The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY.
CONTRADICTION OF ALLEGED vALsn srAxB-
MENrs CONCERNING YHR HnoRoA AIzAzIoN OF
IT'S FACULTY

IT'S TAcULrx
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 30. 1874
To TEE EDITOR OF TIE HxRALp:-
To-day received your Issue Of the 27th inst,
tantng the communication concerning the late aosion
OF the trustees East Tennessee University over the
initials "H- W. r" His information was derived, ac-
eording 70 his statement from b. Burton late pro-
fessor OF chemistry in the Institution II natural
for your correspondent rely upon the correctness Of
statements made by such authority, and he distinctly
announces Professor Burton hts informant. take
r for granted that you desire publish only the truth
in relation to such matterA and that you been
imposed upon by false from any source yoa
will promptly make the correction upon reliable in
formation. am personally unknown TO you and the
OF your readers. but for your satisfaction
rcter you 10 tie Rev DrS Hodges (senior and junor
Green, Dufiled and Shields, OF Princeton, \. j.;
Drs. 9. d. Alexander and S. l. Prime. o. New York,
for my reliability and standing / Prcsoy terrain
minister and pastor o. the First Pres oytcrian Church
IN this place, IN which was born aud reared. Ny do
gree OF d. D. was conferred without my solicitation
by this university, OF which am al aiumnus With
this introduction OF myself proceed to correc, tho
misstatemeRts ia yolr CorrcspoE dents letter, and
|. Professor Burton IS made 10 say that, "without
warning, all the professors whose misfortune It was
10 have oeca born north Of Mason and Dixon's line
turned out OF their positions 10 make room Tor
others whose political sympa,hies were in accord"
&c. This Is not true Two years ago last Juno .
proposition was introduced by rcorgaDizc she un
versily. but then did NOS carry. Last tall tho LcSls
lativo COMMITTEES vsned tho university, and on their
return 70 Nashville reported unavorably upon .ts I'D
inistrron. The newspapers OF this city discussed
The question Of Reorganization last winter and spring.
A, the time Of the annual meeting of the trustees
everybody expected changes 10 be made The prasi.
at that meeting there radical members
Of the body prcsen, nnaccustomed at
tend. was made chairman o: committee
o! to report on the changes II any necessary TO be
made tho college ! nysci; offered the resolution
raising the committee oil Sly and nominated three o.
each SIDE 10 compose H. judge Teinplo, radical. de-
cliled TO serve and on motscn Of auothcr was pnt
his place ana made charraI o.! the committee by the
vote OF the Board, nom dis. lhd. COMMITTEES had an
interview with every one Of the professors coLsc
cred communications rom them, cxcep. Professor
Euston, ~ho left the city on commencement day; and
that day had an interview wltn nm III which he
stated 10 that he thought the Board ought forty
any professor who might be dropped from tnc faculty
with strong anu COED papers. and Professor Burton
was Win Easton NJ the time OF the interview
z Tho places Of the dropped members o The faculty
have not been dicd by the appointment of rebels and
democrats, ns he says. The to ching force OF tue
school has been diminished by about seven, because
economy required H. aud the Board did not think that
seventeen or eghtccn were needed .or the work.
Of the regular of the faculty. dropped by tho
late acon OF the Board, TWO OF them republicans
and - o OF tncm are democrats.
He says, many OF the Northern men In tho faculty
have been here many years-teu twelve anu IN one In
stance twenty years and an OF them elected Tor NE.
This Is not true NO Northern man Who has beon con.
nected with the college, IN Ave years past has been
rcsdent OF Knoxville or the state twenty years They
all uane here since tue
L. Burton says. through H. w. E., that tho
Governor Of the state Is chairman OF the Board Of
haps illustrative OF the interest Professor Burton
taken IN the univers,y. IL shows how little he
knows OF the institution IN winch be has been pro
lessor TOUR or I'VE Years. by The charter the president
Of tho unversy Is er oGcio presuent OF the Board OF
Trustees and The Governor ixe the Secretary OF State
and superintendent oil Public Instruction rs e1 oUct0
q member OF the board merely
he says eight OF tho faculty, including the presi-
dent land utiny oil the oicers were
men OF Northern birth and education. ihs is not
true The last annual catalogue, Of which herewith
send copy shows only egh. regular professors, with
also COMMUNICATE OF CADETS VI these DR.. Humes, the
presiuent, is native OF this city und graduate of
TINS college, Professor kirkpatrick is native Of tho
adJoInIng county oil Anderson and graduate Of this
INSTITUTION; Professor nicholson rs native OF Middle
Tennessee, sou OF Nr. A. o. p. Nicholson formerly
member Of Congress from TENNESSEE, ana late Chief
Justice Of tue supreme Court OF this State and
graduate OF The University OF North Carolina; Pro-
lessor Eaporandeau Is native OF switzerland; Eben
Alexander, last year tutor IN ancient languages, Is
NAIVE OF Knoxville, and youngest son Of tho late
Judge EDcnczer Alexander OF this city. Professor
Burton announced, by special friend, at tho
oi his DOMINATION, rs native OF Vicksburg, Mss,
wherc II Is sad ms parents reside
6. Professor Burton suys:-''Beore the meeting (of
tho ustecs the trustees had repeatedly assured Dr.
Humes that his eeleclion more formally, the
testimony 10 the efficiency the president his
friendship for him." TINS Is not true. No trustees
could uave gwen DR.. Humes any such ASSURANCE.
Some members Of tho Board may have expressed the
Opiuivn thut Dr. Hunrs would BE- reelected, but that
was all that they coud do IN the premises
Z. The statement that the Rev. James Park con-
spicuous III his testimony 10 the efficiency OF the Pres
dent Is not true, us every member Of The Board OF
Trustees who convcrscd with him this SUBJECT will
tesliiy-is the recoruso the Board VIII prov where
staIa recorded Instances few against his I'D
minlstraton. When thought ne was right It was my
pleasure to SUSAN him. When thought be was
wrong gave him, as was my duty, my candid aud
earnest opposition. Our personal relation arc not
subject Tor this sort oil communication, Uut IN
Knoxville Will accuse mo VI personal hostility toward
DIR. uumes. tlstruc that said more than once that
would not vote Tor another merely To get rid OF
DR.. humes and told him ~. II Is true TOO, that
SAID moro na0 once that with II proper faculty TO-
ieved DR.. Humes would make n very good president.
| moro than once as say now, that questioned
very much II wc coulu lind another would
look so closely alter and Keep UP well The
huanccs OF The INSTITUTIONS. But | never did tell
hun or any other man that would vote Tor him re-
gardirss Ol everybody and every thing else US TIE
statement oil your Correspondent Mr. Burtou's tcs
tmony, implies ud nominate ID. +. Boyd OF Lou
isuna, tor the presidency, and assigned my reasons
for 10 the Board, then Ia session out 1t was not
by Lreconce with those who reed with IN. In the
Board, which is more, perhaps, than Professor Bur.
toms friends IN tho Board can sayuot them
) he says Lieutenant Bloom from OHIO aud HIS
spccia oncncc apart from his Northern BIRTH seems
TO nave been that he expelled three cadets found guilty
theft. Tins Is not He had power 10 APPEL
anybody. On the unanimous recommendation Of the
Committee tie Boar unau inously vacatoi the place
occupied oy LIcutenant BoVin. In TINS csso nobody
called or enar-es, because NOBODY let that "
necessary specify. Tho edior Of The radical organ
Knoxville united with the rebels and Bourbon demo
cr,ts N recommending this action TO the Board.
O. Hu says:--"LIeuLcnant Bloom was suppiante By
a cavalry officer from Kentucky This IS not true
Lieutenant A. IL. Nave, Of tue United States Army,
on duty IN Dakota native oil Knox county. in
winch tnls university 10 located, was unanimously
e.cc,ed cOmmandant, vice Bloom, removed. Nav0
was commaudant the year bc'ore last, and held the
posltion Twelve months, couemt oranoously with Bur-