The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-23
SATISFIED WITH TRUSTEES.
MANY UNIVERSITY ALUMNI GLAD
BOGGS AND RILEY LEAVE.

Commencement Is over - Trus-
tees Had EventfuI Sessions
and savannah Alumni Gem
orally Believe 1t Was Well Enough
That DIR. BOggs was Not Re-eIect-
cd-Younger Graduates Particular
Iy Think the Omission n Benefit TO
the InstitutiOn-Dr. RiIey's Resig-
nation Is Believed to BE the Right
Thing for His Department.
The Savannah trustees and visitors to
| the University Of Georgia commencement
exercises at Athens and the young men
who have been attending the institution
are expected to return to-day. The COM
mencement is reported as having been the
most Interesting in the long history of the
institution. 1t was the ninety-eighth, and
the alumni in Georgia trust the old uni
versity viii have hundreds of years more
OF usefulness.
The sessions of the board of trustees
were eventful. The board failed to re-elect
DR.. William L. Boggs chancellor, an
omission that is viewed variously in Sa-
vannah. DIR. Boggs has friends in the
city and others who have been opposted
| to him. The younger alumni are al
most a unit in the opinion that a better
man could be found for the position, their
| belief having been gained through a course
at the university under his administration.
Many of the older sons of the university
are staunch friends of the ex-chancellor
Their estimate of him and his abilities
has grown out Of the undoubted success
achieved while he was at the head of the
institution. The attendance each year has
been greater and the difference between
his rule and that OF the chancellor who
preceded him is marked. The i'm
provement Is accredited to DR.. Boggs' ef-
forts by his friends but those who think
not so highly of his abilities believe the
advances did not grow out of any exer-
tons he may have made.
The older alumni have come in personal
contact with DR.. Boggs often, and there
is something in the personality of the ex-
chancellor that is found attractive. Many
have heard him on public occasions, and
his speeches then are always fervent and
breathing his love for the university and
enthusiastic hope for its future. Many ell
oquent appeals for the university have
been made by DR.. Boggs, and undoubt-
edly they have been influential in bringing
many new students.
Great interest will be shown In the Sc
lection the board of trustees may make
on July 10 in Atlanta of DR.. B0ggs' sue
cessor. 1t is not known whom the board
will choose. Many names have been mem
toned, but no authoritative statement has
been given out by any member of the
| board. It is generally conceded that DR..
Boggs viii not be reelected.
In the resignation of DR.. 3. r. Riley, the
young alumni of the university in Savan-
nah nearly all agree that il was The
best thing that could happen. He is
generally regarded by the young men who
have been in his classes as incompetent,
and but few of them entertain any love
for him. They say he has an air of deep
learning that his lectures do not bear out,
and that the administration of the depart
ment of rhetoric and English literature
has never been successful since his con-
nection with the university. The doctor
is unpopular with the student body. and
il is generally believed that he would have
helped the institution along by resigning
two or three years ago. His resignation
does not take effect for a year. and il is
| feared by the young friends of the insti-
| tuition here that he may manage to get
| in with the trustees between now and
| next commencement and induce them TO
| re-eleet him professor of rhetoric and
| English literature
| One of the younger university graduates
was asked yesterday for his views about
! Dr. Riley. lie said he was not under him in
| college, but that he nevertheless believes
| the best interests of the institution will be
| conserved by his. resignation. Without
passing upon his competency the gentle
man said he believes the unpopuiarity OF
! Dr. Riley with the university boys is
| enough to make him unsuited for the
position he holds.