Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-04
DIR. McBryde for President of Glenn


charleston News and Courier)
We assume that the Board OF Trustees
of Clemson College at their next meetins
will elect a president for thal INSTITUTION
10 an the vacancy caused by the reslsna-
ton of Mr.. Craighead. We 90 nov hn INV
who are the candidates for the position
nor anything as to their respective quaI-
hcations But the st. Matthew'S Gazette
nominates Dr. j. NJ McBryde for the
office and we wish 10 second the nonlha-
ton. He would make an IDEAL president
for Clemson College, ana MS scitctioh
would mean the success OF the lnsllu'lon
High character. large experience, supeIiOr
tact. thorough scholarship, marked leach-
inc ability. broad views and unusual exc
cutive skill are the qualities Wnlcn III
him for the difficult work az clemson
Or. McBryde is a native of south caro-,
line He understands the cnaraS,ter ann
genius of our people. He IL familiar win
tneir history, and well informed as 70
their educational necessities, par1icultilS
i'm the Industrial field. He has deyoteu
his life 10 the study OF educauonal plop,
lens i'm their bearing upon the practical
affairs of life In the University or Ieh-
nessee. at Knoxville, he acquired great
reputation i'm the science OF applied agrl-
culture. As president Of th' SCUM catV-
lima college, he proved ny capaei.S ~
the arr Of college management. rs p'esi.
dent Of the College OF Agriculture, az
Blacksburg. Va, he has breathed the
breath OF life into a failing institution,
and IN Few years mas Uld'At - N.A' "
the strongest and most succe ssiul ihS St
tutions of the kind in the country we
have been told by an olhcial OF me ~
partment of Agriculture at washington
that the work OF the experiment statlOn
at Columbia when it was connected WIN
the South Carolina College under III;
McBryde's administration, coniyorsu
with the best work accomplished IN tne
United States; that 1t was original work,
scientific work. practical work or the
highest ability We have also been tod
nv the same authority that the expert
mental work accomplished at clemson
has been OF the most INDIFFERENT chatSc
FER and that the work OF the experiment
station there Is I'm no respect superior
10 the work accomplished al the newest
station in Oklahoma Territory. ,,.o.,,ao
We dc not know that Dr. McBryue
would accept the presidency OF Clemson
College II Il should be offered TO him; but
he would be worth having II the trustees
could get him, and we hope that tney VIII
try TO get him And they should De VIII
ing 10 pay him liberal wages Tor MS
work If he will consent 10 tske .ns paoSs
"Cheap presidents" as the ST. Matthew's
Gazette very truly says, in the end are
the dearest of presidents ana Nc
Rrvde Is worth as much TO US as he Is 10
Virginia" He Is worth at least WV
wear. and would be cheap at that. we
doubt that the offer OF "A liberal salary
alone would induce him TO abandon ms
work I'm Virginia, but there are other con-
siderations which would have great
weight with him. As we nave SAID, ne
IS a native Of this State. feels deep IN
ferest i'm its welfare, and would hesitate
10 resist an appeal 10 his patriotism. ms
appeal should be made. There Is work Tor
MIN 10 do here, and work that no one
else can DO so well. We hope that the
BOARD OF Trustees Will make his electon
unanimous. and that they Will agree 10
leave the administration OF the analrs
of the college solely In his hands; II ne
will consent 10 undertake the burden-
Clemson College requires the most Jual-
cious nursing a few more years OF mis-
management, of political control, VIII re-
suIt In the utter failure OF one OF the
most popular and deserving institutions
aver founded in this state. We 90 not
mean to reflect upon the administration
Of the retiring president-no one couiu
have succeeded with a divided Board o.
rrustees. whose educational theories nave
been coIored by their political views; ana
n the college Is TO succeed II must be
tsken out OF politics. DR.. McBryde Is IN
no sense a politician-he Is teacher an
adminlstrator, a wise man. and his cleo
ZION as president. with authority TO con-
duct the college as a school for the train
ing OF the youth OF the state IN useful
knowledge. would make Clemson College
the greatest institution Of the kind in
tho South