The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-18
ASKED TO RESIGN.
President Woodward Quits the South
Carolina College.
NO SERIOUS CHARGES lEAnE.

= Change.

Right upon the heels OF the trouble
IL ClelnSon cones more at the South
Carolina college The troubles differ
in degree. hat are similar in that the
presidents Of both are involved. 1t
has been for some time rumored that
when the board of trustees OF the
South Carolina college met the likeli-
hood was that President Woodward
would be under fire. While these re-
port were current and generally dis
cusSed in the city. the public were
not aware Of what shape the COM
plants as to the administration would
take, whether students would take
the intative or whether the beard Of
trustees would present theindictment.
After carefully going over the mat
ter in almost continuous sessions tor
three days the board Thursday, with
some reluctance reached the conclu-
sion that it was for the best interests
of the institution to retire Dr. +. c.
Woodward as president and proceeded
to do so without in any way rejecting
upon the moral character Of the former
president. No successor has yet been
chosen and there will likely be none
chosen for some time as the board in
tends to carefully cast about and lind
a suitable executive head for the col
lege. When this has been accomplished
a special meeting will be called and
the election will be held. In the mean
time Prof. Ben Sloan has been asked
to act as chairman Of the faculty and
discharge the duties of the office Of
president until the president has been
elected. This he has consented TO do.
When the board first met this mat
ter of the need of change in the
presidency came up at once for consid-
Grafton. The board at once went in
to the matter at considerable length
and made a careful inquiry into the
conditions through an examination OF
the members of the faculty. and all
things considered it was thought that
DR.. Woodward'S usefulness was i'm
paired at the college. The board SIM
ply made inquiry into DR.. Woodward'S S
usefulness to the college at this time.
as it's president, and so that there
might be no possible misunderstand-
ing about the matter adopted the fol-
ing before adjournment:
Resolved, That the board expresses
it's coniidencein President Woodward'S S
uprightnesS Of character and eXoner-
ateS him from anything rejecting or
his Integrity.
The board found that President
Woodward has had a great many
rather difficult and delicate problems
to handle in the executive depart
ment of the college. and it was in the
handling of these that the complaint
arose. His ability IS a professor and
teacher was never for moment Ques-
toned, but it was not thought that
he was the ideal man for president.
The board made the change with an
eye single to the best interests Of the
college in the matter Of discipline and
good feeling.
There was no complaint, petition.
committee or report Of any kind from
any of the students of the college and
the board carefully avoided taking
the students into the matter. The
suggestion relative to President Wood
ward came from a member OF the
board of trustees and the course was
taken with reference to that suggeS-
tion alone, aud none Of the students
or classes had any communication with
the board but the trustees talked over
the matter freely with the members
of the faculty and President Wood
ward himself