The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-06

part should be taken as evidence that there
is any less discipline or that they are less
vel behaved there than students al other
female colleges They simplF yielded 20 an
impulse prompted By a desire 20 defend
their president, % whom they were justly
greatly attached"
The Press says thai y0l lost your tenn
PERI Gov Atkinson Wa asked What
about this?''
well" ne replied. III sou ever heard me
make a speech, you know what b. means
or course man who has ever heard me
speak before thinks / am mad when be
hears me. because that Is mg style when ]
am IN my happiest mood I was justly in
censed, but was perfectly COOL deliberate
and weighed everyW0r1 said II the
board Of trustees and mYstlt mad not kept
very cool and good hum0red there would
have been no possible solution 20 the dif-
hculties when they confronted us"
What about the young ladies' having a
meeting Of the class and refusing TO &C
cept their dipIOmas2''
Il heard nothing about that in Nil
ledgeville. The only thing ! know IS what
the newspapers publish. ] may pertinently
remark in this connection that / have
been reliably Informed that the reports
sent out from Milledgeville were so glar-
ingly prompted by an animosity TO mo
personally that the press from their own
If you disapproved o. the action OF
the faculty, governor, why was 1t that
you reelected it?"
We'll the board Of trustees We're thor
oCghly satisfied that the faculty were a
conscientious body of educators. devoted
TO their work and the Institution. They
did not care to let "A little incident OF
this sort cause a complete reorganiza-
ton in the faculty Of the institution ami
lose 10 the institution the experience which
has been acquired, when the matter could
be adjusted on a proper basis and WI N
they had every confidence in the integ-
rity, ability and fathfulness Of these ed
ucators. We therefore determined thar
we would not permit the incident to dr-
feet their standing in our estimation. nor
their eligibility TO the position II they con-
coded the right to the trustees TO do
what they had done in the case when
has brought on the trouble. and rec
ognize that it was their duty
hereafter TO conform TO the rules
adopted by the board Of the trustees and
only acquiesce in but cooperate with them
in carrying these rules into effect. The
faculty came before the trustees in a
body and agreed to these terms, and
thereupon they were each one unani-
mousy elected, there being not single
dissenting vote for any member Of the
faculty. The truth is had this matter
occurred IN any other institution IN Geor-
gia, as soon as the adjustment was had
1t would have been at an end. The sensa-
ton grows out of the fact that it is
desired by some to make me a target
on every possible opportunity and this
they thought an opportunity to do So"
Hon Fleming duBignon. a member OF
the board OF trustees of the college, who
accompanied Gov. Atkinson to Atlanta,
accompanied Gov. Atkinson to At
lanta, also makes long state
ment this afternoon, going over
the entire case showing the injustice with
which Gov. Atkinson and the trustees,
as well as the faculty, have been treated
by the newspaper reports OF the affair.