Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-09

Speclal 10 NEW DOMINION.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 6.-The report
of the Legislative committee which
visited Morgantown last week has
been made. Its only surprise was
in it's drastic character. The re
port takes very strong ground
against DR. Raymond and advocates
his immediate retirement from
the head of the institution. The
members of the committee do not
mince matters very much in regard
to this gentleman.
The report is very exhaustive and
takes in every detail. It tells how
many witnesses were examined and
the questions that they were asked
Itwas clearly shown from this how
matters were in the University town.
With what they found out there was
but one thing to do.
All of the members agree on the
report that they have presented. 1t
is non partisan as the committee
was composed of members Of both
parties. This makes their report SO
much stronger than it other wise
would have been and phases every
friend of the institution.
Considerable fault is found with
the management of the school and
the strongest recommendation is
that the President of the University
DR.. Jerome II. Raymond be removed
for the good of the institution and
that Hon. George C. Sturgiss be re
moved from the Board of Regents of
which he is President. A total re-
organization of the board is recon-
mended.
The bill providing for this is now
before the legislature and as it has
been passed upon favorably by the
caucus it will pass IN any event but
it is thought that many of the Dem
ocrats will support it and make it a
non partisan move.
1t provides for nine regents six of
whom shall be from the dominant
party and three from the minority
party in the state. They are to be
appointed in such away that four
will retire at the end of the first two
years and four then to be appointed
for four years. At the end of the
present administration five will re-
tire and five more will take their
places. This arrangement will give
each incoming governor control of
each board as he can have the pow
er to appoint "a majority of the mem
bers as soon as he comes in.
This new board will take its place
before June and it's first work will
be to get rid of the President if he
hangs on till that time. From what
is known of him and his methods it
is understood that he will hang on
as long as he can draw his three
hundred month. 1t is stated that
the members of the old board who
are in sympathy with him say that
he wants to withdraw but that they
don't want to let him go until they
have to. In the face of the report
which has just been made it is evi
dent that they have very little more
time to hang on and that the con
nection of the advocate of
western methods will have to
leave to institution which he has
been iujuring the past three years.
The abolition of the summer quar-
ter is recommended. 1t is stated by
the committee that the summer
quarter means a large outlay with
out corresponding advantage. 1t is
the opinion of the committee that
the expense of the University may
be reduced one fifth by doing away
with this quarter.
The appointment of fellows came
in tor some remarks.
Regarding fellows the committee
said their appointment created a
feeling of dissatisfaction among the
students and interferred with good
feeling.
This part of the report is some
what Of surprise to people here as
it was not generally known that this
had been under fire but it is evident
that something in regard to it had
been brought out while the great
array of witnesses were before the
investigators on their visit to Nor
gantown.
L The committee recommended the