Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-28

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OF the departm ent. but was believed tc
be consistent with the Ideas of Presi-
dent Bowman a. understood by the
board. and was not intended. delib-
erately or otherwise, to affect the rela-
tions between President Bowman and
the university and board.
Resolved further. That the board
has not violated the agreement with
DIR Bowman, nor dismissed or en-
ployed members OF the educational
stan without first having received and
considered the recommendations Of the
president
Gives out Board Minutes.
President Bowman last night issued
a copy of the minutes of the meeting
Of the state board OF education at Ce-
dar Falls when Professor Schoettle
the head OF the music department was
discharged.
Following Is an extract from the
minutes given out by President Bow
man:
School OF Music Report of the
Faculty Committee:
On motion of Senator Trewin, sec
onded by Mr.. Eicher. the following re-
port OF the faculty committee regard
ing the school OF music at the state
university was unanimously adopted:
"'rhe faculty committee respectfully
recommends that the services OF tn.
present head of the music department
be discontinued and new head Sc
cured. 1t is also the recommendation
Of this committee that the department
be reorganized on some plan that will
make it an integral part Of the uni
versity: that the equipment belonging
to Professor Schoettle he purchased
at, the actual value and that the mat
ter Of this purchase be referred to the
finance committee with power to act
In this connection. President Bow
man said last night that he had rec
commended only that Professor Schoet-
ties equipment be purchas ed and tina:
he made no suggestion whatever as tc
faculty changes. President Bowman
declines to be quoted directly.
Another Professor Resigns.
Another resignation from the faculty
Of the state university, believed in uni
versity circles to be a part of the
trouble that resulted in President
Bowman's resignation, occurred yes
terday when Prof. c. F. Ansley, dean OF
the fine arts college and for fifteen
years at the head of the English de-
partment asked to be relieved.
Ans!ey presented his resignation at
the close Of a conference with the fac
ulty committee of the state board. This
conference was participated In by
Dean Ansley and Professor Schoettle,
recently dismissed as the head of the
department in the fine arts college OF
which Dean Ansley was in charge. The
reason given out for Ansley's resigna !
ton is that he wished &c retire from,
teaching.
Seven members OF Of the board were
present: D. D. Murphy. chairman; e.
p. Schoentgen, Roger Leavitt, H. NJ
Eicher, C. r. Brenton, Parker Holbrook
and James H. Trewin. A. B. Funk and
George r. Baker were the only absent
ees. The members Of the finance com
mittee, which includes w. r. Boyd
Thomas Lambert and w. H. Gemmell
met with the board.
Murphy Issues Statement.
President Murphy of the board last
night issued a statement in which ne
declared that he thought the board was
acting upon a resignation in consider
ing the music school matters. His
statement. in part, follows:
President Bowman, in the presence
of the board and the finance commit
tee, all sitting as one. recommended
the purchase Of the equipment Of the
school of music. There was some gen.
.eral talk about the school. all Of which
was very cordial on both sides. and
the talk of President Bowman was tc
the effect that he was desirous of hav'
\ lsgss tiisf schsa yof music srecognized or
5some basis that would make fts'con-
||snection With the university d
closer one than that. now existing. The
board seemed to be agreed with thai
expression, ind it was further ex-
pressed by The president that in any
action that We would take nothing
should be done in any way to bind US
to the continuing Of the present mem
bers Of the faculty of the school Of
music.
"Then before adjournment the fac
uty committee wrote report of TINS
matter, as is shown in the minutes