The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-29
rRoUBLE AT amman ooLLEeE.
Dissensisn Between President ana Esouity
and the Result.

and the Result.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sr: The insti-
tuition Of learning in tho lovely village OF Am
herst, Mass. has long stood In tho front rank Of
tho small colleges OF the country. Many judges,
indeed. have put IL In the very first place.
Founded early In the present century as an en-
phasis to the reaction in Now England against
DR.. Channing's Unitarian movement. It has re-
ceivod oil the material and moral blessings
which could DO lavished upon tho child Of
orthodox CongreRationalism. Its policy in all
matters has boon very conservative. Numbers
of students have not been sought for, advertise
mcnt Of tho college in any way has boon dis
countenanced, tho course of instruction has been
kept riRidly classical, and the idea OF the col
lege as distinguished from the university has
been steadily kept In mind. Athletics have not
been discouraged, but they have been fosterod
loss, probably, than at any similar American
institution. Tho college has attained popular
fame by the system of student self-government
inaugurated there by President Seelye many
years ago in tho form Of a college Senate, which
was, in fact, tho beginning Of the honor"
system now prevailing In greater or less degree
ut every college in the land. Amherst College
now has over four hundred students, and is in
prosperous, not to say easy, financial circum.
stances. The tendency Of Its youthful period to
isters has been greatly changed. and there is at
this time no college In the country which can,
m MORE PrU Erada%te eS t dist hnnGSb d IN in' general GENERA ' S%si.
n ,o,,ss and dE RirS%fe;s rs nal life; \ Nor md Is there nnr,o another 2.
spect or enduring affection.
1t is with sorrow, therefore, that the alumni
OF the college arc compelled to take public
on the retirement. through illness Of Presl..
Dent Dent Of sfG III soli shS mr. s%Fns Mssrli S'l E. Gates as 1t p tSst
time President OF Rutgers College in New Bruins
part Of his professional career tho principal Of
T Io high acn sehool AT at . Albany: \ \. y; and had not not
claim "a made for him was that sha he 81 was lss's'! you ing
that he would bring to Amherst 9 ylsor Of ad;
It was urged against Mr.. Gates that he was not
with the peculiar traditions Of Amherst. he not
was more than Sfinteddn that his in administrator at
Rutgers had not been fraught with that measure
degree, as a candidate for tho Amherst Presi-
depey. Nevertheless. the adyocates Of aewness
st HlS2d II TG %as the nan aniy; p OS NJ NJ hands Sssss that ws' tho IN,
hoped by everybody that the experiment would
to, give Mr.. Gates a hearty support
II is we'll within bounds to say that the ex.
well be plainly stated that, in the opinion q
is a failure. 1 have yet to loarn Of n single
aiqmnus OF the college, not a member OF the Board
speedily Became evident eSisa after tepi Mr. G GRln'U Began M
his work that he had little sympathy with the
P isss si dSHnessF eelgs S fhs SO lons I isSatsa: for and Ta 9sis
institution, which in the past had received
%yatShful care and hearty support from students.
pecial pride OF Amherst. was frozen to death.
Mr., Gates became involved in constant trouble
With the Undergraduate and the members Of
the merits OF the eontPoversisss. I 0 It eni is only only
necessary TO point out that a man possessing the
attributes Of a successful teacher and college
administrator would be able to get along with
tion and would not be at swords points with
nearly al. If not every one OF the members of
IN ms a f sonessled Ih Ms9 has sE Seen ,, the Nat; Mr e Of aff airs:
charge of Amherst. with what Unreasonable
d fmmary5sd to the the , work !. Of Of the b, college can be
has endeavorod to subordinate the faculty Of the
the methods and general pedagoeic purposes
evidently acquired by him in his long course
( Walters have ve0 BEEN eioA brought a%m ee
f E Sfisi af p by the bison rG 3 Waiter Il, isG% the
professor of history, one Of the Oldest, best liked.
and most influential Of the college professors. and
herst students as the most considerable. courte-
Gus, and %gentlest OF gentlemen, that it is impos-
sibie to believe that in dealing with President
Gates, or any one else, he was not the man who
suffered wrong. rather than the one who in
No ono wishes to be unjust to President
ALUMNI Of amherst srt that attn the e cooRllese hss BEEN es Inc IN.
ism und sickness Of many of its professors. and
mat II was 2 question whether some reorganiza-
taken. But it is obvious that such a work
should be intrnsted 70 one in whose sincerity.
session %"a of Ti iSe Poo ohd old II s ThHse Of th SmSeTst. P lbs
alumni. faculty. and undergraduate of Amherst
confde. AN ALuMNUs OF AMHERST.