The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-08-19
the institution and engaged in va
rious works for the summer.

liz 1C0uAI VI tli10 ld0D 1nFCoC1Sd-
ltion was that the Board of Trustees
ibid not sustain single one of the
Charges preferred against President
Hardy by Capt. Welborn and Prof.
ILeavell, and by vote Of 10 to A,
decided to continue him in charge,
Iof the college, the four dissenting
trustees agreeing to give his ad-
[ministration their cordial support.
The proceedings were public and
open to all who deserved to attend.
For the information Of our read
ers we give the names and address
es Of the fourteen members consti-
tuting the present Board of Trus-
tees, as follows: President, Gov.
E. F. Noel, jackson; j. N. Powers,
State Superintendent of Education,
jackson; w. A. Dickson, Centre
willie; ]. w. Norment, Starkville;s
A. T. Dent, Macon; Percy w.
Maer, Columbus; A. S. Meharg,
Grenada; j. C. Bradford, Biloxi;
Douglass Robinson, Sidon; ]. M.
Cohen, Mizpah; R. L. Tucker,
Chulahoma; T. L. Wainwright,
Stonewall; z. D. Davis, Jackson,
j. M. White, West Point.
Six of the ten members who voted
to continue President Hardy at the
head of the College were appointees
of Gov. Vardaman, one Of them
Gov. Vardaman's step son and an
alumnus Of the College. Of the
other four, two were Gov. Noel and
State Superintendent of Education
Powers, both ex-officio members,
and one of the others trustee un-
der the Longino administration and
re-appointed by Gov. Noel, and one
new member of the Board appoint
ed by Gov. Noel, viz, 2. D. Davis,
of jackson, we'll and favorably
known personally to large number
of The Leaders, readers. One of
the two new members of the Board
appointed by Gov. Noel was
among the four who voted in the
negative. Thus it will be seen
that it was not a question of poll
ties or political faction that influ-
enced the investigation and find
ings of the Board. Being men Of
intelligence and experience in bust
lress and professional life, with es-
fCabfsned characters for pfobity and
integrity among those who know
them, they must therefore have
looked into and decided controvert-
ed questions on their merits.
The last investigation of the
board of trustees was divided into
two sittings- one held in June and
one in July-with an interim of
about 80 days intervening. AS the
investigation was incomplete and
the board was not ready to an
nounce its conclusions, when it
adjourned in June, suspension
of discussion and judgment by the
press and people of Mississippi was
publicly requested until the inves-
tigation was completed at the sec
ond session and decision reached.
This delay was promptly and in
dustriously turned to account by a
few unscrupulous and sensational
newspapers and the discredited
members of the faculty and their
partisans, anxious to do everything
in their power to create public SEN
timent and arouse popular preju-
dice against President Hardy, the
board of trustees and all persons
connected with the college who were
not in sympathy with the kickers.
Garbled and highly colored reports
of the testimony taken before the
board of trustees at its first sitting
were sent out, false or colored
statements about the acts and pro-
ceedings of the board spread broad
cast, lie dating back eight years
lagainst Chief Justice Whitefild and
Ex-Gov. Longino was resurrected
or invented to do service against
President Hardy and Gov. Noel,
the tuberculosis cattle incident,
(which, as has been shown, was dis
torted and exaggerated to a dis
gusting degree, was aired in some
lnew form every few days, and
many other equally unfair and
INSCRIPTIONS methods, were work
led through an impudent yankee
lscribbler at Starkville and another
lat jackson, more intent on sensa-
Ition and raking in shekels than
INSPIRED BY any regard for either
truth or justice, The fact that
President Hardy had few months
ago appointed a brother of Gov,
Noel for college physician and the
appointment was approved BY the
board Of trustees, Gov. Noel not