The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-07
Resignation Of Former
h Offered Again and is
Promptly Accepted.
ENDS LONG AND
BITTER FIGHT
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Believed That Selection of Hamp,
den-sidney Man Will Bring. b
Controversy to Close.
|F0RMER LIBRARIAN Will
NOT DISCUSS SITUATION
Institution Placed in Charge q
Executive Committee Until New
Head Accepts Office and
Qualifies-Deeision Not
1 Reached Until Nearly
Midnight.
FORMER LIBRARIAN WILL
NOT DISCUSS SITUATION.

At the long awaited session held In
Richmond last. night the State Library
Board, by a. vote of g. to q, accepted
the resignation of Librarian j ohm P.
Kennedy, and unanimously elected DR..
Henry r. McIlwaine, of Hampden-S Sid
ney, to succeed him. and placed the in-
stitution in charge Of the executive
committee pending the qualification OF
the new officer.
DR.. Mc1lwaine will accept and
qualify in a. few days. as. he applied
for the position. provided 1t should
come to him on an undivided vote.
Spirited Discusslon.
The decision, which 1t IS believed
will end the long and turbulent con-
troversy in the library. which has dis
tracted the staff OF the institution and
created discordant factions. was not
reached until nearly midnight and
there Is reason to believe that the
matter created spirited discussion.
Mr.. Kennedy did not seem moved by
the announcement that his resi- res Agnatlon
had been accepted, and though speak
ing, politely with references to the re-
suit, he positively, declined to make
any statement for tpuhl!cat!c n
All the members We're present and
the vote was precisely as was indi-
Gated In The Times-Dispatch OF yes
terday, Messrs. Pendleton, Gordon and
F7ishburne having voted against. and
Messrs Patteson and Garnett for the 4
deposed officer.
Accepted cat Once" .f
| /. After collaborating for several hours,
| the anticipated climax Came E.aSS
| Meanwhile, the resignation OF Mr..
| X Kennedy. which was recently rejected,
by a vote Of three to two. had been re-
| offered last night. 1t was presented
| s.to take effect at the pleasure or the
board" and the board by majority
vote was quick to show It's pleas
| ure.
When the paper was read. Mr.. s. s. =.
| Patteson. of this city, who has stood
Esteadfastly by the fortunes Of Nif. her :
nedy. evidently anticipating that tho
end was near. presented resolution
providing that 1t be accepted "at tho
pleasure of the board"
Mr. Edmund Pendfcton, the new menl-
Der from Richmond, was ready at the
momrnt with substitute&which read:
sat once"
The vote was taken with the result
given above. and it was all over. so
far rs Mr.. Kennedy was concerned as +
public officer Of Virginia
Other Matters.
Beyond accepting the resignation
and electing Mr.. Kennedy's successor.
| the board transacted but little bust
ness of public interest.
] Mr.. Pendleton was made a member
LOT the executive committees In the
] place Of Mr.. Chas. ". Meredith, whom
he recently succeeded as a member OF
/ the board, and he and Mr.. Patteson,
2having charge of the institution ns the
executive committee. will probably des-
! ignate some one Of the assistants to-
| morrow morning to act as librarian un-ts
/ TIL DR.. Mc1lwaine shall come In. which
it is not thought will be more than
| a few days.
The board decided that the cSt.tro-
| versy between Mr. Kennedy and the
library class over the pay Of the lat
| ter for work done for DR.. George Ben
/ Johnston was not a matter for the body
| to settle, and that 1t should be left
] to the deposed officer and the young
| ladies of the class.
i Although the applications OF quite
a number Of candidates Were presented
to the board the vote for DR.. AIcIlwaine
4 was unanimous.
The New Librarian.
i The newly-elected officer Is a native
i of Petersburg, and is a scholar of rare
attatnments He is a nephew of DR..
4 Richard McTlwaine, Of this city, for
merly and for many years president of
4 Hampden Sidney College DR.. Henry
4 r. McIlwaine is PHI ID. of Johns Hop
1 kins University. and is professor Of
I history at Hampden- Sidney and libra.
4 rian of the famous old institution. He
:! comes with the highest recommended.
j tions, and tits said that he has brought
the institution OF which he new has
4 charge up to Very high standard
i THE position TO which DR. McIlwa.ne
has just been elected carries a salary
of $500 a year, and thA librarian
4 serves "at the 5pl easure OF tho board" n
1 1t speaks weAN for Dir. McIlwntne's
board was sharply divided up to the
4 last moment upon the question of dis
4 missing Mr., Kennedy, the members
4 We're as one man whenit carne to elect
/ ing his successor.
Il Executive Session.
The meeting Of the hoard last mig hit
1 was in executive session. but as the
particular feature relating TO Mr.
Kennedy consumed almost the cnpire
A sitting, 1t Is evident that II was thor
\ oughly discussed In It's every detail
! by both sides 1t will be recalled that
= the former board. by u vote OF 3 10 q
4 (Mr Meredith, whom Mr. pendleton
Succeeded then voting With the ma-
s lprity), rejected Mr. Kennedy's resig-
nation. Therefore this paper was dis.
. posed OF, and In order to set the mat :
t tor up In the form OF a resignation
Z last night It wa-s necessary for 81 ns~
Resignation to he offered Yhis was done,
J, and Mr., kennedI's exit from public
j once As made less Illuminating. Tor u
. . . 4 "a. ltq d j.