Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1920 — OUST PROFESSOR OF OHIO SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

OUST PROFESSOR OF OHIO SCHOOL

Wooster College Trustees Drop W. L Chancellor for Attack on Hording. REPUDIATE HIS METHODS Teacher Was Accused of Spreading Broadcast Letters Which Were Alleged to Have Been Inimical to Senator’s Candidacy. Wooster, 0., Nov. I.—The resignation of Prof. William Estabrook Chancellor as a metfber of the faculty of the Cbllege of Wooster was requested by the board of trustees here on account of “exigencies due to the publication of letters as to Senator Harding. attributed to Prof. Chancellor.” The action of the Iward, in the form of a resolution, followed a hearing during which Prof. Chancellor answered question touching the authorship of the letters which were alleged to have been inimical to the senator’s candidacy.

Call for Resignation. The resolution calling for Prof. Chancellor’s resignation folldws: “It having come to the knowledge of the board that circular letters are being scattered broadcast throughout the country with reference to Senator Harding, Republican nominee for the presidency, which letters are attributed to Prof. William E, Chancellor, a part of which he admits to have been written by him; “And, whereas, such circular letters issued on the eve of the election are for the,manifest purpose of appealing to prejudice, and in influence the electorate of the country pt the coming election; “Therefore, be It resolved, that we, the board of trustees of the College of Wooster, repudiate and denounce such political methods as utterly unworthy of our college and country. “And be It further resolved by the board that the College of Wooster Indignantly disclaims all connection with knowledge of or authority’ for the making and issuing of any such circular letters.” Dr. Stone in Conference. After a conference with a commitee including Dr. John Timothy Stone of Chicago, president of the board, Prof. Chancellor stated that, while conscious of the embarrassment occasioned to the college, he felt in his breast that he had done nothing wrong or improper, and that he will continue to have the kindliest fueling toward the college and board.