The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-02
ESTABLISHED JUNE %, 1ssa-voL. s5.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
The Brown University Corporation
Meets.
ASKS PRESIDENT ANDREWS TO
WITHDRAW HIS RESIGNATION.

Corporation Was Afraid That Presiden
AndIews' Views on Free Coinage o
Silver Would Be Taken as Representa-
tive of tho University-Ex-secreta
Olney Condemns the Action of tn,
Trustees.
Providence, September 1.-The meeting
of the corporation Of Brown University
in which great interest has been excited
on account of the agitation aroused by
the resignation of President Andrews ol
Brown, on account of objections which
were understood to have been held by
the members of the corporation to Presi
dent Andrews's utterance on questions Of
national finances, was called to order al
10 O'Clock today at the University.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors and the resignation Of DIR. An,
drews was expected to be the most i'm.
portant matter to be taken up. This
matter was the subject of much discus
sion before the members of the corpora
ton were called to order. Congressman
Joseph H. Walker of Worcester, one of
the leading members of the corporation
who, himself started the agitation CON-
cerning President Andrews 3 views, was
among those present.
President Andrewss friends were on
hand early, expressing determination to
oppose the acceptance of DR.. Andrews s
resignation to the utmost.
All the members of the board of fellows,
except two, were In attendance, and these
two were too far away to attend, one
being in Europe and the other In Alaska.
H DR.. Andrews was among the first to ap-
pear at the place of meeting. He was
there some little time before the hour Of
10 had sounded on the city clocks He
appeared to be calm and collected as he
walked about and busied himself with
some preliminary matters talking seri-
ously on ordinary business subjects with
various members of the corporation as
they arrived.
Dr.Andrews was approached by q news
paper man, but had as little to say as on
previous occasions when similarly ap-
preached.
"Have you any objections. was asked
OF him, to giving an interview after
the meeting is closed and final action has
been taken. OF course, during the PEN
objection on your part to expressing
yourself in relation to the subject, but
perhaps after the meeting you will be
willing to discuss the matter9'
II don't think care to grant an in
terview," he replied. Everything 1
could say have already said. There is
nothing SO far as can see that wish to
NIr xix~o& hoe +I<v~, III
exploited on both sides and I would con-
slider it bad taste to say anything con
cerning the action of the meeting, after
it had been taken.'
Congressman Joseph H. Walker of Wor-
cester, one of the leading members of the
corporation, who, himself, started the
agitation concerning President Andrews 6
views, was among the early arrivals.
Every precautiOn was taken to keep the
proceedings secret. At each door was a
guardian, and all who were not memb bers
of the body were positively refused admis-
sion. Moreover, the members of the cor
poration took the trouble to state that
nothing would be given out concerning
the proceedings.
called to order by DR.. Andrews, but he
Alvah Hovey, DID,, of Newton TAeologi-
cal School, took the chair.
! The early part of the session was taken
up mainly by routine business, among
the matters which came up being the pre-
sentation of a letter from ex-Secretary OF
State Richard Olney, addressed to the
faculty bearing upon the controversy be-
tween the corporation and President An
drews. The letter is as follows:
Boston. August 5, 1897.
Professor Benjamin f. Clarke, J. Frank
lin Jameson, Henry B. Gardner and
others:
Gentlemen-I thank you heartily for a
pamphlet copy of letter bearing your
signatures and entitled IAN open letter
addressed to the corporation OF Brown
University by members of the faculty OF
that institution" Nothing could be bet
ter in matter or manner. It presents the
action of the corporation with singular
lucidity and logical force and deals with
them in a temper and spirit which are
everywhere admirable.
AS you may know, do not agree with
what understand to be Mr.. Andrews Q
views respecting the free coinage OF sill.
yer. L strongly depreciate the action OF
the corporation, indeed, upon the precise
ground that nothing could be better cai-
culated to give currency and weight to
those views-iust as nothing would give
a greater impetus to the cause OF tariff
reform than an attepmt by the authori-
ties of Harvard College to discipline Pre-
sident Eliot for the well-known state
ments respecting "Free trade" The
true objection, however, to the course pur-
sued towards DR.. Andrews by the corpora
tion of Brown University is It's implied
inculcation of the doctrine that an insti-
tuition of learning should above all things
get riches and. therefore should square
its teaching and limit the utterances of
it's faculty by the interests and sentiments
of those who for the time being are the
y;ch mon of the c0mp,unifu Tho dor,o-