The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-09-02
OF BROWNS UNIVERSITY
Are Not SIN .ent Grounds for ConSurO
~ Ills Resignation.
HE'S sxED TO RECALL THE LETTER
BIG 0luey, in Letter to the Board, States
Z :sss4hat to Accept the Resignation Would
Be lmpoIitic and Very Dan
gerous Precedent.

| Providence, r. l., Sept. 1.-The cor
day after long meeting to request Pres
ident Andrews to withdraw his resigna-
ton as president of the institution. The
request was embodied in a resolution
containing the following:
ITO the President of Brown University.
''The corporation of Brown university
| has this day received with the greatest
regret your resignation as president. 1t
most earnestly desires that you will
withdraw it. 1t conceives that it was
written without the full consent Of the
corporation With the earnest hope
that a statement to you bearing the for
NAL sanction and approval of the gov
ernlng body of the university as whols
may bring us again into hearty accord,
the corporation desires to assure you
that it in no way sought the severance
of our official relations which, so far as
is known, have been most cordial from
the time of your acceptance of the pres
idency.
THE only vote and only expression
| hitherto made by the corporation bear
| ing upon the question: at issue was at
| the last June meeting and consisted of
| the appointment of committee to con-
fer with you as to the interests Of he
university. The extent of authority
thus given it's committee was one of con-
ference, which 1T fully believes you would
unhesitatingly admit was a legitimate
| and friendly exercise of its privilege
| related in the terms of the vote to be in
| the interest of the university which YOU
and Incorporation have closely at hart.
1T is perfectly true that the vote in
question was occasioned by the differ
ing views obtained on the one hand by
you and the other hand by most and
probably all of the members of the cor
poration as to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver by the United States
so far as affecting the interests of the
university and in fear that your views
in reference to it, publicly known or
expressed, might in some degree be as
sumed to be the university's and not
merely Individual 1t is not iii our minds
to prescribe the path you should lead or
to administer to you any official rebuke
or to restrain your freedom of opinion
or reasonable liberty of utterances, but
simply to intimate that 1T would be the
part of wisdom for you to take a less
active part in exertingpartisan discus
sions and apply your energies more ex-
clusively to the affairs of the college.
"Having as 1t believes, removed the
misapprehensions that your individual
views on this question represent those
of the corporation and the university,
for which misapprehension you are not
responsible and which 1T knows you, too,
would seek to dispel. the corporation, af-
ftrming its rightful authority to con-
serve the interests of the university at
all times by every honorable means, and
especially desiring to avoid in the con-
duct of the university the imputation
even of the consideration of party ques-
that in the language of its charter in this
liberal and catholic institution, all men,
bers shall enjoy full, free, absolute and
uninterrupted liberty of conscience, which
includes freedom of thought and express
sion, it cannot feel that the divergence
of views upon the silver question and of
it's effects upon the university between
you and the members of the corporation
is profoundly appreciative of the great
service you have rendered to the uni
versity and of your great sacrifice and
love for it. 1t therefore renews its as
surances of highest respect for you and
expresses the confident hope that you
will withdraw your resignation"
The vote on the subject was practi-
cslly unanimous and taken aftsr speech
es had been made by nearly every mem
Der of the corporation. Before the vote
was taken the following letter was re ID
from ex-Secretary of State Richard Oh
ney:
Boston, Mass, Aug. 8, 1897.
ITO Prof. Benjamin F. Clark, j. Frank
lin Jameson, Henry B. Gardnr and
"Gentlemen: thank you heartily for
a pamphlet copy of letter bearing your
signatures and entitled on open letter,
addressed to the corporation OF Brown
university by members of the facurty
of that institution Nothing could be bet
ter in matter or manner. 1t presents tne
grave issues 1isad by the unfortunate
action of the Z Toration with singular
I,tcidity and iogAS4l force and deals with
them with temper and spirit which are
do not agree with what Understood 10
be DIR. Andrews views respecting the
free coinage of silver. strongly <'epre-
ciate the action OF the corporation i'm