The Portland daily press., 1897-09-04
WILL ACCEPT WALKERS OFFER.
MIR. Andrews Will Be President of
Cosmopolitan University.

That Much Practically Decided on
Whether He Will Withdraw Ills
Resignation as President of Brown
Undecided.
New York, September 3.-That DR..
Elisha Benjamin Andrews, who recently
resigned the presidency of Brown univer-
newly inaugurated Cosmopolitan univer-
sity is almost an assured fact.
DR.. Andrews has been in this vicinity
for two days. Early today he went to
Irvington- on-the-Hudson and was clcseted
with John Brisben Walker, the promoter
OF the Cosmopolitan university, and to-
gether they prepared the prospectusIof the
new educational project. DR.. Andrews
left Irvington early in the afternoon, en-
route to Providence, but he remained over
night at the Murray Hill hotel in this
city, and will not start eastward until to-
morrow morning.
Late this evening when seen by repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, DIR.
Andrews gave out the following state
ment:
Some weeks ago when I thought a
severance OF my relations with Brown
university inevitable, I assumed the
responsibility of conducting during the
coming year very important new educa-
tional undertaking projected by John
Brisben Walker, but now soon to be taken
in chargezby corporation made up, of
l-r,nx Ill Il
money men, deeply interested in the
proposed educational enterprise. The
work to be done by the new corporation is
in the nature of the university extension
already carried on by Brown university
SO that the head of Brown university
might concecvably be the same person
who had charge of the new work. There
would in the nature of the case be nothing
incongruous in such a union as appears
In the fact that President Harper of
Chicago university is also collegiate
principal of the Chataqua university
Yet do not myself deem that sort of a
union in the present case advisable or
likely to give satisfaction. If resorted to
1t will be only device to tMe over
temporary difficulty, either the old enter
prise or the new will sufficiently tax
the energies of any one man.
"Just what permanent settlement will
be arrived at | am not vet in position
W Stitt6. IL IL HOpeu bHdG III Will Do the
one best calculated to further the cause of
education.
When asked whether he would with
draw his resignation from Brown Uni
versity, the doctor said he could not state
positively what he would do until he
had consulted the trustees and fellows of
Brown University
He said that there were nearly 1000 ap-
plications by letter for the new university
and that he would begin to answer them
on next Monday. Brown University will
open two days later and this in itself
would show that DR.. Andrews has Ger
tainly a very deep interest in the welfare
of the new scheme.
Mr.. Walker was rather reserved when
approached this afternoon at his resi-
depce on the Hudson, but he gave all in
gu ,rers to understand that DIR. Andrews
4 would have complete control of the Cos
mopolitan University and assume en-
tire charge of it at an early day.
you see," said Mr.. Walker, "Brown
University has treated DIR. Andrews SO
nicely that it is very likely he will con
tinue the duties of the presidency until
his successor is selected. -