The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-04-11
DR.. A. c. STEELE
RESIGNS FOLLOW
ING CONTROVERSY
Acting President of Minot Normal
School Charged With Teaching
Doctrines Opposed to Good Gov
eminent of State and Nation.

. . o . . 9 . o o 9 @ o o . o o o
. A. G. Steele, temporary pres :
9 dent of the Minot Normal school, \
9 handed in his resignation We'd
. nesday following the unfortunate Z
q statements which he made at the {
9 institution the day before. Mr.. Z
. Steele displayed rare lack of 9
Q Judgment in finding fault with .
o our government in the method Of 9
q financing the war, at this time, 9
9 and he has paid for his indiscre- 9
y ton by giving up one of the 9
o most important educational posi- .
9 tions in the state of North Dako- =
9 ia. He will leave our state I'M 9
. der stigma which can never be 9
g effaced. Mr.. Steele admitted, it 9
g is understood, that he showed a .
9 lack of Judgment in making the :
o, statements which he did. He is 9
o convinced, now that it is too late, :
o that this is no time to discuss 9
o matters which have been in the 9
Q hands of the government for a :
o long time and which Uncle Sam Z
o is handling to- the best of his Q
. ability. Mr.. Steele states that :
(. he is not pro-German and we 9
o hope that he is not. He says 9
o that he is of English descent, ::
@ that he is entirely loyal, and 9
. that the affair arose over a diff .
9 ference of opinion only. After Z
@ Tuesdays affair, Mr.: Steele 9
o would have been positive him 9
q drance to the institution and he {
. did the proper thing in resign :
I. ing. This most likely ends the .
g incident. :
Q While Mr.. Steele may not 9
o have been conscious Of the great 2
9 amount of damage such state Z
g ments as he made could have Z
o been to the cause Of our govern :
. ment, yet at this particular time ::
. he should have known that those :
% statements could have resulted :
o only in dischord and harm. We :
@ must do what we can to finance
9 the Third Liberty Loan and all :
o other war funds, and no discour- :
9 aging statements will be tolerat- (:
3. ed. This nation, if we are to (:
9 win, must be united in all things. :
q 8 80 o o o o o o o o . o 9 9 9
Following a patriotic address de-
livered by Jos. T. eastman, New Yorl
attorney, at the Minot Normal schoo
Tuesday morning, Acting President
A. G. Steele commented on the re-
marks Of the speaker in such man
ner as to arouse the ire OF the loya
citizens of Minot, who forthwith ask
ed for his resignation. :,
It did not take DR.. Steele very Ions
to make up his mind thai
that was the very best thing that HI
could do for himself and the instltu
ton, for late Wednesday afternoon
he wrote out his resignation, mailing
a copy Of the same to the secretar!
Of the State Board of Regents at BIS
marck. also notifying the secretar!
Of the Association of Commerce b!
telephone. !.
MIR. eastman had appeared at tn
Presbyterian church Monday nigh
and he was invited to address the stu
dent body of the Minot Normal schoo
Tuesday morning. He had given
short. interesting address settinl
forth the war situation as he viewe'
it, and urging a patriotic attitude II
General. He had told what German.
Vas and what power the kaiser,
country had behind it and urged al
loyal Americans to get behind ou
own government.