The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-01-14
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE
AND EXECUTIVE SESSION
MINUTES GIVEN OUT.
TOTAL lack Of HARMONY
lnvs stigators Report Alleged Existence
of Lack Of Cooperation Between
Students and President, Between
Alumni and President and Between
President and Faculty. t4

Helena, Jan. 1s.-(Special.)-T re-
port of the special committee on the
state university on which the state
board Of education based It's action
In notifying DR.. G. A. Duniway that
This contract as president of the insti-
tuition would not be renewed at It's
expiration. was given out today by
w. Il. Harmon, as secretary Of the
board. and also the minutes of the ex.
ecutive session at which the action
was taken. No comment or statement
OF any kind accompanied the report
and proceedings.
The special report was made by c.
II. Hall Of Mlssoula. II. G. Pickett of
Helena and s. d. Largent of Great
Falls, acting as the university COM
miitee. " is as follows:
Tho Committee Report.
we. your committee authorized by
tho president OF the state board of
e0ucation to inquire into matters re-
Eating to the welfare of the university.
at the request of certain of the
alumni of said institution, beg leave to
report that we visited Mssoula and
made an extended inquiry into matters
Dertaining to the future welfare of the
university. and from said inquiry and
from the testimony of students, mem
bers of the alumni and of the fac
ulty, we find there is u spirit of un-
rest and dissatisfaction existing be-
tween the student body and the pres-
tdent, the alumni and the president
and a lack of cooperation and CO.
ordination existing between the presi-
dent and a large portion of his faculty,
so much so as to seriously retard the
growth of the institution and to i'm
n pair the usefulness thereof
I'VE find that the president is ex-
ceedingly unpopular among the high
school students OF the state, so much
so as to retard the normal growth of
the, university and to cause 1t to lose
many students of the state. and is the
reason for many of them going east
TO school when they should go to the
university of their own state
We therefore recommend that the
contract between the state OF Mon.
tana and DIR, Duniway be not re-
newed for the year beginning Septem-
Der /. 1912"
Tho Executive Meeting.
The minutes OF the executive meet
ing are as follows:
''The board went into executive ses-
sion with the following members pres
ent: Lieutenant Governor W. r. AL
len, chairman; w. r. Harmon. secre-
tary; Messrs. c. II. Hall, H. j. Pickett,
s. d. Largent, G. r. Paul, n. r.
Leonard, 0. w. Mcconnell. w. H. Nye
and w. S. Hartman.
"The special report of the univer-
slty committee was read by the chair
man, c. II. Hall. The members of the
committee unanimously Endorsed the
findings of the report and explained
1t In detail.
I'm the genera. discussion that fol-
lowed. facts In addition to those set
forth In the report were brought out,
viz: That President Duniway does
not visit classrooms to ascertain at
first hand the value of the services of,
any professor Two years ago this
point was brought to the attention of
President Duniway. He then stated
he had never visited the classroom
of professor and never would. The
board holds the view that as the
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