Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-12
WILDE GIVES NO REASON FOR HIS
 U. A. RESIGNATION
Statement to Public Simply Says He Desired to Go Out
 Some While Back.

If there was friction between Dr. Wilde, president of the Arizona Uni versity and the board of regents gov erning that institution that fact was not mentioned by Dr. Wilde in the statement which he gave to the press at the time he handed in his resigna. tion and requested it's acceptance The Tucson Star contained the fol. lowing concerning the resignation Of pr. Wilde last week
 The resignation of Dr. A. n. Wilde. president of the University of Arizona. was accepted Friday al the meeting of the board of regents. The resignation was made in Decem. Der, but was not acted upon at that time A successor has not been chosen and the resignation will not take effect until September l. Other business included the selection of a large portion of the faculty and plans for the reorganization Of the school of mines
 "Dr Wilde first presented his re- signation to the board of regents last December according to a state. ment made by Chancellor Frank Hereford last evening Before the question of considering the resigna- .Ie. F.s Senator Worsley and others against the management of the institution came out and the board refused Co accept the resignation of Dr. Wilde. deeminE that such action on their part would cause it to appear that they considered Dr. Wilde responsi- ble for the alleged conditions which the board of regents were satisfied did not exist
 For this reason they refused 10 consider the resignation After thc Worsley charges had been complete ly refuted and disproven. Dr Wilde again rendered his resignation anu in April by letter called the atten- tion of the board Of regents to the letter asking that he be allowed to resign At the meeting yesterday the matter was finally taken up and the resignation accepted.
 "The resignation is 10 take effect September 1 and Dr. Wilde will be allowed a leave of absence imme diately after the close of the school year
 "Dr. Wilde in speaking of the mat ter made the following statement last evening:
 Tn December I notified the re- gents of my intention to resign my office in the spring, and SO brought up the matter formally at the recent meeting of the board I desire to undertake other work in the fall.'"
 Among other matters considered by the regents was plans for the new agricultural building. The board also talked over the school of mines and it was agreed that the school should be completely reorganized. Speaking of the matter Chancellc. Hereford said last evening:
 eaA say LlhL the ltoI BdulLdiOu of the school of mines at an early date is practically an assured thing. We cannot hope in our agricultural school to surpass some of the schools in older States, where agriculture is one of the chief features. How. ever, We can make our school of mines one of the best in the United States
 Recently Mr. David Cole of Mo- renci, whose family resides in Tucson one of the best-known mining men m the southwest, was invited al the suggestion of Dr. Ricketts to make a complete inspection of the school of mines and make report to the board of regents as to what should be done to reorganize the school His report will be available at an early date and I am sure will be of great value.