The Washington times., 1921-04-06

college is already notorious through
college circles, for its injustices to
it's faculty, all due to the trustees
as We hire and we ire.' meaning, we
are responsible to no one and act ar
bitrarily.
"The Association OF American Uni
versity Professors has made a long.
judicial and conservative report OF
the case of former Dean Parsons of
that college. who was with gross in
justice 'nred.' This ruction changed
in 1917 almost the entire faculty. yet
the year I was there about fifteen of
the faculty left. either 'hred' or
treated so i'll that they resigned.
President Doniway gave no reasons
for my firing only after protests and
withheld some reason that ! have
good reason to believe moved him.
but which ne would not care to avow.
He charged that was cgotistic. His
evidence was: ~ That I had deliv-
cred before the faculty philosophy
club a lecture on religion in the light
of its origin which was atheistical In
character. This was true.
81 was told that this body was SCI
er :ific in spirit AMI liberal in gens-ai
tone. Yet in some faculty. despite
favorable receptions given by some.
1t aroused violent opposition:
"(2) Irving Howbert, president of
the First National Bank. had taken
violent umbrage at me, even before
college commenced in the fall and
demanded my discharge at once be-
cause. forsooth, 1 had preferred the
other bank to his. and had been COM
PEELED to say, after a short inter
l.
they had not the facilities that ]
needed. This was patent chiefly in
that | wished a safety deposit box OF
small size, and they had none availa-
BILE. Their equipment was old, but
because OF the rivalry between the
banks Mr.. Howbert's anger knew no
bounds. / have never met him.
think a man to take the action he
did is so unjust he should be shot
"ABUsE OF POwER.-
Here Is a strong example of arbi-
trary abuse Of power. President Dom
iway told him he would not renew
my contract.
and founder OF the depart
ment in which taught, learned Of
the religious lecture, took violent op-
position thereto and had his private
detectives look up all the incumbents
of the department chair. He evidently
found out some of my past troubles.
my divorce U had not
when my wife sued me for
divorce on grounds OF non-support
partially justified, though she could
never have gotten 1t IL had opposed,
for 1 was then ready and willing to
support her. I had grounds for d.
vorce from her, but did not wish to
seek divorce), which he probably mis-
construed, and he also demanded that
/ be hred. There were other minor
alleged which cut actually
relatively little figure.
The two trustees had loaded the
dice against me. l suffered soma emo-
tional disturbance on account OF this.
but less than usuai perhaps. Before
a too late day (late in May7) was
offered my present position as profess
sor of finance and insurance in the
College OF Business Administration.
Syracuse University. to head these
departments. This was an excellent
opening. Four years before I had
gone West as assistant professor in
a college; now returned to tho
East as a full professor in a univer-
sity. My salary had risen from 81 500
10 S-,tw-nOt SO TnuCn as IL seemed
due to rise OF prices, but good. I
could afford to an extent to overlook
injustices II every time I fell, I fell
upward.
Though I have not seen my writ
ten recommendations. from colleagues
and supcriors who know my work
best, I have good reason to believe
that they are very high ones Ny
chief at Colorado college, who acted
very fairly, appreciative-
ly and Justly toward me-Prof. A. p.
r. Drucker-said one day that made
a mistake, that he didn't know 1 ever
made any mistakes: such was my
reputation with him for efnciency.
"woNDERtUL BRAIN.-
"One OF my students was reported
by a colleague to have said that the
students marveled at my learning
that could teach anything! They
meant, of course. in my general field,
which is wide one, however. A
colleague In this university said on
rather short acquaintance, that I had
a wonderful brain Never. except at
GrineIl and In the ChiIdrcn's Bureau,
has any technical work been criti-