, 1908-03-23

University.
ZEE %La os,Snns'J January or W :, igoss
AT the meeting of the Board on February 9Th, a majority could not be
secured either for Or against the President of the University and his
policies. The issue, however, between education and politics was squarly
joined.
The following letters from members of the Investigating Commission
leave no doubt about their attitude on the question:
Hon Frederick M. TsdI, Laramie, Wyoming.
ever vRfag S5I ! can IN et ner at ti hand and in reply would say that l will do
-. q think n there REL has been too much politics iinjess injected ID in the University in
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possible authority allowed we'd you to build Ss the i@i University f%s iED Which @ could G not
that t if this his WAY V done yoS could 6nS t accomplish pTsu the EaS de aaped" result tn 0 We ff
odo% ahe sr re @titiensG and dn Sy g U of possible safGse epPaict IN from 1%sf fh pas Pre SS tGase on
the Beard Of Trustees o. the Executive Committee.
usur T3i Goo or the it 6 wa5 nTt a tine jntsnt 6G' the of t the S4Tmf cnmm tG suggest Ft t ANY
the widest possible construction be given to the law OF behalf of the Pres
but cT ;os sPsst ' 'sS5 / S DAYS Of so sf f::bsj i1ss$ it !:fas ? 2ou G ;Rst Of IF: the s.! R2e' q
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fit as si { sha Ire d at everything Rsf5sis 4Sf { s int for g, so my gn lsf'fF have in any a g Ea33 a 5d' sg gGH saf
reason With It 'S Stss r 5.5 y2 }as 'f ne "s sse 'ss ' il @ @P 1d f5 !5s P sS Of yourself.
IsignedI CHARLES F, MAuRER"
@Dr. Frederick M. TIsdd,
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"oqr investigations were not confined to the four days spent in Lar
s stte Our m'e Commission mmisG H did fe Pt tht an m edn "a %o" inth hG% 81 ib ovf5 n%f
be managed by politicians I realize that a complete change in the Board
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tar1y, but the problem which confroms u as friends of the institution is
still unsoved 1t appears that for many years the State University has
been hampered in its work because the authority of the President was
limited in an indefinite manner There have been too many hands upon
the lines. The commission believed that Frederick Tisdel as President
should be given full authority and then if he did not make good it would
be time to take other action: Up to this time the President has always
beenh handicapped. Our idea is to give him the authority to which his posi-
ton entities him and then hold him responsible for results.
i trust that all will be cleared up | do not think it fair Or lust for
the Trustees to ask you to resign until they have given you a fair chance
to make good Respectfully
lSgnedl LEON c. HILLS"
Why should the University of Wyoming be hampered any longer by
universally dscredted methods of control? The institution has a splendid
equipment; its courses of study are well organized; its Faculty is strong
in scholarship and teaching power Moreover, the President and Faculty
are united on a clear educational policy. Shall their opportunity to win
the full confidence of the entire state be longer postponed? 1t is not a
question of change lin the presidency of the University. The President may
be changed, and changed again, o NJ purpose. There have been six Pres
idents in twenty-one years-an educational absurdty-and yet the problem
remains unsolved. Sooner or later the institution must be placed upon a
purely educational basis, and that can be done only in the way recommended
by the Investigating Commission. The great State of Wyoming can no
longer afford to hamper the progress of its higher education for the pur-
pose of maintaining the prestige of a few local politicians, even though
they may have performed ome service to the community and the state.
The situation is at a crisis. IS it not time for the alumni and friends of
the University to speak and speak plainly to the end that purely educational
policies may prevail?
FREDERICK M. TISDEI,
President Of the University of Wyoming.
LARAMIE, March p, 1908.