The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-24
1T NEEDS A STRONG HAND.
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drlm scarcely believes, however, that Dr.
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drlm scarcely believes, however, that Dr.
Doggs viii be the choice of the board,
When go 70 Atlanta said
Col. Meldrim. 1T will be with the
intention of doing all that I can TO aid Dr.
Whites election. l am convinced that he
win be chosen and assured, as far as hui
man conviction can go. that In making
him chancellor the trustees win be putting
the right man in the right place"
The local alumni will watch the election
in Atlanta with interest and expectancy.
Among them there is a hope that the best
man will be chosen and few of them have
any partisan preference. DR.. White has
many friends among the younger gradu-
ates with whom he is generally popular,
but the greater number have no particu-
lar choice and only hope that in making a
selection The board will be guided by a de-
sire to put the best man in the chancellor
ship and that the best man will win. They
want the university to prosper and in
crease its sphere of usefulness and they
realize very strongly that this can be done
only by placing strong hand at the helm.
Dr. White has been connected with the
university for twenty-seven years, having
been called 10 the chair of chemistry from
a position he held in a small school near
Annapolis He is generally esteemed the
most brainy man in the faculty, his knowl-
edge being deep in all subjects. In his own
branch his ability is astounding, and Il is
a matter of remark among the students
that Harry is an impersonation of
chemistry.
Enusiveness Is not one Of DIR. White
haracteristics. lie is always calm, co..
lected and dignihed, and nothing about him
suggests the idea of subservience to any
consideration other than his duty. No ac-
cusat ton of favoritism is ever entered
against him, and the students know they
may count upon that to which their re-
cords enttEe them and nothing more.
Col. Meldrim believes DR.. White has the
executive ability necessary for the sue
cessful administration of the affairs of the
CHARACTERISTIC. AS the head of the state
college of mechanical and agricultural
arts, a position accompanying The chair Of
chemistry, DIR. White has had an oppor-
tunity to display his executive ability, and
in the reports he has submitted from year
to year there has been nothing the board
of trustees have not found satisfactory.
DR.. White, Col Afeldrim, says. is not a
candidate for the chancelforship. He has
solicited no support, though it is under
stood, he would accept the place il ten
dered. For several years, with recurring
meetings of the trustees, there has been
talk of DR.. White succeeding DR.. Boggs.
The degree of y, d. was conferred by
the board of trustees upon Rev. l. p.
Mendes of Savannah, as already stated in
the Morning News. Ii Is a degree that can
not be secured at the university by study.
For that reason IL was thought strange
that the honorary degree could be con-
ferred. Col. Meldrim says the board has
the power vested in II to give such a de-
gree, and Dr. Mendes he regards as a
gentleman of such scholarly attainments
as fully warrant his receiving the recogni-
ton of the board.