Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-05-05

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OF this school. was member. Mr.. An
drcws, Of PlankintOn, in Aurora
county, was member. Mr.. Burtt was
a member, and | believe Mr.. Majors
was the other member. -Four of those
members, Robert DOllard, Mr.. Burtt.
| Mr.. ChilcOtt and Mr.. HOrner, took
their seats upon that committee
| thoroughly satisfied in their own
minds that every charge made against
DR.. McLouth was true. and that it
would be proven. Every one OF them
say they did. They said it before
ever the Senate had taken action up
on the report OF the committee. But
from the investigation they were COM
PEELED to change front. None of these
charges were prOVcn-nOnC OF them.
What was their duty then if they
men were innocent Of the charges that
were madc-at any rate, that they
were untrue.
But this investigation involved other
things. One part of the verdict, or
rather the report which this commit
tee brought back to its body, Of which
it was a part. and which the Senate
approved in every finding, was that
Mr.. Foster must be dismissed from
this College That Mr.. Frost must be
dismissed from his committee: and, |
believe, Mr.. Dawson, also was includ-
ed. Now, what was the occasion for
that committee reporting that Mr..
Foster must be dismissed? | will tell
You. and then you will say for your
selves whether they were right or
whether they were wrong in this matter
Mr.. Foster was brought there as one
of the witnesses to prove these charges
against DR.. McLOuth: and Mr.. Foster,
under his oath, admitted, when he was
questioned, that he had sent perhaps
dozen Of the copies of these charges
against DR.. McLOuth to the different
educatiOnal institutions in other states.
Now. is there man or woman in the
city of Br0OkingS. is there young
gentleman or young lady in this school,
who is not willing to acknowledge that
they know, as well us they know their
eXStance. that Mr.. Foster never would
have sent these charges to those edu-
catiOnal institutions, in the other
states, against the president of this
school if he had not been his enemy?
What then was the duty of this COM
mittee? To say that the interests of
this school are paramount to every
thing else: that when one man, or
one dozen men, are in one balance
and the interests of the school in the
other, these men must be made to
tip the beam. They said then that if
Mr.. Foster cannot stay upon that
Faculty and act in harmony with the
President, who has been tried under
these charges. and whom we have de-
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the result? Why, Mr.. Foster must go.
what they said should be done; that is
what was done: that is what the peO-
pie of this town and the people of this
state ought to have given their hearty
approval to. because justice demanded
it.
do not know so much about some
of the other things. do not know so
much about Professor Dawson. | do
not know so much about Professor
Frost: but | know that these things
were done. know that there imme
dlately came up to me petitions, ask
ing that Professor Foster might be re-
tained if he could be retained. | had
nothing to do with it. If had desired
never so much that Professor Foster
should be retained, it was out of my
power to retain him. 1t has been pub
iished in one of the newspapers of this
state that | desired his dismissal.
That was voluntary on the part Of the
newspaper that published it. 1t never
came from me with any authority.
After the report of that committee,
| did not see any possible way to escape |
diSmisSing Professor Foster, or invit- |
ing his reSignatiOn-let him get out of |
the school whatever way he might. /
was sorry to know that any man who
has the right to wear one of these but
tons Indicating G.. A. X. badge) |
should have such a verdict pronounced
against HIM. The man did have my |
sympathy, but | said to him, as did
General Butler on similar occasion.
asked the question, is any man who |
does wrong entitled TO any rights as a |
result of his wrong? That is rule
that applies not only to every one of
us. but to Mr.. Foster as well as any
body else. And | would be glad If |
Mr.. Foster, himself, were here to hear |
what say about this matter. / bear
him no unkindly feeling and bear no
unkindly feeling against any man,
woman or child within the hearing OF |
nv voice, and | don't know that | do |
TO any one within the state OF South |
Dakota.
Now then, here comes up this dis
turbance still further. 1T became
necessary for me to make certain ap-
pOintments-the appointment OF tnese
Regents; and | made such appoint
ments as to my judgement would sub
serve the interests of our educational