Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-08-04

ployed inrthe College, his sense of selfre-
spect would compel him to withdraw
"That," said the President, "iS iohn haze
aoanted for gears; ,oant to get rid of you; 90
as soon as you please; 90 TO Africa y you
please; l don't care II yOa 90 among the ne
gTOes," &c, DC. Prof. Arthur, tutor s., and
DR.. Blair were present, and can be called
OH at any time to attest the truth Of what
we here relate of the amiabilty and Chris
tian temper of this President of State
University, and his dignity and moral infu-
ence in Faculty of honorable and learned
men! There is the fact; no one can deny
it. And yet, he is shanefully continued in
that high position. These exhibitions of
manly dignity and Christian meekness, on
the lart of this, to his former associates,
historical President, are not so uncommon
as to render them sufferable. What must
have been the feelings of DR.. Blair, Prof
Arthur, and the other members of the Fac
ulty, as they went out from the presence Of
this President Of a UniUerStty upon that occa-
sionp The Pastor left the College, and re-
fused to return although the Faculty, feel
ing his need of further instruction, had Of
ten requested him to do so), except upon
the condition that DR.. Blair should be re-
moved. 1t might be well for the clerical
brethren of this Pastor to inquire how it
happens that the Pastor of the M. +.
Church in Athens, in his appropriate toork,
could be so largely involved in disturban-
ces in a State University? Here we have
the grouping of the actors in this Christian
recreation, in a State Institution. 1t was
very easy for certain clerical gentle
man in Columbus, who knew about
popular efficiency of the Professors
at Athens, as he knows about the African
Chimpanzee-onl Informed by a certain clan
to go to Athens as the great ALL of the
Ohio Conference, and in defiance of the
written protest of all the students in College,
except one or two, to ask for the resigna-
tion of DR.. Blair-a man who has more pop
ular power in favor of the College than this
Columbus minister and all the balance of
the Faculty put together. Who gave to the
Ohio Conference of the M. L. Church the
care and control of the Ohio University P
BY what authority do they assume to act !?
The whole transaction is an insult and an
outrage upon the feelings Of the public,
which calls for the interposition of the
Legislature. We desire and pray the COM
ing Legislature to inquire: 1st. Into the
propriety of allowing man to be Trus-
tee in t,co Colleges (not farther apart than
Delaware and Athens) at the same time
We think a man of cOmnendable sense and or
dinuy modeSty, would not wait for the Leg
islature to raise this question.
I'd. How many relatives in the same Board
and Faculty, in State Institution, can be al
lowed in view of the good of the College !?
1t might not be amiss for the Legislature to
inquire into the competencyof the President,
whom that Board of Trustees is continuing
at the head of that College, and under whose
administration the school has lost honorable
rank in the State, and whose Faculty, so
many able men have had occasion to leave
in the last ten years, and of whom rarely a
student speaks commercially; and further,
about whom there is more than a suspicion
that his policy is, to keep himself surround
ed by young and green Professors. If it has
come to this, that it is dangerous to the
character and reputation of able, learned,
and modest men, to be connected with the
present Administration of the Ohio Uni
versity, let the fact, sad and humiliating as
it is, be kno,oH, so that men aoho are men can
avoid this netoork Of treache'y and cruciflx-
ion.
Let the next Legislature give this matter
a thorough investigation, and "fat justitia
rudt CGlum."
A FORMER STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.