The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-14
REGENTS UPHOLD
PRESIDENT HILL
Make Official Report on
Discord in University
Faculty

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Hhl. The report follows.
The question OF The admlnlatra .
tion % the University o. New Mexico
undcr the prnsidency % Dr. David 4.
Hiil, during the last scholastic yenf
mas been under confederation hv tho
executive committee OF the board II
regents md hy the board Of regents
or the State University. The mentors
OF the faculty ~ the University were
given an opportunity to express
Themselves fully aud frankly. and the
executive committee took pains to
ton.
The board finds that during tho
scholastic year 1890. the univer-
sity embarked in stricly college and
university work. Early In the year g.
was determined by the board OF re-
gents TO adopt n managerial system
Of administration which consisted In
making the president of the rniver-
sity h sole manager 81 the admins
trative affairs or the University. the
faculty to be directly under HE sup
ervihion. and through II the student
body TO he under the presidents al
rection The president Of the uni
veraitv In directly answerabic To- he
board Of regents. and through him
n through the executive commit
tee. the board OF regents keeps In i'm
mediate touch with the admlnistrn-
ton OF the University.
1T appears from The Investigation
that ma board has conducted, that
this managerial system which was
established by the board was not fll-
" understood by some persons. II
appears, also. that there were M
ms differences Of opinion on the
mart al nnaH.N.w. - a. 1T
corning certain decisions and actionr
upon the part ~ the administration
which were MOI fully understood by
said members ~ ne faculty. possibly
because ~ the fact. iu the opinion.
~ the hoard that they did not per-
coive fully The meaning of q man
ngerlhl system ~ administration.
Some members appeared 10 have u
belief that ~ was n purely faculty
management, or that there should be
"a puriev faculty management There
were also objections upon the part
~ certain members Of the faculty
rs 70 VIVA appeared tu them To be
a lack ~ responsibility aud conf
dence accorded To- them. The board
haf found that a. some OF such in
stances there were communications
TO the president by such members
nf the faculty when I'm doubt. and
therefore n disagreement was often
apparent and . real. The hoard
likewise found a. one source OF DIS
sa%iisfartion the fact that the require
ments 81 the University as to acad-
enuc qualifications of the members
OF he faculty ran counter To the per
sonnl preparation Of certain mem-
hers. President lin has insisted upon
improving the educational standard
of h faculty. and In making opcrn-
i've those features OF The teachers
contract which require the members
NJ the faculty To- spend the summer
vacation In recupcrntion, or In i'm
proscmrnt Of their educational
standard 80 as 10 be more efficient
In the discharge 81 his or her duties
rs In structOr. or Ia employment on
dorscd by the board ana himself. u
appears b q the University Of New
Mexico. as an other colleges Of good
standing, "a usk, In addition Ca
other qualifications. that the mem
beers OF the faculty have adequate
credentials Of postgraduate courses
In order that the standard of TIC
univerHity may compare favornhlv
with that ~ other colleges and in
situtions Of learning. and that young
men n OF New Mexico may
be given the hest advantages possible
for The money expended
The board finds defects and am
biguities In the present form of tracts
which probably represent an accum-
ulatinn Of practice aud additions
from timc to time. The board Will
undertake To improve the statement
81 an new contracts Tor the future.
with al regard Ia cloarncss of tx
prcssicn and equity The salaries,
as a rule. are lumoutably low. and
We await Legislative relief. This fact
Of Inadequate pay Is u legitimate
source of sore complaint upon the
part Of the well trained instructor.
However,. the hoard has increased
salaIaes during the year ~ well as
could be done with the means avail
aide
THE hoard finds that Dr. nm has
been a very efficient and energetic
president. that he has tried In every
the University. The board finds that
The system has improved many Of
the departments, both ~ affecting
the student body and the faculty, nud
also the business management Of tho
Institution. The board has come to
the conclusion that Notwithstanding
the changes which have been made
In he faculty-and there are estim-
able members Of the faculty whom
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OF New Mexico has gained q better
rank thar over before In its history
A better understanding now exists
with the remaining members OF the
faculty. aud the controversy which
has Of late been given publicity has
dwiudl,d. The board aud the prcsi-
deut will spare no effort To- employ
excellent instructors as vacancies APP
pear.
1t b. therefore resolved by the
board of regents that the admiuistra-
lion Of Dr. Hnl as president ct the
University ~ Sew MeNiCU is 20 the
satisfaction Of the board and iu lc-
cord with the plan ~ action which
this board has adopted, that iN, inc
managerial form of administration.
w believe We are improving the
educational standard uf the Iuiver-
sity OF New Mexico rs the chief ed
vocational institution Of the state ~
New Mexico. u h. further resolved
hat Il h. the purpose ~ this board
10 continue me managerial system
~ administration.
CSiEntdb
NATHAN JAFFA.
President.