The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-19
To Consider Situation Raised
by the Bassett Article.
WHAT RtV. OK. IVEY SAYS
There is No R.motest Connection Betwe n
the Affair and the Qu4s.
ton Of Free

OF that institution who does not think
the incendiary article of Dr. Bassett, a
professor of Trinity College. can be passed
over without action and early action. He
is a staunch friend of President Kilgo,
but that does not make him blind 10
the fact that the Methodist church and
the trustees of Trinity College are face
TO face with "a situation of such gravity
as to demand the earliest attention OF
the board"
In the Raleigh Christian Advocate OF
this week, DR.. Ivey says:
The Bassett article continues TO be
the subject OF conversation all over the
State and outside. We are sorry to see
an evident attempt to divert the minds
of the people from the main incident to
President Kilgo himself. DIR. kilgo had
nothing to do with the article. either in
inspiring 1t or writing 1t, and every at
tempt to stir up feeling against him is
the outcropping Of personal hostility 20
him A great deal is being said about
free speech In connection with the mat
ter For the life of us we cannot see the
remotest connection between the affair
and the question of free speech. There
Ia a general expectation that the trus-
tees will meet to consider the situation.
Many who have said nothing are simplS
waiting for an expression from the board.
We have no hesitation in our editorial
capacity of expressing our unqualified con
viction that the situation is of such grav-
ity as to demand the earliest attention oil
the board. While no meeting has been
held, We earnestly hope that cur people
may be patient, for We feel assured that
the trustees will not ignore the affair"
Dr. Ivey is wrong in saying that those
who criticize Dr. Kilgo are animated by
personal hostility and all the State
knows that DR.. ilgos unpopularity is due
To his own unwise and dictatorlal course.
But that aside!
DR. Ivey's declaration shows that the
News and Observer was right in its Sun
day morning issue when 1T said that trus-
tees devised meeting to take action. He
is one Of other Methodist preachers who
declare that 1.-The situation IS OF such 1raV-
ity as to demand the earliest attention OF
the beard" But it is three weeks since
the State was aroused by the article and
no action has been taken by the college
authorities for giving this matter the
earliest attention" What does President
Kilgo think about it? What does he want
done? He is reported at the Western Con
ference as saying that the Bassett article
is the worst blow ever struck Trinity Col
lege. If so, why didn't he say so to the
public. In the East it is reported that he
will stand by Bassett. Where does he
stand anyhow?
The trustees are discreetly sident. Some
of them, notably Senator Simmons, was
nv
If Bassett, both Senator Simmons and Sen
ator Overman graduates of Trinity are
base men who have worked UP race preju-
dice ito get in power" The same Is true
Of every other Democrat in less measure
on the board. Are the trustees gong to
be silent under such circumstances? Or
will they demand an early meeting OF the
board.
There Is another thing that Dr.. Ivey is
eternally right about, to-wit:
A great deal is being said about
free speech in connection with the
matter. For the life of Us we cannot
see the remotest connection between
the affair and the question OF tree
speech
Exactly so. Nobody wishes to curtail
free sreech All the charges to that effect
are the merest tommy rot" put forth to
hefoe the issue. There are some questions
that have been settled and are not open
to discussion. In the South one OF them
i that the Anglo Saxon race. is superior
TO the negro race When professor IN
a college is called in question for trying to
overturn that settled truth, which involves
the most serious attack from Southern CIV
jlization and White Supremacy. is he to
nose as a martyr for his views, and cry
out that free speech is denied?
The proceedings of the trustees, when
called. if called soon, will be read with in
terest by the whole State.
Under which King, Benzonlan?
Speak or die.
TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE.
The trustees OF Trinity College, who are
charged with the management OF the in
stitution. are as follows:
PREACHERS ELECTED BY n. {.
CONFERENCE Rev. Jno. n. Cole,
Rev. r. A. Bishop, Rev. A p. Tyer and
Rev. G.. A. Oglesby.
ppEAHERS ELECTED BY WEST
ERN CONFERENCE: Rev. ]. f
Brooks, D. D., RevSR. II. Parker, Kew.
S B. TurrentIne.
LAYMEN ELEIIEO ID ~. -. SOAN7
FERENCE: Joseph G. Brown b y.
Duke, J. H. Southgate, V. Ballard, and }.
A. Long.
LAYMEN ELECTED BY WESTERN
CONFERENCE: oil. G. w. Flowers
ex-Judge W. ]. Montgomery, Col. j. w
Alspaugh. w r. Odell, ]. A. Gray, r
stikeleather, Kope Elias, and t. n
Hanes.
TRUSTEES ELECTED BY THE
ALUMNI: Rev. T. N. Ivey. D. D., Rev.
]. B. Hurley, Robt. l.. Durham, Hon. r
NJ Simmons, o. W. Carr, r. A. Mayer
Rev. \. NJ. Jurney, Dred Peacock. r. B
Nicholson, W. G. Bradshaw. DR.. Z. T.
White, Col. John F. Bruton, and C. w
Toms.
At the meeting of the trustees, Mr.. Hen
~ a. Page was selected to succeed the
late Rev. W. c. Norman.
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