The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-06-12

me out in the statement that few men
if any, can claim to have said more
good things in behalf of the Univer-
sity and said them more frequently.
= With this in mind it appears to me
. that the references made to me in the
resolutions of the Board of Curators
of the University were most migrate
: full.
Two petitions were filed with the
Board of Curators requesting that the
members of the faculty be called be-
fore the Board Of Curators in execu-
tive session and there questioned con-
corning the charges preferred against
Doctor Hill In one of the petitions
the names of twelve members of the
faculty were mentioned. In the 9TH
er petition the names of twenty-siX
| faculty members were mentioned.
The Board of Curators instead of
calling these twelve persons as well
as all Of their colleagues before them
and taking their testimony in execu-
! tive session for use of the Board only,
these members were asked for writ
ten statements which would, of course,
be voluntary and if not given in exc
cutive session become public proper
ty and be available at all times for
use against the member submitting it
in the event it contained statements
not favorable to Doctor Hill. The
members so written had the privilege
of voluntarily going before the Board
and making statements.
In the article copied from the st.
Louis Post-DispatcE and appearing in
the Evening Miss0uTian of June IL, it
is stated that | appeared before the |
Board of Crrators the night before |
with request that the investigation |
be postponed. l did not appear be-
fore the Board the evening of June |
10, neither did l ask that the inves-
tigatiOn be postponed. | went to the |
office of the Secretary of the Board,
J. G. Babb; not finding him in /
stepped across the corridor to the gen.
eral office of the president of the Uni
versity and there l saw Mr.. Babb and
handed him form of resolution to be
called to the attention of the Board of
Curators, which resolution, had it been
adopted by the Board would have pro-
vided for committee from their num-
Der to sit in Columbia in secret ses-
rlRfQh onthnri1oA |
powered by the Board to summon be-
fore them all persons known to have
information bearing on the situation
in the University and to take their
sworn testimony, this testimony, to be
transcribed by stenographer under
oath and transmitted to the Board for
its use. This form of resolution was
handed to Mr.. Babb before the inves-
tigation began.
The Board of Curators, 1t seems
preferred different plan l under
stand the deans and a few other per-
sons appeared before them. The to-
tai number of persons considered as
faculty members. as | understand, is
about $50. There are nine deans
The Board of Curators from the
evidence which they secured exoner-
ated Doctor Hill; however, it seems
that they were not content with this.
but chose to place in their resolu-
ions statements rejecting on the sin
cerity of one who had asked for
'air investigation to determine the I
acts, statements which are extremely
unjust and, no doubt, will be consid-
cred so by hundreds of my friends l
md acquaintances throughout the 7
state when they learn ali the facts. +
j. KELLY WRIGHT. =