The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11

! Ills dcCeplduce vi lulS pOSlllOU HAT
been made public Prof Strobe was in
vited by the president Of the board 0
trustees OF the Virginia Military Insti
tute to meet that board with respect L
the vacancy in the chair Of mathemas
les in that institution.
The following extracts from voIunta
~ testimonials will show what deter
mined the board of Clemson College
upon the selection of Prof. Strobe fol
the position to which it has selected
him:
The Rev. Dr. R. J. McBryde: rector
of the R. E. Lee memorial Church al
Lexington, Va, in letter to Mr.. J. f
Wanamaker, of the board of trustees
says: "Prof. Strobe is known to us here
as the principal Of the Kenmore Uni
versityi School. A distinguished
graduate University of Virginia, tho
rough teacher, a farmer, a man of busi.
ness, full CT energy, and of large obser.
vation, her old State would do we'll tc
secure his services. Mr.. Strobe is &
man of the highest moral character
and was young private soldier in an
artillery company throughout the war
without a blot on his record"
Capt. Gordon McCabe, head master
of the famous University School at
Petersburg, Va, writes of President
Strobe: II have just heard that Prof.
H. A. Strobe, of the University of Mis-
sissippi, has been recommended to the
board of trustees of Clemson Agricul-
tural College for President of that insti,
tuition. I trust that, as one deeply
interested in the furtherance of sound
and solid education at the South, ]
may be allowed to recommend Prof
Strobe to your honorable board in the
most emphatic manner. I have
known him we'll for over twenty years.
He is man of fine executive ability, a
scientist of extraordinary attainments
and most admirable teacher. I can
speak with full knowledge on these
points, for over twenty years ago he
was the senior assistant master in this
school. 1 take the liberty Of writing
direct to you, because have been fol
several years member ofthe visitors oi
the University of Virginia, and l know
bow glad we are to get testimonials
that we can thoroughly rely on-not
those asked for by the applicant, but
those written without solicitation. You
VIII be fortunate to secure a fine fellow
in every way as Mr.. Strode."
Prof. r. B. Fulton, professor OF
physics and astronomy in the Univer.
sity of Mississippi, writes: II trust
you will not think l am going beyond
the bounds of propriety in writing to
you regarding the merits OF gentle,
man who"e nalue may come before the
board of trustees of the Clemson Agri-
cultural College in connection with the
presidency. mean Prof. II. A. Strobe,
late principal of Kenmore High School,
Amherst, Va, and now professor OF
mathematics in this University. Prof
Strobe finished his course at the Uni
versity of Virginia about fifteen years
ago with great distinction, winning the
Courtney mathematical medal, one Of
the highest awards of honor. He was
a classmate and intimate friend of Prof
John B. Adger, Jr., late of Pendleton.
S. c., and once professor Of chemistry
here. Both worked at the same time
in chemistry under Prof. Mallet.
"Prof. Strobe taught for about fifteen
years in his own private school (Ken-
more) at Amherst, and won there en-.
viable distinction as a teacher and a
manager of the affairs of a school. He
has been here one year, and has won
the friendship and regard of his col.
leagues and respect and admiration oi
his students. He is we'll up in mathe.
MATES and chemistry, having made
specialties of these topics. He has been
a very successful teacher, his pupils
being proof of his excellent work,
manship. Heis highly esteemed at the
University of Virginia, where he is
well-known to many of the professors
He is about IS years old, and he and
his family are remarkably pleasant as.
sociates for q college community. AL
of us here regret that Prof. Strobe finds
it to his interest to return to Virginia
if he does not make such arrangements
IS will give him salary beyond what
he now receives. His reasons for leav.
ing here are purely financial ones, and
he has frankly told the authority that
he must leave.
"From all intimate acquaintance
with Prof. Strobe here, as we'll as from
a general knowledge of his work in
Virginia, and also from a knowledge
of the testimonials that brought about
his election to the chair of mathematics
here last summer, am confident that
your trustees could not do a wiser
thing than to put him in the office OF
president. The following are briefly,
some of my reasons for this statement
First. He he's the scholarship and
the mental and physical vigor for the
work.
Second. He is thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the best methods of getting on
with associate instructors and with
boys, having been the successful head
of a noted high school for many years
Third. His experience in the busi-
ness affairs of such school served to
bring out the very qualities that will be
most valuable in the president of q new
college.
MY connection of eighteen years
duration with college work has t.l1ght
me one lesson-that experience isabout
the only school in whicn the head of a
college learns much. There are thou