Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-29

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tor Of the experiment station shall
also be director Of extension as here
tofore established, but the director OF
the station and extension shall here
after, report to the president instead
Of to this board
Professor Laid Called In
while the! resolution was under
discussion Professor Ladd was called
in and when assured that the board
meant business, and at the very earn
est request of all the trustees, accept
ed the position, his acceptance was
made a matter Of record, and Profess
sor Ladd received the congratulations
and best wishes and promise Of sup.
port Of every individual member Of
the board and they were all present.
However, 1t was agreed with Pro-
lessor Ladd that the entire proceed
ings would be kept from the public
until Mr.. Worst returned from Wash
ington to give him the opportunity OF
filing his resignation, and if he chose,
his recommendation Of what had been
done; this to avoid any undue excite
ment or more newspaper f0olishness,
WhereupOn the board adjourned feel
ing that finally another real advance
had been made.
Meet to Rescind.
"On Thursday, Nov. IL, one of the
Saturday, the 14th, which was done,
leaving the hour open until it should
be known what time all the board
would be in the city. One member
could not be reached until Saturday
morning and could only get to Fargo
about 3 p. M, therefore at 1920 a. IN.
the chairman %telephoned to the bust
ness place Of II member to advise
him the hour of meeting but received
the answer that he was at the col
lege': oh calling the college it was
learned that four members OF the
board had gone to the secretary's Of
flee Ito a. IN. Saturday, the 18th, had
organized and passed a resolution re-
scinding the vote adopting the COM
mittee report and also the res solution
electing Professor Ladd president, and
that the meeting was over. 1t had
been agreed by all that a special
sroeting would be called on Tuesday,
the 9th, when both Mr.. Worst and
P.ciessor Ladl would be back from
Washington, but at that meeting the
four trustees who, at the command
Of some powerful interest, changed
their minds over night, were conspic-
uous by their absence. preventing a
quorum. AT the meeting the resig-
nation of Mr.. Worst was plainly but
Informally suggested, and he agreed
to give his answer on Friday, today.
At today's meeting at which six mem
beers were present Mr.. Worst declined
to resign, so that the. A.. G. now has
two presidents, and one president
emeritus,
"We have. today sent our resigna.
tons to the governor and we are
through irving to achieve results
against disruption and INDIGESTION. The
administrators at Bismarck can un-
doubtedly find plenty OF trustees who
will CO things more TO its liking.
Geo. II. Hollister
&C i. Nugent
Clark W. Kelly
President Worst Silent.
President Worst declined to make
any statement saying that the action
taken was during his absence on his
recent trip to Washington, and while
he may have something to say at Il
later date he did NOT care to discuss
the matter now. II is understood that
Mr.. Worst was willing to resign at
the end OF his 20 years Of service,
which will be concluded next June.
Cooper Wouldn't Speak.
Thomas Cooper, director of the ex
pertinent station would not discuss the
matter at all. He recently remarked
that he does not, enjoy being made a
political issue.
1t is supposed ins.Fargo that this
means The resignation of Mr.. Cooper
sooner OF later, and a general shakeup
in the experiment station organiza-
tion. The action Of the trustees in di-
viding the work Of the college into
three departments was in accord with
the recommendation Of the faculty
presented some time ago.
Stern Explains Action.
When asked last evening by a re-
porter why he had rescinded the ac-
ton making Professor Ladd president
Of the Agricultural college, Alex Stern
stated that upon reconsideration, he
had realized with others that it was
cutting off by six months, President
Worst from his 20 years Of service
and any benefit from the Carnegie
Foundation. The motion became eff
f%ective at once, if it had not been re-
scinded.
"The notion" he said, twas intro
duced by Kelley. The books show
that l seconded the motion, but I
don't think | did. Kelley said that
President Worst was willing and we
voted on the strength of that. We did
call in Professor Ladd and congratu-
late him on his election. Professor
Ladd thought we had been hasty and
that we ought to have waited until
President Worst got back"
Just Hadn't Thought"
When asked why they had not con-
sidered the aspect OF the case which
caused them to rescind. at the time
of the action, Mr.. Stern said he didn't
knoW-they Just hadn't thought. AT.
forwards thew thought the new hoard