The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-21

you probably wrote nasuly anu Wi."vu'
| due consideration. But your second ue
mand takes from me all doubt as 10 your
| meaning and purpose. You VIII let me
| say, then. that with my views am f'ot
! capable OF doing what you piopVse..
| Further. II IL suits you to insinuate tnat
| those gentlemen who voted for Mr. Boat,
4 wright were cruelty imposed upon anu
| made 10 give an tnsncere vote, YOU ,' t
| take the responsibility. For mysei ne
| Ueye the twenty-scven who stood up ana
were counted and recorder as Vo,ins ~
| the affirmative were as honest anu htSi-
! fotr who voted no. | repel the insinua-
| fjon that manhood independence and SIN
| certify found their home only In the hearts
| OF four out of thirty-one who cast Iheir
| votes. .
/ But the point / desire 10 emphasize Is.
| that the secretary could only give his
record and that he had no right TO pre-
| sumo 10 interpret the influences or pro-
cesses by which the meeting arrived at
| It's conclusion Except by yourself am
| sure this will be universally admitted.
But you go further and base your charge
| OF disingeneruousness upon the 'fact
| that / concealed vote taken by ayes
and noes, ana which, If reported, Would
! have exhibited Mr. BoatwGrights weak
ness and the strength of the mln ,,ia.,,
! In reply / have to say that the president,
| DIR. Curry, and / as secretary are cledr
| that there was no such vote. There Was
| but one vote for the nominee, ana ms
| vote was taken by rising ana eou'. 20
| The rising vote was taken in place OF a
Terorded vote as proposed by one of the
members. and which was objected 10 as
without precedent in the o1a DS unan'-
! NOUS vas not pressed, but WITHDRAWN on
| the ground that II might place solns
member In false position: nave saio
| there was but one vote for president.
| The presiding officer says the same thlng
| II am wrong the board must say So
| shall not deviate from my CONVICTION III
| obedience TO YOUR unbrotherly inSlnuauon.
| 10 ct oil
| 10 T. Whether the twenty-seVen WIZ re-
| verse their action at your instance ana
| confess after hours OF discussion ana ue
| liberation, that they did not Know What
! thew were doing is beyond my belief. In
| snite OF the claim you obviously make
| that Won and three others or the Doaru
have greater wisdom lht err s'i rcet ~
| your brethren, | will presume to say lhat
! they are your equals In every respect.
| Now as 10 your "other facts can
| show them to be without foundHton
! You say: Had you published az me
| facts or had those facts done justice 10
those members Of the board VINO were us
| slrous OF retaining in the'r places tnOS
| able. efficient and loved professor.
! I shouId have remained silent. rms I'M
| mutation upon the action OF the trusteSS
] te wholly groundless. | took pains 10 pun
lish officially the following N0in ltoo IL
| done TO impair the system OF schoois-
| nothing to interfere with the WORK Oh dily
| professor" You know full well that hot
! one thing was done or SAID 10 pear 0"'
! Again vou make charges as follows
| That at the annual meeting IN June 80
| ond day q motion was made 10 elect
| r,resident which was defeated. Al NV
| close of that day the question was asheu
| nublicly whether anything more OF I'M
| portance would come before me Dodi -. ~
| The answer by the secretary Vac. to-
know of nothing" Under this information
| many Of the members went nome. On
| the third day. when there were oulg
fifteen present. without Notifying the IiuS
tees or even assembling lhe CITY ni te,,nS a
| of thf, board. the chairman aPpolhItu -
| Committee of FIVE, consisting enuieY vi
| ministers, to make nominations 10 De SUI SUI
| mitted TO the sen-dnnudl StS".o', ,,,.,ss
| eion where usually only routine busllesS
II is difticult TO conceive of statement en
win q hast Of truth better handed ioI
making a wrong impression tha ,.o and
| Ali or these points were talked over dlt .
| tborouphlv disproVed in the recent meet
| ing mt | will again reply in detah:
| j. The Trustees have never aih,eMiipee
| IN elect a president without hdNIls .
| committee TO nominate ana WlthouS SiNil-
| due notice. When the question was g., , ~
| upon the second day of the last ann
| meeting without these preCdu'loil9' -
| vas nr5 roptlv voted down. rms accordS
with the traditional fairness OF the Dodi ~
| When the secretary was inquired 90
| &C +o bpsiness he could only reply IN
regard 10 official routine. He is nor al,
| WAYS consulted about what new DuslHSaS
will come up at the meetings. No.. Tho
| The meeting the third DAY wac me
| continuance of the regular sessions OF tne
| hoard SEPARATE or special call OF mem
bers as you intimate SHOULD nave pT Tha
had is never made from day 10 day' IiT
| members who departed after the seCoiid
| dav left no excuse. nor did the DodIu
know they would not return. More th IN
| double a quorum was present, anu NV
| hoard followed a large number OF pre-
| cedents i'm their action. 1t was expressly
nroyided that no action should be taken
| for six monhs. 1890, . /,
4 The secretary was ordered TO IN
form the trustees. The notices sent OUT
were not personal letters" but an OIL
| cial notification e..
| 5. The semi annual ineelIIs NJ IVA IVA
ouently been chosensfor canvasslng ana
settling such questions. 1t is the annual
meeting that is crowded with routine
work." and usually the semi-annua al
meetings are almost wholly given up TO
general subjects. Mr. Wilson was eject
ed at a semLannual meeting. The meet
ing held on the 1fth instant was the
largest meeting for a long while. there
being five more members present than at
the annual meeting in June.
8. The committee was composed OF
| ministers. That Is the one redeemlng
statement made by you that is not mis-
| leading" They were ministeTs-minsters
| founded the college and ministers are al
ways going TO be its steadfast friends:
| Rev. A. r. Sands was for years one Of
| our most honored and useful members.
| 1t comes with sorrow to me that any
| SuCn man OF any HltllDti VI us NoIliiiliA-
| tee should be discounted by the son OF a
| minister. but ii is worth noting that
this committee OF ministers did not nom
mate a minister for president but a
young layman--a godly. useful member
of the church of which you are deacon.
| IT will be clearly seen from these an
| swers. all Of which can be proved from
the record. that your whole case falls 10
the ground. l repeat here what | said
| in my first article that for faithful,
patient, thorough work, ] have never
seen the meeting of the 18th instant sur
| passed. If | chose 10 give "other facts,
such as YOU gave (Which are in the main
| opinions or impressions), / could say that
from start 20 finish the nomination. OF
Mr.. Boatwright grew steadily upon the
| board. His election was the result If con-
| viction.
| You intimate that in some special sense
| you represent the alumni of the college.
j wish TO remind you that there are
| twenty-five Of this honored band on our
board. and there is assurance that every
ono but four is Il Boatwright man. BY
what rule do you work out your repre-
| sentative character?
| / think you can no longer say that
have failed 10 answer your statements
"seriatim," and in justice TO me will ac-
J knowledge that you are enlightened.
| and that the misleading statement which
unconnected would have created a false