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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1897)
T LI E II E S V K i 1 A N Dr. Wolfe is Removed. "The regents have requested Dr. Wolfe to resign" was whispered, among thu .students who were in the library, yesterday morning shortly after eight. It was not Jong before petitions began to appear com rounding I)r Wolfe as an efficient instruetor ete. The petitions were eagerly signed by nearly 1000 Mmk'iits. Next it was proposed that all go to chap el and manifest the dislike of the regents action. They did. Kveii the casual observer who entered chapel yes teuhy morning could see something out of the ord inary had taken place or was about to take place. Not a seat was unoccupied, many were standing. 'Cries of Wolfe! Wolfe! Wolfe! what's the matter with Wolfe?" "Ile'.sall right," were followed by icoroiis applause. During this time the Chancellor and regents took seats on the platform. Considering the reported uit the Chancellor had taken in inllueucing the re gents action, he was placed in a rather ombarassing portion. When he stepped forward to lead the de votional excretes he incidentally remarked that it gratified him to mic department; students so loyal to their pinfsor. Ho said Dr. Wolfe was "all right" in many way.-,. The remark was received with hive from several parts of the chapel as if certain M'ideii s thought the staioment ironical A mav. meeting was called. The mooting was ea-hil for iclu. By U:u the chapel was again clouded J.D Dennison called the meeting to or ,l11' K. S Baker wsis elected chairman of the meet "'Band V 6 Philbrick, secretary A motion was adopted indexing tu, resolutions adopted at a nieeiiug tif the altitnui of the university. The reso lutions requested the regents to reconsider their actiotjiu regard to the resignation of Dr. Wolfe and Wwfurthw action until their meeting in June A con.in.ttee composed f Baker, Dennison, JJager, "H. K,lW,.t Pi.iil.rick and Miss Bullock were ' J, eo,lf,'' u"'th the regents. The regents "ad J'uiijmI before the committee was able to 'confer. a "solution was adopted apologizing for the hiss '"K f Hie Chancellor during chapel hour. .... WfUT TIIK CHANCELLOR SAID. 1 he report of the Chancellor to the regents show- e following departmental changes: Prof. W. uinpso,., instructor in mechanical drawing, re- 1 Utktept i. MiMa.yTrcniaine. 2 Uii.U.r.nfcnmw, History resigned to take effect hilt ' ,wI,h6.1,'"i"e,H work has been without H- M.el.a.lthoalrna.iveof resigning or do K -km otheCi,,pa1,m(,nts St cJoMfcio fon)i iwtn. , f u, rrsi,le(1 lls instructor in the art de- WsI . A,,a,"s WUH i'qted by the board of l1' IKI anllF,, rVf "S Amlml Ut bead m 1 " fi !h:h Liu'rlt,,r department. As " " noiWiin.,l department a choice was made between Prof. Sherman and I'rof. Adams Prof Sherman was chosen. Prof. Adams refused to resign and said he wanted a hearing before the board of regents. The regents refused the hearing. Chancellor MacLcan and Prof. Sherman both urg ed that Prof. Adams be retained as an instructor in the reorganized department for one year. The re gent, thought this not expedient. As lothecaseof Dr,Wolle the Chancellor said that members of the board of regents asked him if Dr. Wolfe were following the official advice given him by the executive committee of the regents a year ago through the Chancellor. This advice was that Prof, Wolfe should devote himself to his own department and not meddle with other departments. The Chan cellor told the regents that Prof. Wolfe had not fol lowed this official advice. The regents asked the chancellor what policy he recommended. The Chan cellor stated that he thought it for the best interests of the university that Dr. Wolfe's relations with the university cease. The work of Dr. Wolfe in his de partment was not attacked. Religious or political scruples did not cuter into the question of demand ing the resignation- It was held that. Dr. Wolfe was disloyal in not co-operating with the rest of the fac ulty. A conference committee met Dr. Wolfe to de cide how he should cease relations with the univer sity He refused to resign. The regents then de cided that his services would not be needed after September 1st. The Chancellor urged that many of the changes and department coordinations were made for the sake of economy. Ho said that the new order of things would save the university 4,fi00.50. The Y. W. C. A is preparing for an entertainment in the near future. The distinguished Kev. T. DeWitf Talmage gave a chapel talk this morning. D. L. Killen celebrated his birthday Saturday evening by entertaining some of his friends. Those present were Misses Trester, Standish, llosa Buck ley, Packard, Bartz and Moore and Messrs Jones, Wiison, Sackett, Swiu, Warner, Gates and Uosa. Miss Buckley and Mr. Wilson were the champion crokinole players. Refreshments were served ut a reasonable hour and the remainder of the evening was turned into a musical. At midnight tho guesUi departed, wishing Mr Killen many icttirnsof this eventful day. Examinations Are coming on and you will use your eyas more than you have the whole year. When your head begins U ache, you may safely attribute it, in most cases, to your eyes although the pain may not be near them. lu most cases a pair of glasses will re lieve this without medicine. Call and let me look at your eyes Examination free. E. S. King, Refract ing Optician,1 l0'O Street.