Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1915 — Daughter’s Fiancee Must Look For Another Job. [ARTICLE]

Daughter’s Fiancee Must Look For Another Job.

The announcement h«s just been made of the engagement of Miss Helen Dickson Jones, daughter of President Edmund J. Jones, of Illinois University. Her fiancee is Prof. George Enfield Frazier, comptroller of that university. *." When Prof. Frazier psked President Jones for his daughter’s hand in marriage the president said: “I give ray consent but j ?u must resign as a member of m; . faculty, for I am opposed to havpik realtives among my teachers ev n unto the fourth generation.” Prof. Frazier tendered his resignation. Later for publication Mr. Jones said: “Boards of trustees and pdblic school boards should be prapibited by law from appointing -to positions within their gift any tperson connected by blood or Mfrriage with any member of the tePfching or administration staff. Nolnan is a fair judge of the ability orlervice of his own children or other Relatives. He is only liable to overvf|lue~them or to do them an injustice. Nepotism, or the favoring Of omfs own relatives, is in its quality a more subtle and more corrupting influence than either polities or religion directed to the same end, bad |s there are.” Prof. Frazier’s value' in the 'lllinois faculty is well known but President Jones’ told him if he chose his daughter h«? would have to go elsewhere for a job. Representative Gardner, of Mass began yesterday a letter agitation of the of the army and navy with a deeiara tion that the “whole navy has got into a rut. It’s dawdle, dawdle, dawdle all along the lipe from voter to president.”