The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-16

Will Get Out of Institution Because
of Trouble With the
Faculty.
ACTION is KEPT A SECRET
3. S. HINCkLEY SAID TO BE THE
PROBABLE SUCCESSOR.

Professor Joshua II. Paurs resigna-
ton as president Of the Latter-day
Saints university to take effect at the
close of the present school year in. June.
has been accepted by the unanimous
vote Of the board of trustees of that in
stitution. His successor has not been
named, but the appointment of Profess
sor Bryant s HinckIey, now of the
brigham Young university, is said to
have been settled upon, although the
Irlehds OF Professor John A. Widtsoe,
also OF the Provo institution, made a
hard fight for his appointment.
PROFESSOR Paul was asked by repre-
sentative of The Herald Tuesday night
II he had rendered his resignation as
president Of the L. D. 8. university, and
ne emphatically denied 1t. He even
went so far as to express his intentions
OF remaining at the head of that instf-
tuition, although he had at the time the
letter of acceptance of his resignation
dated March 9, and signed by President
Anthem II. Lund and Secretary Joseph
). Wells. President Lund said, when
interviewed the same evening, that the
board of trustees had heard nothing of
the resignation of Professor Paul, but
that he had expressed his intention of
leaving the university within another
year. The board, however, had accept
ed Professor PauI's resignation several
days prior to this time, and mailed the
letter of acceptance.
Row With the Faculty.
Trouble between Professor Paul and
the faculty of the university is said to
be the cause of his resignation. Several
times within the past year the board
has taken hand in some of the dis
putes that have arisen between the
faculty and Professor Paul. This is
given as the reason for his resignation.
His letter is as follows:
To the Board of Trustees Of the Latter
day Saints University:
Dear BTethrenI place herewith in
your hands my resignation, to take eff
rect at the close of the present school
year in June My reasons are that the
interests of the institution require a
change, and I believe that this action
is the best thing I could do for the school
under present circumstances. I take this
step, moreover. in pursuance of the mo-
tive of all my official acts in this school;
namely, its real and permanent advance
ment-
desire to thank all those whose aid and
good will have contributed to its growth
and Improvement
Tells of Growth.
The unvarying courtesy and good will
of the board, with whom in eight years
of negotiations 1 have not had differ
ence or disagreement, but who, on the
contrary, have nimOusly sustained
each policy 1 have enforced or advo-
Gated; the generosity of the general board
of education, whose contributions to the
general maintenance Of the school have
arisen from about 5000 to about So, 600
per year during my term of service;
of service.
the sympathetic and generous friendship
OF President Joseph F. Smith and the
he IF h
public, causing the school to increase from
about 400 to about 100 students per year
the financial aid which the friends
Of education in our midst have rendered
causing an increase in the property of
the school from about $4,000 to $50 900 in
value; last, ard not least, the good will
of the thousands of young people who
have attended and made their start in
life under our tuitiOn-fOr all these con-
dluOnS, / scarcely know how sufficiently
to express my appreciation. These re-
suits have been due to the wise action
of our trustees and the efficient labors
of our able faculty in the past
If in the future 1 can be of any as
sistance TO this school, il shall be my
happy endeavOr to render that service.
With the means at our disposal and
under the conditions that surrounded US
I feel that we could not have done much
better. And that the future of this school
may be brighter and better than its past
has been; that the higher educational and
spiritual life may ever be the portion of
those who shall from year to year throng
these cheerful halls. and that the watch
full and loving care of Him who is the
source Of all intelligence and truth may
be over those who as teachers and as
students shall give and receive instruc-
ton in this beloved inStitution-theSe are
the sincere wishes of your fellow serv-
ant in the righteous. the holy cause of
education. Respectfully yours,
J. H PAUL
The board of trustees will meet with
the student body at the school assembly
this morning. It is stated that some
important business" will be trans
acted.