The herald., 1897-09-02
ANDREWS OUT
Earnestly Urged to Come
in Again
BROWN UNIVERSITY RULERS
MAKE DUE APOLOGY FOR THEIR
MISTAKES
Did Not Intend to Rebuke the Presi
dent, and Desire to Retain
His Services
ssociated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PROVIDENCE, R. l.. Sept. 1.-The cor
poration of Brown university today vot-
ed, after long meeting, to request Pres
ident Andrews to withdraw his resig-
nation as president of that institution.
The request was embodied in resolu-
ton containing the following:
To the President of Brown University:
The corporation of Brown university has
today received with the greatest regret
your resignation as president. 1t most
earnestly requests that you withdraw it.
1t conceives that 1t was written without
corporation. With the earnest hope that
a statement to you bearing the formal
sanction and approval of the governing
body Of the university as whole 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 it
knows, have been most cordial from the
time of your acceptance Of the presi-
dency. The only vote and only express
sion hitherto made by the corporation
bearing upon the question at issue was
at the last June meeting, and consisted
of the appointment of committee to
confer with you as to the interests Of the
university. The extent of authority thus
given its committee was that Of confer
ence, which it fully believes you would
unhestatingly submit was a legitimate
and friendly exercise OF its privileges.
relating in the terms of the vote to the
interests of the university. which you
have closely at heart. 1t is perfectly
true that the vote in question was occa
stoned by the differing views entertained
on the one hand by you, and on the other
hand by most, and possibly ALL Of the
members of the corporation as to the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver by
the United States, 80 far at least as af-
fecting the interests Of the university,
and the fear that your views. publicly
known or expressed, might perhaps in
some degree be assumed to be repre-
sentative and not merely Individual. 1t
was not in our minds to prescribe the
path in which you should tread, or to
administer to yeu any official rebuke, or
to restrain your freedom of opinion or
reasonable liberty of utterance," but
simply to intimate that 1t would be the
part of wisdom for you to take less
active part in exciting partisan discus
sons and apply your energies more ex-
clusively to the affairs of the college.
Having, as it believes, removed mis-
apprehension-for which misapprehen-
sion you are not responsible, and which
it knows you, too, would seek to dispel-
the corporation, affirming its rightful
authority to conserve the interests of the
university at all times by every honora-
BILE means, and especially desiring to
avoid in the conduct of the university
the imputation even Of the considera-
ton of the party questions or Of the
dominance of any class, but that, in the
language of its charter, sin this liberal
and catholic institution all members
hereof shall enjoy full, free, absolute and
uninstructed liberty of conscience"
which includes the freedom of thought
and expression, it cannot feel that the
divergence of views upon the silver ques-
ton and of it's effects upon the univer-
sity between you and the members Of
the corpora tion is an adequate cause of
separation between us; for the. corpo-
ration is profoundly appreciative of the
great services you have rendered to the
university and of your great sacrifices
and love for it. 1t therefore reneWs its
assurances Of highest respect for you
and expresses the confident hope that
you will withdraw your resignation.
The vote on the subject was practically
unanimous and taken after speeches had
been made by nearly every member of
the corporation.