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Regent Hackley Is Out

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
January
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Charles EL Hackley, Uie wU known rallllonalre of Muakegon, who has done ,si much for the schools of that city, and who was electetd last spring to the board of regents of Uie UnivèrSity for the full term has created considerable of a Bensation by handing in his reedgnation as such to (Jovemor Kich ;yMorday. Mr. Hackley's term of office beg&n Jan. 1, he súccedfng Kegent EEebard. 'J'lie reslgnaiion reads: llon. John T. Kich, goveruor. Dear Sir - With great regret I submit my resiguation as regent of the University. I ain deeply sensible of the j obligation I am under to the people of this state for electing me to the i-esponslble office, and tliat no trivial reason ought to prevaü me in laying down, at this time, the trust committedi to me. Siuce my election, bowever, unfoseseen and unavoidable duties of a personal character have fallen npon me which place it out of my power to meet and discharge the duties of regent with such fldelity ns in my judgment is due to the people, to my associates, and to the Univeiv-ity. Nö other course is open to me, therefiore, than to place my rcsignatton in your hands at the earllest posalble moment, to the end that Ihe vacancy may be fllled as your discretion may direct. With the sincere wishes for the increasing prosperity and usefulneas of the University, I remain very truly youre, CHARLES H. HACKLEY. Under the same date Mr. Haekley forwarüed to President Angelí this notice: "I liare this day forwarded to Hon. John T. Rich ray resignation as regent of the üniversity, a copy of whieh I hand you herewith." To Free Press reporter Mr. Hackley said that h:s resignation was prompted largely on account of the manual training, school ín Muskegon, in the welfare of whiöh he is so deeply interested. He looks npon it that if he has any time at his dtsposal it is rigiht he should devote it to the people at home rather tlian abroa d. He said he had talked the matter over withi his Muskegon friends, and said: "When I aecepted the nommation for regent it was done in good faith, or of eoUTee I should not have taken it. Since then, however, the manual training school project has come up, all tending to force me to take this step and resign the office. As I said before, I thought it best not to go and if there was any time to devote to the people I had better devote it to those at home." Regent Kiefer, of Detroit, was much surpiised when he heard of Mr. Hackley's resignation and said he could not understiand it. Vliy. ho lias not sat at a single meeting of the board yet," he said. "lüs term of office does not begin until this month. A f ter he has acceptetl the nomination and been elected by the people to refuse to take the office is astonishing. We were all very glad when he was elected. We thought he was a good man for the board, he had done so much for Muskegon and her acihools." President Angelí and Regent Dean express the greatest surprise and regrèt at tlie resignation of Regent Hackley. Neither of these gentlemen had any previous intimation of such action. President Angelí is not personally acquainted with Mr. Hackley. bnt wrote to him sonie months since inviting him to altend a meeting of the board of regents pa-evioiis1 to being installed in the iositioii to wilich he had been elected. Mr. Hackley replied at once and indicated his intention of visums the board at an early düe. The board raiüier expected to see him ; at the regular December sesslon, thnt J being the last meeting before his predecessor, Mr. Hebard, stepped down and out. but Mr. Hackley at that time waa in tlie sonth and eould not come. As Car as known Mr. Hackley had the greatest good will toward the board, and everything indieatcd that he expeted to take up hls duties as regent with the next meeting of the board, Jan. 22. Both President Angelí and Regent Dean are entirely in the dark as to Mr. Hackley's reasons for resignliig. The appointing of Mr. Hackley's successor will devolve npon Gov. Ilicli.

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