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

from the university of Indiana. ! per
sonally went down to indianapolis to
meet DR.. Alburter The committee
after confering with DR.. Pohlman that
perhaps he was the man they were
looking for If so, we felt it was worth
while TO have him come down and look
over the ground and meet the whole
board. He came and went over the
situation in great detail We discussed
the matter at some length, and the
board decided to telegraph for the sec
ond choice Of the committee which
was DR.. Williams. We did so, and he
came. He spent two or three days 60
ing over the situation, and meet with
the board daily, think, and after he
had gone over the situation pr9tty thor
oughly, they elected him dean htinl1
that vote was unanimous, and he took
few more days to make up his facnl-
ty."
In regard to giving hearings to diff
I'VE have given hearings in the cases
where faculty members were charged
with moral delinquency. In these cases
committees were appointed to inyesti-
gate They did investigate and report.
I'm the case of efficiency, or where
we had gotten better man, no hear
ing has been given. 1t seems TO me
ii would be a pretty peculiar proposi-
tion TO call upon a man to show that
he was better man than the other
fellow, and after all, it is not his judg-
ment to be taken any way. 1t is the
honest judgment of this board as to
whether Mr.. A. is a better man than
Mr.. b. AS / said some time ago, there
is a question as TO how much better
a man ought to be before the board is
justified in voting him in and dropping
the other man. There has been some
thing said about the injustice to the
individual, and | want to say that that
has not at any time enered into my
conception Of my duty. The prime pur-
pose of every member of this board,
and his chief duty ! stowrd the school.
1t is not a question OF whether you are
hurting an individual ! don't like the
word injustice" because it is not an
injustice. He has gotten all hs con-
tract calls for and has served out the
| full time for which he was elected OF
course. he should have had earlier no
tice, but the board was not in exist
ence long before this time and the
thing we had to take into considera-
ton was the school, and l have so
stated on a number Of occasions. for
one have always been ready TO vote
when thought it would be for the in
terests Of the school, and it did not
make any difference about the other
side of It, ! want to make it emphatic
that the prime consideration is not
the welfare of the professor, but of the
school,
Mr. Smith Mr. Glen have you had
any connections directly or indirectly
with any book company
Mr. Glen: The only relations | have
had with any book company is the re
lation that every city superintendent
or teacher of schools have, and es-
pecially city superintendent have
never shown any preference to the
books of the American Book company,
or to those of any other company, ex-
cept where they were the best books
to be had for the work"
Governor Cruce; Did you allow
politics to enter into your recommenda.
tions OF the presidents for positions ?"
Mr.. Glen; Absolutely I did not
Governor Cruce; You selected four
new presidents, believe you say?"
MIR. Glen. There was Mr.. Evans,
Mr. Buck, Mr. Murdaugh, and Mr..
Griffith"
Governor Cruce: How many of
these supported Mr.. Cameron
Mr. Glen: Mr. Murdaugh support.
ed Mr. Cameron, Mr. Buck was a re-
publican and supported Mr.. Dyche, Mr.
Evans supported Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Griffith, as I remember, took no part
whatever"
Governor Cruce: Il believe Mr..
Buck said he supported Wilson in the
general election"
Mr.. Glen: q believe he also told
me he supported Mr. Cruce too"
Governor Cruce; ''Well he is a good
man. It has never been stated to me
that the question of democratic or re-
publican was ever considered by the
board.
Mr.. Glen; Il think that ought to
rebound in our favor, because they
can't say that"
Governor Cruce Well, think it
does-I believe that's all"