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Show Question 4. If So, is it the purpose of the present fiti to adhere to this policy in the future? ) t i1 1 3 Answer. I Your committee hopes that the present Board fig} not longer adhere to the policy indicated in the answer to Question 5. Question 5. When Dr. Kingsbury, at the Regents' meetinfl of March 17th, 1915, presented his recommendations that Dr. Knowlton be not reappointed, did the President at that time tell the Board that he would resign the presidency of the University if this recommendation were not adopted? Answer. The President did not then or at any other time make this statement to the Board. I _ 1" " Question,6.Did Dr. Kingsbury, on the same occaSIon,‘¥ declare to the Board that he would resign if his recommendatift respecting the so-called demotion of Professors Marshall and L Reynolds, and the appointment of Mr. Widtsoe, were not accepfg Answer. make this The President did not then, or at any other tug; statement to the Board. Question 7" Do the Regents regard it as among the prqpfi~ or pertinent grounds for terminating a professor's connection with the University, that the professor had in private conversation spoken in a very "uncomplimentary manner of the W University administration"? In other words, is it among the"V conditions of tenure of office in the University of Utah; g that expressions uncomplimentary to the Administration be net? employed even in private? Answer. Your committee answers this question emphati- gcally in the negative. ‘ Question 8. Do the Regents regard it as among the pro-C" Lper grounds for terminating a professor‘s connection with Fthe University that the professor had, in private conver sagtion, expressed an unfavorable opinion of the Chairm an of 5the Board? In other words, is it a condition of the tenure {of office in the University of Utah that such an opinio n éof the occupant of that position be not even priva tely "expressed? ~ 3 i Answer. _ Your committee answers_this question emphati-l . ically 1n the negative, ; Question 9. Do the Regents regard it as among the rcper grounds for terminating a professor‘s conne ction ith the University that the professor. in reply to a irect question from a student, had expressed the opinion hat the educational standing of the University of Utaht «.yy hile superior to that of some neighboring institutions l as inferior to that of certain other institutio ns, I‘ : rgv . .‘v I Il‘ I '"' |
