, 1872-10-10
THE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.

THE CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.
rhe Annual 1sonrd Meeting To-day
..hc Present Questions Mt lsaue.
"a 93e Edi.or u The Chicago Iti5usle:
51R: 4 week ago, wrote + communication,
which WAS published in TEE TRIBUNE, calling
che attention Of the Board Of Directors Of the
Chicago University to certain matters connected
-stsh that institution, which, if public rrnor be
at all correct, need inquiring into. These mat
ters were, in substance, as follows:
l. That the University has not kept pace with
the prosperity of Chicago.
e That h3lf-a-doEen extraordinary opportuni-
ties Of relieving the financial endorsements,
and Of procuring endowments for the UniTer-
a'ty, have cotoriously been lost
3. That the majority Of the Faculty have, from
the first, and do now, doubt the competency OF
The President OF the Uniyersity.
4. Tint the scholarship Of the denomination,
Eest and Vest, have always doubted the Presi-
dents qualifications for his Office.
To these allegations it might hare been added
Shat many Of the students of the University.
s5ith enlarged opportunities for observation,
hare become utterly dissatisfied with the Presi-
dent j; and that the educated public OF this city
h3 re alWays lacked confidence in him
Now, what answer do the friends Of Dr.. Bur-
xoughs make to these state @nts Simply no
enswer at slL But Mr- Burroughs himself, or
sc1ne one of his friends, Ills the ears OF Times
oditor with t1unped-u story that somebody else
wants to get into his oicial shoes, and that that
rs the cause Of the charges that hive been made
He makes no attempt to answer the specific
queries OF my former communication. but en-
aeavors to sugmatize the controversy as per-
sonal quarrel, and to regard the writer Of this,
@nd all who agree With him, Is conspirators who
sneak anonymously into publicity
It Ia not my wish to deny the good which Dr..
Burroughs has done in the early history OF the
university, but rather to c1aim that the highest
usefulness Of the institution nov REQUIRES that
he should retire. Some OF the most brilliant
scholars that have graeed the Faculty OF the
UnirelsiE have been actually driven away, or
compelled to resign, by reason of their want Of
cEahdence In the headship.
And is It not true that, owing TO the ine9tri-
cable confusion in which the University accounts
have been kept, the several fnancial agents Of
the institution hare found it pleasanter to re-
sign their positions than to continue the hope
2ess task OF etaightening them out7
moreover, it Is notorious fact that citizens OF
Univa1nty, and vino would naturally send their
ssons there Il it such institution as it pro-
4eeses to be, do, nevertheless, send them away
70 distant seats OF learning, which do not assert
tbs sounding title Of University
With reg ard to the divine whom D1. Bur-
sougls calls a an ecclesiastical wire-puller and
apecnlatm," it is not neceesary that should
esy ono word. The pastor of the First Baptist
Gnnrch needs no eulogy. Hsworks are bis defend
egB, far more potent than words. It is enough to
9ay thxt, in the Baptist denomination, the coun-
TT over, no man stands his superior, ae 3
Father in the Spiritual Iarsel," to use Dr. B's
oppression Ills fault in this case is simply that
he ras N enthusiast in regard to the Ghicsgo
University. He raised the endowment Of the
Greek Chair in that University by his own per-
sSa snsb fol'e'ssons Ea s;5sa at IT. the East for
pensadon- The credit Of the last scheme for
paying the University debt belongs almost !
wholly TO the members Of the First Baptist |
with the most enthusiastic and self-sacrifoing |
encouragement Ct the pastor. he never re- |
eiyed , cent fur tho work which he did in con |
nee a With 'he scheme, Dr.. Burroughs to the |
col y nott outstanding. /
a this Is why the pastor Of that church is
dragged into the controversy, and charged With |
she prepostesoos desire Of getting into Dr.. B.'s
oeived the least intimation that he would, in any
eake, Accapt the Office and all the other allega-
Gons n reference to said divine are equally false
and malicious, and ere in q line with the Gus
the real issue, and shield himself while divert
ing attention to somebody else The pastor Of
the First Baptist Church has always been sats-
ded With his pastorate. It is simply one act in
10 got nd OF everyone who nakes himself con
spicuous by contrast with the President, espec~
1ally In the matter Of rsising endowments for
shs uniyeEsity, snd in obtaining aid to cancel
Ehe debts Of tie institution
Dr.. B says in the Times, that want of
enoney has crippled the University from the be-
ginning" Very true. That is what We say; but
dead 4 tie IN is whom nAa the ofsR Bapt
no9nination had confidence, the University would
never have ls:ked for money.
With regard to the charge that 41D, 900 was to !
have gone into the treasury Of the University,
an condition that the pastor Of the First Baptist
Church should resign his position on the Board
ut Directors, It is simply necessary to say that,
Is seon Is the condition Eas made known, he
gromptly wrote his resignation; but the objeo-
70 4ct upon the Board The ground
OF hts refusing to give anything to the Uniser-
nhtUB OF which, the President of the University
Ieocws, related in respect to the pastor of the
First Baptist Church
ts invited to refute the allegations herein made,
before he attempts to stigmatize those who !
differ With him IS conBpl1ators. He is further
Invited to express his opinion whether they ara
editorial, tha burden Of which is all innuendo.
When Dr.. B. wishes to discuss the facts in the
Ease, and not to make side-issues be will find {
That some Of his truest friends think that the time
bag come for him to step aside. :" Not that they
love C*esaz le.a, but Rome mora"
70 nte Editor u The Chicago TRIBUNE: !.
sB. hxve noticed, within 5sy two, come Ar
1cl-s in TEE TRuuxE, relative to the Presidency Of
Chicago University. They ths public outcroprtngs
Systematic course Of slauder and detractlon en-
sred upon ten twelve rea1s ago, and pereistentfy
lolloxed up IN and ont Of sesson, from that
dme to this; exnanang from single SOURCE and h1E
Ing object IN view: the displacement Of that Of
1c.., and the putting of ether in his plaoe
Ihe President bAe, 1t different ZINES, go t2r reCoE