New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-03
INDIGNANT ANHERST ALUMNI.
AGAINST PARTISAN POLITICS IN IIlr
FACULTY.
THEY SEND LETTER TO PnrsIDENT GATE

THEY SEND \ LETTER TO PHiSIDi.NT "Nii''
COMMENCING his POLICY.
r,u,.r OF the aLlmn Of Amherst
coI,a..o INDIGNANT at lhci attempt II som
- ,hc pemorratc members! OF the lac"i'y VI
that institution to drag their alma mater m'o pa
uoutics have sent a protest 80 President ""oc' VI W.
collrra against the USE Of its name ior .'e e.
uurpo,cs Of the Democratic party IL Is e'e, ~
re If the r1, active Of the alumni ana "ould "is0
h..n signed bv many more. had tine been ''.vIl ~
circulate it widely among Inc Ah"c'aV " "
York The letter is a. follows:
President Merrill f. GATES. Amherst College Amherst
Dear Sir As members Of the New YORK * r A'
,s.ociatlon Of Amherst College. We dcsiie " he
80 Won our approval OF the disnhcd pon.y y ,n tS
pursued in refusing 10 be drawn ln, % ,nfn WHEN a
ior If vou associates lave shown Tie poor ia,lr'
as il seems Us. 10 dag the name OF our N',i Trry
WLie member OF . college IituitN' - w,
th"r Gmrrican citizen. has an undisPued nRn', ~
hi, political opinions and T. their pl1Hh pteni
aeainst the course which a- been pufsuM " oi,a n
members Of the Anl'cisi faculty IN i''ns iti, IF
appeal having for it, object merely Tue p'" "
political , campaign In which great moral qn-s
zion, were, nj issue It might then become ,hc unI'
~ colree faculty 10 uphold the Iislh AMI irhHu",e
the wrong. bat this is nOt such cahl9lg",
,n.-,Iiary a contc,t between iival financial pohh,,
npon which he Nation seem, TO Ie nDow' ,H' wa.
,ItI@r intended or might have been expected. nc
h.mocra press cluml that it is the Official voice VI
the cGese no, '' poca body II the expression
Of the alumni could b. obtained. the graduates wVuiu
H.. E,nnd 70 be lurgrly Of another way VI thihnhs
and fnr Amherst Colegr t. be put on record a
PARTISAN institution believe 10 be beneath us aug
nifv and its time hOI0Tcd tIaditlon,, when nave "a
dcafcd il all Very f,Sp,Ttll,Ily 12,,t,,.,,c
william W. Goodrich BfaeIou W. ii''"'''"'
jefferson Clark. fI'nA ~ .In'a,
william Hayes Ward, avery IL, ,n'"''""
Herbert l.. BIldsman, p ~ "arirnl o,r
j. q. Peek, Mllaru ~. - m"'N'''
~ 7, I,ncnin Curtis Il. Ilntheway.
~. a. Ir,wn John ". nth,
Edward ". CulTier, William = i ho,sa,e'
Asa \. spear, i|lWlh -; ,,r,
g. j.. IIawes. AhdN" l. Ni'''u' 1920.
T.. T.. JACKSON !r., =,
President Gates l"cug,d last evening before ''
rr,ollvn institute az Art, and sciences. nj Ar'o'"
zion Hall on "palrin>m in Times OF f'a'e' or
rh. puiy OF Educated Citizens 10 the STATE ne
delivered an eloquent and scholarly aIdie"', 'Ni"S
before his hearers the thought that they hl' punI.
dutlcs a, well ~ privilege. and maur suun, P,a
fr honest election lie made 10 rrlt'h,r 10 pi' IN
r,uc, aud iu no mentioned th' "l"I ~
ci,o,.d After he had fnl,hcd Professor TAhhllh w.
tf,,,,r the director 81 ih. Institute. made some re-
n,,Ls I'm Which he expressed regret thhf lI"sln'"t
Eliot Of Harvard had on The paif"rin r,cehIy 81,
m ia make some remarks oi partisan Irlihhh' "tu
h,, mar, 81 the audience had seen III 10 mice ''f
own poitc, into the Institute by applauulhs NJ r.
mark lie commended the action oil IN htpuDh'hn'
- that Time present Who lciraln,d rom any ~
n-essiou Of dSapprpyal ~ the action. Whi'h ulE1'
further have tended 70 raise partisan icrhs "'''e'