The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15

until we find a man better than Won
are is the equivalent of saying YOU
may serve until We find man in whom
we have confidence | felt the admin
istration of the university work could
not be carried on successfully under
such an arrangement and / think I ex-
pressed myself strongly of the opinion
that l did not have confidence in DR..
Evans ideas Of university work and
have not. J would not be willing to
axe his recommendation upon any mat
ter of policy in the university. I so
expressed myself then After that dis
cussion it was agreed and | think un-
animously agreed that it would be
/ good sense to proceed to the election of
an acting-president.
After Dean Monnet had been So
licited TO become a candidate for the
acting president, he wrote letter to
the board reluctantly consenting to ac
cept it under these conditions. That
he was not either expressly or tactily
to be thought of in the capacity of
president. That he would serve until
the board could find the best man in
the country they could get That he
would like to be of service to the board
in selecting a man. His letter was so
well written, and so thoroughly unself-
ish in the matter of having any am
bition for the presidency, and that let
ter, together with the fact that he was
la new man comparatively, not mixed
up in any factions, finally decided me
to vote for Dean Monnett. All the
board voted for him and his election
was unanimous"
In regard to his vote in special in
stances in the faculty at the university
Mr.. Glen replied as follows:
Il wish to say that we discussed
every phase of the university that
came up with utmost freedom every
body expressed his opinions very free
ly, as l recall and the most of us had
opinions. When we came to the mat
ter of Mr.. Meier, / don't know who
asked the question, but the matter of
his rather quarrelsome disposition
came up. The acting president agreed
that that was the case, and he spoke
of him, and | remember his expression
and have heard him repeat it, that he
had little regard for social amenities:
that there had been some feeling be-
tween him and other members of the
faculty; that he was of an unpleasant
personality. A number of instances
were recounted where Mr.. Meier had
shown that disposition, for instance,
the acting president recounted one in
stance in regard to a fellow faculty
member where Mr.. Meier had stated
that he did not believe this fellow
faculty member could pass an ordinary
primary examination in her subject.
Now, l don't know how others feel
about it, but for the head of one de-
partment to make that remark about
the head of another department is GER
tainly destructive of discipline. We
were further cognizant that the nn-
preston that Mr.. Meier made when
he went out on university extention
work was not at all good, and instead
of helping the university he was hav-
ing the opposite effect The commit.
tee agreed as l thought then with the
rather ready approval of the acting
president that the best interest of the
university would be best served by
leaving Mr.. Meier out. / didn't think
at that time there was a bit of differ
ence of opinion between the commit
tee and the acting president on that
matter, and it is only matters that
have come up since which cause me to
think perhaps the dean merely ac-
quiesced; though he approved"
In speaking of the medical school,
Mr.. Glen made the following state
ment:
THE first time DR.. Evans appeared
before the board relative to the uni
versity he recommended the employ
ment of dean at good salary to give
his time to the medical school, that
seemed to meet with the approval Of
the board, and | kept think about it
We discussed it a good deal and were
in favor of it. and the acting president
was in favor of it. Dean Monet was in
structed to get in touch with suitable
men for the deanship of the medica,
school and after he had some men in
mind the university committee was in
structed to go to Chicago and confer
with him and those applicants. We
meet DR.. Mendenhall from the univer-
sity of Iowa, DR.. Rucker from John
Hopkins, Dr. Williams fro mthe Uni
versity of Virginia, and DR.. Pohlman
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