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election of Dr. Edwin Fausch to the Chair of Philosophy
at an initial salary of $1.000 with the [?proviso?] that he
shall assist in other departments especially in Latin,
so far as he shall have time -
It has for years been a conviction of some [inserted] the [end inserted] members
of the Board and of most of the faculty that we have
been getting little value out of our department of
elocution. It does not seem easily possible for a lady to
teach oratory as it ought to be taught to young men.
If I haad had time last year when the Chair was
vacant I should have recommended that it be not
filled. Besides we have athletics with us, and it would
not be wise to suppress it. A few years ago Wooster
passed a resolution prohibiting all intercollegiate games,
but as soon as a new President was elected they were
[inserted] Presidents
Annual
Report. [end inserted] restored. So I do not believe there is a college in the
state that does not more of less encourage athletics.
I feel quite sure that if some or all of the money
now paid for elocution were paid for the regulation
of athletics, and the matter taken in hand in a
systematic way it would yield larer results.-It may
not be advisable to take any action at the present time-
I have however put the [illegible] before you.
In the matter of salaries it is difficult for me or any
one else to make specific recommenations, on the
basis of strict justice. So many factors enter into the
general propoition. Sometims a department with [inserted] a [end inserted] few
students may exert a wider and more lasting influence
than another with ten times as many. In our case
a few specific recommendations for an increase seem to me
to be in order. Professor Copelands department has brought
in fees about $900.00. He state to the Board last year
that he thought he could promise $500. It cost in
salaries $1200. Here an advance would appear to be
proper. The musical department has done nearly as
well. I therefore feel safe in recommending an additional
[?101$ ?] to Professor McVeys salary with the proviso that he
is to arrange for the necessary rebates out of it. If his