Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-24
CALLS ALUMNI PAPER
AS BAD AS TRUSTEES
Harrison Morris and Wharton
Barker Answer Register in
Penn School Row.
mo KNOWLEDGE OF FACTS"


tion Of the board of trustees concerning
its conduct of the Wharton School in
dicatcs that the Register is ''in the grip
of the same hidden forces which has
made the institution the mere dictagraph
of monopoly" according to Harrison 5.
Morris.
Wharton Barker. a trustee, and ne
phcw of the founder Of the wharton
School. declared today that the teSis
tcr's reply was apparently made with
out knowledge of the subject matter
under discussion.
Mr., Morris replied today to an cdi
torial published in the Alumni hcgist'r'
which seeks to justify the policy OF the
trustees. a policy that Mr.. and Mrs
Morris declared in statement last
week to be responsible for mishah-
agcmcnt and disruption Of the Wharton
School.
Mrs. Morris Is the daughter OF Joseph
Wharton. whose endowment of SoOO,OOO
made possiblc the founding of the
school. Wharton Barker. trustee ana
nephew of Joseph Wharton. also crlti-
cizod the conduct of the trustees.
The PENNSYLVANIA Gazette will carry
an editorial from the pen of Edward X.
Bushnell. which attempts to rctutc the
Morris allegations, made following the
resignation of DR.. j. Russell Smith.
Mr.. Morris's View
'Tikc the University of Pennsylvania
itself. the Alumni Register is in the
grin of the same hidden forces which
have made the institution he mere dtc-
tagraph of monopoly and does not rep
resent the alumni. but only the trustees
of the University" Mr.. Morris said.
"Thc real facts in the matter are
that the Wharton School teaches mod
crn principles. and the trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania don't want
that kind of teaching.
"Thc Alumni Register does not rep
resent the alumni, but only the trustees
of the University.
"The General Alumni Association is
in the grip of the same hidden forces
that have the University in their power.
1t is run in the interest of reaction,
and only those acceptable to the re-
dictionary will of monopoly and high
finance can be elected as trustees.
"We have had interviews with most
of the professors of the Wharton School,
who are suffering from the oppression
of the dean, who represents the hidden
forces. The phrase sitting on the lid
was quoted by us from the lips of q
professor. We have received letters
from students who have been denied a
free education. We are told that many
of the students contemplate entering
other universities because of the treat
ment they have received and because OF
the loss of professors whom they deeply
admire.
Like Monopoly at Bat
The ridiculous statement that tn,
/. family of the late Mr.. Wharton want.
the endowment back is characteristic,
OF monopoly at bat. If the sum wer,
.. ever returned, it doubtless would b,
conveyed to n less medieval University
where freedom and justice are respect
ed. If the University gives up the en-
dowment. it will write itself down fo
what we have accused it of being-sim
ply a dictagraph for monopoly"
, The original Morris statement de
clared that Dean William Mcclellan
of the Wharton School, received hi
: $500 salary illegally that he ha,
never performed the functions indicated
in the deed of gift Of Joseph Wharto
and that he ''sat on the lid"
The Barker Statement
The statement of Wharton Barke
q follows:
, "lf the public could read the deed
) of trust of Joseph Wharton. in whicl
the purposes U the school are declared
q the extract from, the Alumni Registe
would be seen to be one made withou
knowledge of the subject discussed.
IF the deeds of trust of Josep
Wharton We're published and read wit
a attention, the high standing reputatio
e of the Wharton School Of Commerce an
/, Finance would be understood, becaus
= the public would know that the investi
t cations and teachings of many of tn
r professors, (which often have been be
Y lieved to Tend toward establishing
= new order of the relations of men t
G paCil OIneF ana 10 the HdtOH,
a of which have been, l believe, in &C
a cord with the purposes and demands O
- Joseph Wharton.
n y Science of Man
'Some critics forget that on the re
y verse of the great seal of the. Unite
n States are Latin words translated
o Facts accomplished produce ne
h order of the ages And they forge
= thata in the evolution of the last hun
e drcd years social science-the scienc
of man-has taken the first place anon
v the sciences.
q "Those who have special privilege
a encourage chemists, physicists, metal
lurgists and the engineers who max
Il practical the discoveries in thes
n sciences, to make as much research an
: discovery as 'diligent study and consid
Grafton require. Because they know
or perhaps only believe, that they wi
:, be able to buy these discoveries an
% use them for the development of til
II special privileges they have. And S,
no interference is made with all teach
crs of what are called the exact sciences
But when the great social and econom
questions approached by the professor
and instructors tend to disturb the es