The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-14
Meeting of the Board of Trustees Of
the University of Mississippi


Called by urgent engagements from our
editorial duties the past week, We have re-
turned in time only to communicate to our
readers in this issue of the Missssippian, the
gratifying result of the deliberations OF the
Board of Trustees of the University OF Mis-
sissippi Our readers may be aware that the
meeting of the Board was special one, call
ed. we learn, at the instance Of DR.. Barnard,
the Chancellor of the University, to investi-
gate charges which were bruited about i'm
pugning his loyalty to Southern institutions.
Sensitive to accusations no less groundless
than damaging to his reputation and to the
prosperity of the University, DR.. B. demand
ed an immediate and thorough examination.
After a patient and laborious investigation the
Trustees unanimously declared his acquittal
of every allegation brought against him, and
affirmed as Southern nrsn their increased conf
dence in his integrity, capacity and peculiar
fitness in every way for the position which he
occupies at the head of the University. The
verdict of the Board, it is scarcely necessary
for us to say, is confirmation of the De
and abiding conviction of the public mint.
| this confidence in the fitness of DR.. Ban
and his able colleagues, is due the steady
/ growth of the University in public favor and
its rapid progress on the high road of prosper
ty until it has reached an eminence of which
the whole State may be proud and from which
it looks down upon many Of the boasted insti-
tutions of learning in other States. Public
expectation will not be disappointed, there
fore, by the announcement that DR.. Barnard
has come fortA from the fiery ordeal unscath-
ed, and that his reputation, like refined gold
| from the furnace, has been made even bright
er by the test.
The following is an extract from the min
utes of the Board:
The Committee appointed to draw up reso-
| lutions embodying the decision Of the Board
upon the charges preferred against DR.. +. A.
P Barnard, the Chancellor of the University,
report the following:
RESOLVED, That the charges are, in their
opinion, wholly unsustained by the evidence,
and that the said f. A. P Barnard stands full
ly and honorably acquitted of every allegation
brought against him.
Resofued, That after patient hearing and
investigation of all the testimony in the case,
we, as Trustees and as Southern men, have
found our confidence in the ability and integ-
rity of the Chancellor and in his fitness for
his position, increased rather than diminished;
and declare our full conviction that his labors
are doing great service to the cause of educa-
ton and science, and placing the reputation OF
the University on an immovable basis.
Unanimously adopted.
With this verdict the whole public will b.
content While we cannot condemn the spir-
(which prompts the loyal citizen to vigilance
in the protection of the rights and institutions
Of his own State, and are therefore not pre-
pared to complain even Of those who origina-
ted these accus atoms, we trust now that all
parties will cheeriully abide by the verdict o.
the able and impartial tribunal to whose arbi,
trament they have been submitted. If they
are sincerely devoted to the welfare and pros
perity Of their own State, as we believe them
to be, we can have no apprehension that they
4. will persist in line Of conduct that can have
no other effect but to darken the prospects o.
/ her University which contributes SO largely
to her advancement in literature and to hel
/ renown.