The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-02

of The great services you have rendered to the
university and OF your great sacrifices and love
of 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
unanim Gus and taken after speeches had
been made by nearly every member OF the
corporation. II,
q he early part of the session was taken
up mainly with routine business. A letter
from ex-Secretary OF State Richard Olney,
addressed to the faculty and bearin e upon
the controversy between the corporation
and President Andrews was read. Ii is
as. follows:
-. Boston, MASS. Aug. 5. 1897.
+. Professor Benjamin F. Clarke. j.. Franklin
jameson HeDfyB. Gardner and otherS-GENrLE-
MEN: i thank You heartily for a pamphlet
copy OF letter bearing your signatures and
eutitred IAN open Irtter addre sed to the cor
peration of Brown. University: by members OF
the; faculty OF that institution Nothing
could be better in manner or matter II pre-
seu{s the grave issues raised by :the: un-
fortunate sctitasf 81 sile corpora ton with
singular lucfd,ty and logleat lorce and deals
with them in a atemper and spirit which are
every wsy admirable =.
AS you may know, 1 do OF agree with what
unders TODD to be DR.. Andrews views re-
specting the free eeina ge of silver. Istrongly
deprecate the ctioA of the corporation, in
deed, upon the promise that nothing could
givecurrency and weight in those vfews-just
as nothing would give greater impetus to the
cause of tariff reform than an attempt by the
auth critics OF Harvard College to discipline
President Eliot for his well-known sentiment
respecting tree trade.
The true objection, however, to the course
pursued toward DR.. Andrews by the cor pora-
ton OF Brown Univer rsity is It's implied incul-
ca ton of the doctrine that an institution of
learning should, above ali things, get rich,
and. therefore, should square its teachings
and limit the utterances OF its faculty by the
interests and sentiments of those who, for the
time being. are the rich men of the COM
munity. The demoraliziug and degrading
character OF This doctrine your letter fully ex-
poses, and thereby entities you to the graft
tude not only of Am erican citizens generally
but of all welI-wishers to Brown University i'll
particular | remain, with great respect
yours very truly, RICHARD OlNEY. r
In addition to this matter the now
famous protest of twehty-five of the facul-
ty oi Brown and mum ber OF petitions,
including one from college professors and
public men, asking for the retention of
President Andrews, were also presented
and considered. The last named petition
declared that The future influence of the
American universities and the interests OF
free thought and free peech under a just
sense OF accountability would be promoted
by such action on the partcof the corpora
tion as might naturally lead to the with
drat atro al nf a of doYt
Andrews"
man, president OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity; Charles Eliot, president of Har-
ward - c. K. Adams, president of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin; seth Low, presi.
dent of Columbia College,; w. J. Sumner,
professor of political economy. Yale; /;
John Fiske,: the historian; William
Lloyd Garrison; J.. 7. TrowDridge, the
author; Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston.
and James E.. Jewett, president of the
University of Minnesota.
The following elections were announced: !:
Chancellor, Colonel William Goddard;
treasurer, a. B.=Chase.
In the afternoon the considera ton of
the Andrews resignation was taken up. A
letter to the corporation from DIR. An
drews was read explaining his views on
the silver question and stating the posi-
tlon he had taken with reference to the
request of the com mittee that was ap-
pointed last June to confer with him.
A number of short speeches were made
ON both sides. and then Congressman
Walker of Massachusetts was recognized
by the chairman. He made speech ad-
vocating the action that was subsequently
taken.