The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-14

Orlando, founding his claim of interest
in such property upon alleged invalidity
of proceedings under which the land was
sold in 1888. The claimant was repre-
scented by Cheney and Odlin. and the de-
PENDANT by G. f. Akers A Jury
was waived, and the case was de-
cided in favor of the defendant. The case
was carried up to the supreme court and
argued in 1889 by the same attorneys who
conducted it before the circuit court. The
matter hung on until the personnel of the
supreme court was changed and the bench
gave notice that argument would be heard
June 10 of the present year, and J. NJ
Cheney, for the appellant, and George r.
Newell, for the appellee, went to ITALIA
hassee and submitted their arguments,
and the decision in favor of the appellee
was handed down Monday. This, 1t is
thought, will result in the dismissal of
many, if, indeed, not all of the cases of a
similar nature.
The new board of trustees of the Florida
State Agricultural College and Expert
meut Station was in session at Lake City
Wednesday. A few somewhat radical
departures have been made, the chief of
which is probably that looking to the CO.
education of the sexes at the state col
lege, for by resolution adopted, young
ladies and girls are now and heuCcforth
to be admitted to all its courses and priv
leges on equal terms with the youth of
| the opposite seK-eXcept that for the
present, and until proper provision can be
made otherwise, the girls are to obtain
board in the city outside the college quar-
tiers. Separate boarding facilities in con
neCtion with the institution and under
the control and discipline of its authoTi-
ties will, however, doubtless follow
this departure in due season Two
or three new chairs have been
created and some changes have
been made in some of the others. The new
ones yet to be filed are: Bookkeeping
! and penmanship, including a regular
commercial course; stenography, type
writing, machine typesetting and teleg
raphy. The presidency of the college
now combines with it the chair of agri-
culture and the dictatorship of the ex-
pertinent station, and it is understood
that the president is now in fact and
without pretense to be vested with full
authority and control of the institutions
in their entirety, though he will probably
| be assisted in station matters by council
! composed of members of the faculty and
staff. The report that DIR. W. F. Yocum
would not remain connected with the col
| lege was erroneous. He has been ten
dered the vice-presidency and the chair
! of mental and moral philosophy, political
economy, etc, at 81 800 year; and he has
accepted. President Oscar Clute, NJ. S,
of the agricultural college and experiment
! station of Michigan, has been rendered
| (as stated) the presidency of the Florida
| Agricultural college, at a salary of
! s., 800 year and has accepted.
| The other chairs filled are as follows: H.
| G. Powers, instructor in drawing and
| mechanic arts; Il. j. Bending, assistant
| in the above; j. j. Earle, physics and
| chemistry a. A. Person, agricultural
! chemist; II. =. Baya, mathematics and
| civil engineering; j. NJ. Stewart, history
and literature; Rev. c. V. Waugh, tof
! Ocala) ancient languages; p. H. Rolls,
biological science; J. N. Whitner hOrti-
| culture; j. G. Martin, instructor in sub
collegiate department (hitherto known as
preparatory" DR.. J. Franklin Appel
was reelected college physician and sani-
tartan; G. A. Finley, bookkeeper, etc, as
| previously reported. The physicians
salary is 5000 year, as usual Prof
Bending's is increased to that of the
other professors-wh which, except in the
instances of president, vice-president and
chemist, is fixed at 81, 100 a year, as
against 81 POO formerly. All the newly
elected have accepted DR. J. =. DePass
resigned very good naturally and says that
he is happy-that this is what hehas been
working to bring about for the past two
years. William G. DcPass a son of the late
| director, was elected farm superinten-
dent at 5000 a ycarlp.