The Van Buren press., 1873-12-02
The Industrial Uniycrsity---ifs New
Officers.

OHicerS.
! We find in a late Little Rock Daily Repnb-
1 lesn, an editorial commencing the selection
of General A. w. BisuoP, as President. and
alse, that Of Gen. n b. PEARCE, of Benton
County. Professor of Mathematics, of the
above University at Fayetteville, that meets
our views so well, we copy entire, with our
unqualified endorsement We ARE glad the
| Trustees made these selections from our own
citizens, confident that the appointments will
reflect As much credit upon the Institution
and State as any they could have made from
abroad,
1 General Pcarce Is too well known In Ar
kansas. to need a word at eur hanus. and We
feel confident the Trustees will have no cause
of regret in his selection.
In addition to the above rccen! appoint
ments, Lieut. T.. 5. tuRrIss of the % Artil-
lsry L. s. Army. lately on duty at West Point
has been assigned to the position Of Instruct
or in Military Science and Tactic. in the Uni
versity.
With this able addition of instructors, the
Industrial University Of Arkansas, will take
front rank with the educational institutions
OF the country.
HoNoRs woRTHILY BESTOWED.
The announcement that Gen. Albert W.
Bishop has been selected as president Of the
Arkansas Industrial University, and Gen. Is.
Pearcc, of Benton County. as Professor OF
Mathematics and Ciyil Engineering in the
same institution viii, we feel assured, be re-
ceived by the friends OF education through
ont the state with very general satisfaction.
! The selection il especially fortunate for the
interests Of education. The people are to be
congratulated over the acquisition Of the two
gentlemen named to the ranks of active edu-
Gators in the state; and we predict that the
University under their immediate auspices
and directod will arrive at high degree OF
pros perity and attain high standing as an in
stitution of learning.
General Bishop Is pretty well known TO the
people of the state. lie IL graduate of " old
Yale" OF tho class of 1853 OF which President
" hitc Of Cornell University Geo. w. Small
ley. the able London correspondent OF the n.
\. Tribune; Benz. Il. Phelps. district attor-
ney OF New York city; General Randall Lee
Gibsan of the confederate army. now OF New
Orleans Col. J. Stoddard johnson of ky and
Edmund e.. Stedman. the writer and poet
were mrnhers and graduates. Cen Bishop
WAS principal, during 1884, of the Cortland
Vile academy. New York. During the year
lS5I-'5o and '56 he studied law with tho emf
nent law firms Of Wadsworth 4 Cameron
and Rogers, Bowen & Rogers of Buffalo. n.
Y. and was admitted to the bar in Nov, 1856.
lie practiccd law in Buffalo until August, 1860
when ha removed to La Crosse, WIS, where
he formed partnership with Hon, Angus
Cameron. spcker Of the house of representa-
tiyoS Of the Wisconsin legislature In Ah-
gust. 1861. Gen. Bishop entered the union ar
my as lieutenant in the First Wisconsin bat
tory; was afterward appointed captain in the
Second Wisconsin cavalry and WAS soon after
appointed lieutenant colonel of the First Ar
kansas cavalry and adjutant general OF the
state Of Arkansas. He resigned the latter
position IN 1867 and was soon aiterward APP
pointed register in bankruptcy for the Second
/ district Of Arkansas In August, 1873, Gov.
/ Brxter appointed him adjutant general Of the
state. While performing the outlines of the
Office Of register and of adjutant general, he
| has made himself active and efficient rs pres
! ident OF the Mercantile Library association Of
| this city, rs secretary to the board of Trustees
OF the Doaf Mute institute, and as "A member
| Of the examining committee of the Little
| Rock free schools. His zeal in behalf Of edu-
cation is proyerOial and the learning, abili-
| ty aud systematic energy he will bring to the
cause of education in the influential position
to which he has been called, peculiarly quali-
! fy him for the discharge Of the duties OF that
! high Office.
| Gen. y, Il. Iearcc. the gentleman VINO mas
been elected professor Of mathematics and
civil engineering in the University, is grad
nate Of West Point OF the class of 1850. Gen,
Pearec was II general in the confederate army
and. after the war returned to his home in
Benton county, in this state, lie is gentle
man Of culture and ability, and besides the
duties of professor Of mathematics and civil
engineering will, pro tempore instruct in
military science and tactics,
The 1o.rl Of Trustees OF the University
has done good wor.: thus far, rs the favora-
Bile progress Of the Institution shows, aud Its
action In selecting Gems. BismGr and Pearct
for the positions mentioned VIII, We dc not
hesitate to say, receive the general csmmcn,
dalton Of all intelligent persons.