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Show I 'l 1 e.1 1 for 12 years, 1 for 15 yea.rs, 5 for 14 years, Liswors to 1 for 17 years, 1 for 19 years, 5 for 20 years. lovejoy Questions 2 for 25 years, 1 for 26 years, and 1 for 37 years. . 2 for 16 y ‘ 5 for 22 yea?1 ' From the above date it will be seen that during nearly; 40 years only eight professors have failed of renomination,aufi, of these, four failed because of friction between the profasg ors themselves making it imperative that the University Shows diSpense with the service of one or both of the disputants.fl Question 2. Is it the understanding of the Regents that they may at any time refuse to reappoint a professor, without specific charges against him, without a hearing? Answer 2. Yes. However, we deem it better to state it the facts and practice. In the first place, we call attentiF; to our Answer 1 as partly applying here. In the second place, we here quote our statute: (See Compiled Laws of Utah, 190?, Section 2500) to-wit: "All contracts hereafter made with professors, instructors, or employee, Whether for a definite time or . indefinite time, shall be subject to termination at the will‘ of the Board or of its executive committee, if the Board be not in session, when the interests of the University so require." As stated in Answer 1, exercised, _In practice, this right has never yet been ? reasons have uniformly been given ft persons affected, and a hearing, if one is desired, except as we now recall, in the case of one person only, as to whomflfi it was considered by the Board to be for the best interests of the University and of the professor concerned not to grant a hearing. The attached public statement by the Boarfs 0f Regents, dated March 17, 1915, explains the general practik jand instructors. , E? |
