Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-17
AFTER THE MEETING.

voted Tor tue Report OF the Collese
Trustees Committee.
specialcorrespUn1ance OF Gazette ana Journal
NEWARK. May 12.-Of course the vim
dication which the college trustees
have given Dr. Raub's administration is
still the talk Of the town" There were
some very surprised persons in the town
when the yindication was read N Wed.
neslay nights EVERY EVENING; in
fact, II may safely be said the result was
surprise TO many Of DR.. Raub's
friends, few OF whom expected any
thing quite so sweeping. The anti-Ranb
people confidently expected a report adj
verse TO Raub and is acceptance by a
full two.thirds majority Of the full
board, this expectation being based
upon what was known of the private
convictions of very many members.
One member OF this investigating
committee, hailing from Milford, after
sitting for two days aud hearing evidence
for and against DIR. Raub, met The
GAZETTE's correspondent at the Is. Il y.
station here, the night the investigation
closed, and patting him on the back,
warmly commended him, in the presence
Of Lieutenant Frier, the army officer
stationed al the college, for the stand
EVERY EVENING and other papers had
taken in this matter. II was a disagree.
able duty for the newspapers to do, but
he believed ii necessary TO awaken tine
trustees 10 action. The same thing he
repeated to another member of tho
faculty. Two weeks later, without hear
ing any fresh evidence, he signed re-
port declaring the newspapers all wrong.
INI,at, FL,at Nf M
| through town the immediate inference
with many was that the Yindication WAS
soon 10 be followed by the presidents
resignation, but number OF trustees
were seen and asked If this were correct
and they all declared the vindication
was in no wise conditional upon his
early resignation.
what do you think Of the report Of
The investigating committee 7" was
asked OF one Of the most pronounced
anti Raub members Of the board.
swell, / think it is the prettiest case
of whitewa5h | almost ever saw. 1t
was complete surprise to me, for
came TO the meeting expecting it would
be altogether adverse to DR.. Raub.
did not think the coat would be SO thick
/ in fact / don't think he himself ex-
pected such, much less deserved IT,.
"Did you vote TO accept the report p
There was moment Of considerable
embarrassment as this question came.
"Well, yon see, the report was unani-
nous with the committee and was so
strong for Raub it took my breath away"
"But did you say you voted to accept
it or notg"
"There seemed to be nothing else to
do under the circumstances. We
authorized the committee to go to tue
bottom and they told US on their honor
that they had dona sd and found the
evidence insufficient TO condemn him
upon, the charges being indefinite
and intangible. We did not have the
evidence to judge from and we had to
trust to the committee"
For the third time the truste was
asked if be voted TO accept the report.
"Yes, did, for l saw nothing else to
do. There had been so many criticisms
in the papers and among the people at
large that something had to be done to
restore public confidence,
And this member, not altogether salts.
fed with his admission that he had
voted to accept" "a white-wash report"
walked away.
Said another, not wishing to be
quoted: "The only thing to do Is to &C.
cept the report and turn in and work
for the college There have been crit.
cisms that were made in good faith and
in some cases there was perhaps cause
for them. But no man is perfect and
We have no right to expect perfection
in DR.. Raub"
Many others were seen, most OIL
whom expressed surprise at the nature
of the report. There were others who
talked volubly to the reporter, making
admissions which were not in harmony
with their votes ON accepting the re
port, but they always finished: "Bu
this is not for publication; what say i!
confidential" &c.