The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-21
THE INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE AND
COLLEGE.

have been having a great deal
say about the mismanag.ment
this State institution by the trt
l. tees. But the following from Il
. North Mississippian in our opinic
answers all the charges made |
. the enemies of the institution.
With perhaps one or two e.
ceptions, there is no one in TIL
State who wishes a female Pres
dent of the College, as it is nc
thought that the Institute could b
successfully managed by a woman
furthermore, it is not the intention
OF the trustees to put a woman il
that position.
Some of our esteemed contem
poraries seem very highly wrought
up over the action of the board Of
trustees of the |. |. Il c., at Col
umbus, charging them with the
grossest favoritism in the DISPOSE
ton of Offices, and in some in
stances calling upon the Legisla-
ture to appoint a committee to in
vestigate these charges and let the
public know the true state of af.
fairs at this institution.
1t is the easiest thing IN The
world, for a falsehood to gain cre-
dence, and lis because we have
personal knowledge that many of
these charges are false, that we
feel called upon, in justice to this
great seat of learning, and its able
board of trustees, to defend it from
the wholesale onslaught of crit.
cism it Is getting from the outside
world.
1t is charged that President
Beals declined a reelection as
president. Mr.. Beals did moi de-
cline a re election, as this position
was not offered him, and hence he
had no opportunity to decline it.
He was merely called to the chair,
because of his availability, and the
pressure of circumstances at the
time. 1t was not intended that he
fill the position, other than tempo
He has not been elected
to a similar position in MiIledge
vile, Ga, but as a professor in a
subordinate department. 1t is
false that any women de- /,
'ires to be president, or ever did {
iesire to be. The faculty is the
strongest the college has ever had .
and in perfect harmony :
With their usual f~orbearance, sub. g
nit to calumny and SANDER from !
he Columbus faction and some of =
he press of The State, without a
nurmur, or a sign of resentment. J
The charge that teachers have +,
'een elected 10 chairs, without fit.
.ess or ability, is not supported by
he facts of the case. The teach.
RS Of the different departments
nd the one which take pains to
articularize, is qualified by six or r
even years of hard study and APP h
LEGATION, ard has been pronounc- C
1 by able authorities to be high. a
2 proficient in that department, /,
esides having several years of
experience in schools of in>truc. 81
There is a clique in Column
Us which hates the College and 8
S board of trustees, on account of
arless action in unseating Presi. 8
INT Cooke, and it Is from these s.
at the rest of the world gets its -.
formation about the |. /. & c. y"
This school is an innovation in "
e educational world there be-.
& no other exactly of is kind in
e United States. 1t. has done u
'ble work for the girls of Missis- 81
ppi, and it would be the pride w
ID pleasure of every Mississippi Ia
to lend his influence 10 aid il in Il
hieving greater things in the fu- on
re. Its alumae can boast of a
DAD practical education, and n
me OF them adorn high positions de
instructors in schools in various m
rts of our country. VI
county was in the mid :"
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