The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-28
THE BUENA VISTA NORMAL
COLLEGE.

In recent communication in your
paper some Of the statements made in
the card Of the Board Of Trustees OF
the B.V.N.C. are contradicted and DIR.
U. S. Williams is placed on the stand
as awitness against himself and the
Board.
The Board being in session to-day,
DIR. Williams made the following
statement; IL. 7. Dickey read a paper
to me, some time ago, different from
the one published, and 1 told him to
publish it if he wished, but did not
authorize him to use my name in any
way whatever.
The Buena Vista Normal College
has been built up mainly by the en-
terprise Of the citizens of Buena
Vista aided by their friends. The
Messrs. Dickey have rented the Col
lege property and have been Princi-
pals Of the School nearly four years.
Their work for the first two years
was highly satisfactory; the work of
the third year was not so good and
during this year there has been de-
cided retrogation and deterioration.
From financial standpoint the School
has been better. No doubt, the four
teachers now employed are each re-
ceivlng more money than each of the
nine received formerly. The conduct
of the pupils has been more orderly
than ever before. In this particular
the School has been better. But the
absurdity Of a claim that the work Of
the School is now better than ever be-
fore can be seen in the fact that the
teaching force has been reduced from
nine to four teachers.
A copy of the paper referred to by
the Messrs. Dickey as petition asking
a continuance Of the present manage
ment, is now before us, and we are
unable to see how such a construction
can be placed upon it. This paper is
merely an invitation TO two of the
present teachers to remain as members
ofthe new faculty. This was done as
an act of courtesy. A continuance of
the present management has not been
desired since last August and has
not been asked for.
If the impression has been made by
us that the present faculty has been
discharged, we now correct it. Their
change of location is mutually salts
factory TO them and to us. They want
free rent and we want a larger and
stronger faculty and larger school,
and we hope all parties will be benc-
fitted by the proposed changes.
The first publication made by the
Messrs. Dickey, after the charges were
determined upon, made the impression
that the college would be moved.
This impression was allowed to 90
uncorrectcd more than a month. We
naturally expected, as a matter ofjus-
tice and right that its authors would
correct it. They did not do it but,
instead, had an advertisement printed
on postal cards which they had mail
ed at Lexington instead OF at their
home office. Accidentally, one of
these cards came under our observa-
ton The intent of this card appear
ed to be the confirmation Of the false
impression made by former publica-
tions. Whatever the intentions Of
the writers may have been the effect
was the bringing ont of false am
uouncemcmts ia many newspapers and
the deceiving of every. one who re-
ceiycd one Of thoseegrds. When we
saw this card, and saw how il wa,
being distributed, we determined to
publish the facts stated in our recent
communication
Wedisclaim any intent or desire 10
misrepresent or wrong the Messrs.
Dickey. II they had not made. by
their publications. false impressions
on the minds Of the public concerning
the future Of the Buena Vista Normal
College we would have had no occa-
sion for any publication whatever.
Our first publication was for the pur-