The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-07-12
PRES. LADD SHOWS INlQUITY
OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
A OF FACTS.

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It was now late, nearly 1 o'clock, and the board adjourned. In
the dS,a afternoon t%s m Mr.: Br fvrfFs came ge;d to m of NJ and ts stated It e w that to he had
that It WAS not the desire Of the board to to in any way handicap my
work in the regulatory department.
of the board came to my Office and said he was going to make a sag-
B Hss:s@: and ns%S fnssm snes s sse I had asked %s%s for AN Se assistant tsas to aid N me !" a:
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a te Sessd ~oui En n e ta ks' fur 'd%ss ae sE5 and a 1t that It this x' ~o sSdn be a s n
solution for me. Mr.. Brewer had previously applied in person to MI
for the position. The board had already furnished me a man to act
as deputy in the administrative work.
No M regrets more keeny than I the dragging of these matters
into the public press, but they Ire beyond my control and will be a S
demands.
It is said I have too much work. I grant I have plenty to do. It
is not work that Injuries or kills, but petty annoyances and worry be-
workers among my associates in the faculty who have aided me.
Again, the legislature in the oil bill provided for a deputy who has
charge of all oil work, and this relieves me of any added duty. The
railroad commissioners have provided ample aid, a deputy inspector,
regents at the April meeting granted my request for a assistant in
the regulatory work now appointed, and my duty was to organize
the work and develop the college as an educational institution.
TO THE FACULTY.: Do not for the sake of any one be drawn
into this unfortunate maelstrom, for your sake and that of the COL
lege. I stand alone, with no one else involved. There has never been
a more loyal and devoted faculty than that of the Agricultural COL
lee during the past year: Harmony has prevailed; your support came
to every undertaking and I place you, without fear of contradiction,
as the equal of any faculty of any other college of the same rank and
type. Stand for your work, be loyal to the college, stay with it, be
honest in your efforts and discuss, not even among yourselves, this
unfortunate affair, for by your efforts and with the support of the
student body, the educational standard has been, in the past year,
much improved, and do not let it be set back.
curtain may be forced down, I say to you, it will surely rise again,
and as you have served so may you be rewarded in its future great
ness. We all come short of what we would like to do. If at times
l have seemed unsympathetc, you may now catch a glimpse of the
trials that have made it necessary.
What I am here forced to say is with no feeling of ill will towards
any one, and 1 shall regret if any one is forced to feel otherwise
towards me, but petty politics can never be made to mix with the
willing to leave to the will of the common people whom I have en-
deavored to serve during these years. E. F. LAID.
July 5, 1917.