loud talk rolled NJ over the
lrDns)m and foll on tho ears OF tho
waiting throng on the outside, Bolh
motions were lost
MOTIONS GALORE
owen then move that Wldtsoo be
elected director of the experiment sta
ton ana professor Of chemistry at y
falary of t2b0o with house iroo and
care for one horse, Stohl moved
an amendment ombodylng the smart
mot Ion, The chairman ruled Siohra
mott oul Of order ana the vote on
ovens motion resulted In tie,
sTolIL SAT UPON,
Whlmorr moved that all Of the pro.
fess0rs ana instructors recommended
by tho president be- elected except the
president, Director Wldlsoo ana Prof
Merrill Stohl moved that Director
Wldlsoo and Prof Morrll be aont for
and be- given hearing before tho
Whitmore motion De put, The chair
again ruled Stohl out of Order whit.
morcs motion was lost
Tho session throughout was exceed
lngly stormy ana many hard words
wero passed between the trustees, but
At y, m, they were tired out ana
agreed ON an adjournment until 4 y, IN.
EVENING SESSION,
Asp. m, tho three old members were
on hand. but none Of the new menu
boris were IN evidence, After waiting
until . p, m, the secretary called tho
roll and as no quorum wns present
Tho chairman adjourned the meeting
| ruhioot 10 call, and tho three members
| went into tho auditorium, whore tho
| commencement exercises were being
! rendered, Al $40 D. m, the threo new
members entered tho directors room ac.
comp0nIod by Director Wldtsoo and
Prof Morrill, The old members were
sent Tor and at the request Of Mrs
Gatcs ana Mr. slohl the reporters were
again excluded, the chair making tho
order 10 apply 10 Director Wldlsoo and
Merrill The session was short hut
stormy and while the graduates were
nlling the air with sweet music and
ioyful sounds In the auditorium the
trustees down az tho other end OF the
bulldog wtro hurting uncompllnentary
opIthets AT each other, and absolutely
refusing to bury their differences and
work together for the GOOD of the
great institution Of which the people
~ Utah arc 20 Justly proud, II be-
came apparent to all present that the
longer tho session continued the wider
tho breach would become and at 10 y,
IN, the meeting broke up,
GOVERNOR MAY ACT
II ig quite clear that nothing can
now be done until tho return OF presL
Mccormick from Europe and IN the
meantime things must be at n stand.
stIll at the college, Professors and
instructors who should have been en-.
gngod more than month ago, must
ROMAN In durNnco for nearly another
month, with only q bare certainty ns 10
whether they VIII then be retained,
with this condition prevailing II IL snfO
to say that should another opening
offer that ~ satisfactory few OF thom
win lmgor Ions on the uncertainty
There rs hope that something may
he done AZ once to relieve the situation
ana Il IL quite probable that Governor
cutler may be called upon TO act IN
some manner, II II II within his pow
az to DO va,