Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-26
THURSDAY, AUou- t 2G, 1897.
The Agricultural College.

the changes were made, Inc - )ard
in circular after stating the dIfferen-
CTS between it and the faculty say;
1--WE believe the time has fully
come when the producing classes
must grspple scientifically and intel
ligentIy with the principles governing
distribution and exchange. This nee
essity, however, the retiring admins
tratlon would not Concede. Attempts
made in the past TO enlarge the facil-
tiles for such instruction, notion part
isan, but on scientific, lines have been
steadily and vigorously opposed blythe
President and an overwhelming maj
ority Of the Faculty. With the issue
thus clearly defined, it became inevi-
table that either the Board or the
President and Faculty must give way.
In view Of the foregoing facts, this
Board resolved at it's April meeting
TO take action. Such action, however
was not hasty. One member Of it's
majority is an old resident Of Man
haitian and patron Of the institution;
two others have served each a full
three-year term on previous board
and have long been convinced of the
need for a thorough reorganization
Of the College. The Board began by
removing Eve professors and superin-
tendente, while the President and two
professors resigned, one resignation
independent of the reorganization.
AT the first June meeting, three other
professors whose cases had been left
pending were removed, and with
them two assistants. At the second
June meeting another voluntary re-
signation occurred. These places the
Board are filing with the best avail
able talent in the world OF scholar
ship.
AS TO the political aspect Of the
changes made: on the resignation Of
the President, o strong Republican,
the Board appointed q professor who
has declared himself, TO boards Re.
publican, Democratic, and Populist,
TO be an independant in politics. OF
the fourteen members of the old Fac
ulty to whom positions were offered,
twelve were understood TO be Repub-
licans. These were retained because
they we're believed to be competent
to perform the work Of their several
departments. AS documentary evil
dence in our possession shows, we
have endesvored, regardless Of polit-
les, to secure for the vacant places
men and women of the most thorough
equipment. We have elected men to
important positions without inquiring
or learning their political preferences
and we have elected to the chair Of
economic science q professor whose
views on certain economic questions
we know to be widely different from
our own. Our sole otjsct, we assert,
in effeCtlng the recent reorganization
is to raise the standard, increase the
efficiency, and enlarge the usefulness,
OF the institution committed to our
charge.
AS to the purposes of the Board, it
Is our intention: ~ to increase the
quantity and quality OF the agrIcul-
tural instruction in the course; (2)
greatly to strengthen the msthemati-
cal department by increasing the
quantity and improving the quality
Of its work; (3) to increase the amount
OF economic and sociological work in
the required course, and to ascertain,
il possible, by scientific investigation,
the causes OF industrial depression
and the path to truer individual and
general prosperity; (4) to facilitate
the opportunities for the instruction
and training Of women in the lines of
domestic economics, by constructing
and equiping the much needed and
commodlous building allowed the
College BY the last Legislature, and
placing at it's head an authority of in
ternational reputation on questions of
domestic economies; ~ to reorgsnixe
the force Of the Experiment Station
plsClnS in its charge men who will
make this branch Of the institution
more genuinely helpful to the sgri
cultural clsses; l8) to encourage the
development of individuality, and
the capacity and opportunity for stu
dents to specialize more closely in ag-
ricultnral and mechanical lines; ~ to
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