Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-22

/ all her Western breeziness the big city
with its big university must come to
| Maine and to Waterville for it's best
| men. She took President Small and as
| fair exchange is no robbery Wateryiile
took President Butler. Now however,
she's got the man on us" and we
don't feel real good about it.
The talk about dividing Winslow
dropped into ohscurity after the news
Of the resignation got abroad. All the
Christmas shoppers talked about it as
/ they made their purchases. The bust
ness men felt as if they HAD lost a
brother and there was general dissat :
isfdction expressed. Tho college boys
who are now in the city went around
with a sort of panied surprise on their
faces and stuck to it that it was Il
fake" They couldn't lose "Prex.'
whom everyone liked and who was so
loyal to the blue and tho gray. Why.
Err ANA then the flood Of cXclama-
tiors would clog somewhere and there
would only be Il mixture of sounds.
sam who has seen many presidents
cone and so, never felt worse in his
life.
worse than that. IT was like the news
OF sudden death. President Butler
who has been known here from his stu
dent days, going away His resignation
al fled and to take effect in June,
Whoever heard Of such thing, We'll
it's a fact. President Butler admits it
himself. He does it with all kindness
but nevertheless the hard cold fact re-
mains that he has resigned and is go
ing West. It's the same old story of
the large city taking n good man from
a limited field of action. DIR. Butler has
done grand work for Colby. his alma
ma ter, and it has been watcher IN Chi
cage whose university apparently only
loaned him to Colby for a while. Pres
idcnt Harper didn't really want him to
come at all. and has been importuninG
him to return. Colby had a strong hold
on his heart, however, and he refused
steadily until the last offer was pre-
scented. which is 50 advantageous as II
is irresistible.
Waterville, of course, rejoiCes in the
fact that the ability of her college
president has been recognized and Civ
Ell larger field for work. but she can't
Heip ieel'IlS very SdU all the same.
DR.. Butler has accepted the position
of director of the cooperative Wort:
between the University of Chicago and
the secondary school and of a profess
sCrship in the department Of educa-
ton. This is Il very flattering offer and
is an honor not only to the men but
also to the State of which he is n LOYAL
son. 1t was the intention to keen TIL
matter a secret until commencement
but, last Tuesday, word was received
from President Harper that he intend
ed to announce the fact in Chicago. so
President Butler immediately placed
his formal resignation in the hands of
Hon Josiah Fl. Drummond of the
board of trustees. DR.. Butler has Civ
Ell out the following statement which
defines his position in the matter:
Il have taken this step after long and
careful elaboration, and after a struggle
with many considerable inclining me
against it. | have come to love the col
lege, Watervlle and Maine M relations
with the trustees have ALWAYS been and
are most cordial Their kindness to me
and their sympathy and support would be
without parallel, If a parallel were not
found in the faculty of the college shall
leave Colby with many regrets. I do not
feel justified in declining the. call that has
come to me in another field. and | have
good hope and strong confidence that as
often happens. change Of leadership
will supply new and powerful impulse