Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-01
DIR. GEORGE II. DENNY.
DR.. DENNY COMPLETELY
Ex0NERATED BY BOARD
Course Toward Professor LoSey Sus-
taincd in Every Way by Ala
banIa University Trustees.
PUBLIC HE. \ RING is HELD
Accusing Educator, After Making
Charges Against Former Virgin
ian In Highly Dramatic Speech, Is
Asked for Immediate Resignation.
Especial to The Timcs-pisna,ch.

l'1p'N!dI 10 n" ines DIS atCh.
BIRMINGHAM ALA. January al
Or. Georg" II. Denny. president Of tho
University of Alabama. ana former
president Of Washington ana Lee Uni
vrrs!'y. IN Virginia. has been sustained
In his action in not recommending Dr.
!. iosev for recollection to the
faculty OF the University Of Alabama,
and has been cXorera,cd Of tho charges
brought against him by Dr Loscv
THIS was the sense OF the meeting OF
the trustees. who held a session at tho
university to-day. Dr I.osey was asked
for his resignation. effective instanter
Outcome OF the hearing Was pre-
dictcd this morning, when all the
trustees. including Governor Charles
Henderson, who presided over the meet
ing. had arrived ~ Tuscaloosa, the seat
OF the university.
The meeting began ut . O'Clock, and
DR.. Losey was asked to state his
charges to the board. which he did in
n highly dramatic manner. DR. Loscy
for the past nine years has been pro-
fcssor OF English and public speaking
At the university, and he brough. all
SDcach
He alternately ridiculed DR. Denny and
implored sympathy for himself Hc
would then turn loose on the president
the most biting invectives ever heard
in public speech in Alabama. He
characterized Dr. Dcnny's charges
against him as 'scrpcnt's slime" Hc
said: Il desire 10 d!scl;,:m all respon-
sibil'ty for this unhappy hour. and to
place II where il belongs, upon the
executive head of this institution, and
upon the man who with malice in his
heart so diabolical that he prefers even
the wreck OF this institution rather
than that one whom he hates should
escape his vengeance. He is impclled
by cowardice, falsehood and deceit in
every laundering step of his course"
HIS HARANGUE LASTS FOR
MORE THAN HOUR
His haranGue lasted for more than
an hour. during the course OF which he
laughed and cried. pleaded and de-
manded. gave vent TO flights Of fowery
oratory and poured forth anathema af-
ter anathema upon the head OF DR..
Denny.
The upshot of the whole business
was that DR.. Losey declared that DR..
Denny had defaced the report card OF a
student. He said that the president
had given the student a higher grade
than his work warranted. in order that
he might influence additional enroll
ment ut the university.
DR.. Losey was accompanied at the
meeting by his wife, who is dean Of
women at the university. DR.. Denny
was present also, and through the
whole meeting preserved a dignifed
silence. answering placidly any and all
questions put to him by DR.. Losey and
members of the board.
The affair has created vibrant scn-
sation all over Alabama Tuscaloosa
to-day was crowded with interested
persons from all parts OF the State.
The meeting was held in the commodi.
Gus Smith Hall, in order that all might
be accommodated. A public hearing
had been demanded by DR.. Iosey, and
DIR. Denny had offered no objections
10 Il.
The outcome OF the hearing is no
surprise. for it has been felt all along
that the university president would be
upheld by the trustees, who, together
with practically all of Alabama have
the utmost confidence in the integrity
Of DR.. Denny.