The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-02
A WARM FIGHT OVER IT
MIR. IyEY AT HEAD OF THE
TEXTILE SCHOOL.
MILITARY DISCIPLINE IS PROPOSED
And il has Met With Favor in the Eyes Of The
Board. The Resolution Admitting
Women Will Probably
b, Rescinded.


Harris won out last night in the A. and
NJ College trustee meeting. His candl-
date was not a fayorite to start with,
but he was winner i'll the end.
The fight was over the professorship
of Agriculture $1,000 job and one Of
the principal positions in the faculty Of
an Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Following were candidates for the
place:
Benjamin Irby. hardware merchant
in Raleigh and formerly professor Of
Agriculture in the A. and NJ College.
Charles A. Keffer Mesilia Park. New
Mexico. of the New Mexico A. and NJ.
College.
4. j. Abbott, of Columbus, Ohio, of
the Ohio State University.
III. ID. Hemenway, of Amherst, Mass.
s. j. Wallace, Of Starkvilie, Miss, Il
graduate in the class of 1894 from the
4. and Nj. College of Mississippi.
S. NJ Connor now assistant professor
of Agriculture in Clemon College. S. c.
Mr. Conner is a graduate Of the Mis-
souri, A. and NJ College, 1T Columbia
Missouri. He spent Il year in post grad
uate work at the Michigan A. and NJ
College. He was employed four years
and a half as Assistant in Agriculture
in charge of the field crops. He has
now been three years ut Clemson Col
lege.
s. NJ Tracy. of Biloxie Miss. for
merly director Of the Mississippi Expert
ment Station.
III. Haywood, Of the Pennsylvania
Experiment Station. now in charge or
the dairy and husband1y at tine pennsyl-
yania College.
Il. +. Emery. formerly the professor
Of Agriculture III the A. and NJ Col
lese Of North Carolina
The committee recommended Keffer.
Several of the trustees favored Con-
nor. These We're the favorItes to start
with, lrby and Emery also running.
The thing dragged along for half Il
dozen votes, Emery getting as high as
four votes and Irby abour tie same,
when Loge Harris sprung his speech for
''yindieafiosl. He said Mr. Irhy came
with the stamp of five years endorse
ment 0f the old Democratic board. that
irby was q good Democrat. and for that
reason only he had been turned ont by
the Fusion board: that he was. for him
then and was for him now. He thought
iiS odSIt ~ ut@ NiIdIfdiPu DN slfl election
Irby stock at once began to- climb M
until the eleventh ballot. when he was
elected. The final vote was: Irby. To-.
Common, s; Emery, /.
Preliminary to this fight there had. du-
ring the afternoon meeting. been a two
hours contest over the proposition to
transfer Prof. ]. NJ. Johnson from the
assistant professorship of Agriculture
and Experimental Field Crops to In
structor in Animal Industry and Biolo-
gy. Though the salaries for these posi-
tions are the same both sides looked
cross-eyed at this proposition. each
fearing it would affect his favorite can
didate for the full professorship of Agri-
culture
After two hours debate the transfer
was made. leaving the position of Agri-
Acnlture vacant. Ii will be filed today.
. leo. +. lyey, now superintendent Of
the Forest City cotton mills, was elect
ed instructor in the Textile Arts. He
graduated from Trinity College in the
class of 1891 and then took a practical
course at Taunton. Mass. cotton mill.
For three years he was superintendent
Of the Bessemer City mills, but resign
cd to accept the more lucrative position
as superintendent Of the Florence mills.
lie has written book of some valuable
articles on various features of textile
work.
The salary of the military instructor.
Mr.. Bradley j Wooten, was raised from
$50 TO $50 month, he having indicated
that he would not serve longer at SO.
This position is thus filled by salared
instructor until the government can
Al. IL
In this connection President Winston
suggested, and the suggestion has met
with much favor from the board, that
the college have not only military drills,
as at present. but military discipline as
well The matter was discussed yester-
day afternoon, but no decisive action
was taken. It will come up again to-
day
Also the resolution, adopted at pre-
yioIls meeting, allowing women admit
tance to the college will today be re-
considered and the action OF the board
touching this matter will probably be
rescinded.
The resolution of Mr. Tompkins, in
troduced ut the last meeting requiring
Of the student one years practical work
after completion Of the course before
granting him diploma, was discussed
and so amended as to apply only to the
Textile department. In this amended
form ii was referred to the Committee
on Textile Education.
AT today's meeting the remaining va
cancies in the faculty will be filled and
other matters Of Importance to the in
stitution disposed Of.
The board meets at o O'Clock at the
college. All the members Of the board
except Messrs. Sinclair, Edwards and
Fries are in attendance upon the meet
ing.
THE WAKE FOREST TRUSTEES.
Prof IameS r. Lake Elected To tlp