Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-21
DUTIES OF TIE REaRNTs

AaAANa VA 49, aa"HAsNAat
a Wheeling man Discusses the University
MIDDLE and Onors recommendation.
goths kdl0r Of tbs Register.
SIR; Whatever measures the Board Of
Regents adopt 20 settle the difficulties
existing az the University, they should
bear In mind that the institution Is al
ready damaged Public confidence 10
the management OF the University has
been seriously shaken. People are sur
prised and very much dissatisfied that
such state OF affairs as is reported 90
exist should be tolerated for a moment.
UAny changes that may be made will
doubtless meet with adverse criticism
from some one, but certainly the citi-
zens OF the State, the Governor who APP
points the Board, aud the men who
support the University, have o right 20
expect that the Board will suppress the
Decentralization aud chickering's, and
remove all causes Of confusion that
exist within the Institution. IL Is not
q time % patch up differences. The
result OF numerous past patchinEs has
not been satisfactory. We are tired OF
the repeated meetings Of the Board,
when peace and harmony" are re-
ported 20 prevail 10 the University, 10
be as surely followed as night follows
day by outbreaks and discussions among
the Faculty. The peace and har-
mOny" that pervades the University
about the time OF commencement Is
marvellous 10 an outside party.
III IS necessary that drastic measures
be adopted TO preserve our leading In
situations from irreVarabie injury. Let
the axe fan. and fan vigorously. Let
the whole Faculty be thoroughly inves-
tigated. JIG is reported that May Of It's
members DO less than two hours work
per day, and that their constant effort is
20 reduce she hours of instruction. IL
such be the cese the decks should be
cleared and other men secured who are
willing 20 work and who will try to
build up the institution. No man
should be offended If the Board inquire
carefully into his working capacity. IL
IS the Boards business. AT any rate
the dignity" OF the professors should
not be guarded at the expense Of the the
institution.
This is a critical period In the life OF
the University, and II the Board
fails 20 remove the source Of indif-
ference, laziness and incapacity, Of mu-
tiny and dissension which must be well
known TO it, the people Of the State will
be disappointed, and the university par
allied for years to come.
The present system has been thor
0ughlY tried. and it has as thoroughly
demonstrated that the university can
not gain under IT, There must be a re-
sp0nsIble head, who has power sufficient
TO enforce the orders Of the Board, aud
whom the Board will cheerfully and
cordially support and sustain.
in DR.. Turner is the proper man he
should be retained and his power In
creased. il he is not the proper man
the ROard should elect some one who
% courageous enough 20 relieve the In
sttufion of every dead weight. The
President should be held responsible for
the execution OF the orders of the Board,
but he should certainly have power TO
enforce them, and il any member OF the
Faculty find this system OdiOus let him
remove 20 some other Institution, II he
can find it, that Is successful where this
prihciple does not obtain.
The action Of the Board az the com !
ing meeting should Go final sRf
thorough. II should lesXe--g6 seeds Of
discoFd nor incap99 ty-to sprlng up later
and develop sue b-oniuslen as has IN
kuestionaQl = 4 4sted at the University
T6fW M years.
Tbs is a state institution, and the
Board cannot afford TO allow a few men
TO stand IN the way Of It's progress. Men
must be made 70 subserVe the good OF
the University, and not the University
made q harbOring place for laziness, IN
capacity, mutlny and the inhrmitles Of
Old age.
Let the Board infuse new life and en-
ergy into 10, and take steps 20 have 10
better advertised, better known and
better patrOnized.
The Board should act az once and act
thoroughly, and settle the row so COM
pletely that Il will not soon again mar
the progress Of the University.
wheeling.