, 1874-01-23
The Matter to Be Examined by
the Deacons This
Afternoon,
And Be Submitted to the Congrega-
ton in the Evening.
FnlI Statement Of DR.. Burroughs Side
Of The Case.
rhe Long List Of Accusations Against
DR.. Everts.
na Will Submit His Reply To-
Day.

The great subject of discussion among Chica-
~ Dspt,sts in general, aud South Side ones in
particular, is the controversy between the Rev.
Or, Everts, Of the First Church, and e1-Presi-
dent Burroughs, OF the Chicago University. The
difficulty is no new one it has existed, in sub
ducd form, for dozen years. though it has only
.one to head within E. few months and been
brought down to fine point within few days.
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
It is difficult to fix tLe responsibility for this
long misunderstanding between these two emil
pent Baptitt leaders. To certain ex-
tent, it was inevitable, and due to the
circumstances OF the case. DR.. Burroughs
xas Id many respects untitled for the
position he has 60 long held. He was slipshod
l. his way OF managing matters, loose, though
never dishonest, in his administration Of fnan-
cal Affairs. The tone and discipline OF the Uni
rersity ran down while in his hands. He had
not tho gift OF management. He allowed him.
self to be too much occupied with matters OF de-
tall He is man who las always been too late.
Be has thrown away great opportunities by
fatal unreadlncss. He Was OF al1 men the least
fitted to control University which needed q
strict disciplinarian and a close financial mana
SCI.
IN the other hand, DR.. E1erts,
while intensely interested in the sue
cess Of an undertaking OF which he
Ess one Of the promoters. ia person who has
sometimes more zeal than discreuon, aud WHO
paouds not 70 much by what he says 0s by Lis
1aanncr Of saying it. He does not always bear
IN mind the observation Of the Apostle to the
Geutiies. that '.All things are lawful for me, but
not all things are expedlent."
THE FIRST BREACH.
As far back us 1861 Ur. Everts became con-
yinced that DR.. Bur1ougn ms was not the man Tor
the place he held, and consequently he went
directly to lin, and his o.unt and earnest way
informed the Doctor OF Lls opinion. Said
Le doctor Burroughs, you must resign;
YOU are not the man for the place" To THIS Dr..
Burroughs responded he was ready to go when
sny other person was elected 10 ill the vacancy;
no" says DR.. Evelts., 'you mus. 30 first, aud
then we will get a man,"
Dr., Burroughs was unable to see the logic OF
this. He was half CONSCIOUS that he was not the
proper man, and get he felt that he WAS better
than ANYBODY they could get. So he held Oh,
Ind, Instead of keeping Dr. Evelts' advice Sc
isine t he s Vent to Lis friends aid told
item that Dr.. Eye1ts had said to him
be must resign. Must he so because
d. E4cr.s said eo? Naturally they replied.
"Certainly not; let DR.. Everts a:tend: to his
OWL business; We, the Board Of Tlustees, are
!he persons interested III this matter, aud Ne
Loue eau direct your departure.
MANY Of the members Of the Board, though
personally friendly to Dr.. Burroughs, felt his
1nitness FOR the position, but they naturally
,esented anything WHICH seemed to SAVIOR of in
;srfereuce from an outsider and were thus urged
nto supporting tie President with degree OF
snerpy which would not have otherwise been the
:&Be.
This dissension. thus begun, has grown Bit
krer aud b.tterer. DR.. Evefts has Always 'e1-
pressed LIS opinions with great frankness, while
Dr. Burroughs complained to his friends, and
Kept over what he considered an attempt to
peEsccute him. lie hung on the uecks OF the
trr,steea. They complained of hum, aud yet did
aot luos how to get rid Vi hin.
TIE OUTBREAK.
That which led to this public outbreak, was
n article III religious pager suggesting that l,a
interest OF Dr.. Burroughs. whose affairs
had teen SO loosely managed that 3 balance of
s20,0U0 could not he accounted for. Ihereupon
long correspondence ensued, in Which hr.
Leander Stone and G. W. Thomas took part, the
la:ter being the advocate of d.. Burroughs,
chose integrity had never been lmpeached, but
uao had been charged with not being q good
bookkeeper When the Auditing Committee OF
the Board set to work to audit Dr. burroughs
accounts, it waa found they had been bo un-
methodically kept that he could not produce
7ouche.s to represent expenditures to the
lmonnt Of s20.U00. At the same time, the
Doctor had q claim for salary to the
r,'oane or ho,.s j. he understood the
sA,00o was expended for college purposes, and
,oma en1,o1 ,yain
Tur FTrcu71vr COMMITTEE.
I'm. finally hIessry. L. D, Boone, Samuel
uos.a c1,,th and n,r Hna, he,nr tl1e
Executive Committee OF the Board Of Trustees.
esnrrang IA cause of Dr- Burroughs. sent
normnnIe,t;nn tn The First Daptist Church;
comnlannr of the coaduct of tneir pastor III
c;rcnla4;- eecanfnions renorta couceruiuc Dr.,
1,rrannhs snd Is;no r,1iltv of conduct 11n-
hecom;nr ), A no;n,steT and q member of the
Church Tn;s conrse was uuprofcssional Tie
ptopar way to have done. was to have first called
upon Dr. Ever1s, stated t1e case. aud requested
n r1n1anot;on IF that wero refused, or il it
were unsat,sfactory. tLeu. and not till then
should Complaint baye been made to the
Tie Deacons of the church, the PERSONS who
IRE to ta;e coru,zauco of this mater, and who
meet for that pu1 pose at O'Clock this afternoon,
lreJames Z. TyIer. Thomas Foster, William
DunieId. ]. Il. Mills. Edward Goodman, A Bel
hmy, +. s. Parker, A. n. Shepherd, William
Goset. Will,am C. Dow, RIP. Waul. and Mf.
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