The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-12

The character and career of the man
who thus passed from the arena of his
glory, are the property of history.
Boycotting A Professor.
COLUMBIA, January 4.-The South
ern Presbyterian, published and edited by
DR.. James Woodrow, late professor in
the Columbia Theological Seminary of
natural science in its relation to revealed
religion, and present professor in the
South Carolina University Of geology
and zoology, will in its issue to morrow
contain column editorial entitled, "The
war renewed" embodying in greater de.
tail the following statements and com.
ments:
Zone of the inducements offered to
students in the Theological Seminary is
that the lectures of the professors of the
South Carolina University are open to
them. Accordingly during the last few
months several of the Seminary students
have been attending Prof. Woodrow's
classes, some regularly matriculating as
university students and others obtaining
permission from the professor to attend
regularly as visitors. Their attendance
suddenly ceased. After time one Of
them reappeared. From the minutes of
the New Orleans Presbytery the South.
era Presbyterian now learns the cause Of
the cessation and ,reappearance, and
ascertains that the attendance was for
biden by Profs. Tadlock, Girardeau and
HERMAN. The New Orleans Presbytery,
after considering on the 9th of Decem.
ber communication from the faculty of
the Seminary relative to that Presbytery's
candidate, who, acting under the in
struction of the Presbytery's Assembly
correspondent, announced his purpose to
attend Prof. Woodrow's lectures contrary
to the wishes of the faculty, adopted, by
vote of 18 10 II resolutions sustaining
the faculty and disappearing the action
of the Presbytery's correspondent of
education"
The Presbyterian adds that in October
Prof. Woodrow was earnestly requested,
in the name of the Seminary students,
to take number of them under his in
struction, either in his study or elsewhere,
but peremptorily declined, but subse-
quently several of them matriculated at
the University in order to attend his lee
lures, and as he could throw no obstacles
in the way of such action, they did
thereafter attend them. Soon some of
the students ceased attending, and Prof.
Woodrow learned that the Rev. G.. A.
Blackburn, DR.. Girardeau's son.in-law
and pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church here, had informed several stu
dents that their attendance at Prof.
Woodrow's University lectures was in
juring the Seminary by causing outside
friends to withhold contributions, and
the support of those who persisted in
attending would be cut off. Subsequently
DR.. Girardeau told one who had been
attending that such action was in direct
opposition to the will of the entire
Church, and that if students were allowed
to listen to Prof. Woodrow's lectures the
entire effect of the Church's struggle for
the last three years would be nullifed.
The student, regarding this as an official
opinion, notified the faculty of his inten-
tiop of renewing his attendance at the
lectures. This announcement was not
replied to by the faculty, but they sent
the communication already mentioned to
the New Orleans Presbytery.
The Southern Presbyterian expresses
regret that Drs. Tadlock and Herman
have shown themselves entitled to a place
by DR.. Girardeau's side in the front rank
of extremist partisans, and says that it
had not thought that they would "be
found uniting with their colleague in
boycotting professor who is quietly
discharging his duties in the State Uni
versity."
It is evident that this new development
will tend to keep. open the question of
evolution so long fought over. 1t is
curious fact that even the practical ex-
communication of DR.. Woodrow has not
kept theological students from seeking
his instruction in geology and consequent
dicta as to the origin of man.-Spccial TO
Ne,os and Courier.