Stuk A-2120 - Dr. Ira A. MacKay - Portrait

Original Digitaal object not accessible

Title and statement of responsibility area

Titel

Dr. Ira A. MacKay - Portrait

Algemene aanduiding van het materiaal

  • Graphic material

Parallelle titel

Overige titelinformatie

Title statements of responsibility

Titel aantekeningen

Beschrijvingsniveau

Stuk

referentie code

A-2120

Editie

Editie

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Datering archiefvorming

Datum(s)

  • [before 1921] (Vervaardig)

Fysieke beschrijving

Fysieke beschrijving

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archivistische beschrijving

Geschiedenis beheer

Bereik en inhoud

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ira Allan MacKay, MA, LLB (Dalhousie), PhD (Cornell), and professor of Philosophy and Political Science.

Bio/Historical Note: A pivotal event in the history of the University of Saskatchewan has come to be known as “the University crisis of 1919.” The matter became public on June 28 when the Saskatoon Star announced that four members of faculty had been fired without explanation. They were: Samuel E. Greenway, director of Extension; R.D McLaurin; head of Chemistry; Ira MacKay, professor of Law; and John L. Hogg, head of Physics. All were senior members of faculty with many years of experience. The affair had started in March of that year when Greenway had accused Walter C. Murray, University President, of falsifying a report about University finances. This complaint had been made to the government and not to the Board of Governors. In early April Council voted 27 to zero “affirming its confidence and loyalty to the President” while four members abstained. Three of those who abstained plus Greenway were dismissed as the Board put it, “in the best interest of the University.” The public and the press clamoured for an explanation. When one was not forthcoming, calls for a public inquiry were loud and persistent. In accordance with the University Act, the Lieutenant Governor assumed the role of Visitor and through the office of the King’s Bench held a series of hearings. The Visitor’s report was delivered in April 1920 and vindicated the Board’s decision saying it was “regular, proper and in the best interest of the university.” The professors were not protected by tenure but were employed “at the pleasure of the board.” Their act of disloyalty was enough to cost them their jobs. Ira MacKay’s career did not suffer any lasting damage from his involvement. His dismissal, along with that of the other three, was changed to a leave with pay for the academic year of 1919-20. Later he went on to McGill University as a professor of Constitutional and International Law. MacKay was appointed professor of Logic and Metaphysics and dean of Arts at McGill. MacKay died suddenly of a heart attack in 1934 at Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, and is buried at Outremont, Quebec.

Aantekeningen

Materiële staat

Directe bron van verwerving

Ordening

Taal van het materiaal

Schrift van het materiaal

Plaats van originelen

Beschikbaarheid in andere opslagformaten

Restrictions on access

There are no restrictions on access.

Termen voor gebruik, reproductie en publicatie.

Photographer: Unknown

Copyright holder: Unknown

Other terms: Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.

Toegangen

Associated materials

Related materials

Aanvullingen

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standaard nummer

Trefwoorden

Onderwerp trefwoord

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beheer

Digitaal object (Master) rights area

Digitaal object (Referentie) rights area

Digitaal object (Thumbnail) rights area

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres