Evening journal., 1897-08-05
BROWN UNIVERSITY.
The Trustees Treatment Of Their
Late President Defended.
THE QUESTION IS A NATIONAL ONE,
A Representative Says That Professor An
drews Gave Utterance to Views Which
Were at Variance with Those
OF the Corporation.

Newhampton, n. H.. Aug. 5.--Repre-
sentative Joseph II. Walker Cf Worces-
ter. who is a member Of the board Of
trustees of Brown university and to
whose opposition to the public utter
ances on the subject of free silver of
President u. Benjamin Andrews of that
institution the recent resignation of DR..
Andrews is attributed, admits that he
started the agitation about the matter
and states that in his opinion there
is no chance that DR.. Andrews will be
permitted to remain or to reconsider his
resignation.
In answer to queries Mr.. Walker,
who is spending the summer at his
stock farm here, stated that he person
ally started the trouble at Brown at a
meeting Of the corporation of the uni
versity last June. This was done be-
cause the utterances of President An
drews were at variance with the views
of the corporation on the question of a
national financial policy. on this point
Mr.. Walker said:
"To illustrate. 1t is within my knowl-
edge that the president Of one OF the
leading educational institutions OF New
England Is an atheist He makes no
concealment OF the fact of his views on
proper occasions. Should he enter up
on the propaganda of atheism and de-
nunciation of Christianity how could
the corporation. unanimously Christian.
keep him in his place for single day?
Had a president of a college during
the late civil war taken pains publicly
to teach the doctrine of the right Of the
individual states to secede it would have
been an offense to keep him in his posi-
tion.
The Question OF National Importance.
'It is the unanimous opinion Of the
corporation of Brown university that
the question upon which Or. Andrews
is at variance with II is far more vital
to the well being Of the country than
were the questions upon which the civil
war was fought-in fact, that this ques-
ton is fundamental 20 the continued
progress of Christian civilization"
Continuing. Mr.. Walker said: Moth
ing was said or done at the meeting o
the trustees Of Brown In June that was
not clearly within the line of duty upoi
the part Of every member Of the board
and everything wa said and done Will
a feeling of the warmest friendship 70
DR.. Andrews. There was not in tn
mind of a solitary member Of the boar'
the least idea of abridging Presiden
Andrews in thought or private utter
ance on silver or any other question.
1.-THE corporation did not demand Di
Andrews resignation. 1t sought
friendly conference with the chief ex
ecutive officer. That is all. In turnin
from the corporation, every one @
whom was his friend. to the public an
taking the position he has by himsel
and by the position Of the faculty,
cannot see how by any possibility tn
relations which must necessarily exis
T. between the president of a universit
Q and the corporation can be re-estat
3 lishcd."
4 Mr.. Walker declared in closing the IT
3 terview that DR.. Andrews had taugl
s other things than silver which wer
Z thought to be detrimental TO the proc
l ress Of the university. His positio
! upon the wage question, Mr. Wake
3 said, was bad.