Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-05-21
FREE Love PROFESSOR
IS ASKED TO RESIGN
Bawden viii Fight His Expul-
sion From Cincinnati ~"
Faculty.

Cincinnati. Ohio. May IA. Because
he believes comradeshtp should take
the place OF marriage, II. Heath Baw-
den. professor OF philosophy OF the Uni,
verSity Of Cincinnati. has been X
by President c.. w. Dabney to resign
He refused to do so and announced
his determination to fight any move
to force him outside.
Professor Bawden came from Vas
sar college a year ago. where he had
been q member OF the faculty for siI
views on marriage and his domestic
problems caused him to be dismissed
from Vassar. but he maintains that he
has never taught any Of his private
ideas to his students and that he has
maintained an impossible wall be-.
gard and the minds OF his classes.
Professor Bawden q he believes
in an ideal state In which there will
exist an association Of the sexes. based
on comradeshtp. and DIR. Dabney thtnka
this Is too revolutionary an idea f0R
an instructor to hold.
Professor Bawden has been
ried IL years. but he and his wife
are declared to have lived apart f0l
several years, sven though residing in
the same building.
President Dabney had sought q per.
sonal Interview with Professor Raw
den after the latter's wife told OF this
the '%colloquy was reported IS beins
very heated.
In Own Dsfenss.
Afterwards Professor Bawden wrots
h president In part as follows:
agree with you about the conditions
under which l came to the University OF
Cincinnati. 1t was not fair to you to
suppress the real occasion of my leaving
Vassar. protested at the time against
leaving Vassar under what seemed to me
out exception. including br. strong and
DR.. Taylor. urged It as the right thinR
to do from all points of view. I now
s ,nsn !. differently ne and !. was the nnwtll-
Their usefulness that led mo to the deci-
sion not to discuss the matter here.
The other day you said you thought you
and my. views. With regard to the facts
It Is chiefly "a matter Of Interpretation.
suppose since no one Immediately con
cerned would willfully misstate them-and
In the matter OF Interpretation I wish Mrs
Bawden to have the, benefit of every doubt.
Mrs. Bawden has expressed a willingness
to live next year, probably
abroad. 1 regret exceedingly the diff.
Guilty that has arisen. n trust that this
may prove a satisfactory settlement OF
the matter.
He said he had written out a full
statement OF his opinions. adding: II
have there set forth all the essential
doctrines which I have taught in the
class room. With regard to my pri-
waite views on certain matters not
therein treated l may add that l have
been s~crupulously careful not to reach
them in the class room."
In reply Mr.. Dabney wrote briefly
regarding Professor Bawden's resigna-
ton. &
To Publish Views.
Discussing the demand for his res
ignatlon Professor Bawden said.
fight or not. Although l have fore
seen that I would be asked to resign !
have taken no steps whatever to
strengthen my position with either my
colleagues or the board Of directors. /
wish to remain or to go solely on the
merits OF the case.
DIR. Dabney has seen At to call me
a coward because l refused to discuss
my personal affairs and my private
views with him. I am willing to have
both my private life and my views
known to everyone.
Within two or three days I h be
prepared with q Statement OF nv views
on sex and marriage. which I am Klad
Of this opportunity to make public.
do not claim that they are my fina.
views. but they seem to me nearer thu
truth than those on the basis OF which
l am about to be deposed from my
present position.
Meanwhile wish to put the aues-
ton clearly to the thinking public OF
Cincinnati whether an officer in tn.
university, whose professional work 1.
admittedly satisfactory CINE ia thu
presidents own word), should be de.
posed because OF his private Views. no
taught in the class room. or becaus,
OF domestic difficulties. as long IA hi.
personal life Is irreproachable."
Consulted NsuroIooist.
President Dabney. Of the university
made h following statement:
n man. either by word or name
or life. can teach things destructive O
the very foundation of human societ,
In any institution Of which I am "a
sponstble. Professor Bawden has state,
enough to make my position in the mat
ter clear to the public. It appears prop
er to say In addition and by way Of ex
nuatio only. that I called on DIR
Herrick, professor Of neurology in tn,
University Of Chicago, the lifelon,
friend n brotherinlaw of Professo
Bawden. to see what he could do ant
he tells me that he thinks there is /,
pathological condition back of the case
-Ihe letter published from Professo
by ne up to this moment. MY lette
therefore has no connection with his
but gave my conclusions after a care
full investigation OF the matter for som,
weeks
Wife Knows AFFINITY.
Mrs. Susie T.. Bawden. wife of Pro
lessor Bawden. after suggesting tina
there had been another woman VIII,
attracted her husbands attentions
said:
II should take a malicious pIeasur,
IN telling her name II 1 were dispose,
20 reier to her at all. but as ! do no