The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-07-15
would not be so bad as that.

would not be so bad as that.
The charges, which were pre-
ferred against DR.. Craighead an
swer themselves. University men
all over the United States are ex-
pressing surprise that action should
be taken on the grounds given.
An attempt has been made to learn
if there are any grounds back of
the charges and none are given.
Under this condition the friends of
the University are ready to take up
arms in behalf of DR.. Craighead.
Not merely because of his own sake
but because they are interested in
the University's welfare the action
has been begun. The first action
was that of the students of the
summer school, who drafted resolu-
tions expressing the regret and the
sense of injury that results from
the unfortunate action of the state
board. BY the way, the action of
the summer school was not first.
It was third. The ladies of Mon
tana expressed their view of the &C
ton in two resolutions. One was
tudL VI tN0 .0VOO WV AAA0AI Va
ganization and the other was that of
the Federated Clubs. The newest
movement, for which it is certain
the movers will be condemned by a
large number of editorial writer's of
the state was taken last night. The
citizens of Missoula in mass meet
ing assembled drafted resolutions
expressing their displeasure with
the removal of the president of the
local school.
Lest many will get a biased &C
count of the meeting through some
of the dailies, l shall tell the story
of the mass meeting. About $3.50
the mass meeting was assembled
Twelve hundred people packed the
Harnois Theatre to the ceiling.
The case was stated by Mrs. Tyler
Thompson in an eloquent address.
Several citizens followed with ad-
dresses. All expressed their regret
for the removal of DR.. Craighead
and some referred to the fact that it
looked like a political move. Feel
ing ran high. Reference was made
to the fact that the report had been
made that the real reason for the
Craighead decapitation was drunk
enness. This was disapproved. Mr..
Dixon was called to the platform to
explain. He gave pretty fair
sample of how a filbuster is con-
Quoted in the United States senate,
but said nothing more than, that
his heart is wrapped up in the Uni
versity. Attorney Parsons, who
followed Mr.. Dixon, showed how the
Misoulian had charged about $500
more for printing 5000 copies of
the University Regiter, when he
had no competition, than he
charged for printing the same sized
book with thousand more copies,
under competition. Mr.. Parsons
also read letters from great educa-
tors such as Charles w. Elliot, for
merly president of Harvard and
President Wilson indicative of the
esteem in which they hold DR.. Craig
head. Following Mr.. Parsons, Mr..
j. H. T. Ryman attempted to con-
vince the audience that his charges
were ample. He did nothing but
read his charges and his main point
seemed to be that DR.. Craighead
put men on his committees, who
would carry out his policies In the
operation OF the school.
One rather serious appearing
charge had been before the meeting
all through the program. This was
that DR.. Craighead had contracted
a bar bill for something like $500
at the Silver Bow club in Butte.
So when DR.. Craighead himself took
the platform about midnight it was
with shadow over his character.
It was after he had undergone q
storm of abuse from Mr.. Dixon and
pleasure to hear on no previous &C.
casion. For an hour and half he
held the crowd in mastery man
ner In . simple statement Of his
side Of the case. At no time did he
stoop to malign the men who had
attacked him, but showed himself q
gentleman from beginning to end.
He produced evidence to show that
the bill at the SilverBow was mostly
for cigars and they were for his
friends. He showed too that he
had paid such bills from his own
purse and, If the one bill in question
had accidentally been submitted to
the state board for payment he
naturally stood ready to make it
good.
These are the facts to date. There
Is no telling what will occur. This
Is the situation. Four of the in
structors have been dismissed from
the University without warning and
placed in a very embarrassing po-
sition. A president, who has all the
qualifications that could be desired
for the position, has been deposed
and his character besmirched. It
Will not kill the University. AS GER