Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 139, 25 May 1915 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1915

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8 PROFESSORS KEEP SILENCE BEFORE KELLY Decline to Testify Regarding Conditions at Earlham When Trustee Board Admits College Head.

FACTS ARE HELD BACK

Action Prevents Obtaining of Information Regarding the Charges Made by Elbert Russell. Having been assured that the investigation of President Robert L. Kelly's administration of Earlham college affairs, as a result of charges preferred by Prof. Elbert Russell, following his resignation recently, was to be conducted in a strictly confidential manner by the board of trustees without President Kelly being present at the board meetings, eight members of the Earlham factulty appeared this morning to give their testimony to the trustees but without exception refused to do so when they were informed that the board had decided to admit Dr. Kelly to all hearings. As a result of the action taken by the trustees, friends of Professor Russell frankly asserted today that the board has now closed the only avenue available to it to secure authentic information pertaining to the administration of college affairs by people best qualified to speak authoritatively on the subject. Takes Trial Aspect. "It appears that the majority of the trustees have formed the conclusion that this investigation is in the nature of a trial with the president of the college .appearing in the role of prisoner at the bar," said one prominent member of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, who has been active in an effort to secure a thorough inquiry into conditions existing at the college, which have been described as "deplorable" by Professor Russell. "As a matter of fact," he continued, "the board is now assembled to investigate its own business, the conduct of affairs at the institution. If faculty members and officers of the college have a natural reluctance to testify in the presence of their superior, who has been charged with malfeasance,, to all intents and purposes, it is onlyfair to conduct the investigation without the presence of Dr. Kelly at the meetings. "Three members of the board met Saturday to formulate rules of procedure and they agreed to provide for the exclusion of President Kelly from the hearings and to protect all witnesses connected with the college. These two rules brought about a deadlock in the board when submitted for approval and not until today were both of them rejected. Just-how the board will now proceed to obtain accurate information remains to be seen." It was learned today that at a meeting of the Alumni association next month it is quite probable that a demand will be made for the removal of President Kelly, and if the trustees fail to heed this demand it will be renewed at the annual sessions of the Western and Indiana Yearly meetings in the fall. A petition for the reinstatement of Prof. Russell to the faculty of the college has been signed by all except seven of the young women students at the college. BAVIS REJECTS PETITIONS FROM 186 CONSUMERS Petitions presented by citizens requesting council to rescind its resolution instructing the board of public works to proceed with condemnation action tor the acquirement of the electric plant of the Light, Heat & Power company by the city, were not considered by the mayor's petitions to the committee. Alfred Bavis, chairman of the committee and board president, said today that in the opinion of the committee it had no authority to consider the petitions as they had been addressed to the council and the mayor, consequently the committee decided to refer them to the council and the mayor. Invites Signatures. "I also suggested,'' Chairman Bavis said, "that the mayor invite the 1S6 citizens who signed these petitions to attend the next council meeting and advance arguments as to why the council should act upon their request and rewind the resolution. I do not know what action the mayor will take en this matter." Mr. Biivis clu! not conceal his satist'uction tutu less than two hundred people had signed the petitions. Men who were responsible tor drafting and circulating them, however, called attention to t ne fact that, no efiort had been made for a general circulation of such petitions. Their purpose, they sulci, whs merely to show in a general way the attitude of representative citizens on the project being so vigorously pushed by the administration without the formality of ascertaining popular opinion. Bavis as Spokesman. Mr. Bavis, acting as spokesman of the special committee, said that the only other work done by that organization last night was to review the arguments for and against the purchase of the electric plant of the Light, Heat i!t Power company. No action of any importance was taken, he said. The public service committee of the Commercial Club also met last night for the purpose of discussing the purchase project but that body took no action one way or the other, no agreement having been reached on the nature of the report to be submitted by board.

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