Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-23

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[thOV3l OF. ME, IOtten. "a. FL
Pe1nbina County Active.
/ Among those Of which copies were
received today at the Herald. office is
the following. from Pembina, signed
by los citizens. over half Of the sign
Pembina. North Dakota,
February FL, 1890. by
To Lynn J. Frazier. Governor Of the
state OF North Dakota. Bis
marck, N. d.
We, the undersigned, residents of
the city 9f Pembina, North Dakota.
and citizens Of the State of North Da-
kota. do. hereby respectfully protest
the proposed removal of DR.. Thomas
F. Kane from his position as Presi-
dent OF the University Of. North ,3Da-
kota. and request. the retirement Of
Mr.. George A. Totten, whose sdom-
responsible for this proposed remov-
al. from the State Board Of Admins
tration. '
A petition Of similar tenor was sent
from st. Thomas signed by 16 par
ents of university students.
Devils Lake Heard From.
The following petition from Devils
Lake is signed by over 100 residents
OF h q community. It was circvlat-
ed by alumni. OF the Devils Lake high
school.
To His ,Excellency, Governor Lynn J.
Frazier, Bismarck, N. D. 2+s
unrest in. educational affairs exists
throughout the state, anu -
Whereas. this unrest has reached
such alarming proportions at the
state university that the alumni Of
the institution feel that they should
do all in their power to avert the
catastrophe that threatens it: and,
Whereas, the dominating influence
Of George A. Totten upon the Board
sible for this. now,
Therefore. We, the undersigned
members of the Alumni association
and friends of the University Of North
Dakota. believing that 1t would be
for the bests educational interests of
the state, respectfully urge upon
your excellency to remove from Office
the said George A. Totten, and name
IS his successor a competent person
ing and ideals fit him for the import
M task Of administering the educa-
tional affairs Of the state.
Students Are Loyal.
Three students who were in confer
ence with the board members last Sat-
urday night today issued q statement |
emphatically denying reports that they
had been won over to the boards side
of the case. They issued the follow
ing statement:
To the Grand Forks Daily Herald:
An article in your Sunday morning
issue, obviously submitted by some
person who had neither the interests
of the students Of of the university at
h n0rt a~k{n4Isr -.S-~~. 900 |
t-tude. Fearing that readers, might
be led to false conclusions by it, we-l
the three students who interviewed
h state board of Observation-Disclosures
presenting this true statement Of the
facts.
What was printed concerning the
boards statements was true. But that
we yielded to the demands was alb
solute f~alsehood. Also, MI. Hagan was
present at the interview as well as
Messrs. Muir and Totten.
The board told us nothing that
would cause us to agree to their pro-
posed stand. They told US that Pres. |
Kane is inefficient and that at least
twelve faculty members Of high
standing would resign if Mr.. Kane re-
manned: but they gave us no proof Of
give us either the names Of the OBJ
jecting faculty members or the. rea-
sons for obtecting. on our part, in
the plainest Of terms, we attempted to
impress upon. the board our belief In |
Pres. Kane's efficiency and our belief
concerning the real motive behind ,
their action. Here again we received
no assurance that the case was not
exactly as. we had surm1sed. When
told that very likely more than a
thousand students would withhold |
their registration unless the request
for the Presidents resignation was
withdrawn, the board stated that that
did not interest them. At the close
of the interview, we reminded the
board that the result was unsatisfac-
tory and that we had learned no evil
dence against Pres. Kane. We left the
meeting thoroughly convinced that
there is no justification for asking for
the PRESIDENTS resignation.
We are of the opinion that no group
was more surprised ut the statement
in the Sunday Herald than that same
state board, of administration,
4, Signed,
-Gjems Fraser.
La Ell Weston.
Joe Morrison.
A letter received today from r. E..
Wenzell, attorney Of Rugby, N. D.,
Rtafoa that a tro<}fion Ho~a~d{n~ <ho%