The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-10
HUGH MORROW AND .BANKHEAD SILENT
 ABOUT RESERVATIONS AS U. OF A. TRUSTEES
President Denny Says Resig- nations Were Received Severa Weeks Ago and That No HI Feeling
 Exists

Hugh Morrow of Birming- ham and John II. Rankhead, Jr., of Jasper. who recently rendered their .esignations as members of the board of trac- tees of the University of Ala bama, declined to make any statement for publication re- parding the reasons for their action.
 Dr George H. Denny, president of the University of Alabama, ho whom the resignations were sent, admitted having received the resignations sev- eral weeks ago. but stated that no req son for the action proposed had been assigned by either MT. Morrow or MT Bankhead in the telegrams to him in which they rendered their resiSna- tions
 That there was my war brew
 ing on the board of trustees or in
 university circles was denied by
 pr. Denny, Mir. Morrow and MT.
 
 nted that the best of personal
 feelings existed now as 1t had aI-
 ways existed in the past.
 It is known that no other members of the board of trustees have rendered their resignations, and so far as could be learned yesterday no other mem ebrs of the board contemplated such step. It was denied that there is friction on the board now or that there n ri 1aaI 1.-Two to the resignations of the two trustees
 When called over long distance teie- phone by The Age-Herald at his home at Jasper yesterday Mir. Bankhead ad- mitted that he had sent his resigna- ton to President Denny several weeks ago. He declined to make any state- ment for publication as to the cause for his action. He deprecated any re- ports that there was a war eisting on the board or in university circles ard expressed his intention of continuing to lend his cordial support to the uI..- versity in the future as he had in the past
 Hugh Morrow. who is in Monugorn- cry, attending the sessions of the leg islature, was called by The Age-Her- aid over long distance telephone He also asked not to be quoted and de- clined to offer any explanation for his resignation. He declared that there was no personal friction or feeling be- tween President Denny and himself and expressed the wish that his resignation might not be misconstrued in such way that any injury would result to the university. He admitted having sent his resignation to President Den- ny several weeks ago.
 DESIGNATIONS NOT ACCEPTED
 in q i.to 4o11 phone conversation with a representa- tive of The AgeHerald last night, stat ed that the resignations of both Mir. Morrow and MT. Bankhead had been received by him several weeks ago, but that they had not been accepted and had not come before the board of trus- tees. The next regular meeting of the board takes place at commencement, next June and unless steps are taken to have special meeting, the resignations will not be cted on until that time he said.
 The resignations of the two members of the board were in the form of tele- grams. which were received by Dr. Dem ny the same day, but he declared that no reason had been assigned for their actlon Tn the messages he had received. He declined to discuss the possible req sons for the simultaneous action of the two members. stating that it would be Improper for him to make any state ment regarding the feature,i in as much as neither of the trustees had assigned any reason in their formal resignations.
 The very best of personal relations exist between MT. Morrow, Mir. Bank head and myself" said Dr. Denny eve have been personal friends since I came to Alabama and still remain so. The res lgnations of Mir. Morrow and Mir Bank head were received by me several weeks ago, but as there has been no meeting of the trustes no action has ben taken on them"
 KNOWS OF NO DISSATISFACTION
 pr. Denny. when informed that it had ben reported that dissatisfaction wnh the present order of things and conddct Of the university was responsible for the resignations, stated that he had heavd nothing to bear out such a report. He krew nothing about the report that the plan to work cOnyicts ou the ,,,inoroi