, 1907-07-17
THE MORTON BUBBLE
EXPLODED BY BOARD

on the station. Prof. Buffum convinc
ed the commission that the buggy be
longed to the station and not to Nor
ton, and so Morton fell down in an
other attempt to hurt the secretary.
Secretary Working Under Orders.
The Boomerang yesterday had a
great page-wide head, Attempted to
Injure Morton-Secretary of the State
University Sent ~Condemning Resolu'
lions to Fort Collins College, Where
Morton Is Now Employed" Miss He
bard said on the stand that she was
requested by the executive committee
to send the resolutions. She was re
sponsible only so far as to obey the
instructions of those furnishing her
salary. For a wonder, Miss Hebard
was not charged with sending marked
| copies of The Republican and other
information to every officer of that in.
%stitution containing the Mokler reso-
lutions of condemnation.
V0'HIIy Congratulated
Miss Hebard was called to the stand
at the evening session yesterday to an.
swer the reiterated charges that Nor.
ton had made at the Henderson inves.
tigation. When she left the stand
she was warmly congratulated by
members of the commission and other
friends of the institution. The lady
made an excellent witness for herself,
and it was as a result Of her story
that Morton SO modified his charges
as to take every particle of life out of
them. Miss Hebard. in a straightfor-
ward, business-like manner, told of
her connection with the university.
She said she had been born in a col
lege town, had been educated at a col
lege, had lived all her life in a college
atmosphere, and she believed that for
that reason she had been named by
Governor Barber seventeen years ago
as a member of the board Of trustees
Of the University of Wyoming She
had taken her masters and bachelors
degrees from the University of Iowa,
she told Mr.. Butcher, in answer to
questions by that gentleman, and had
received her Doctors degree from ILL
nois Wesleyan university.
Mas Active Member of Board.
For thirteen years she had been a
member of the board Of trustees, land
l can say in passing" she added, that
l was an active member of the board
every day" 1t would be well to re-
mark right here that every single
charge Of interference" on the part
of Miss Hebard with any member Of
the faculty, from the president to the
%janitor, was while she was a member
Of the board of trustees, and never in
a single instance did she exceed her
authority as a member Of the board.
Since her retirement from the board,
even her everest critics say, she has
not sought in any way to influence
either the selection or dismissal of
any member of the faculty. She has
made it a part of her life to attend
strictly to her own business in such
matters, leaving the board and the
executive committee to proceed as
they saw At.
Religion in Board Meeting.
Miss Hebard said the question of
religion had once come up in a board
meeting-the only time in the seven
teen years of her connection with the
| board as a member or as its secretary.
THE late DR.. Lewis at a meeting of
| the board facetiously referred to the
fact that, in the selection of a member
to fill a vacancy, seven or eight mem
bers of the faculty were Methodists,
and he did hope that the next man
would be a Baptist"
Politics Here, Too.
The matter of politics had come up
at the last meeting Of the board of
trustees, Miss Hebard said, when Mrs.
Stone Of Evanston, the democratic
member of the board, moved the re
| election of the members Of the board,
saying that she, being a member OF
the opposition party, owed 1t to her
party and to herself to move the re
election OF the president, vice presi
dent, secretary and treasurer, "as 8
testimonial Of faithful and unselish
attention to the duties Of the positions
and the interests of the state"
How did you know Mrs. Stone was
a democrat?" Mr.. Maurer. himself q
democrat, asked Miss Hebard.
"She said So"
II know it requires some grit to be
a democrat" Mr.. Maurer laughingly
added.
Honors Unsouoht.
Miss Hebard said that every posi-
ton she held in the university had
been given her %unsought. every honor