sentences:  His political backing ended with the retirement of Governor Broward, and the inauguration of his successor Albert Gilchrist in January 1909.The Florida Board of Education, which then consisted of the governor and the state's elected cabinet members, oversaw the Board of Control and made no secret of its desire to remove Sledd, in part because members of the Board of Education believed that Sledd's admissions standards were too high and that the university was not growing quickly enough.Nevertheless, the Board of Control continued to back Sledd, and its members threatened to resign in protest.