The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-07-24
PRES. HARDY
IS SUSTAINED
Trustees Decide to Keep
Head of A. & M. College.
designations Advised.


decision rendered. Sunday morn
ing in the faculty investigation
issues the following statement
for publication:
"Starkville, Miss, July 19.
'"To the people of Mississippi:
"The board of trustees of tn
Mississippi A. and NJ. College,
realizing the ercat injustice done
to the institution and President
Hardy, through the fight upon
him, both from within and with
out the college, feel that some
statement from them is peril
nent at this time, that the great
institution and it's president may
be set right in the estimation of
the people.
although at the last meeting
of the board suspension of judge
ment was taken from the people
until the findings in the Wellborn
charges against the president
could be made and ihe faculty
investigation completed, certain
papers in the state did not res
pect that request, and the pres
-ldent, board of trustees and fhe
institution were subjected to
constant and malicious attack.
The result has been that only
one side of the college trouble
been presented, and it has been
so grossly misrepresented and
magnified that the board feels
that the people of the state
should have the facts of the
case.
ITO begin witl, let it be under
stood that the board of trustees
is composed of fourteen repre-
sentative citizens from every
section of the state. In their
appointment they represent both
the administration of Gov Vard-
aman and Gov. Noel, and repre-
sent various professions and
avocations.
Four Days Sessions.
I'm response to the request of
President Hardy and the request
as was made in the faculty reso-
lutions, they assembled at the
college on Wednesday, July Is
and remained and remained in
session until the following Sun
day, being at their post working
from s o'clock in the morning
until IL at night. Every depart
ment of the institution and every
faculty member, and attache,
numbering siXty-one, were care
fully examined with a view of
detecting any friction or disaffec-
ton within the departments of
the college and with establishing
exact relations that the members
of the faculty and those connec-
ted with the college bore toward
the president. After a full and
absolutely fair and impartial in.
vestigation towards all concerned
the board, by a vote of 10 to 4,
voted to retain Mr.. Hardy as
president of the institution every
member Of the board being pres
ent and voting, and the four
members whose votes were re-
corded against him plegded him
their loyal support in his future
administration.
"The investigation developed
that there had been serious
friction and trouble in the agri-
cultural department ard the
trustees located the cause of the
trouble and will take the neces-
sary steps to secure harmony and
the best possible results in this
and all other departments.
''The investigation was atten-
ded by the best results from
every standpoint. 1t gave the
trustees a larger grasp on the
institution in all of its depart
ments, and gave them a famil-
iarity of details which will ena-
BILE them more successfully than
ever to administer the affairs of
the institution and bring it near
er than ever to a realization of
the great purposes for which it
was established. 1t served to
lclear up, in a large measure, the