The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-01
CATHOLIC j,
HEAD GUSTS
LAW DEAN
DR.. Fox Plans Fight to Keep
Post; Pearson Out at
Maryland u.

Administrative conflicts reached
a climax today in two universities.
At the University of Maryland
the duties of president were tenn
porarily taken over by H. c.
Curly" Byrd, vice president Of
the institution, following the resig-
nation yesterday of DR.. Raymond
A, Pearson, president of the uni
versity for the last nine years.
At Catholic University, the dean
of the law school, DR.. John Nc
Dill Fox, was notified following
his refusal to resign that his
services as dean would not be
required after october /.
DR.. FOX, it was learned, had
been asked for his resignation in
. letter by Bishop James H. Ryan,
university rector, on June IS. The
youthful dean not only failed to-
comply but did not acknowledge
the letter. - I .,z,dss.
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No charges accompanied Bishop
Ryan's letter. but in another let
ter last Saturday DR.. Fox was
asked to terminate his five-year
contract as dean on october by
order of the executive council"
According to the second letter,
DR.. Fox was told he was being
given notice in accordance with
the contract he signed on October
/, 1880, which appointed him law
school dean for five years. The
contract is said to have contained
a clause providing that the uni"
versity could give notice OF dis
missal three months before o.
tober of any year.
DR.. Fox. however, declared that
a subsequent contract, dated No"
vember II, 1884, appointed him
for two years without dismissal
notice clause unless charges were
preferred, superseded the 1880 con-
tract.
Yesterday, DR.. Fox's daughter.
Miss NarciSSa A. Fox was barred
from entering his office to obtain
personal papers of the dean.
Enrolment Up
DR.. Fox came to Catholic Uni
versity from Marquette University
five years ago, and has trebled
the enrolment of the local uni
versity law school and increased
its standing.
DR.. Fox today declared he. in
tends to flight his case through"
He declared:
81 have no fight with the
university. / am fond of the
university and of the rector.
feel that the whole thing came
up as the result of bad advice
given the rector. l know exactly
by whom the rector is being
given this advice, but 1 don't
want to say nOw-I will bring
that out at the proper time.
QUESTION OF CONTRACT
Il don't think the rector Is
responsible at all for this. 1t Is
a question of construction Of the
contract by which I was reap
pointed for a twO-year term last
November. This was in accord
ance with one Of the statutes.
"NO charges have been filed,
and 1 have been asked by many
people to fight this matter out
so that the Catholics in this
country can find out whether
the constitution and statutes
approved by the Holy See mean
anything at Catholic University.
I shall do So"
Catholic University officials de-
clined to comment on the contro-
versy. 1t was explained that the
Rt. Rev. James H. Ryan. Bishop
of Modra and rector of the univer-
sity, was the only person who
could make any statement regard
ing it.
Bishop Ryan is out of town on
a Today vacation, it was said at
his office. His secretary refused
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