The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 12, 1917, Page 11

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O I NLUS ey 21y Rt "*‘ hL AL L PRIV L ) L e (o NS A e N RO 2\ /5 Ty it P12 e AP Kl ok Y Josiednny g T R SO ONH Jorf grimes, & PO e B NSNS TS PPN A YT ot G LA A o A Wl et I VSN ST PT I /LY LT W5 3 A PR R L e Cgmeeie A Ao r AR have made and of the educational work of the college throughout the state, such as the extension lecture courses, the package library and the Little Country theater. The Leader’'s public- ity of Ladd’s tests alone has made the college famous throughout the land. The college has never had better or more favorable publicity than the Leader has given it. As to the charge about ‘stirring things up” at the college, the Leader admits that it has not been asleep while the board of regents has been plotting to remove the farmers’ friends who have built the college and reduce its standing as an educational insti- tution. It has thrown the great white light of publicity on the plots and treachery of the board of regents. Its efforts have been to keep the college from being, turned over to Big Busi- ness and reduced in scope and stand- ing, and to Keep the farmers’ friends on the faculty from being hampered, humiliated, , disgraced and kicked ‘out. .- If that is_ “stirring things up” ‘the Leader pleads suilty dand'is' proud of its guilt. S e ! LADD TELLS HOW MATTER CAME UP Ladd’s statement in foll’ follows: “] keenly regret that 1 am forced to make any public statement, but .duty and loyalty to the college compel me at’ this time to do so. For seven years the Agriculture college has been the foot- . .ball of politics, kicked about’by petty | politicians and one group ‘or party'in ithe past has not been' one whit better :than another. They haye not ‘striven - _for the upbuilding of 'the 'college as ‘an » educational institution to’ omé-haif ‘the _extent they. have o gain control.of its. policy or to further their’owir schemes: or ambitions and this to the disgrace . of our educational system and state Petterment. Any man who dared to speak has hazarded his future if be has been- disciplined. It is unfortunate- disgraceful that such should be the Case. I trust that it may be purged for gl RIS 2 R il e TSNS NN e EY TR o e LR TR Nt ot SR PN g gt v P AL s Ly 1 P T : all tifhe, but the curse is outside more largely than inside. “THE CONTROVERSY: At an ad- journed meeting of the board of reg- ents in May a member of the faculty was being, as I thought, unfairly criti- cised, and I defe}lded, as well as I could, his course, when Mr. Crawford said that if I had been a real president I would have demanded his resignation within 24 hours of the occurrence and my action would have been approved by the board. After further comment and discussion Mr. Crawford asked me to resign as president of the college. Nothing was said with regard to my work in the regulatory department ex- cept to ask how much time I put in for the college. To this I replied, two- thirds of my time. LADD IS ASKED TO APPOINT BREWER' I 'did not feel that there was any good reason for resigning, and I thought that I should be given 4 chance, as I felt I had never yet failed in what I had undertaken, but added that the board of regents were the doctors and the highest power and I must abide by their action. “Mr. Crawford said that he desired the resignation on file so :that they could be looking for a man to take my. place and that it might be some:little time before the change could be made. He then instructed Mr. Brewer to write a resignation for me to sign. Without further comment Mr. Brewer at once proceeded to do go. In the interim Mr. 'White statéd concerning the publica- tion' that had been given in the New "Rockford Center with regard to look- ing for a man that neither ‘Governor Frazier mnor ~Mr. Crawford were to blame but that he had requested the ‘man to look for a suitable person as president for the Agricultural college. Before Mr. Brewer had apparently completed writing the resignation, at the suggestion of Mr. Power he was again recalled. “It was now late, nearly 1 o’clock, and the board adjourned. In the afternoon Mr. Brewer came to my office and stated that he had discussed the mat- ter further going to town and that he was confident that it was not the de- sire of the board to in any way handi- cap my work in-the regulatory depart- ment., “On the following Monday morning an employe and representative of the board came to my office and said he was going to make a suggestion, name- ly, that the board members were very fond of Mr. Brewer, and inasmuch as | had asked for an assistant to aid me as food commissioner, if Mr. Brewer was appointed and the correspondence and general work turned over to him, he was confident that the board would not take further action and that this would be a good solution for me. Mr. Brewer had previously applied in per- son to me for the position. The board had already furnished me a man to act as deputy in the administrative work. ENOUGH TO DO BUT NOT TOO MUCH “No one regrets more keenly than I the dragging of these matters into the public press, but they are beyond my control and will be as long as petty politics dominate and compel subser- viency to their demands, ; “It is said I have too much work. I grant I have plenty to do. It is not work that injures or kills, but petty annoyances and worry because of such annoyances. Besides, I have a devoted body of loyal workers among my asso- ciates 'in the faculty who have aided me. Again; the legislature in the oil bill provided for a deputy who has charge of all oil work, and this relieves me ‘'of any added duty. The railroad commissioners have provided ample aid, a deputy inspector, a clerk and stenographer to handle the routine work. The board of regents at the April meeting my request for an assistant the regulatory work now appointed, and my duty was to PAGE ELEVEN > f Riadmal ol PP PR T s T il Fad P o S i AP AN N D S s . ot 15 1) AR DI ey . Pt I NNt i sy e O Y (Y VNS RN e L gy a1t e L TN T AP i 111 o o, LN S vt o NP ek KOs o B I NI AN TV ; NPT g P S, w\f%\fiflk’hrm’v A 2o ST VLT Y i organize the work and develop the col- lege as an educational institution, “TO THE FACULTY: Do not for the sake of any one be drawn into this unfortunate maelstrom, for your sake and that of the college. I stand alone, with no one else involved. There has never been a more loyal and devoted faculty than that of the Agricultural college during the past year. Harmony has prevailed; your support came to every undertaking and 1 place you, without fear of contradiction, as the equal of any faculty of any other col- lege of the same rank and type. Stand for your work, be loyal to the college, stay with it, be honest in your efforts and discuss, not even among your- selves, this unfortunate affair, for by your efforts and with the support of the student body, the educational standard has been, in the past year, much improved, and do not let it be set back. “I am but an incident in the ubuild- ing of the college, and as the curtain may be forced down, I say to you, it will surely rise again, and as you have served so may you be rewarded in its future greatness. We all come short of what we would like to do. If at times I have seemed unsympathetic, you may now catch a glimpse of the trials that have made it necessary. “What I am here forced to say is with no feeling of ill will towards any one, and I shall regret if any one is forced to feel othcrwise .towards: me, but petty politics can never be made to mix with the spirit of true educa- tion and research. My work and its results I am willing to leave to the will of the common people whom I have endeavored to serve during these years.” PATRIOTISM? John D. Rockefeller bought several million dollars worth of liberty bonds— and the price of gasoline was raised 2 cents a gallon, It's easy to be a pa- triot, if the other fellow pays the bills and bears the brunt of the battle— KILDEER (N. D.) HERALD.