The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-23
A MORAL LECTURE
Blythe President Of a New Jersey
Female Seminary
DRIVES ALL THE STUDENTS
From the Pale of the building,
Indignant Parents Take Their
Children Away-Chargos DE,
MED by Rev. DIR, Rowen,

were six new departures yesterday from
the Bordentown Female College, causeC
by the rather manly and outspoken ad
dress Of the President some days ago il
regard to the proprietles and demeano
OF the women Of the present day, How
ever sincere DR.. Bowen may have beer
the realistic pictures Of the ways ant
methods Of immoral people, which h'
depicted with such graphic minutenes'
Of detail to the senior class Of twelve
young ladies', on Wednesday last, has
practically driven every scholar from
the school.
Several Of tho departing students were
accompanied by relatives and parents
who had come fetch them away, and but
few Of them bade DR.. Bowen goodbye
when they left. This leaves Just two oi
the boarders in the school. Miss Ellis
will leave on Monday, and Miss Fuller
rs soon as she can communicate with
her guardian, who issabsent In New Or
leans. Besides these, there are four day
scholars, who live in Bordentown. Two
OF these, Miss May Brown and Miss Gus
sic Hllliard, will quit on Monday. Three
OF the six teachers remain, though their
occupation is gone. They sat in their
recitation rooms to-day at the appointed
hours for lessons and were greeted by
empty benches. The English Litera-
ture class, to which DR.. Bowen gave the
celebrated 'low.necked" lecture, was
represented by one student, Dr.. Bowen's
niece. She was excused from reCiting,
The emptiness and silence Of the vaca.
tion season pervaded the building when
the reporter called. Professor Bowen
and his wife sat gloomily in their parlor,
and in Mrs. Bowen's eyes there were
traces OF tears. Mrs. Bowen Is much
younger than her husband, and Is still a
more than ordinarily handsome woman.
In the village everybody is her friend,
and there is much sympathy for her.
She stands stoutly by her husband In
his hour Of adversely. II want II dis
tinctly understood" she said, with the
ring OF conviction In her voice, that |
have every confidence In my husband,
and nearly everything that was said
about me In one OF the New York papers
this morning was absolutely false" To-
ward DR.. Bowen the sentiment In the
village is strongly adverse. Nobody
speaks in histayor, and several denounce
him bitterly. The collapse Of the school
Is felt to be q general misfortune to the
community, and 1t is the generally ac-
cepted opinion that 1t is collapse that is
beyond remedy under DR.. Bowen's man.
agement.
Now that the explosion has come there
arc plenty ofrumOrs to say the least, Of
indisCreet behavior on the part Of Dr..
Bowen toward the young girls intrusted
to his charge. One OF these, to the effect
that last year one Of the girls left because
OF his too fatherly freedom with her
while she was exercising In the gymna.
stun, DR.. Bowen ilatly and explicitly
denied to-day. He said that no girl had
left for such a reason. 1t is true, how
ever, that ono young lady, the daughter
OF very we'll known man in Ohio, did
leave the school last winter, but Dr..
Bowen explains that 1t was because Of
the illness Of the girls mother.
DR.. Bowen admits that one Of the lady
teachers, who strongly sympathized with
the students, had complained Of undue
familiarity towards her on his part. u
asked her TO make some specific charge"
said DR.. Bowen, "and she said, DO you
remember when we we're looking at the
now house across the street, and you
tried to shove lne into the cellar2 Now,
all there was to that" continued the
doctor, twas that / said TO her, Now
you have seen tho upper part Of the
house, you must sec all Of it, and put
my hand on her shoulder and pushed
her playiully. My wife and others were
present and thought nothing Of It."
eyes" said Mrs. Bowen, "there was
nothing wrong about it."
"As 10 what shall do" continued DR..
Bowen, II do not yet know. There Is a
good deal OF never say die about me,
and | shall hold out, think" l con-
slider myself bound 10 such OF my teach.
ers as remain for their salaries. Two Of
them | dismissed, and one, Miss Briggs,
OF Philadelphia, resigned. Miss Briggs
sympathized with the students"
The farce OF continuing the form Of the
school being open can hardly bekept up
much longer, and 1t is safe to say thatby
next week all Of the teachers will have
gone, and that there will be nobody In
the big building but the Rev. DR.. Bowen
and his family.