Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-20
DAKOTA'S COLLEGE ROWS.
Details of the Trouble at the Vermillion
University.
WHY GROSE is DlSLIKED UP THERE.
He Was Unpopular from the First,
and is Now There Only on Suf-
fcrancc-South Da-
kota Gossip.

have been filed with reports of the trouble
at the state university at Vermillion, but us
the matter is so complicated and the Incl
dents, detailed as they happened, have neces-
sariy been disconnected, there are none save
those who have made personal examination
of the difficulty, who have but a faint idea of
the present state of affairs
Something over year ago, when the selec-
tion of president to fill the place made va
cant by the death Of Dr. Olson, temporarily
held by Prof Mars, came up, meeting of
the board Of trustees at which only three
members out of the five were present, by
vote of 2 to gave a call to Rev. H. b. Grose,
pastor of Baptist church in Pittsburg, Pa.
When the news of Grose's appointment was
made public, 1t seems not to have struck the
faculty favorabv. AT once the faculty Off
cally informed Grose that the appointment
did not meet its ideas, and advising him not to
accept. Mr.. Grose however, came on and
assumed the duties without apparent serious
opposition. 1t was hard place for HIM to
fill to follow DR.. Olson, who had
been greatly beloved by all the stu dents
Mr.. Grose had had practically no experience
as an instructor.
When the time came around for the con-
sideration of the matter whether Crosse
should have n call for a second year, there
seemed to be no small feeling that his time
should expire at the end of the first year. he
had been tried and there was no Disgusting
the fact that he had given poor satisfaction.
But it was rumored that the board of trustees
was favorable to his retention. This set some
of his more violent opposers, especially
among the students, quite wild. petition
was circulated among the students to the
board of regents, board of trustees, faculty
and to Grose himself seeking his resigna-
| ton. Some of the cooler headed students
| managed to have the petitions made as re-
f,,l Cfnnn
Upon the appearance OF these petitions none
OF the parties proposed to retire under fire,
| of course; and the hint might have been
| gently taken but for the hotheadedness of
President Inman, who at this stage Of the
| game came forward and without any formal
| action OF the board of trustees announced in
| chapel that seven of the students who had
| made themselves most obnoxious to him in
| tho matter were indefinitely suspended.
This did make Rome howl Now the mat
ter goes to the board of regents. the board
| that has general supervision OF all the
| state institutions. There appeared be-
| fore this board at Brookings the seven stu
dents who had been suspended through their
| attorney, Judge Palmer, OF Sioux Falls
Professors Mars, Culver and Halburt, repre-
senting the faculty who before this had
petitoned tor the resignation of Grose, un-
| animously with one exception-Prof Bristol,
| Grose's brother-in-law President Crosse,
the board of trustees and two students,
representing liz student, 80 per cent of the
total attendance, who had petitioned for
| Grose's resignation. This Brooking's meet
ing of the board OF regents resulted i'll the
| reinstatement of the seven students sus-
pended by Monroe and resolutions that the
school should not close for the spring term,
asked for by some on account of the reduced
appropriation of the late legislature, which
had been made with the intention Of abolish
ing the preparatory and normal departments,
ostensibly on account of hard times, and
that President Groses course was such as to
commend itself to them. The object of the
| board of regents was peace.
| Before Grose had reached Vermillion upon
his return he had committed acts of small
general Importance which condemned him
further in the eyes of his opponents. Upon
his return his first official act was to attempt
| to discharge all the minor employees about the
college, such as janitor, librarian, etc, in most
cases students who had opposed him, and
were drawing small salaries, So or IS a week,
and placing other students in their stead.
| Those discharged promptly appealed the mat
ter to President Edgerton, of the board OF
regents, who told them not to worry about
| who did the work, as Grose's "discharge''
didn't count and they would draw the salary:
Now one last complication and this grand
educational drama rests Tor the present. Fol
| all the institutions of the state the board OF
| regents appoints subcommittee OF their
members to have special charge OF this
committee for the university, Chairman
Brandt last week took it in his hands to helE
regulate" matters q little, as they didn',
seem to be running very well. He told al
the instructors of the normal and preparatory
departments they were discharged on acconn
of a lack Of appropriation by the state tt
provide for them. AS these teachers hac
been hired by the year on yearly salary
they didn't propose to give way upon the say
of ANYBODY, much less the authority O.
Chairman Brandt. And so here the matter
rests
SENATOR PETTIGREw's PLANS.
Senator Frank Pettigrew of Sioux Falls i
home from Washington, visiting with hi:
friends and constituents, catching up will
his public and private business and thu
[ | combining business and recreation. He ex
, expects to do some travelling over the stat
before his return, and will go to the Blacl
, | Hills country about June i, where he vii
, | spend several weeks.
, 6, In regard to his new running mate, Senate
: | Kyle, Mr.. Pettigrew said Il understand
!, that he intends to work with Senator Petfe
> and form third party. They will cut YER
little figure in the senate AS to this nov
party, the independent party, or whateve
| they propose to call it, the movement Wi
i be short-lived. There Is no question bu
/, they have wrongs that ought to be righted
| and it is TO be hoped that they will succee
: | in accomplishing this but for the formatio
= of new party it takes some great issue o
principle for which men are willing to la
aside their personal preferences and hgh'
That this new party has anything c
= : this kind as far as l can see no one has bee
a | able to discover so far"
n HAS AN ORGAN IN VIEW.
! The new farmers alliance or independen
g party in tho state Is not dead nor doth
j, Sleep 1t seems to have caught on to tn
wisdom of j. S. Clarkson, and will put II
confidence in the great public educator, tn
newspaper. 1t proposes to have news pape
in sympathy with its views, established
every county, one newspaper at least in eac
n county upon which 1t can depend throug
thick and thin. This would look like soun
, political wisdom, whatever may be the wi
!, dom of its other views. Tho fact that this
!, the case is corroborated by reports from
- number Of localities. The rank and file
the party understand such TO be the pla,
y nor is it denied by the socaled leader
y Among the early accessous to the scheme
;. the Salem Register, which will be edited /
n, w. Wade of Mitchell.
|, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL LANDS.
4; South Dakota is seeing lively times
I, generally the times are supposed To be du
and money close. Probably one OF the bu
d lest men in the state Is Land Commission
:, Thomas II. Ruth. He finds quite Ian
office business on his hands. In the fir
D place. the public school lands are estimate
|. at over 2, 100000 acres. According to the e
abling act the state is allowed to select go, o,
acres as endowment lands for various sta
institutions. Then the last congress furth'
-, appropriated TO the state the Sisseton india