, 1907-06-18
TRUSTEE ON
"CHARGES"
COLONEL CRAWFORD OF sARATo,
GA SUN WRITES OF HIS TRIP
TO THE UNIVERSITY.

GA SUN WRITES OF HIS TRIP
TO THE UNIVERSITY.
Says Morton Was Disappointment,
Lacking the staid, Disnlfed Man,
ner Of One Holding the Position
Very Much PreIudieed, Asserting
Things He Could Not Prove.
There has been so much written
and said about the Wyoming univer,
sity trouble that the Sun hesitates to
add anything to the controversy, says
the Saratoga Sun. Still inasmuch as
the writer was present and concerned
in the matter 1t is only proper that he
should speak. In spite Of all one can
do, adverse criticism will have some
weight in the minds oil every man;
hence the writer went to Laramie pre-.
pared to find that there we're at least
some good grounds for the charges
made by Prof. Morton.
Morton a Disappointment.
First let it be said that Professor
Morton is a disappointment, in that He
is not a staid, digniied man, such as
one would expect of a professor. He IS
barely Is and is extremely boyish III
manner and appearance. He is evi.
IDENTIFY honest in his convictions, also
very much prejudiced, putting forth
things as facts which have been told
him and which, when the time came,
he could not prove. He has been made
a tool of by those who have stood in
the background and put words into
his mouth, because he vas quick-wit
ted and prompt in replies.
No Misuse Of Funds.
He was pretty thoroughly examined
by State Examiner Henderson, with
the view to finding out if there had
been any grating, by Mr.. Henderson,
who is as shrewd as a weasel when II
comes to ferreting out little discrep.
ancies n by no means slow to bring
them to light, no matter whom it may
concern, said that he could not find
that there had been any misuse OF
funds or station property.
In Stevens Favor.
Morton's charge that DR.. Stevens
had imposed upon the agricultural farm
by letting two heifers purchased there
remain until the following December
was more than Offset by the fact that
the doctor had loaned the farm a valu.
able team for more than a year and
had, through the carelessness of an
.employe, lost n of the animals. More.
over he had rendered most valuable
aid extending owe several weeks in
doctoring one of a span of Percheron
mares, thus saving the animal to the
station and for which he refused any
pany.
Gramm Charges Fall Flat.
1t would seem to any candid man
that the agricultural station was in
debted to DR.. Stevens, when the &C
counts came to be balanced. In 30 far
as the charges concerned Otto Gramm
they fell fiat, for everyone knew that
Gramm would be a much wealth
Ter man today If he had simply demand
ed what was due him from both the
university and the agricultural col
lege.
Affairs Well Managed.
DR.. Hebard, the secretary Of the
board of trustees and librarian at the
university, has only been in-the insti.
tuition for seventeen years. Vague
charges Of "bossism," of running
things" etc., have been made against
her. Well, 1t is a good thing if the
doctor has a chance to run many things
in connection with the affairs Of the
university. for they are certainly well
managed. When any OF the faculty,
or any student wishes to find any data,
OF be informed of any rule, law OR
record, they go to DR.. Hebard. because
she is perfectly familiar with every de-
tail of university work and with Its
history down to the present moment,
Is Simply indispensable.
She is simply indispensable to the
institution that she consents to honor
with her services. She is peculiarly
fitted for the position she occupies
and how 1t could dispense with her
services is a question that no one con.
nected with the management Of the
university cares to discuss. A quiet
self-contained woman, knowing abso
lutely what she knows. moving on in
the even tenor of her way, she is, as q
matter of course, the object of some fe
male jealousy and male criticism be
cause of her abilities. But the bes,
trees in the orchard are the ones thai
are full OF clubs.
Forces Are centered.
No one can realize at this time what
it means to Wyoming and her children
that all our state and federal institu
tons are practically under one heat
and not divided here and there ove'
the state. When a student goes to the
university now he can have the adyant
age of as many of these educationa
institutions as he is capable of attend
ing at the cost Of maintenance for onl,
one. The normal college Is not located
in the north, the agricultural college il
the west and so on, but Wyoming, like
Nebraska, has centralized her forces
and the great advantage Of this central
ization will be made manifest as tn