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

tiers from all denominations. He
rarely, If ever defended himself in
public, and was accomplishing. To
friend he was heard to say on one
occasion that the spirit of sectarianism
to prosecute and SANDER is the same
in Kentucky thatit 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.
JPN his partial recovery he embarked
on board of vessel for the North,
hoping that the sea breeezes would re-
store his health, but on 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
coffined, 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-
kbrated all over this country and
in 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 Baptist preacher, with a high
reputation for learning and liberalty.
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
1912, when the Methodist Church
obtained the control. The University
had by this time become very much
Frustrated, particularly i'll the literary
and academical departments. Bishop
Henry B. Bascom, ID. D., was made
President, and it soon revived anC
prospered as it had not done for years
In two years after the Methodists go
control OF the University there were
four times as many students in it a.
there were the year before. In lS4S
Bishop Bascom resigned and the Uni
versity reverted to the State, and Pro
fessor j. B. Dodd acted as Presiden
pro TEN. The University was re-Or
ganized in 1856, and a normal schoo
for the education of teachers was es
tablished in connection with it, unde
the patronage Of the State as an indis
pensible aid to the common schoo
, system of Kentucky, and the Legisla
ture appropriated $4,000 a year TO
its support, and the kcause of popula
education in the State never seemed
to be more prosperous.
Rev. Lewis w. Green, d. D., wa
! elected President of the University il
l 1856. He was most estimable gen
| tleman and profound scholar. w
: were at dear old Buck Pond together
. In January, 1858, Mr.. Green resigned
9 and was the last President of Tran
G sylvania. The Legislature Withdrew
7 the yearly appropriations to the mol
t NAL school, and the University, whic
8 had been declining for years, sunl
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