Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-21
PRESIDENT TURNER

Newspaper. hhiCn seeNh 10 40 "
spirea by Personal Mattce aud Caieu-
lated To lpiure the institntion-A Com
ple;e VndicatioD Of himseif--peciai
RENAL Of charges Made for an ODvi-
Gus Purpose.
70 ne F;iu0y az ne Il 9isfsf'
SIR:-Ia the Wheeling Ecafng Neics OF
recent date appeared the io1owug edI-
toual:
'IsTSnzsTISG FACTS
The r ,rs has received an Interesting series
OF icurr, rel .ttrr 20 tae discipline anu cOhlsvi
rrth State University. which must make IA
t-re.tiu., REACH 90 every West Niv-in.an Who
couIrilrlltes sending q son 20 tbat Institution
Whi G Under the present manageihenL Mf. =
ii. Turner has been President OF Tie Chlfrt
shy bow sOihc eight years Dur NJ tHis ulls
A. Inc entire aud absolute control Of the rs J.
tutluu. lu 40 silgle c-se has LIS authority
h-cu disputed or GnesuCnad "a th' eiSEt
ycars 90 i-resi1eat Turner's 5lctfton ever one
tu lIrei hots aud Foaug men raNe D-en e4-
ueiir from The University Tor some real or
ianci.d ofersr During the same time 81
Ns,saI- q 90 ana Jefferson CoAsgs school Of
larger lt-rElau DE cNpGistohs have nor
numbered iWruty Al tie falrmOnt Normal
school an in,tltItiJn whose attendance j.
ue4rly do15ls ttat of tho University, the eX-
puisluus nave not numbered ten; at other con
c4tiorai institutions IN This stvte the percent
age o. explosions has not b en- one-tNehtietn
oil ulat i, pas been at the University.
As Eiie these facts src Interesting, IL 10 equal
lv interest ting To canine INFO the Character OF
the Young men who were thus forced out OF tue
state University and compelled % seek
an cdpcai0n q sewhere Two OF them
are now prominent and rising law
YES IN this State. one woo was
expelled 10, refusing - answer quesuoh
deSi-ued 20 crimtngte friend. when within
tDree ouths OF graduation, flashed his ecu
cation AZ Adrian, Mlch., and is now the Z u-tei
and honOr,d head n one OK the Leading normal
schoo 5 OF West Virginia mother Is now u
federal ullce-hOldrr. A fourth has served ca
ta.l, AS th, principal az weil-known pablo
scncol in th- Eastern Panhandle, while sun
another is "a successful md rising Young arls l.
dozen Others are ac.ive and useful citizens In
every branch OF business.
Tb..e. .ouu Z men have brains and character
SuatcIent 10 rye TIER state and taclr le low
M IA im.cr Ant c ,pacltie,. The N IN whose
narrow m n1rd ty:anny was re>Pohslpic lor
driving t4ese men out lvom Tie leading educH-
UOual sI situation OF the State VITA trand
upon thpm. assum "A q fearful responsibility, a
re, possibility which no conscientious aud hlkh
mined man couid have dared 70 assume uunec-
ess.riiy The public is asked TO Judge etween
these Young men who have made and are daily
ma.luc names Tor themSe yes and man who
mas been a failure In both professional ana Ous-
mess life and who WAS placed II tue mead OF
the State University through influence, without
rSsard 10 the needs Of that lnstii uuon. Tue
N-5rS confidently anticipates what that decls-
ion will bc.
/ have inserted this article entire that
Your readers may know exactly what IL
contains ana may the more correctly de.
cide-nOt between "these young men" ana
myself. but between the editor OF the Neps
ana the Truth.
For nearly two years the editor OF the
Nclrs. MIR. Hersche CoomOs Ogden, has
been publishing in the editorial columns OF
his paoer articles intended 10 defame me
and throw discredit on my official conduct
as the President of the State University
He has sought by general statements, by
iuuucudO, by stating part OF fact and sup
pressing the rest, and sometimes by down
right falsehoods, TO diScredit me 10 the pub
lie mind. As an instance of the last men,
TONED character Of assault, he pub
lished in the NclCS, last July, an editorial
charging me with being at the State Con-
ventiOn at Parkersburg and actively en-
gagged in pulling the wires" for one OF the
candidates for Governor He knew when
he wrote that article that 1t was false
hood. because he was himself present at
the convention, and knew l was not there.
He knew. alaO, afterwards that his state
mept was contradicted in the hiugwood
Journal (which had copied the article) and
the contradiction republlshed in the NelO
Dom inion at MOrgantOwn. This contradic-
tion was written by a gentleman, not
resident of this State, who met me on the
streets Of MOrgantOwn while the Parkers- |
burg convention was in session, and knew |
I was not there. Yet the NCiCS editor had |
not enough regard either for the truth or
for the good name of one whom he had |
wrouged in his paper to make even so |
much as a mention Of the fact. 1t did not !
suit his purpose.
he has again, in the article quoted above |
81, - t,k, nd
with another batch eff falsehoods by which |
he seeks further to prejudice the public |
mind against me in the editorial above |
quoted In order that the public may see |
the auimus of this man, ! give below the |
facts. as shown by the records Of the uni |
versitv ia regard TO the matter Of discipline |
OF.
!. There has never been q student expell- |
ed from the university since became pres |
ident.
. Two students have been dismissed |
from the University since l became Presi' |
dent; one for drunkenness, and the other !
for cheating in examinations and lying |
about it. Both Of these dismissals were |
private.
8. There have been fifteen students sus-
pended for longer or shorter periods, for |
cheating in examinations, for drunkenness, |
or for absolute defiance of authority and |
refusal 10 obey the regulations.
l. Other than these above mentioned, no
student has been expelled, dismissed or
suspended Tor any cause whatever. STU
dents who fail 20 study or are unable TO
main. ain their standing are dropped from
time to time upon the reports Of their
teachers.
> No student has been dismissed, sus-
pended or dropped without the affirmative
action of a majority OF the members OF the
faculty who were present when the action
was taken.
Does the editor of the NeiCs expect sensi-
bic people 10 believe that faculty of
twelve TO seventeen men, personally COM
posed of gentlemen Of intelligence and
character. has so little force as TO become
mere wooden men, mere tools, and would
allow a "tyranuiCal president TO exercise
an irresponsible power and dismiss stu
dents right and left with cause or without
cause, aud sanction his acts oy their votes,
as ne alleges has been done herel Such an
imputatiOn is a gross insult and outrage
upon every man in the faculty.
Is Here follows the detailed statement OF
the facts ia these matters since June, 1885,
when / became president. l omit the
names of the students, for, unlik the editor
OF the N1cs, 1 am unwilling 10 drag before
the public the young men who were so un-
fortunate as TO require such action on the
part of the faculty.
lSS5-6 Student - suspended for the re-
mainder OF she wear March 10 June) for re-
pe0.ed dsunscnueSS.
student -- Indefinitely suspended Tor pls-
giariZing an essay offered for prize competi
ton. (-entencs revoked on condition OF ac-
ScknowleagWent1
ItS-1 student -- suspended Indefinitely
10. refusing 20 recognize the authority Of the
University and obey IFS regulations. This is
ono % theyOuu- men referred 20 Ia the y iCS
StGjent -- u.1elded FOR the remainder
OF the year (March TO APr4D for repeated
drunkenness.
Student -- suspended Tor one year for
cheating In examinations and svOwiog tnst he
would rather ca at aud succeed than lie hon