Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-20
THE STATE UNIVERSITY


five arc to Judge from the acton o,
-, ,ort;ou of tho Board OF Supervisors o'
~, StI, University ut Baton Rouge,
,i,orc M !. a faction in that body, az thcr'
wns found to bo ono IN the hcS's,a.m., i',,'
,h",uh in a minority, that would orStf"y
,%" Institution through incapac''y 10
,"", with it's requirements. htH ';,to
,,o",;nu II We orc correctly informed, 'he
"J, .na;,a ~ tho whole faculty were dcciar,
cJ vacant and the professors, against
,nost w of whom VIC have heard no com
rlaint mt all, and against ''o''c o, '''om
INV reasonable complaint, 'c'. 10 so'
their places again as best they can, ac,
,"u,;ny M tho whirns Of these appointed
directors Of learning may happen !" sct
,"warl. them or against tl,c'h' Inc
",Iv niuc, filled was that OF the prcS,-
Jcncy s., long and so ably tlll," ny Uo.:
Boyd, and nc was the MAJ, '"'S y, "u,o ,1'o
aiming at, although they haN not .hc
nnuli,,css to admit it, a. his opponents
in tho Legislature last winter h"'
T. i. diilicult to discoycr winch IL inc
rnat uomincut feature OF TINS sn'a''
n;cc, Of business, its mallSn'ty or 'ts
,tuuhity. Tho men who d'S,'" ~ up
] w"r" in = minority of the board, acting
in tho absence of Col. Boy"s 'i'''os,
aml NOT being u quorum their work IS u
null;tv and Will be respected by no one,
mmch ,cs, by ono WHO has Coz. boyus
.n;rit md Hlfrcspcct. Moreover, none
'p. 'p. w.. &c ;nliy'duaIs who had bitten
th.msrlycs mad, would ever have dared
attempt to supplant Col. Boyd wlth ., ms
friond, Col. Lockctt, who was ms coau- m
i,tor in thoso dark days when they were
in,m,inu to keep the institution awe
and who knows that, but for Gov b'y",,
r. wouId have died long ago nc wo!I'd
.uffer his right hand to be palslcd before
I'M would allow himself to be made the
instrument of any such nciarlo''s work.
For nearly q quarter oi % century,
cxccntinr the four years IN which nc
faithfully served his country in tho field,
Col. Boyd has given up his time, ana
worn out hislifc, u the cause OF cu"caIl"n
IN Iou;siona, and in cndcavors to build
thin school. iIo has refused lucrative
offers abroad though advised by Ills Dcs'
friends to tako them, for the sake OF ms
family. and lot the institution die Tic
rrcfsrrcd to serve thcpeoplc of Louisiana
\Vo do not, therefore, believe that thcy
will allow him to he disposed oi III TINS
mnn,'cr. We do not believe that they
hold to tho opinion that he cause o.
education in tho State can DC bcst ao
yanccd by striking down her most aus
tiupuinhc,t educator We Can coitlident'!
predict that they will sec to it that tll'
institution shall open in October under
tho lead of tho man to whom II owes it'
existence. -ShrcrVor Standard.
In reply, We call attention to The
fact that the above scurrilous article
WIS written before it was possible fo
tho gentlemen who voted to super
ccdo Col. Boyd, to make known tin
reasons which actuatcd them i'll thci
course. Without anything like rclla
bio information, docs the Standar,
impugn tho motives OF men perform
Ing tl,cir duties to the State. Accord
Ing to Col. Boyd's friends he must b
considered infallibIc, and it is iittl
short of a high crime, for members 0
q Board of Supervisors, to exercise
their right to superccdc any office
of tho Institution, especially Colonc
Boyd. In ourissuc Of last Thursday
wo had OCCASION to note the .fai("rc o
the Standard 10 reach rs Of ldh
Through the kindness Of " friend W
were furnished tho copy containing 1t
article rejecting on us as n member
the Board.
At the meeting Of the Board W
stated openly the reasons for on
course. Consequently, so far Us I'll
assertion of the Stlndardapplics tot
when it says: "Thc only place file
was that of the Presidency, SO Ion
and SO ably filled by Col. Boyd, an
he mas the man they mc'c aiming q
ulthouqh they hal not the ma"'i"css
u,lmit il, wc pronounce the same
wilful, malicious and sratutous false
hood, in substantiation of which dc
claration VIC refer our readers to til
proceedings Of tho Board, shown
that besides the President, Il Trcasl