Claiborne guardian., 1882-07-26
COL. D. 3. BOYD.


Senate appointed tn investigate The Affairs
Of the Louisiana State University; and es-
peciaIly 10 investigate the conduct Of Col.
u F. Boyd Will. he was President of said
University, a time Of ffteru years, from
isoo to fsso. II will be with feelings II
exultation that tue many friends and old
pupils Of Cod. Boyd will read ihe very able
and exhaustive report of that committee.
Col. Boyd himself will be proud to know
that he has lived to the time when be
could get aud has had II fair aud impartial
hearing bcfnre boly Of intelligent repre-
s-ntntive-, " hose duty it WAS to place a
verdict upon his actions and relations With
this institution OF learuiug. |, is suffi-
cirnt Ia know of the ability aud integrity
! Of these committees, to know that K. l..
Luckrtt was the chairman Of the S-uate
committee, and William A. Seay was the
chairman of the House committee.
These committees, combined into one
body, seem TO have made thorough and
searching Investigations. These investi
gatiuns showed that Col ID. +. Boyd had
some very oncrons aud responsible duties
to perform, and in doing ~ bis every act
bears the closest scrntiny-that he had
control Of several separate aud distinct
funds, the aggregate Of which Amounted
to more than one hundred th"nsand dol
lars. THESE separate funds were for s-pa-
rate aud distinct PURPOSES. the nvcrplus of
the one cnnd not be- applied In supply the
deficiency of the other; yet his exhibits
We're satisfactory explanations to this cotp-
miit-c, and urged upon its mrmb-rs the
irresistible belief that Col Boyd's admin
i>,ra,ioa il every particular WAS highly
cummemduble.
Thls committee fpnnd that Col Boyd in
l-G6 declined all increase of 5000 90 in
his salary Offered to him hy the Board of
Superv i-ors, aud besides, When he accepted
the presidency the salary of bis office was
$EO0 40, with house rent free, that AT his
own instance, his salary was reduced from
time to time Till, when he left the office in
l--O. lie was paid only s1'00 00 year and
no honse rent. This is "A shnwin that but
few men, if any, who have occupied 81 high
position since the days of the rebellion,
can make. He not only recommended IT,
trenchmPnt and reform, hut piuctic-d it
hy cnrtailing his own salary aud refusing
Legitimate money Offered him from the
public treasury. Such acts are the acts of
patriot, aud shonld be held up rs COM
mrndatnry and worthy of imitation.
THIS committee rrports that the removal
Of Col. Boyd from the presidency, a posi-
tim he -o we'll observed, were hni the acts
nf the combined efforts of parties within +
the University aud out of il To get control
g-thrr. They succeeded in the former.
aud in that success have almost com Bplrted
the latter.
The scarcity Of cadets at the University
il n silent witness 10 the fact that the
State of Louisiana has rurd the removal
uf Que whu served her 81 faithfully for
twenty years, aud fr fifteen years of the
time as President Of her University.
Col. Boyd yet has many warm friends in
this State, and in other States, all of whom
will rrinice To know that he has been Siu= ,
dirnt,d aud relieved of stigma that
groundlr~- charges had thrown around
him; aud that his conduct during his long
labnr- viih our State University has hocn
80 highly cumplimrnt-d by this special
committrr headed by such men a. Hon.
r. l.. Luckrtt and Judge VIM. A. Scay.
In writing this. II las not been our in
ability aud worihinrss of the present in.
cnmhrnfs Of the State University, hnt IA
th-r 10 give feelings of regret thar Col.
Boyd had been removed in the manner he
wns aud m"r,' especially 10 let II hr known
that he had been placed in fhr crncihlr
and found pure. There is nothing plniner
in hi, " hole matter than thar Col. Bcyd's 4
iirai ambition was Ia have this Institution
plarcd on n sound aud -af. basis that il
might compare fiyornbly with the very /.
best institutions of the land. His every
act shows that he wonld rather have wit
n"s~'',i ths permanent -nrcesS of the State
University than Ia have realized the most
rNulting PROJECT found within the range of
the imaginary wnndrrings
II will I've seen IN this issue Of the Guar.
dian that Hon. e. J Rnatncr, Of Monroe, is
asking the voters Of this Congressional
District to give him their support in the
approaching election. Mr. Boatner is a
man of recognised ability whose character. ,
hath n,litip,,1 aud nriyata /. irr.nrnarh ho