The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-15
GLEN STATES REASONS FOR
VOTE ON PRESIDENT EVANS

oklahoma, Superintendent Scott Glenn
spoke as follows;
"A state university as | look at it is
the head of our educational system
1t is the elimination of the democratic
system of education and a man to be a
good head of the state university ought
to have in his very bone and blood the
idea of an American university. A
man that has been educated as DR..
Evans had been in England, and in a
place that is not even up to the stan
dard of a common school as measured
by the European standard, certainly
is not the right man for the head of the
state university in a state that is pro-
crossing rapidly, and above all things
needs an active, energetic, progressive
man. DR.. Evans was not a university
man by education as far as | knew at
that time and as far as l have learned
yet, he has never spent a day in a uni
versity. If he had that real sympathy.
that democratic educational idea as
heads of universities ought to have, it
must have been superficial, and must
have been acquired, because he had not
been brought up in the shades of a
state university. In fact he had no
experience in state university, and
would have felt myself untrue to edu-
cation to have voted for DR.. Evans and
| | feel it just as strong now as | did
then, and l felt it before went on the
board.
Il believe my attitude is the attitude
of seventy-fve per cent of the school
men in Oklahoma. | haven't found a
school man yet (and I have talked it
with a great many of them) that ad-
vised the retention of DR.. Evans at the
state university. l believe if this board
had proceeded Immediately to put
man in with whom we were not well
acquainted, or without considering
him, we would have made mistake
But certainly, to take our time to get
man-to get the best man in the
country for the money we have to use,
then there can be no question about
the methods of the state board of edu-
cation in regard to the presidency of
the state university.
| felt that the atmosphere of the
state university should permeate every
part of the state-its influence should
be felt not only in school matters but
in public service, in educating young
men and young women, and in the mat
ter of research work.
Il opposed sending kilograms to Ger
tain men out side of the state for the
reason that we have good men in Ok
lahoma for the heads of our normal
schools and we should exhaust the list
that we have here and then if we could
not find enough good men it would be
time to go outside of the state. 1t
would take time to go outside the
state. 1t was already late. To look
up the record of man beyond the bor-
ders of the state, whose work you are
not familiar with, would take a week
or two, perhaps even month, and then
one would be running the risk of leap
ing in the dark. | was opposed to de-
laying the matter further and sending
outside of the state for man.
knew some of the men to whom the
kilograms were to be sent, and in my
opinion they did not compare with the
president of the state normal we had
under consideration.
81 may say in that connection that
it is only since this controversy came
up that was interested in who did
vote on these four to three PROPOSE
tions, and if it had not come up in this
way l would not have found out that
it was four to three there.
Il was friendly to Mr. Redd-I had
a long talk with him, have forgotten
just when, but | was on the board
while he was president, and l had in
vited him over to talk to our teachers
in my home town. think most ex-
cellent teacher and so expressed my
self to the board, but there seemed to
be much dissention in the school.
Everything being considered voted
against Mr.. Redd
In the matter of the Sulphur school
l visited that school and found condi-
tions such that scarcely any man could
make a success of it, but found the
school work, as far as l could under
stand it, teaching the deaf is pretty
complicated workout I came away
from Sulphur strongly for Mr..
Stewart
When questioned as to why DR..
Evans was not retained until January
or such time as president could be
elected Mr.. Glen replied:
I'm the first place it is an anomalous