The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-22
MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY.
THE CAUSE OF PROF. OUNCES
REMOVAL.
He Was Charged With Partially for
Baptists Who Attended His
Church and Sunday School.
To the Editors Of tho Annoal :

almost impossible durlng The past TWO
weeks TO pick up a paper in which
there was nothing concerning the re
cent action OF the Board of Trustees
in vacati 2 five If the chairs Of the
University OF Mississippi. So much
has been s id that it is no Longer
doubtful how the people OF the Stale
regard the action, aud what has been
faid was gererallY well said; and ]
feel coufidt mt that the board sees by
this time that it's action was no popu-
lsr movement. Bu5 in all that has
been wri ten there are some points
that think havenot been men toned
and there is, especially, q very absurd
rumor sfl1 at given as reason why
DR.. A. j. QlinChP, p'o 'es5or of Latin,
was not RE &C ed, tdst is
not only TOO absurd to en-
gage the attention of Just
person whD will consider for
a moment how impcssi de it would
be for man in his position, where
the eyes of the people are upon him,
to re'ain it unchallenged through all
these twenty-siX years that have
passed ME his first entrance to the
universIl y, had he been guilty of the
charge, and how improbable it is that
gentlemen of his intellect and cul-
ture would so far TO get his duty to
the trust epo.e ed in him aud the re-
sponsib lily resting upon him as to let
any oth"r than the bt st interests OF
his pupils itfuence his conduct; but
it is also SOMETHING that will be re-
garded by those who have bsen under
the tutoIship OF this gentleman as one
of the mot unfounded aud prepos,er-
GUS chang that was ever heard Of.
Even those who have but the slig 1test
acquaintance with him knowthst such
injustice WI uld he entirely foreign 10
his very natu 9. The charge is so utterly
against all reason that it is being
wh'spe cd very fly from one to an.
Other, and it is only v, ry recently that
it came to he writer's ear. 1t is com.
plaipe5 thst the DoGtot gives better
marks to those who attend his church
and Sund y school than he does to the
others. Never fearing that those who
know anything about this professor
will give or dence to this rumor, bu!
thinking that perhaps there might be
people in the State who, not knowing
the character of this gentleman, might
elieve the charge, l thought it duty
to the nstl utiOn as well as to the
professor to give to the pablo my Pc
soDal know edge as former pupil
Of his in denial of this charge,
and in order to be backed up
with proof in "black and white
to subs a. tia,e and make more certain
my own knowleGe, | have examined
into tue records Of the students IN
this department / have taken five
clats SCI, beginnlI G it'll the class of 1885,
and coming forward 10 the freshmen
of the LAS. ear, taking them in their
regu ar order; and have determined
the folio ing results in regard to the
five in escn IS WHO stood highest in
this department. during the entire
time they were there. In the class of
1885 but one who was among the five
bighess WIS + the same church as the
Doctor, 81 d III one was the lowe ST
among hem. Three OF the five in
class OF 1856 attended the Baptist Sun
day school, yet their records in
other depar meDts were higher than
they were in Lain, showing conclu-
siveiy tfat there Was no Partially
there, Mt ngle one Of the five
of the C ass of 1887 YVES even of Bsp-
fist family. One in the class of 1883,
also one in the class CT 1889, belonged
to the BsptsL Church, and the CtheIs
all Of different denominations 1t
would also he we'll to state here, Of
those who st cd among the highe,t in
his department., and were al,o mem.
beers Of his church aud Sunday school,
that the difference between their rec
ords ana the records Of these below
them vas, in most every instance,
greater ia her d partments than it
was in Lstiu. Hence, we see
that the records Of the insiitu
ton will no sustain anyone in
the slightest suspicion of psrta'ity
against his wO thy Instructor; and
this charge viii ave to go, like ali ths
others, II too unfuunded to have fur
Their notice. Ire reCoI Dis are open for
all to Judge for themselves. Fur her
more u has b on often remarked by
students thai toey know IF there was
ever & man VITO Iied to do his duty !
az becomes a true, nobe Christian !
gentleman, d Qn,nche YVES one" aud |
that The m rel influence exerted b.
his "a ly conduct" was "of no interior
power"
Again it hes been asserted by some
that the cour e, especially in L,tin,
was too long for the time that was de.
voted TO it, 80 that the result YVES
that the studen, WIS rushed through |
and did OF n as much as h. oughJ.
AT supelficlSi glaL CT there seems to
some grl und ior this assertion, but |
when lotk d az properly it will e
seen that the is not he fault of the
teacher. In the fl rst place it is not in |
the POWER of the teacher to say
what shall absolutely constitute |
the curriculum; that is left for
others to d. eide and he is placed |
thers 10 teach it. In TIE |
next place this institution proposes 10
be what It's name siguifirs and what it
adverti5es to be-a univeIs ty in the
TRUST sense OF the word-an institu-
ton that ia 10 send out men well
equipped for thu demands of the day,
and that is to k ep on an equal foot
ing with her sis er institutiO OF the
same character. Hence it is abs llutely
necessary, in rider to keep up the
standing ami carry out the design OF
the institution, that this course should
not BIO reduced, but should be kept to
the standard of other universities
The course cannot be shortened
and sill be called depart
ment OF the university. Where is
TIE fault there, and where is the
remedy t. be und2 1t is in tie stu.
dent. When a student enters the
uniyers ty he is sup osed to be thor
oughly aequsi I'd with the funda-
mental prin, iyits of the Latin lan-
guage, and Only goes there to put on
the finishing ouch" aud scquaint
himself with the liel ature
OF the Language. And unless a
by is aole to d. his he has 10 pns-
ness in tho IN w rsity. The faculty
has been trouble with good many
such unpre pared students during tue
past Jew years, and i is from these