Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-02
Regents Hear Tucson
Groups Praise Marvin
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outgoing vice president of the student
body; Marian Doan, secretary of the
student body; Richard Pattee, inter-
collegiate debater, and Joe Stallings,
former vice president of the student
body.
A large number of faculty members
also were heard on behalf of pr,
Marvin. lft
The session marked the opening Of
the defense case in the university
hearing. Some time ago, members of
the Tucson Ministerial association,
headed by the Rev. Ernest c.. Tuthil,
its president, brought charges against
l,Dr. Marvin, alleging that he had dis
rupted the, morale of the faculty and
of the student body and asserting that
he should be removed as head of the
university. A few weeks ago. ,the
regents spent three days hearing evil
dence adduced in support of the
charges and adjourned until this
morning to give the two court re-
porters opportunity to transcribe the
record.
AL the regents We're present today,
except Governor George w. P. Hunt,
ex-officio member of the board, who
was detained in Phoenix on other Of
ficial business. because of hiA inabil-
/ ity to be present, he asked that the
board defer any definite action until
he had had opportunity to read q
transcript of the evidence presented
at the present hearing. ttt
The diplomas of the graduates of
this year tonight We're sent to Gov
h oio1
that he might be able to sign them
and return them in time for tomor-
row nights commencement exercises
The regents will resume their ses-
sion at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Il welcome the opportunity to speak
word on behalf of a man whom I
have learned to respect and admire
for his character, integrity and splen-
ldid IDEALS Harold Bell Wright said.
TI come here not as. a school man,
but as one whose work brings him
into touch with school movements
throughout the country. Perhaps one
can best know a man when he is
away from his office. 1t is away
from, his office that best know DR..
Marvin. I have been with him in the
woods, along the fishing streams, in
the camps, in Mexico and by the fire
side of my own home.
"I welcome this opportunity of say
ing that l never knew a man of
finer character, finer ideals, finer
purpose.
81 speak as citizen, a voter and
a taxpayer of Tucson. 1 have no job
to nurse--I am not bidding for any
continuation of salary. I am free to
speak my mind.
when 1 have been away from Ari-
zona, L have heard men speak in ad-
miration of the work that DR.. Marvin
has done for the university in this
young state of ours.
'fWe want you to know that we
things that Dr. Marvin has been
dreaming of-things that we know
that you, too, are dreaming about.
'}We hope that you will go on MAX
ing realities out of those dreams
and God bless you"
Hinchcliffe, the chairman of the
citizens taxpayers committee, read a
statement outlining the purposes of
the group that he headed.
'fThe propaganda that has been
started against DR.. Marvin is not
borne out by the facts, in the opinion
of 80 per cent of the taxpayers Of,
Tucson" the statement said.
eve do not contend that Dr. Mar
vim is infallible or .superhuman. But
we do believe that he is honest and
that he is giving the university a
business-lilke administration.
owe have full confidence in the
board of regents and in President
Marvin and we hope that he will have
a free hand in carrying out his poll
cies.
Arizona is the greatest corporation
in the southwest, and the University
of Arizona is one of the most i'm
portant departments. Governor Hunt
is the president of the corporation
and you are the board of directors of
the. university.
eve hope that you will disconte-
nance every act of INSTRUMENTATION
against Dr. Marvin and that every
such destructive exhibition of insub-
ordination will cease"
Hinchcliffe supplemented his writ
ten statement by adding that the
committee was not appearing as wit !
nesses pro or CON-" but merely wanted
to express it's faith in the board of
regents and in Dr. Marvin and to
express it's, readiness to answer any
questions that the board of regents
might care to put to it.
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