Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30

members of the old Board be esteemed
the Trustees of the University de jure
But to assert and maintain this right re
jquires both time and money. as before 6
final decision can be bad, the case must &c
to the Supreme &c art of the United States
at Washington City. This course will take
several years and involve an outlay OF
money that the Trustees, without any OF
the funds of the institution in possession,
are not able to make. If this were the
only remedy the Legislature ought, and
doubtless would, without delay, make the
proper appropriation to enable the right
fol Trustees to eject their trespassing rly'
ais at the end of the law. Fortunately.
however, We have cheaper and quicker
mode of accomplishing the desired pur-
pose, that is by action of Convention.
If the last Convention, in its sovereign Ca
pacity, had the right to eject the old and
install the new Trustees, in spite of vested
rights and chartered privileges, it follows
that the next Convention, in its equally
sovereign capacity, will have an equal
right to eject the new AMI install the old
Trustees. and this, We presume, the Conven-
ton will do without delay after its assem-
blage. The title of the old Trustees, rein
stated, will then be good, no matter how
the suit in Court be decided.
This being done, the next point for con-
sideration will be the selection by the
| Trustees o. proper persons to take charge
of the Institution, Some of the members
oc 1,n
vivors are scattered. Whether it will be
expedient to summon the survivors en-
mdsSe to return to their old places, is a
matter not entirely free from doubt. It
must not be forgotten that the University
languished il their hands before their dis
placement by the present incumbents.
We do not regard them as martyrs par
excellence in the Confederate cause or in
the cause of education, either during Or
after the war, or as entitled on any ground,
as O haere matter of right, to be reelected
to the vacant professorsAips. The humblest
preparatory school teacher in tho State,
who did his duty, suffered fully as much,
end the humblest private in the ranks Of
the army, who id his duty, suffered far
more, i'll bis own person and doubtless in
bis own f,mily, than did the III ambcrs OF
the old Faculty, with the exception of
Coloucl MARTIN, who was gallant soldier
They doubtless endured mauy hardsiips
and priya'ions, bnt SO did We all, no matter
whether in or out of the army.
We do not desire to be understood as
making any attack upon the oil Faculty.
We desire only to express doubt as to
the surviving members Of that body. In
deed, we are frank to say, we desire to
see the University rebuilt under different
auspices, and not altogether upon the |
same plan. 1t is to be the chief educa- j
tional institution in the State, and this |
being SO, we desire to see it placed in the |
hands of men who are the real representa-
tive, working men of The popular educa-
ti0nal interests in the State. If we be not |
mistaken, there was an impression in old |
times that the consideration shown to the |
teachers of the preparatory schools Of the
State was not that due to them from the
Professors of the University, and that the
tocrats, Of letters at least, in North Caro-
lima, and failed to seek or to listen to the
suggestions of teachers of pre-
schools. This state of things
ought not to have existed in the past-it
ought not to exist in the future.
70 the teachers of her private institutions
of learning the State of North Carolina
owes a deep debt OF gratitude for the
noble work they have done in the cause of
education. Singh handed they have had
10 fight the battle of free education, not
only against ignorance, but against fraud,
fapsticispi and malice, per-
3oniied in the vile wretch, who, with
3igus himself Superintendent OF Pub
ic Instruction in North Carolina
these men have proved their Gevo-
ion tf education and to North Carolina
or years, undo. the most trying or
leal. Let US call upon them to prove it
get further by giving to the State the ben
Eft OF their views upon the proper policy
% be adopted at the University. aud by
aking charge Of it and adHi nistering its
affairs in accordance Herewith. The men
10 rebuild the North Carolina University
must be representative men, representa-
i've North Carolina educators, thoroughly
Identified with US in thought, word, feel
ng and deed. These representative mon, !
qualified to fill any chair at the
University, are to be found in charge of
he private schools and colleges of the t
State. IF gentlemen, already professors,
hall decline TO be transferred to the Uni |
'ersity, while regrett1ng the loss of men Of {
heir great abilities and qualifications, we I
hall nevertheless not despair of finding g !
o'ps of professors unsurpassed in merit,
moral worth and in reputa- l
ion, among tie ranks Of the teachers of {
he high schools and academies in North '
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