The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-12-06


rarely, if ever, defended himself in
public, and was accomplishing. To
friend he was heard to say on one
occasion that the spirit of scctarianism
to prosecute and SANDER is the same
in Kentucky that it is in New England
and that there was large body OF in
dependent and intelligent men in
Kentucky willing and ready to aid
him in his defense against the assaults
on him, but he did not say what he
would do in the case. However, in
March, 1927, he resigned the Presi-
dency of the University and was very
soon thereafter elected President of
the College of New Orleans, and his
prospects of success were most flatter-
ing, when he was Frustrated by fever.
Up~n his partial recovery he embarked
on board of vessel for the North,
hoping that the sea breeezcs would re-
store his health, but Oh the voyage he
was attacked with yellow fever, and,
after great suffering for five days he
died, and on the 3lst of July, 1927, his
body was committed to the waves, I'M
coflined, the scholars cloak was
wrapped around him for a winding
sheet, the ocean became his grave and
the towering rocks of the Tortugas
his monument.
The resignation of the Presidency
of Pennsylvania by DR.. Holley was
much regretted by large majority OF
the people and all of the pupils, a
number of whom Immediately left the
University.
That DR.. Holley was a great edu-
Gator, let the following facts tell the
tale: When he took charge of The
University it was comparatively little
known; when he left it, it was cele-
brated all over this country and
i'll Europe. During sixteen years be-
fore he took charge of it, it had grad
uated twenty-five students in all {;
during the nine years of his Presi-
dency it turned out six hundred and
sixty-six graduates. In June, 1928,
Rev. Alva Woods, was elected to the
Presidency of the University. He
was a Baptist preacher, with a high
reputation for learning and liberality.
he, retained his position in the Uni
versity for two years, and then re-
signed to accept the Presidency of the
University of Alabama. Rev. Ben
jamin 0. Peers, an Episcopal minis
ter, was elected President in 1888, and
filled the Office for nearly three years
After Mr.. Peers, Rev. Thos. w. Colt
was elected President, serving nearly
three years from 1885, then resigning.
After his resignation, Dr. Lewis Mar
shall, my former beloved teacher, then
Professor of Ancient Languages and
President pro TEN, presided until
Nov, 1910, when Rev. Robert David
son, Presbyterian minister, was
elected and held the position until
| 1872, when the Methodist Church
obtained the control. The University
had by this time become very much
Frustrated, particularly in the literary
and academical departments. Bishop
Henry B. Bascom, ID. D., was made
President, and it soon revived and
prospered as it had not done for years.
In two years after the Methodists got
control of the University there were
four times as many students in it as
there were the year before. In 1S4S
Bishop Bascom resigned and the Uni
versity reverted to the State, and Pro-
fessor j. B. Dodd acted as President
pro TEN. The University was re-or-
ganized in 1856, and normal school
for the education of teachers was es-
tablished in connection with it, under
the patronage of the State as an indis-
pensible aid to the common school
system of Kentucky, and the Legisla-
ture appropriated $4,000 a year for
its support, and the Gcause of popular
education in the State never seemed
to be more prosperous.
Rev. Lewis w. Green, d. D., was
elected President of the University in
1856. He was most estimable gen.
tleman and a profound scholar. We
were at dear old Buck Pond together
In January, 1858, Mr.. Green resigned
and was the last President of Tran.
sylvania. The Legislature withdrew
the yearly appropriations to the nor
NAL school, and the University, which
had been declining for years, sunk
navar IN riSa n gain a ar tha a0i slo