The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11
WAYLAND TO BROWN MEN.
AN ANSWER TO THEIR LETTER ON
PRESIDENT ANDR EWS.

he aaya President Andrews wrote 60 Him
That In q Representative station Ne would
Not speak rs Ne would In n Subordinate
Pince-Tho Trustees Action IL Defended.
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Aug. lo.-Doan wayland
OF Yale, a member Of tho Brown corporation,
has replied to the open letter OF members OF the
Brown faculty with reference to tho resignation
OF President Andrews. In his reply no defends
tho position OF the corporation and ~justi6es its
action In calling DR.. Andrews to account. He
says:
Only two questions Of equal moment have
como up within nv recollection-the question
that arose in 1861 and the later question OF
initiation as tho halfway house on tho
road to population. I do not wonder
that q year ago tho best men of all
parties SUNK minor considerations. forgetting
everything else In tho effort to save the country
from the gulf which yawned before us. New
England responded to these patriotic efforts by
a majority Of 81 $40 in favor Of honest cur
rency, and the people Of the Northern States by
a majority exceeding a million and q half.
THAT the advocates Of tho scheme for de.
basing tho currency should DO ablo to quote tho
authority of the President Of Brown University
was q calamity and a dishonor. 10 be avertod at
all hazards. In comparison with such ideas. a
little more of income or q little less is u considcra-
tion entirely nconsiderablc.
at is stated that the President has not given
public utteranco to his views, but has merely in
private correspondence answered questions adj
dressed 10 him by personal friends. without
tho expectation or desire that his words
would become public; but such is the dig
nifty Of his official position that the In
fiuenco of his words cannot DO circum-
scribed. The Chief Justice of the Hawaiian
Islands recently said: When the advocates OF
free silver coinage in the island, are told that
tho weight OF tho intelligence and the integrity
they never fail to ak Il Brown University Is
not an institution of high standing. Its Presi.
"while the letter of the committee is very
unhappily, framed, making promtnent that
which is incidental and emitting the ,graver
moral, and economical aspects of the situation.
yet their intentions were altogether courteous.
Tho suggestion that is in the air about the
less as the assertion that his indie
pendence is compromised; 4 part OF the
price Of high station is an nbridsement Of ones
mitted to partnership with John Pierpont Nor.
gan eSuld not indulge in private sgesqlati9ns,
that he could not use when Prime Minister.
I'm 1889 I was a member Of the committee to
s Gifdlaies / 10 said: H Objection HH is mac made u" 70 You You
on the ground OF remarks made BY you
Brown. He replied. in substance: DO you
not think 1t possible for a man TO speak with a
good deal OF freedom while in a comparatively
subordinate position, who would not bray out
his views when placed In a station OF larger re-
| sponsibility
Your statement that the Likelihood of a uni.
versity is freedom demands qualification. II
the only qualification, for a President Is free
dom. why not at once elect Col. Ingersoll, unless,
| indeed, eN-Gov. Altgeld has superior qualiyca.
| lions T.
Prot. wayland closes by saying:
You will permit mo to express my profound
regret that you indulge in the prophecy which
the resignation OF President Andrews is nc
Cepted the burden and stigma fall on his sue
cessor.'