The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-05
PROF. PECK TOLDTHATHE'S
DROPPED FROM FACILITY. SAYS
HE'LL FIGHT IN COURT.
q Olumbia Trustees Declare the Anthoa
Professionally vacant ana Veto Peck
Years salary he ObJecss and sayu
~ Moves In Miss QulRn's suit.

Harry Thurston Peck. who has been
a professor at Columbia University for
twenty two year,. was notified yesterday
that he was no longer Anthem professor
81 the Latin language and literature and
that the chair hearing that name had
trustees II the university held on Monday
afternoon
The Trustees only said that their action
u for the be~t interest ~ the university.
Mr. Peck a. soon a. he received a copy
Of the resolutions passed al the meet e
| ing replied To the trustees that he regarded
their action as illegal. and insisted that
they respect his contractual relations
With the university He intends 90 figh,
the action 10 the trustees through the
courts
The meeting at which Prof Peck's
case was brought up was a lengthy one.
For more than three hours the trustees.
presided over by their president, George
L.. Rive-. discussed ia. letter sent them
hv Prof Peck in which h" asked for a
/ far hearing and r.futed certain scan
dalous charges that had is-en made
against him
Th.-" charges have tu do With a suit
Tor breach e promise brought against
the professor by zteuuSI apler Miss
Esther Quinn Some ieitera alleged To-
have been written Nv Prot Peck 10 Mi.s
Quinn We're mL,i" public on June :: and
Oh JtIn" President Butte. wrote 20 Prof
we
=" wv '"7''e' ia" 'h'' '''@' MN 'n sSh
we hiler '" resign hts Prnt PECK
y unflv refused Z" do. and "n judy
lie Na- Informed hy "a. board pf tuIs-
la..s that h,. had I.-en susp.b,I,.d until
tho trustee dec id..d What To- dn 1h-v
lie i,.eI bv thIs resolution
Whereas hv r.,olHinn Of the tru,,...
Ie-cto.ng. adopted itArrv Ihmt,,nu Pee.
-a- appnini,I professor OF lam Language.
al iteraiur. DUNG he. rla4-ur. 81 In.
trustees ami has since continued 60 huUi
such r-nfc-,nr.hip .uos deUznatsd a,
mo Nnihon proie.,uT-h,p nI the Ia'tu
lauguNg. and H'rfnrriT. subject To m.
pleasure OF no irrlsi..., 40 r-,Iuit.I b., ih..
charter 81 tl,. ,nrr orattau ami
Whereas 'r. trustee. ~. Of 30. nrfu..n
lat ~. Lost interest. Of b. .lpt,af.It, -
.t,ttlr. that bt. ofi,i1i ,.pu.,tt.n Win the
P,sai,.J Thai IN. auuoin,m.p, 80 The
sal Harry Iuur.,no Peel A. Gpthon
professor Of The IArin lans,as. ami lit.rE-
tune IN tb,- uni,.r.it ~. s,,d b.r,.hy 4.
terminated On the q Ioptian Of this re.oIu-
ton. and II Of. the pleasure of the trrst.-..-
fhAg rho .mplo,mcn' - b. said lIarr, J
ThLlTsion PEGS a-~,oh prnf.-.nr cease and
ict-rrnt1- furthwuu. AM 'r~ -ait pro-.
f..- -orsh,u i hereby lie. lar, A".uf
~ sffrfd That tu t.w ~ fl,. Inns ..,,-t...
81 Prof Poet fn he uniVsr.iiS the tr-a.yr,.r
h.. suti ~, - - paw 20 PROT I'ecs ~ once
%" amour. of he sA'srv hat would have. !
h~"' pa him - 10" 1'i remained II m" --f-
'i'- ~ 20 ."'P"f~' ION - .-'ns 'h' remain l"f
W
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nov " anu Nr"'" .h'- r"pIN
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:. =. ,, ,i,.I,.h Tho I'm.
his Iri,.r-,i, and % emma. INV .rurlo,. |
msni a. professor Of LAIN since. a. Won sAy. +
such H. ~" pleasure of ih. justices
reEArd ms ""lion IN No"f pAri a. Illegal
I sh' 10 'io'A'loh OF nv '"h'ra'' WIN "inm-
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ri-u.nr. Of The Iru-ie.- cr Of the nre-id.n,
hirn--lf hold mvs-'f ready aud arm viii.
me aud hcreby on"f r" carry oT all the
"rm- ~ my agreement with The Hh"vr
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..trrrt,on In.,.f ON yo,,r CARVING on, yo,,r
on'ract v'h me aud thai you rr.prc, my
trs'turai relations With he university
H'Hnr Tn'HsI"" Pres,
Nn'hon Professor "i Vi" latin Language
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