The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-20

| uoupt IN my MIND that the best reSutt.
may be obtained from 4 professional cdtes-
| Tor who possesses business capacity and
administrative power. Ii seems that a
business man who would b. competent "a
pass good Judgment upon pedagogical Ques-
tions would be rArer TO lind than profess
SIGNAL educator With administrative power
end business ability. One is largely horn
| IN the man. while the other is matter OF
education. am. very truly.
Rhode Island College Of Asrieulture ana
| Mechanic Arts"
In replying TO your third question. I
must say my knowledge OF the cartier days
OF the institution Ia somewhat dim.
think. With the possible exception Of one
OF these ohanccllors. who was a professor
bsfore he was chancellor. and is now n pre-
fcssor elsewhere. all were efficient IN their
time. Tho institution has practically had
no head who was not professional educa-
tor. know II Is the feeling ct our board
that by all means they should have pro-
fessicnal educator, hut one who has busi-
ness ways. end that Il would NOT do to re-
verse this and 10 have business manager
who was not professional educator. Very
truly yours, George II. Mclean,
University OF Nebraska
You will observe that all of our presi-
dents have bccn professional educators,
that is to say. members OF college facul-
ties; consequently We have no comparison
In this institution between those presidents
who have been professional educators and
the opposite, Yours truly.
Chancellor University OF Kansas"
In reply to your letter OF the 18th In
slant. In regard 10 this college, beg to
say:
IL. This college was. founded in 1856
and reorganized In 1880. 4
oh A stxr,
years; J. ID. Picket, teacher ono Year;
James X. Patterson. teacher twenty-nine
years. Yours truly.
James X. Patterson
President State College of Kentucky.n
"Of these men. ChadhaGfne. Clark
Stockbridge. Greenough aud Goodell had
been teachers for Il great many years. OF
the remaining two Mr.. French was n law
yer and only president over the destinies
of the college in the very early days before
any building had been erected or before
any class had entered. Charles l.. Flint,
secretary or the Massachusetts board or
agriculture for great many years, assumed
the presidency of the college for one year,
simply to fill n vacancy. i am, YOURS truly,
III. H. Goodell.
Massachusetts Agricultural College"
4 I'm reply 70 your inquiry OF January 2S
! beg leave to state that since the founding
of this university In 1859 all tho presidents
/ am convinced vi the superiority CT prac-
teal teachers in administering the affairs
of any educational institution. Respect
fully yours,
ID. Ravens Richards.
President Georgetown College"
II can not answer question 5 except in a
general way for the first i've names.
know that z and were not teachers by
profession, ana know that the policy has
now been established In our institution
that only professional teacher viii he
thought worthy to be placed at
the head of tho institution. IT seems that
our board has thoroughly repudiated the
notion that only a man with reverend"
before his name should DO placed at the
head OF the institution.
"A. What has been said In answer to No.
3 will also be an answer to No. 4. We once
had in this State a State coinnissi ,ner who
had been a lawyer all his life. The Apo
sition that manifested itself 70 sis APP
pointment has helped In establishing the
in this State that only profes,
sional teachers whose training has been
such as to equip them for the various forms
Of school work should be given positions
of trust and responsibility In the eiuca-
tional field Truly yours.
"P. ID. Pollock
president Mercer uniyersity."