The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-23
TURN ON BROUGHTON
TECHS FRIENDS DO NOT LIKE
HIS ASPERSIONS.
HE DENOUNCED ITS MORALS
GAS WELL GO TO HE'LL FOR GRACE
AS TO TECH FOR CHARACTER"

/ Charges of the baptist Divine Based
Largely Upon .sWIne Drinking nt
the Graduating Class Banquet,
Replies Made by President Lyman
Hail aud Frank C. Turner-rhnt
of the Latter Is Stinging-ScOres
DIR. BroughtOn-News Notes from
Atlanta.
Atlanta. June 22.-Criticism has been
] rife to-day of the attack made by Rev.
| DR.. L. G.. Broughton in his sermon last
night on the Georgia School of Tech
nology. DR.. Broughton based his
charges largely on the wine dr.nldng"
at the alumni banquet, in which mem
bers of the faculty and the graduating
class took part.
In the prelude to his sermon DR..
Broughton denounced the moral plane
of the institution in no unmistakable
terms, saying that "As matters now
stand boy might almost as we'll go
to hell for grace as to the Tech for
character"
President Lyman Hall of the Tech
/
the members of the faculty have never
attended a banquet with or drank in
the presence of the students. He has
never known of a member of the fac
ulty, he says. being under the infiu-
ence of liquor. In conclusion Capt.
Hall says "as to the student body.
there is no college dormitory in the
United States which is more closely
looked after as regards the habits and
hours of students. In the fifteen years
of the schools existence there has new
err been a case made in the Police
Court of the city against student of
the institution for drunkenness or dis
orderly conduct. Surely this is a record
which cannot be surpassed. In the tif-
! teen years al our existence there has
been only on.. or two cases of students
having been found under the influence
of whisky, and the penalty has been
expulsion. Finally, / deny any charge
| against faculty or students which inti-
mates their failure to benefit the stu
dent body by their department and
reputation.
What Turner Says.
! Treasurer Frank c. Turner of the
| Alumni Association of the Tech IS far
more severe in a card on the same sub
! Jet, In party.he says Such charges
against our school are false and the
! alumni are Indignant that they are
brought, though we feel sure that the
people of the country will consider the
source and take these statements at
| what they are worth.
ut will probably be recalled that
this reverend gentleman a few years
| civ do at I'll
| lady stenographers of this city, which
| attack is summed up in his statement
that 1t was as well to give young
lady a straight passport to hell as
diploma from one of our stenographic
| colleges
These words were thrown back into
his teeth Not satisfied with trying
to smirch the virtue of some of the
fairest young women of the state, he
now seems to be anxious to injure the
reputation and character of its young
men, and cast a reflection upon AN in
stitution whose work and reputation
are conceded to be above reproach"
BrOughtOn Reiterates 1t.
DR.. Broughton, when shown the fore
going card, reiterated his charges and
declared that the moral tone of the
institution is below par" He declared
he had nothing to take back, and said
it would not be denied that members
of the faculty had drunk wine in the
presence of students, meaning the
members of the graduating class. I'm
der the present circumstances, he said
he would not advise parents to send
their sons to the Tech.
Atlanta Wants New Charter.
Atlanta is in fair way to get
new charter at the coming session of
the General Assembly. The Charter
Revision Committee to-day unani-
mously adopted the reports of its sub
committee, and as the committee rep
resents the sentiment of Council and
the original committee of 40, it is be-
lieved the new charter will go through
with the amendments proposed. 1t will
make one or two radical changes in the
present mode of city government, par
ticularly in the extension of the board
government idea.
want to Buy Questions.
State School Commissioner w. =.
Merritt has received information that
in certain counties negroes have raised
funds to buy the examination ques-
tions for the coming teachers exami-
nation of Saturday, June q. He is in
vestigating the matter and will take
steps to put stop to any fraud.
For Jewish Social Club.
The Hebrews of Atlanta have taken
steps toward the organization of So
cial club At a well attended meeting
of prominent Hebrews at the He
brew Orphans Home yesterday after
mono $1,000 was subscribed to this end,
and committees were appointed to take
up the work. II Is proposed to estab-
fish club here on lines similar to that
of the Harmonic Club in Savannah.
Brave sheriff Scores.
Joseph L. Merrell has received the
appointment Of keeper of the reserva-
ton at the federal prison. Merrell was
the Carroll county sheriff who lost out
in politics because he stood off a wild
mob that was bent on lynching a ne
gro. In the struggle one Of the mob
was killed.
How About Antitrust Law.
Mayor Howell proposes 10 have an
investigation OF the recent merger OF
the Atlanta Gas Light Company with
the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, which owns also the electric
lighting plant. 20 see II the anti-trust
laws have been violated. There has
been no opinion expressed that there
Is anything illegal about the merger.