The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-22
THE "ENEMIES OF TRINITY COL
LEGE".

lily Ia - hAN
.oen-who have criticised what they re
,arded as the plumbers and mistakes OF
President Kilgo, have been heralded 10
lie world by Or. Kilgo and his intimates
IS the enemies OF Trinity College," AS
he president OF that institution las made
3lunder after blunder, denounced good
nan after good man, exhibited a spirit ..
venom and prescription to this and that
leader, spit upon this tradition and shown
contempt for that sentiment dear to the
hearts of old-fashioned North Carolina
Methodfsts, those who were determined
20 stand by him at all hazards, finding
hat his course could not be successfully
defended, have fallen back, whenever he
was criticised TO untrue the %sterotypod
reply. 20 ne is an enemy Of Trim
ity College, For a time some good PEG
pie fell into repeating that and more
good people gave heed to it. BIZ the day
has come when that statement car 10
longer protect Dr.. Kilgo and DR.. Bassett
from criticism. They must be judged by
their words, their actions, their spirit.
By these they must stand or fall. II
they are wise, prudent, sensible no enc
mics can injure them. If they are unwise.
Imprudent, wanting in that sensible course
that inspires public confidence, no friends
can long uphold them.
Who are the enemies of Trinity Col
lege?' They are the men in its faculty
who write and speak things that are
false, absurd, fantastic, egotistical, mali
| cious-give utterance to sentiments that
shock the best sentiment of the State;
students at the college who sing Of hang
ing an infrm Methodist preacher on "a
sour apple tree and are guilty of the
| spirit Of anarchy and lynchlaw; trustees
| who, shutting their eyes to the just de-
mand of a great church, that has entrus-
ted them with the management OF the
college, use their position to keep at It's
head and in it's faculty men who will
destroy the usefulness of the institution
by making it alien to North Carolina
Methodism and North Carolina policies;
patrons and preachers VINO, from a false
conception Of loyalty, are caring more
to uphold DR.. Kilgo and DR.. Bassett IN
q wrong course than to broaden the use
fulness of the institution and bring It
more in touch with the heart Of the great
mass of the church which established it.
Who are the friends Of Trinity Col
| lege'' in this crisis IN its history? They
are the men and women who wish to
see its splendid equipment and magnif-
cent endowment employed to preparc
| teach in the schools. and fill ether places
OF profit, honor and trust; the men and
| women who wish to see the welfare OF
the college put above the ambitions and
freed from the vagaries OF any man or
set of men, the men and women who
believe that Trinity College ought to be
a North Carolina institution in spirit. IN
, aims, in its mission, and that no spirit
alien to the best traditions Of the State
should dominate it; the men and women
in the Methodist church who want peace
and know that it will be secured Only
when the sensational and intolerant pres
ident now at its head gives way to a broad
minded, s~weet-spirited, patriotic man of
letters, who Nll seek to weld together th5
church IN its support; the men and women
whose patience, almost threadbare be
cause of the friction and trouble that
Kilgoism has brought into the church, has
boon haynn1 further orHrIro noo IN
the negro equality preaching of DR.. Bas-
sett; men and women who wish hiGh
ideals held before their sons at college
and who do not wish to see commercial
ism elevated above all else-these are the
truest friends of Trinity College. They
love the institution more than they arc
! the partisans Of any man. They see that
it is doomed if the present Influences
continue to control it's affairs.
The wise physician does not try a poul-
ticc when drastic medicine is required.
The wise friend of Trinity College is he
who would apply the remedies necessary,
not failing to use the knife.
This paper has always been the friend
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sion. It can easily be made the glory
Of Methodism and an honor to the State
of North Carolina. The door to great
usefulness stands open. The church needs
but to man it with men of learning and
; religion. men free from malice and isms,
men who do not seek sensations but have
their lives all bound up in the instruction
OF aspiring youth. A surgical operation,
separating DR.. Kilgo and DR.. Bassctt
from all connection with the institution,
will save it to the State and to the
church. There is no other way to make
il what it can easily become. There are
many who nave held to Dr.. Kilgo until
recently, and others still who do not hold
him responsible for the trouble, vino feel
that both Dr.. Kilgo and DR.. Bassetr
L @-:- go ito WOOD n r h IN rpot