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

cept that Mr.. Worst never ceased his
an.agonism to Mr.. Cooper, nor Owe
looked an opportunity to show II, nor
to take advantage OF any circumstance
though favorable 10 him. He did talk
about resigning. If he received the
nomination fOrJu. S. senator, IN 1act
for some years he had been saying
that he wanted to quit when he serv-
ed twenty years, SO that 1t was neces-
sary that the trustees think and talk
about q successor, which was freely
done.
Worst Undecided.
'For some weeks after the primar-
les Mr.. Worst was apparently very
much undecided what lack to take
and nothing developed untii he began
20 talk about illegal action and what
the federal laws required in the or.
ganization of Agricultural colleges
and experiment stations. He first
sent a long trade TO Governor Hanna,
then followed a long list OF questions
and arguments to the attorney gener.
al and in a few days followed the ar
ticles in the 'Fram' and '~Co-operators
Herald' which brought forth such a
storm of press articles all over the
state about the removal of Worst,
Ladd and BOlley,' big BUSINESS n
other undertaking i%nuendoes.
"When questioned, among others,
Mr.. Worst declared that he was
shocked would give his right arm
to know where such articles came
from and that he had talked to no
one. At the September meeting Of
the trustees a committee was appoint
ed to Investigate the source, object
and animus' OF these newspaper arti-
cles; this committee WIZ three orig
inally, but later increased to six
Traced to Worst.
1T developed at the inquiry that
Mr.. Worst in the committees opinion,
was the one who had the records cop
led; that he had at least seven dupli-
cate copies made, and that he scat
tered these copies br0acast among
newspapers and politicians, together
with his personally distorted interpre-
tations of the objects Of the board, and
the trustees believed that he was the
one, and no one else, who inspired all
the newspaper articles, and a S evil
dence of that the report OF the inves-
tigating committee follows:
"'Report Of Committee
Your committee appointed during
the September board meeting to in
yestigate the source, object and ami
mus Of recent newspaper attacks up
on the management of the Agriculture
al college, beg leave to report as fol-
lows: ~
"'That Mr.. Hollister, Mr.. Nugent
and Mr.. Stern were called in as joint
members of the investigation.
""That said committee OF six made
an earnest effort to investigate fully
the source, object and animus OF the
during August and September, 1914,
and find,
First, that the source of all in
formation and ins!igatiOn for neWspa-
per articles we're traced directly and
indirectly TO the president, j. Fl.
Worst Of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college.
Second, that the apparent object
OF such articles was to discredit the
board and Thos. Cooper, discourage
the Better Farming movement in
North Dakota aud furnish material for
political purposes III the fall campaign
Third, the animus was caused by
political defeat, fear Of removal from
the presidency and jealousy for the
decided and wide spread success and
approval Of the Better Farming work
under the direction of Thos. Cooper.
+" Signed by
"'Ciark w. Kelly
Geo. Fl. HOLSTER
&C. Z. Nugent
ALEX Stern
: p. Elliott
Report Adopted.
This report, slightly amended, was
unanimously adopted at the recent
board meeting this month.
However, after passing this reso-
luton, in an earnest endeavor to do
no injustice to Mr.. Worst, recognize
ing that he had spent the best part OF
his life in the service Of the state, the
board unanimously adopted the fol.
lowing resolution: .
Worst Retired.
Resolved, that there be and is
hereby ereatod, the office Of president
emritus, who's duty it shall be to de-
liver such public addresses at the ex-
pense Of this in ,titution as may be
authorized by the president of this
college but subject to the approval OF
this board; that j. H. Worst be, and
is heraby elected to the office Of pres.
ident emeritus at a salary of $3.50 per
month. beginning Dec. LIST, 1914; that
Edwin Fremont Ladd, B. S., be and is
hereby elected president Of the North
Dakota Agricultural college, and gov.
eminent experiment station (vice J
Fl. Worst) at a salary of $4,000 a year
to take effect Immediately; that it is
hereby declared that the president
shall be the chief executive officer of
this institution in charge Of three cor.
related departments, each under a di.
rector, namely: "a Education, (2)
Experiment station, (3) Extension. but
for the present, the president shall be
P.c.Rsmington. Pres. B.Marks, 'v.Pres.