The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26

BRYAN, July 21.-The board of directors G
| the Agricultural and Mechanical college ad
Journed yesterday, and were given banquet
| here by the citizens. As banquetting public
| men has become sort OF sine qua non these
| days, Bryan was not to be OutdOne, and goOC
fellowship, the usual-prophetic-of- great-thing:
| speeches and wine flowed freely. Some BAG
| feeling, as usual was engendered in this last
| meeting, No business can be TRANSMITTED il
| connection with the Agricultural and Mechan
| lcal college without making some of the man
ayers arise as one man, and hint at the prob
abilities of the state losing their valuable Sc
vices ''if her educational affairs are not con-
| Quoted more in accordance with the dictates of
common sense and decency and less with a
view to political Effects OR something Of this
nature. All Of this sort of thing took place
| this week at the meeting of the board of direc.
tors, which makes people believe that interest
in the A. and n. still exists. The state of aft
fairs are briefly as follows:
| The board of directors or majority of them
came to the conclusion that teachers and pro-
| fessOrs would have enough to do to attend to
the general training of the pnpils under their
charge without having the extra burden of d
general supervision of the buildings grounds,
lures, etc, of the entire concern. Acting on
this the board concluded to take this burden
from the already overloaded shoulders of the
president. As is always the case, the presi-
dent was not willing to have the burden re-
moved, as he wished TO do all in his power for
his country (and himSelf) The board were de-
termined, however, and created the office of
''agent of the directors ~ to be filled by man
who was to receive $500 per annum and a
home at the college with board for himself and
necessary
to the directory. This directors agent is TO
have charge OF all business transaction, of
whatever nature, and supervision general of
the college at b yam COR College StatOn) and of
the Prairie View normal school. The board
appointed Gen. VIM. p. Hardeman as their
agent, and will take up his abode at the college
Immediately.
The board then abolished the office of presi-
dent Of the college, and resolved that the fac
man of the faculty." who shall, of course, be
nOnlinally president; but, being put there by
the vote OF the professors, 1t VIII do away with
the petty jealGusieS Which have heretofore
caused the press OF Texas to be flooded with
articles from the pens OF Wrathful teachers in
this institution. This action, however, did not
| tend to harmony. Judge Thomas, the presi-
dent of the board of directors, and, by the way,
| one of the ripest scholars and most Intelligent
men of Texas, bitterly opposed it, and filed a
solemn protest against the action OF the ma
| mis- position. Judge Thomas is a staunch
and leading Methodist, rs is also Prof.
| Cole, the acting lately president of
| the college, hence as a single individual,
the Methodist all around are with Judge
Thomas, and are loud in their expressions of
| bitter wrath against Senator George Pfeuffer,
whom they regard as the author
| of all these charges. So it may properly be
| inferred that once more harmony does not
| perch on the Agricultural aud Mechanical
| College of Texas, and the press will again be
filled with letters of a scholarly and voluminous
| nature, showing up the true inwardness of the
whole thing, as seen by each man. 1t is a pity
| Rev. Gen. [. NJ. LeWis and Col; q j: Peeler are
not into the thing, as they are good at eek
planning " and s. Showing up"
The new depot to be erected at College
| Station by the Houston and Texas Central
| railroad, will be handsome structure, and
the company deserve COMMUNICATION for its
| enterprise,
Ii is very hot here now, but business has
| been very good for this season.
Crop prospects are unprecedentedlY good.
| The appearance of the much dreaded and
| ayaricious worm in the river bottom is causing
| alarm, but energetic work and good supply
of poison will damage the worm considerably