The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-06-26
THAT ANONYMOUS MEMORIAL"
TITO

ETC.
In dealing with DR.. RObar.s' circular, Is
sued in answer TO the so-called memorial
which we gave to our readers several days
ago we accepted his statements as isots-
never dreaming that gentleman Of bis
standing could be driven 10 misrepreseni2-
ton. Blu, since then new high, has broken
in upon our mental vision. and we oorfess
ourselves utterly dumfounded S; what il
has revealed.
DR.. Robarts in his answer, assumed that
the memorial had been written by an
irresponsible stranger, wss anonymous, snd
contained at best, but the dregs Of gossip
etc. II now appears from the s;stemeR, Of
Judge North, that the memorial, instead Of
being anonymous, and the work Of an IT.
responsible stranger, Was signed by a large
majority of the leading citizens of Carbon
dale, the Hon W. J. Allen, Judge A. D.
Duff, Hon. W, A. Lemma, Hon. W. H..
Woodward, Hon. 5. E. North among the
rest, and altogether more than one hundred
citizens of established characters and in
tluence. What does the reader think Of
this, for an anonymous communications
DR.. Roba-ts further declared that a ma.
jonty Of the employees were not members Of
the Methodist church, and named as among
the teachers only seven Methodists, seeking
thereby to leave the impression upon the
public mind that there were those seven
and no more" But inquiry has disclosed
the presence of twelve Methodists amorg
the twenty-one employees of the school,
leaving only nine to represent all Other
classes and denominations. The names
given are as follows:
Facul,y-Prof. Allyn, president, Metlo-
dist; Prof. Jerome, vice-president, Metlo-
dist; Prof. Hillman, secretary, Methodist;
Prof. Parkinson, Methodist; Miss Finley,
Methodist Miss Sheppard, Methodist
Prof. Brownlee, no church. Captain Spen-
Ger, no church; Miss Canady, no church
Prof. French, Baptist Miss Buck, Baptist;
Prof. Thomas, Lutheran; Prof. Foster, Con.
gregationalist; Prof. Hull, Presbyterian.
Trustees-Mr. Ridgway, Presbyterian
Mr. Robarts, Methodist; Mr. Russell,
Methodist; Mr.. Phillips Methodist; Mr.
Wilkins, Methodist
Treasurer-Mr. Bridges, Methodist
Janitor-Mr. .Jarney, Methodist.
And again DR.. Robarts' circular (Which
we have not at hand) leaves the impression
that the normal department of the school
has averaged over two hundred pupils. The
catalogues Of the institution, which are
supposed to make thc best possible showing
consistent with truth, show that during the
first year there were of normal and special
pupils, 1879, third year 112, fourth yea,
lO7, and these were the YEAR,
when the attendance was largest
And among these (be it said to the dis
grace Of the management are the names O,
pupils in the lower departments, who were
accredited to counties they never saw, To
save tuition to their parent-the object be
ing to do q "clever thing for fayorites
and unduly swell the catalogue of normal
students! To stigmat,ze such proceed
ing ss shameful, is to DIAL with II NOR
gently than 1t deserves.
And, finally DR.. Robarts' very positiv
assertion that the Southern Illinois Normu
had sent 622 teachers into the schools (
the State, appears to be mere guess worl
a,i in view Of bis other statements, who
J ldge North has shown to be rockies