The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
JUDGE CLARK'S SPEECH.

follows:
JUDGE CLARK'S SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees:
If this We're an oratorical contest /
would say what | have to say without
manuscript. But as l might have the
fate Of DR.. Kilgo, at the coronation of
MIR. Duke, and the notes of my speech
from my recollection, have reduced my
argument to writing that | may read
it. Especially is this prudence when
Dr. Kilgo's stenographer alone
is allowed in this room, and my request
to have Il stenographer present at my
own expense has been refused ut DIR.
Kilgo's instance. / regret that it may be
more tedious to you, but it will prevent
all controversy as to what l shall say.
At the meeting in July, 1897, DR..
KiIgo made Il report in which he rec
commended as follows: Il quote from
Mr.. Southgate's letter. THAT the law
which requires the election of the fac
uIfy every year, be SO changed as 10
elect them not Oftcner than every four
years. | opposed the proposition. Il
was referred to Il committee of which
was a member. and which reported
AGAINST it and it did not pass. The
Trinity Catalog of 1S94-5. which | hold
in my hand has the word, Faculty IN
large letters, and the first line under
il is
JOHN G. KILGO, A. NJ,
President and Professor Of Philosophy
In the present Catalog, it is headed:
FACULTY AND OFFICERS.
And the first name under that is:
John C. KILGO. A. NJ. u. D.,
President and Professor of Avera
School of Biblical Literature:'
SO it is clear, beyond cavil, that if his
recommendation had been adopted, DR..
Kilco would have had a four years
term instead of one year. 1t Is alleged
that he disclaimed ut the time, includ-
inc himself. The place to have done
that was in the recommendation itself.
or by amending it. If he made such
oral disclaimer. it must have been when
was out on the committee, or when
nv attention was otherwise occupied.
did not hear it. Some weeks later,
$3.50 A., HN,l,aan cAntinn AMI
heard large numbers of MethOdlstS eN-
press themselves adversely to DR.. kilgo,
on my return [ mentioned TINS 10
Mr.. JOS G.. Brown. a fellow trustee,
with whom | had transacted my banking
business for over twenty-five years, and
said to him that it was we'll we had
defeated the resolution for Il four years
term. This getting to DR.. Kilgo's ears,
he seemed vey much offended. Whether
it was because he wished to pose as be
ing so altruistic that he was only look
ING after the rest of the Faculty and
was absolutely Indifferent to his own
interest. or whether he would have 1t
understood that he was absolute master
here, and nothing could shake him out,
| do not know.
To his letter | replied, e~ndeayoring TO
avoid a difficulty. | thought when |
ton he would desist. In truth. | did
not wish to tell him what | had said
about his unpopularity. He persisted,
and when he finally threatened to lay the
matter before his board. | gave him., III
my letter, July 14th, 1897, the CONVEX
sation and the reasons in plain Anglo
Saxon. When that
'Chunk of old red sandstone
Struck him in the ABDOMEN
there were no subsequent proceedings.
The correspondence suddenly stopped.
When the board met in June, 1898, |
did not care to come here to vote for
his reelection. and not knowing any
proceedings affecting me We're III prog
rcSs, | staid at home where had some
BUSINESS needing me.
y MN l. 1 NV i'i -
forming me that in my absence, Il com
Htittee had sat on me, condemnlng me
and asking me to resign, and the board
had adopted their report, l was deeply
panied that men who had been my as
sociates for years, and whom | ha'
deemed my friends, could have taken
such steps, especially without any no
tee to me or opportunity to be heard
There was a telephone i'll the building
III Raleigh. where | sat, connecting
with one iii this building, where you
were sitting, and four trains a day eacl
way between the two places, and yOul
board was III session two DAYS or more.
Yet not a whisper of those proceedings
came to my ears. | respectfully asked
for information. Your secretary M