Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-17

From Professor Honey-Professors
Du Dois and Richards 60 supervise,
with Mr.. 3. Il. Barney ~ Inssruc.
tor.
Instructors Honey and leighton, of the
Sheffield school, retire from the school.
Yesterday noon at the physics lecture to the
freshman olais Professor Brush made an
nouncement substantially ~ follows:
Gentlemen Of the Freshman Glass:
IT come before you to make brief explanation:
your having any instruction in drawing this week.
On Monday asked the instructor to give notice
6ay hopnr snas Il. matter would then Be- adjust
cd. regret TO- stale, however, that Mr.. Honey felt
unable TO accede 10 the request Of tho governing
dent to lose two exercises In drawing this week.
This We shall hope : make up to you before the
sns viii bs All
msnts wherever bought, Or By whomsoever made,
of 70
been the uniform practice OF the governing board:
slightest intention to swerve from the practice In
this or any other case.
governing board Of the shefield Scientific school
to require Its students TO- purchase supplies OF any
kind Of any specified dealer. We may recommend
you to obtain supplies from perona " q consider
Trustworthy, but we never require you to purchase
s:Professor Du Bois, who is one of the original
committee who laid out the course in freshman
drawing and Professor Richards have consented to
same diligence in drawing that you give to mathe.
matics, physics, German or chemistry. The train
ing of the eye, the hand and the mind acquired In
this study Is OF great Importance in the prosecution
Of most departments OF science, and your regularity
.caanS eSs you IN.
Of much advantage to you In the higher years OF
your university.course"
The above il the out come in the difficulty,
Al L. - H.
asinR of mathematical instruments. This leavs
the students victorious in their position.
When Prof. Bruah reached that portion OF
his remarks which announced an open field
for the purchase of the instruments, the
students-burst with q vigorous demonstra-
ton of applause, which was stopped by Prof.
Brush who then proceeded without further
interruption. There IL much satisfaction
ameng the Shelf. students over the result.
and order once more reigns in Warsaw.
Below Prof. Honey publishes statement
over his own signature regarding the matter.
the resignation of Prof. Honey, 1t
was stated last evening was due
In part to his indisposition to recede from
tho position he had taken, and in part to
other causes which are anterior to the difi-
Guilty under discussion. The competency
and ability of Instructor Honey as the head
of the mechanical drawing department are
not called into question In the case, nor ia
Mr.. Leighton's competency in his position as
90 follows: Prof. Honey's dismissal arose
from his refusal to coincide with the
faculty in their views as to q free
field for the purchase of their in~
struments. This demand for q change
he thought unjust, for, as he states, he has
given great amount of extra time and Ia
Dor In determining az to which instruments
he deemed most proper for the work which
he IL carrying on. By this action of the fac
ulty, Instructor Honey and his assistant,
DR.. Leighton, terminate their connection
with the school.
Professor Brush said last night that the
drawing recitations would now be continued
as usual. He said that Professors
Dubois and Richards would Immediately take
charge of the department, aud that 1nstruc-
tor s. 4. Barney would have supervision for
the present under then. Mr.. Barney has
charge of the freshman mathematics and is
assistant instructor in civil engineering. The
matter will probably rest In this way for the
present term. The instruction will be prac-
tically the same a. 1t has been, and the stu
dents will lose nothing by the change. A
permanent successor to Instructor Honey has
not yet been determined upon and will prob
ably not DO selected for some time to come.
A Statement From Prof. Honey.
To the Editor Of tho JOURNAL AND COURIER:
The items which have recently appeared in
your paper concerning the difficulty between
me and the class of 90 8. s. s. have been
brought to my notice with the request that
would reply to them. 1t is not my intention
at present to make any comprehensive state
ment on the subject. 1t 10 sufficient to say
that, had your informants confined them
selves to the truth they would have stated
that the students were required to provide
. certain instrument, and were recommended
to purchase II of certain dealer, the quality
of whose goods of that class are reliable.
There are plenty of other places In the United
States where the required instrument can be
bought, II there were any objections to the
local dealer; and II the proper tool were pro-
duced Il was O matter of no consequences
from whom II had been obtained.
Your informsnts, had they confined them
selves to the truth, would also have stated
that, according to Information received from
struments cost but q trihe more, and, until
within very few weeks had cost less Gts
price has remained unchsnged) than the
others which In the opinion Of those who
had given the most attention to the subject,
were not mp to the high standard demanded.
These facts have been by common consent
ignored by almost all the persons who have
ventilated their feelings In the newspapers,
and, for reasons best known to themselves,
have been suppressed by others who were
fully informed of the real state of the oase.-
4 reporter who called on mo recently re-
marked that II correct information were not
supplied the persons concerned must not be
surprised II the Imagination were drawn on
In writing about the matter. That this has
been freely done in many quarters 10 very
evident. In illustration ! may quote Q
statement ascribed ia the Evening Register
of this date to Professor Brush, and which
~ II II entirely untrue, cannot have beer
made by him. He 10 credited with saying
that Professor Du Bots was lone Of the orig
inal committee who laid out the course II
freshman drawing;" whereas the course wsl
of my own devising, and was laid out with
the approval of Professor w. P. Trowbridge
now Of Columbia college, many years befor,
Professor Du Bots had any connection will
the faculty Of the 8. 8. 8.
This IL only one among many mis- state
ments which have appeared In print durini
the past few days, testifying to the vivid Inn
aginations Of those who supply material fol
the newspapers. To bring them all down Il
the upinteresting dead level of every da,
fact would require more time than I have t
give, and more space than you would care Il
devote to such . purpose.
Yours faithfully,