The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-01
ASKS FOR THIRTY DAYS

! IIolcoSOT lIOSey aSKeu TOT a delay or 50
 days and the appointment of commit
 tee to investigate the charges. He asked | that this committee get the report card | of Asa Rountree, Jr., have 1t photo-
 graphed and mail copies of it, with the l statement of the case, to the executive heads of the educational institutions of ] the country, and get their opinion on the 1 matter. Professor Losey was informed
 that the situation existing at the univer- 1 sity could not be allowed to remain in l its present state for 30 days. Professor l Losey announced that he had no wit I nesses to present, and could not at this 1 time give the names of those he would
 have at the end of the 30 days asked for 1 Governor Henderson informed Professor Losey that the members of the board had
 not yet received their copies of the formal charges and copies were then presented l to the trustees.
 | Professor Losey read in full all the correspondence which had taken place be- tween himself and President Denny, and l interspersed them with frequent remarks l end eaborations. It was during the 1 course of his reading that Professor Lo- sey demanded that the report cara be in- troduced and Dean Barnwel stated that l 1t was ready for the trustees at any time ! they desired to look at it. He also stated l that President Denny admitted that the writing on the face of the card was done 1 by him. The letters read by Professor Losey have been previously published SENSATIONAL CHARGE l It was while reading his prepared state ment that Professor Losey was most sen sational. Around an "F' grade in biology alleged to have been placed upon the 1 report card of Asa Rountree, Jr., and l later obliterated by President Denny, in | a comment written across the face of the card. Professor Losey wove a remark
 able effort to sustain his charges against l the president of the university. . His remarks were frequently directed to Dr. Denny personally, and on a number | of occasions he walked in the direction of the president and in intensely dramat- | ic manner, sometimes with tears rolling l down his cheeks and with voice uuivering. he pointed his finger at the man he was attacking. The same was true of his at l tacks against Dean Barnwel.
 1 Among the more sensational parts of his | attempt to prove that President Denny had been guilty of improper conduct Pro- | lessor Losey characterized the alleged obliteration of this report card as an act equal to the raising of check. The stu
 not so guilty as President Denny, he al- legged.
 BITTER AGAINST BARNWELL The actions of Dean Barnwell were compared by the speaker to the trail of the serpent. Professor Losey charSed
 that Dr. Barnwell was lacking in moral courage; he characterized him as the
 Benedict Arnold' of the university, as a slight, unmeritable man meet only to be sent on errands.", This attack came about in connection with the discussion of a
 recent letter from President Denny to
 Professor Losey in which he said, "that cause is to be found in the simple fact that 1t has for some months been becom- ing clearer to me that the friction in your department could not continue and that Dr. Barnwell, the head of the depart. ment. not only desired your resignation, but had grown so restive in view of the personal and official antagonism existing between him and yourself that his own resignation seemed to me impending if matters were allowed to continue'
 One interesting feature of the address
 of Professor Losey was the implied threat