Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-08-07
THE UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGN.

It ID tho fashion In this country
Whenever an interest personal orpub.
lie Is to bc advanced, to get upa pro-
perly drafted petition which 10 then
passed around for signatures, always
obtainable whenever some goo,lcitisen
carries II along. Az an illustration
We knew Of on intelligent man who
actually attached his name to one,
wherein tho signcrs recommended That
he should be hanged. lie Ind not
read tho document at MI, but was ant.
isAed TINT IL was all right because 50
md 40 headed tho list.
| We were not much astonished there
fore, when on Saturday, ayonthhAnd.
cd us for publication, n memorial ad-
dressed to tho Board Of Supervisors
Of tho Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
setting forth sundry recriminations
which have already been more than
answered through tho columns Of the
CApir0LiAN.
Throughout the controversy cmnna.
ting from tho action Of tho six Su-
pcryisors who ut the Inst meeting OF
tho Board, dared to exercise their
Judgment in tho interest Of y SUCCESS
FIJI management OF IN Institution
belonging not to indiridua's b"' to the
| state, much stress has been Ibid upon
the claims which it's Alumni say they
posseys in the matter Of its control.
II we are not misinformed, sirty will
cover tho entire number Of the Alumni
Of tho old University. Among the
Signcrs Of tho petition which appears
in another column, regarding thi"
vexed question, We recognize the
name Of ono Alumnus md Of not over
fifteen Of tho boys, who were lit atten-
dance in the latter months Of tho last
session Of the present College.
Tho signers, n majority Of whom
arc nero youths state that they haze
Investigated the matter d"d f"" me
schooiin q good financial condition,
whereas the nix Supervisors complain
cd Of, could not Gin four days" have
acquainted themselves with tho facts,
that they. (thc boys)- have 80 thor
oughly gathered, in period OF time
which they have omitted to mention
The other assertions to which they
have subscribed, must Of course carry
tho same weight as tho above.
Comment on our part Is unneccssa
ry. An intelligent public can decide
the matter in their own judgment.
Tho public will not faiI, in all this
to discover how prcposterous it IN u
assume that the University cannot b.
8 maintained unless Col. Boyd is Tn
~
President Of the Faculty. SO that II
the event Of his death, for instance
, the Institution would naturally dI
, too, rs no other man could be fo''n
!, to supply his place. If such BIC tn
case it is useless to undertake to es
= tablish such IL College in Louisiana
. especially when it is considered tina
, even under his invaluable guidanc
but sixty students were in attcndanc
:, at the close Of this years session.
We arc Of the opinion, that if tn
Board of Supervisors are to be thu
hampcrcd and dictated to by ex-co
J, diets and outsiders, the sooner til
h Board is broken up and the cntil
: management placed in the hands I
y. the President Of the Faculty, the bel
o ter will it DC for everybody, especial
II the President.
: We imagine too, that the mcmbe
" of the Board, who went to the troub
il Of investigating attentivcly the affal
of the Institution during saycral day
will, with difficulty, be made to adm
- that the cadets, many of whom al
II in their tender teens, know more
Il it's financial and other managemc1
" than they, who have been cntrustt
= with its control, by the Governor,
IL order that the interests OF the Stat
" not those of ndividuals, may be sole
" subserved.
:" THE ROAD TO BATON ROUGE.