77 Reynolds is absolutely wrong in that he is interpreting by a garbling of the statements, and by absolutely misrepresenting my point of view. His whole criticism is based on this ignoring and mis-representation, and I would answer every single one of these criticisms, without a single exception as being mis-representations." Macinnis warned the Board to "beware of these wild vaguaries and conscienceless assaults that are made in this way." After hearing both men, the Board passed a Resolution giving a vote of confidence to the Dean, a copy of which was sent to Reynolds. The Resolutior spoke of the seriousness of the criticisms lodged against the Dean's doc- It concluded with a statement trinal soundness, and its destructivness. that unless Reynolds were willing to show loyalty to the Dean, the Board had no option but to dismiss him. The dismissal followed shortly thereafter. This action by the Board, though very drastic, by no means ended the contro- versy. Rather, it was only the end of the opening phase of the battle. Shortly after the dismissal of Rev. Reynolds, the Board received a letter from a group of students critical of the Dean and of the Board's action in supporting him. Another letter over the sign~ture of forty-::-,five alumni was received voicing the same complaints. The Board was quite dis~ turbed over these two communications because they were still unaware of the problem they were dealing with. In a restrained reply to both groups,, the Secretary pointed out the Board's responsibility under the Constitution, and that it refused to submit to the demands of these groups. The Secretary emphasized that "the Board had acted according to its b'est judgment, and had considered all the matters referred to it." The storm of criticism grew daily in intensity, and Dr. Macinnis ten- dered his resignation on February 6, 1928, only five months after the de~ cision to publish his book had been made. Th Board · t e d the resign~ · e reJeC ation, and prevailed upon him to continue as Dean. He agreed to do so pro- vided that he be unhampered in carrying out his policies and programs, to
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