, 1908-03-28

determine the qualifications of appli.
cants for admission to the various
courses of study; but no instruction
either sectarian in religion or partisan
in politics, shall ave- be allowed in
any department of the university, and
no sectarian Or partisan test shall ev-
err be exercised or allowed in the APP
pointment of trustees, or in the cleo
ton or removal of professors, teach
ers or other officers of the university,
or in the admission OF students there.
to, or for any purpose whatsoever. The
board of trustees shall also have pow
er to confer such degrees and grant
such diplomas as are usual in univer.
sites, or as they shall deem appropri-
ate; through bylaws to confer upon
the faculty the power to suspend or eX.
pei students for cause therein prescrih-
ed; to possess and use for the benefit
OF the institution, all property of Tie
university; to hold, manage, lease, or
dispose of, according to law, any real
or personal estate, as shall be conduc-
i've to the welfare of the institution;
TO eXpend the income placed under
their control, from whatever source de-
rived, and finally to exercise any and
all other functions properly belonging
to such a board and necessary to the
prosperity of the university in all OF
its departments, Rev. st. 1877, Sec.
491.
The law limiting the president Ia
his acts is as follows:
The president of the university shall
be president of the several faculties,
and the executive head of all the de.
partments. AS such, subject to the
board of trustees, he shall have au-
thority to give general direction to the
instruction and Investigations of the
several schools and departments, and.
so long as the interests of the insti-
tuition require it, he may be charged
with the duties of one of the profes,
sorships. Rev. st. 1899, Sec. 494.
The authority of the president is by
law very restricted. The power of the
board of trustees is by our statutes al.
most unlimited. Yet in the face of
thS law IL DOdIu d dlWdyo Dttu
generous in its administrations of its
affairs, ~delegating by resolution to the
president much authority, being de-.
erential to him on every action. To
no president has more authority been
given than to President ,Tisdel, which
he verlies in his testimony given be.
fore the Investigating commission
when he stated, that in no way had
he been hampered, and that the board
of trustees had given him as much
freedom as any president should de-
sire" In former times the board at
its annual meeting has appointed e
committee to make out the annual ap.
preparation or budget; to President
TisIel has been given the authority to
make out before the meeting, exactly
as he felt was for the best interest of
the institution, (even to increasing
his W salary, and the board has &C
cepted his recommendation with very
minor alterations. In place of usurpa-
ton of authority and power, the board
has repeatedly md continuously dele
| gated to the president of the uniyer-
sity, President Tisdel, more than TO
any one previously, ever to the initia
tive of measures and the execution OF
the smallest details, which he has ad
mitted. He has asked that the duties
of the president be more clearly de-
fined. A committee of which he is 2
member, is working on the matter;
every power thai can legally be given
the president is to be carefully consid-
cred, believing the law must first be
observed; and placing the responsible!
ity of affairs into those channels that
will work to the best interest of the
university.
Now, when DR.. Tisdel sees no pcs
sible prospect for him to remain in
his present position, he ome out with
a Circular, fatty contradicting his state.
ments to the commission, and sends
the circular broadcast over the state,
thus again putting into the hands of
the enemies of the university, and such
people as are always glad to believe
evil instead of good of all mankind,
material which when garbled and mag
nified does in%calculable damage in
stead of benefit, as he claims he is en-.
deavoring to do. In view of all the
foregoing facts, it seems to the board
that President Tisdel is guilty of un-
t%ruthfulness, unfairness and a wilful
attempt to create erroneous impress.
sions as to the management and status
Of university affairs in this state.
Untruthful-frst, because his state
ments in March, 1908, are in conflict
with those he made in July, 1907, and
second, because the action of the
board at their meeting of February 8,
1908, could by no reasonable or fair
construction be laid to politics. Of
the boards action at this meeting,
President Tisdel says: The issue bc.
tween education and politics was
squarely joined"
Because some members of the boaC,l
believed that DR.. Tisdel was the proper
man for the head of the university.
and others thought differently, who
shall presume to say which ones were
acting c~onscientiously and which were
not? Unboundedb igotry and intolerance
of the opinions of others has before
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