The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-17

ing Intoxicating liquor In their room sentence
suspended during good behavior aud never Gu
forced.
cheating In examinations aud BEING nnIyuIhinl
about H. -l
1919. Two students indefinitely suspended
for enticing aud peIsuad ing fellow STUDENT TO
drink, and mHking him drunk,
This is the exact record The editor
of the News says "oyer one hundred
boys and young men have been expelled
Tor some real or ianclet ohense.' !
present the above official record and
challenge the editor OF tho &eips to pre-,
sent the interesting series OF figures
which he says he has received upon
this subject. / further call upon him
to give his authority, ii he has any, Tor
the statement he has made, or stand
convicted among all honest men as
wiliul, deliberate and malicious iaIsllier
lie has no such figures lie has no au,
thority. No man who has any regard
for his own reputation for Yeracity
would make such statement. Nor
would anyman, except from malice, rub
lish such a statement knowing 1t to DO
false.
AS to the individual cases he singles
out aud seeks TO parade for public SYM
pathy, forbear TO go into tho parIicu'
lars further, Tor | do not belong to the
class OF people who seek to build up
their own regulations by destroying
that Of some one else, am heartily
glad that these young men have re.
deemed themselves, and | shall not
throw q straw in their way, nave
only to say that their cases were Judged
by a full faculty after thorough lnvestl-
CATION, and so lar rs now remember,
by absolute unanimity OF opinion, Not
one OF these young men was debarred
from returning to tho University, ii he
so desired. and finishing his course. In
fact, one OF them returned the next
year, confessed his fault like n man,
finished his course and graduated,
and in so doing won back tho ground
he had lost IN the estimation OF those
who knew him.
The malice Of the editor OF the Nam
is further shown in what he said about
the cases he had particularzed. He
was himself o student here when these
young men were suspended, and knew
Iub TcuSOH lul NUN ou'pVhoiSllI NhN
was very active among the students in
seeking to excite rebellion against the
action OF the faculty and thus intimi'
date them. He did not succeed,
Hence theseltears5" l It,
s. As to the personal war that has for
two years been waged upon me by this
man and those who are aiding and
abetting him, have this to say: II !
had allowed myself TO be used MS tool
by him and those who stand with him,
/ should now be basking in their smiles
instead OF feeling their animosity. Ii |
had consented to see this university
made house OF refuge for anybody who
might seek asylum here, and could log.
roll enough members OF the board OF
regents to secure his election, there
would have been no complaint from
this quarter al ANY rolticial incom'
potency.
The editor OF the Ne,cs speaks OF my
having obtained tue presidency
through influence" Let me say to
him that my election was absolutely un-
sought and no friend OF mine, so far as
l know, used any Influence" to secure
my election. came here at the tele.
graphic summons OF the president OF
the board of regents asking me ii |
would accept the presidency OF the
state university to which mad been
elected. | did not carry
on six months campaign to secure
my election. | wrote no letters to mem
bers Of the faculty who, thought,
might want something, and offer to
trade my friends on the board for their
friends on the board, if they would con-
sent to log roll with me. | was not ION
the ground" when my election occurred,
intriguing and planning and trying to
set up lob" by which could secure
my election.
came here under no obligation ex.
cept the obligation which every honest
man owes to himself first of all, to do
my duty to those who had placed me
in the position. That duty have hon.
estly and faithfully tried to do, with what
measure OF success leave to the intGlli-
gent and consistent Judgment OF hon
orable men. have earnestly sought
to put this institution upon a higher
plane OF usefulness for the people Of this
state, and still maintain that ideal.
AS long as remain here | shall en-
deavor to carry forward this work along
those lines, seeking to secure tho best
men We can command for positions
here, seeking to maintain and advance
the standard OF scholarship, and, above
all, seeking to make, honest, sober,
manly men OF those who come here for
instruction. For, above all other earth
ly possessions, is the possession OF an
honest, honorable, manly character,
without which al! other education is a
deluson and failure. Whenever the
policy OF this institution shall abandon
these lines, shall step down and out.
In conclusion, bog to say that /
have hitherto pursued the policy OF
silence, because have felt that while
might vindicate myself, any contro.
versy would be injurious to the institu.
ton. | should not now have departed
from this rule but for the outrageous
ialsehoods contained in tho article
have quoted, calculated as they. are, to
do irroparable injury to the institution.
The editer Of tho MiC5 boasts him.
self OF his interest in tho university as
one OF its graduates, but right thinking
people will safely judge as TO the sim
Cerity OF u man who to serve his per.
sonal malice will thus "befoul hia own
nest" and, in order to build up his own
family and friends, will not stop short
OF falsehood and detrNCtion.
Very respectfully,
H. NJ NtrDNrU