Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-25
Thursday, July Is, 1895.

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trouble IS no exception to this rule.
A stat correspondent of the Mime
apolis Journal, either from ignorance
or by intent. IN writing Of this matter
makes such gross misstatements of
the condition of things and causes Of
the same that ii is about time that a
few TRUTHS SHOULD BIZ TOLD, so the
people Of the state may know a few
facts al lezst in connection with this
institution. Too many, like the cor
respondent of the Journal, either
from lack of knowledge of the facts
or for the purpose Of misleading the
public, have greatly misrepresented
matters and put much Of the blame
on the Governor and his friends
where Others were solely TO blame.
This we car most conclusiyely prove
by statement Of a few facts and we
shall say nothing that we do NOT be
lieve ourselves competent to prove
If required.
In order TO make our statements
clear and easy Of comprehension, it
viii be necessary to 60 back a little
into not altogether the dim past. 1t
will be remembered by all of the
older residents of the state that long
before the election Of Gov. Sheldon
and under the administration of Gov.
Mellette, there had been a constant
rumbling of discomfort and dissatis-
faction in the Brookings College and
that the first great volcanic eruption
occurred in the fall Of 1892, prior to
Gov. Sheldon assuming the duties of
his Office, and that on the converting
of the Legislature, charges were pre-
ferred against DIR. McLouth and GER
tain of the faculty, one already bav-
ing been suspended for cause. 1t
will be further remembered that
when these charges were preferred
the DIR. hurried home from the east
and commenced a careful and system
attic campaign in his own behalf and
so well that, Notwithstanding the
greater part of the Legislature and
people still believed him guilty as
charged, no case was made out against
him and he was exhonorated at the
hands of the senatorial committee
hat had the case in hand; and the
only apparently just way left open
was to reinstate him, which was ac-
cordingly done and ne was told by
those in authority to return to his
school and see what he could do.
He claimed to be able, if support
ed, to bring harmony out of chaos
ard build up the school to the high
est standard of any institution in the
state, which it should be, because it
is better supplied with money, being
provided for by the general govern
ment to the amount of about $4,000
per annum, while all other educa-
tional institutions are supported
wholly by the state.
DIR. Nc Louth was accordingly
supported fully and heartily, being
president in fact as well as in name
and also made president of the ex-
perimental station to insure him full
swing. But early in the season of
1898, came the great revolt, when
more than 100 Of the students of the
school, many of them the most adj
yanced, went out. They felt they
were u~njustly treated and blamed
DIR. McLouth mainly. Some of these
students had nearly completed their
ours and would have graduated in
few months. They would certain
ly not have left the institution and
gone into other states at a heavy ex-
pense to complete their course If they
had not believed themselves very
much wroDged.
The Governor, soldier as he was,
educated to the Importance of dis
cipline, believed to submit to a revolt
of that kind would have an unwhole-
some effect upon this as well as the
other inttitutions Of the state, and
stood up for the Dr., after doing al!
in his power to persuade the students
to return and submit to tue rules OF
the school.