Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-31
UNIVERSITY MIDDLE.
Discussion of the Armstrong
Hartigan Dismissal
Growing.

Severe Criticism of Beard OF Regents
Character assassins set on the Trail
OF Hartigan Why Regent Kootz
Changed his Mind-People In Char
lesion Disguised at the Way Things
are Going.
Discussion over the removal of
Profs. Armstrong and Hartigan from
the faculty Of the State University is
growing rather than diminishing Ia
volume, and comparatively few are
heard speak who uphold the regents
in the summary measures adopted by
them says the Charleston Gazette.
mot only have the regents done
what they could officially to blast the
character of these gentlemen in their
profession, said a well known citizen
to the Gazette man yesterday, "but
they seem to have set on a cabal OF
gossips TO blast the private character
OF at least one Of them. / have never
heard of more infamous proceeding.
Why, | met man to-day who began
telling me that Prof. Hartigan won't
do Won't do what?' | asked, but
be only shook his head and looked
wise. | insisted upon knowing what
Prof. Hartigan had done that showed
he wouldn't do but | have not yet
found out. Now, | don't like that
kind Of warfare, and don't believe
the people of West Virginia like it,
but you will find 1t is the kind that is
going TO be carried on against these
professors, because that board has got
to do something to Justify itself, and
it will do anything that comes TO
hand. Men who prostitute their off,
ces to such unworthy purposes as have
the members of that board will not
hesitate to engage in character assas-
sination TO justify themselves. Arm
strong and Hartigan are ''up against
it, good and strong.
"Tell me. . said the Gazette repre-
sentative to Republican politician
yesterday, @how the Board of Regents
was made to switch on the professor
ship business. | understand there
were four on each side OF the muddle
last June, not counting Mr. Brown,
who seems to have held aloof from
the disturbance all the way through.
Who was it that fiickered, and why?"
81 understand that Koontz was the
man who changed sides on the matter
and the only thing that | can make
out of it is that he u.s. a candidate for
the uperintendency OF the Hospital
for the Insane, at Weston, TO succeed
Stathers, and he changed front on the
matter SO as to get the sup
port Of Sturgiss and his followers for
that place. am surprised at Koontz
too, for | thought he had grown to be
too broad ganged man to do a thing
like that. KoontZ was for good
many years in the railroad business,
rubbing up against men of pretty
good caliber, and that usually has the
effect to liberalize fellow, which l
thought it had done for Koontz. But
l guess | was mistaken"
Another gentleman read the scribe
a letter he had just received from
in which the writer says
the town is badly torn up over the
matter, and that large majority Of
the people, regardless of party, are ar
rayed against President Raymond and
the board for the unfair mannec in
which they brought about the result
that they were evidently afraid to
ccomplish in the open.
The suit for SANDER that Prof. Har-
tigan has instituted againit President
Raymond is expected to sift the mat
ter to the bottom and reveal to the
people of the State just the kind OF
broil into which their university has
been thrown by the men who are paid
the money of the people to make 1T
school of dignity and character.