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Show professors from their contracts after the beginning of actual service in order that they might accept more desirable posi- ,iovejoy [Questions tions elsewhere. The statutes of Utah provide that all con- tracts with professors, h at the will etc., may be terminated at any time of the Board whether such contract ite or for an indefinite period. This right, is for a defin- however, has never been exercised. . We herewith submit data to show what in fact has been the actual tenure of office of professors from and including 1878 up to the present time, to-wit: Of those who have resigned to go into other business or W}; to accept better positions elsewhere, or because they had been employed for one or two years only to take the places of professors on leave of absence; 8 were in the service of the .University for 1 year, 8 for 2 years, 4 for 5 years, 4 years, 5 for 5 years, 5 for 6 years, 9 years, 1 for 10 years, 2 for 7 years, 1 for 11 years, 5 for 1 for 1 for 17 years, and 2 for 22 years. Of those not renominated for failure to get along well with other members of the faculty or for cause, in service for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, 2 had been 5 for 4 years, 1 for 6 years, and 1 for 8 years. Died in the service, 4 years, 1 for 6 years, 1 who had been in the University 1 for 8 years, and l for 25 years. One man after 5 years and another after 4 years of service were not reappointed because a change in courses made their services no longer necessary. Of the present members of the faculty, service for 1 year, 2 for 2 years, 4 years, 2 for 5.years, J.8 years, 1 for 9 years, 5 have been in 4 for 5 years, 2 for 6 years, 1 for 10 years, 4 for 5 for 7 years, 5 for 5 for 11 years, |