Arizona state miner., 1927-02-05
URGES NON-PARTI-
SAN REGENCY At
THE ARIZONA j
Former Regent Thinks the Students
Who Enter Politics Should Be
Spanked.

Students who meddle in
the administrative affairs of uni
versity should be spanked.
Unless politics is kept out, the uni
versity will go to pot.
A non-partisan board of regents,
one-duarter of whom are elected
every two years for eight-year terms,
with full control over the institution,
is the solution of the present uni
: versity problem.
Those were three concrete sugges-
tions made recently by a former re-
gent of the University Of Arizona,
Adj. Louis Davidson Ricketts,, presi-
dent and consulting engineer Of the
Inspiration Consolidated Copper COM
pany, officer and director Of half
dozen other leading mining companies
of Arizona, and one of Americas
leading authorities on mineralogy
and metallurgy.
Dr.. Ricketts passed Through Tue
son on Southern Pacific tran No. 1C3
en- route to his home in Pasadena, in
his private car Tyrone He was ac-
$companied by a number of prominent
Los Angeles business men, including
H. M. Robinson, president Of the First
National bank and chairman of the
Aboard of directors of the Pacific
Southwest Trust and Savings bank,
and John Barber, recently elected
president of the First Securities COM
pany, vice president of the First Ma
tional bank and vice president Of the
Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings
bank They were greeted at the sta
ton by their old friend, Frank H.
Hereford, Tucson attorney.
cit would be lamentable if the uni
versity were to be plunged into poll
tics DR.. Ricketts, said "It is an edu-
cational institution, conducted for the
benefit of the children of this state,
and their parents are first of all citi-
zens, regardless of political belief.
The university will go to pot, in my
opinion, if it is not run in nom
partisan way"
The former regent was outspoken
in his censure of student interference
in the administrative affairs of uni
kersity.
"All such students ought to be
spanked" he declared, with charac-
teristic trenchancy of expression.
fThey are sent to the university to
learn and not to boss the works.
They have plenty to do if they ac-
complish what they are sent there to
do-acquire an education"
DR.. Ricketts, resigned from the
board of regents four years ago. He
was appointed by Governor Hunt, re-
signed when Governor Campbell took
office, was appointed later by Cover
1 nor Campbell and resigned after
Governor Hunt assumed the executive
chair to go to South America. The
distinguished engineer was a member
/ of the board of regents that appoint
ed DIR. Cloyd Heck Marvin, but re-
signed before the latter took Office.
CDR. Marvin is a fine, able man,
and I admire him greatly" DR.. Rick
etts said.
Mining conditions are good, save
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get a fair price for the metals, ac-
cording to the mining executive.
''The low prices of metals present
I serious problem, but the physical
condition of the mines is good,' DR..
Ricketts, declared. "We have just
opened new teaching plant at In
spiration with a capacity of 5000
tons day, to produce 100000
pounds of copper q month. 1t is get
ting us good results
DR.. Ricketts, is the author Of q
number of important treatises upon
mining and metllurgy and in 1910
was awarded the gold medal Of the
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
OF Great Britain for his paper, enti-
tied 'Reverberatory Practice at Can
AREA, Mexico"
Although Dr. Ricketts, has a home
is Pasadena, he is still a citizen Of
Arizona and maintains his residence
in Warren.