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Show "Resolved: That the Chairman appoint a committee figep U [:11 mic; ; :to five Lovojcy t1 a posted on the views of the Faculty and to report t e a," to the Boerd; and the Faculty is hereby invited to cons 7 ,. ' 4. ' ,. l, "-'\ ..r,l,, rut-3.. L: 1.19".» on Faculty Relations, same J whose duty it shall be he tute such committees as it may see fit with such reSPeCtin duties and powers as it may give from time to time, agd the Faculty may provide how the Board shall be adv1se of its views." It seems to us that the above resolution does not need any explanation. However, it is our intention to have the Regents' Committee on Faculty Relations duly advised on Faculty sentiment, and on the other hand it is our desire that the Faculty will so proceed that we will always be advised of its sentiments, both as to the majority and the-y minority. As this resolution is a new thing, we are unable? to state accurately how it will work in practice, but it is? believed, from the few hearings already had by the Regents'; Committee-on Faculty Relations and the Faculty, will be successful, that it and that the Board and the Faculty ffl xzu will reach a full and fair understanding in respect to l" sHr it every question that can concern the conduct of the Universifii l'ermit us here to suggest that it Seems to the lay mindf that the deference accorded by the Board to Dr. Kingsbury in relation to these "Dismissals" finds support in the contenéfl tion of no less an authority than Dr. H. S. Pritchett in his Oklahoma University report, namely: "The-fundamental error which the Board of Regentsufi made was in confusing government with administration; it They were appointed to govern the University of Oklahoma. a task for which they were entirely competent. of governing it, Instead: they undertook to administer it, a task for which they were absolutely unfit. f The questiwq of choosing professors for the Specific work of efl departments of learining is one which ought to bevariou com! C mitted to an eXpert executive. It is for such thrd a board of regents appoints a president. When work this ,: board of regent s took into its hands the work of the executive, they entered upon a‘path to lead to diffie culties, to mistakes, and to injustice. There is as; "1‘ one way out, and that is to go back to the fundamenta_1x distinction between government and administration, anpfifl see to it that those who are to govern, attend to thefi‘ work of government and those who are ta administer til administration." i.‘pyewg |
