, 1874-02-07

satisfactory reason than tho ono generally as-
signed, VIZ: the determined though tinacconnt-
al,lo opposition Of DR.. EvortH. Lot tllB eyilorco
OF woas administration bo thoroughly inyoBti-
gatod.
GREEK cuArn FUND.
;. d. Anotior and por]lapa tho moat vital q,les-
ton to b. iinyTestgate u tho snhIng Of The
IL roatord intact, Chicago Univcraty will find M
fow takers among capitalists M A(iHaiBapui State
bonds: No moro funds will DO entrusted whore
funds hayo dieappoarod. If Mr.. Olarko'a atlmin-
istratlon held ltaolf roHpoueihlo for tho e14,0o0
OF TINT fund borrowed, during tho absence n,ld
without tho knowledge Of my fatlior. but by tho
ndyico Of Judge Thomas, tho Hon. J, II. Wood
worth, and Mr.. ]. K. Pollard Special Commit
was nocoAsarily assumed by tho admlniatratlon
Of Dr. Burroughs that soon nftor cjooted tho
forflor from Its place. 1nstoal OF replacing tho
$14go 1t l1as actually exhausted tho remaining
$1,000. Certainly II tlsero wnB nny stealing, my
trntlon ia qto us guilty as tho for,nor. Lcl this
DO boinycstigatcdl
FURTHER INTERPOLATION DEMANDED.
before DR.. Everts Ia written down III tho COM
ing history Hlaiidoror, NJ tho Executive Com
! ntttoo Inns boon p3oasod to call him, lot THO
charges made by him be properly investigated
by The Board ana proved falHe; Lot the Com
mittoo on History Inquire whether the opinion
Messrs. Olcott md Howard, profs. JohnBon,
Sylla, Sattorly, and Warron by N1essra. Mixer,
aud Olarho md Lawrence, the best alumni aud
tho present Faculty,, who so strangely failed to
respond to thu request to prepare tho usual elllo
Eintio resolutions upon tho occasion Of tho for
NAL resignation Of tho late President, Inns beou
much moro oxnltcd thnn tl1at Expressed By Dr..
Evorts. Perhaps tloy will be s,irprisud to dis
las daged to oxpresa in public what many others
ropreHaod In silont agony and despair. "A little
| further inquiry may convince thotn TINT tho
public are laughing at tho Board for ovon pro-
I fn wit min fotJbf nj
4 record Chancellor OF groat institution. Let
| this be invostigated
Before DR.. EyertH is writton down in tint his-
tory pcrseclltor, lot this Committee on History
inquire whether Ills persecution has not con-
sistca simply In a defcnso Of those Dr.. Bur-
rougha pcrsccutcd and finally drove from tho
University. May they In thcir cagornesa to do
! Or. Burroughs 1ustlcc, not be found guilty OF
aud successfully for tho Univorsity, but wloso
! honors haye boon Violently wrcsteu from them
by tho ox-prestdont, who forced them into re-
! trement. Let tfnt Committee be naganimouB--
olcott, Clark, and Mixer; and omholy 1t in tho
history even ii 1t cast into the shnde the ropnted
labors Of tie eingle-handod " Horcnlcs, who.
according to common tradition, has done it all.
tho lato President, let i DO callod so, and Vo will
wait patiently for h faithful history.
Finally, before DR.. Eyertg ia written down in
history prosecutor, let tho distinction DO sharp
| ~ uIAWu bGEWeoH LIZ. burroughs anu THO Qnl-
vorsity. Opposition to Cesar may be devotion
to Rolno. Let tho Committee on History in
| guiro about tho Il 600 cash DR.. Everts gave to
the Treasury Of the University; about tile s93,-
600 ho raised ainglo.handcd for tho endowment
OF the Greek chair; about tho $4,000 worth Of
University land llo bought hin,aelf, md tho
a100. 600 worth Of 1t ho got subscriptions Tor both
Wost and East. receiving no remuneration What
ever, either for raising tho Greok chair or for
selling tho University land. r, after such
q record OF giving aud getting others to
give to tho UuivcrBity, Dr. Eyerta must
le called q prosecutor, lot it bo aaid
for justico's sake that it was DR.. Burroughs and
not tho University ho prosecuted, and him only
for tho sake Of the Univorsity. We would all
wise the Committee to study some textbook Of
human nature and satisfactorily explAih to the
public tho extraordinary opposition of Dr.. Ev-
ortH II It is the Presidency he hns boon 40 long
infatuated to obtain, let them prove this usual
theory. II he has been blinded by s'bnfled ma
Lightly" lot thon nnno the Office The Ralary, the
motives that might be supposed to actuate DR..
Burroughs, that blinded him. Lest tloy grow
| weary in tho eearcl, for adeguate motives, I
would suggest TINT the simploat explanation Of
his conduct ia probably tho trun ono, viz: Dr.
Burroughs Inns boen unfit for bis place. DR..
Everts always know it, the public now know it,
and il the public opinion suBtans DR., Everts'
opinion no other explanation is necessary.
! CHICAGO, Feb. &, 1874. ". W. EVENTS, Jn.