Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1909 — ENTIRE FACULTY DISMISSED [ARTICLE]

ENTIRE FACULTY DISMISSED

Differences With Trustees Cause Board to Take Drastic Action. Denver, April 27. —Differences between the members of the faculty and the board of trustees of Westminster university, a Presbyterian institution here, arising out of a general reduction of instructors’ salaries, resulted in the dismissal of President Joseph L. Weaver and the entire faculty. The reduction caused President Weaver and the faculty to bring suit for back pay and the dismissal followed.