Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-29
DR.. ]. {. STuBBs

DR.. Joseph Edward Stubs presi.
dent of the University of Nevada,
died suddenly at S:45 O'Clock this
morning in the presence of his
wife, his daughter, Mrs. j. M. Full
ton, and his physician, DR.. o. 2.
tombstone. The end came unexpect-
eddy and almost instantly. Death
vas due to heart failure.
DR.. Stubs was taken ill Monday
morning with a bilious attack. His
condition was not believed to be
serious and only a short time be.
fore his death, DR.. tombstone had
told Ills son John C. Stubs, Jr.,
as he left for school, that his father
probably would be well by the end
Of the week.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made, advices being awaited
from DR.. Stubs sen in New York.
and his brother at Ashland, o. ].
M Fulton WHO left last night or
a business trip to San Francisco
IA reached by telephone this
morning and will be in Reno late
tonight to :ake charge of the ar,
engagements.
1t is believed that DR.. Stubs i'll.
ness and death resulted from the
labors of the eastern trip, from
which he returned last Tuesday
when he spent six weeks with Dr.
H.. E. Reid, president of the boarC
of regents. visiting eastern cduca,
tional institutions, government de,
partments at Washington ant
prominent eastern men on behalf
of the University of Nevada. Upor
receiving word of the death of Dir
Stubs, the local members of tho
board of regents were called to
gether in q special meeting. Prof
Robert Levers was made acting
president of the university and wa!
instructed to cancel all com -unce
ment arrangements Immediately
except those necessary to gradua
ticn.
The sixteenth annual inter
scholastic field meet and declama
tion contest was cancelled and tele
grams we're sent to the high school.
in the state. The contest may b(
held next fall. The folk dance!
and choral club concert for Satur
day evening and band concert fol
Sunday afternoon also were can
celled, but the baccalaurcate ser
mon by DR.. c. F. Aked of San Fran
cisco will be delivered Sunda,
morning at the university gymnas
ium as planned.
DR.. Stubs had planned at thC
commencement exercises on We'd
nesday to make several important
announcements as to new facult,
members and in addition to an
nGunce his retirement as president
of the University in 1915, after q
years service. He would have
been eligible for a Carnegie pen
sion for 80 years service as u col
lege president.
The shock Of his death, coming
so suddenly, was felt keenl,
throughout the city. On University
Hill activities were suspended i'm
m%ediately, but examinations vii
be continued tomorrow and The
necessary graduation preparations
will be resumed. The cadet bat
talon of the university will not as.
sist In patroling the automobile
race course Saturday, as announc'
ed, but will aid in the Memorial
services.
Dr.. Stubs leaves a son Ralph
s. Stubs. freight traffic manager
OF the Southern Pacific company,
at New York; a daughter Theodore
Stubs Fulton, wife Of j. M. Full.
ton, assistant general freight and
passenger traffic manager Of the
Southern Pacific at Reno; a
daughter. Ruth Grace Stubs, who
resides at the family residence IN
University Hill, a daughter Eliza.
beth Stubs True, wife OF Prof.