Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-15
MISS FRENCH
GRILLS GRANGE
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT OF UNI
VERSITY AND STUDENTS
CONDEMNED.
DIR. MOrely Talks for Harmony and
Loyalty.


UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Feb. 70.
Never in the history Of the univer-
sity has there been a finer exhibition
of college unity and Idaho spirit than
was seen at the assembly hour We'd
nesday when faculty and students
spontaneously united to welcome
President James A. MacLean home
after his eastern trip and to ex-
press their affection and honor for
him, and give assurance of their com
plete confidence in him in view of
the recent attacks made upon him
by enemies of the university. Every
student and every faculty member
was present ready to speak, cheer or
sing for "Prexy" and Idaho. The
strange, unifying, gripping feeling
called college spirit, that is evident
when all the members of university
unite in a purpose that deeply con-
Germs the University, when all the
members are in perfect sympathy,
was splendidly manifest. The meet
ing meant much 20 the university of
Idaho.
After a selection by the college
band, DR.. Morley stated that the
meeting would be devoted to recep-
tion to President MacLean, and Miss
French was introduced as the first
speaker. With great earnestness and
strong effect Miss French paid tribute
to the president as an educator, as
the Greater of the Greater University
of Idaho, and as a fine loyal friend
of students and faculty. She spoke
of the various calls Dr. MacLean had
received from other institutions, and
of the greatly enlarged salary he
would have received had he accept,
ed any one of them. These calls had
come when the university had beer
in sore straits for its very existence
A smaller, less loyal man would have
been glad to escape the harrassinl
labor of guiding the universit!
through the difficulties, and to TAX,
advantage of easier circumstances
President MacLean did not even con
slider these opportunities.
In regard to the attack upon tn,
university by the grange committe
she said she did not intend to "minc
matters" and spoke with telling
scorn of men who in their enmit
toward the university and DR.. Mac
Lean had attacked the morality o
the students who came from the bes
homes in the state of Idaho, whe
the nigh moral atmosphere of tn
university. is a matter of common
on the part of visitors from all owe
the country. She closed with a
appeal to the students to appreciat
the university. to be true to it, an
to honor the man who more tina
any other man, had created 1t fo
them.
While the assembly sang Idah
songs and gave Idaho yells, the ba
talon of cadets and the band marcel
ed to the Administration building |
escort the president to the Armor
The assembly stood until he W;
seated.
DR.. Morley then spoke of Il
necessity and effectiveness of Ia
mony and loyalty in a universit
He was followed by Mr.. Jenkin
who. like Miss French, did not min
matters" He told the students
the action of the Pomona Grange,
the complete investigation their col
mittee had made, of its failure
substantiate a single point in Il
charges, and of the vague, biase
petty, mean criticism which it pu
lished over the state without givil
the university authorities a chan
to testify. Not even was granted t
common courtesy of submitting
copy of the report to the universe
before giving it publicity. Then, Il