East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-08-28

with the old set of trustees L
cannot conceive of such a dirty
mess as We have now. The CON
ditions that brought it about
could never have existed in tie
first place AS it i, the pres
eut state of affairs would never
have reached such a disgraceful
stage if the present Board of
Trustees had had such pride and
interest IN the welfare of the col.
lege as they should have had
had they simply done their full
duty regardless of persons, favor
and pollllcs. | am per.
sonally acquainted with only two
members of the Board of Trus-
tees of the A. & M. Judged
the board solely upon its record
as "a board. 1t is in my opinion,
as a whole, a very weak board.
Nothing but weak board would
have sustained the president in
all matters when there was such
strong, clear, irrefutable sworn
testimony against him by men of
unimpeachable Character. 1t is
far more than mere weak
board that would stand to the
app oiutment of that doctor
brother Of the governor whose
personal unfi,ness for the place
has been Sc wei defined. 1t is ID
weak board that having perpe-
trated wrong by error OF head
and heart. then does not possess
the elements OF trIe manhood to
confess its mistakes. endeavor to
repair its wrong doings. l can
see no hope for peace and har-
mony and prosperity and prog
rese in college affairs until the
present preside 1t is eliminated
from the college and the present
board makes an earnest effort
to perform its duties honestly,
courageously, impartially."
The argument of Mr.. Mont
gomery, that none but "a very
weak board" could have made
the record that surrounds the
wretched situation at Starkville,
coutradIcts all hope that it will
ever acquire Inspiration for "au
earnest effort to perform its du-
ties courageously, honestly, I'M
partially" Hence there is no
relief to be expected until the
Legislature meets 1t was an err
ror on the part of that body to
decline to intervene for cleaning
up the "mess," when 1t was
in session. But, as explained to
us by leading member and
prominent citizen of East Missis-
sippi, a proved friend of the col
lege, the legislature deemed it
proper to leave correction with
the hoard of trustees, which had
ample power. And the member
did not magiue that the govern
or was capable of contrivlng, or
the trustees of submitting, to
the shameful dicker, of subordi-
mating the interests of the col
lege to getting a place In for
Noels corn juice. corn field doc
tor brother. The member refer
red to stated that he would sure
ly make 1t his business to urge
the legislature to clean up the
mess at the next session. I'm
fortunately that is two years off,
and ON this Governor Noel and
President Hardy have calculated.
ABSOLUTELY nothing need be ex-
pecled or hoped for, from the
board of trustees -Vlcksburg
Herald.
Two years is a long time to
have a great institution like the
A. & M. College lose its useful
ness and drag through. an exist
ence with incompetent mel at
the head and student body
mostly composed of raw recruits
drummed up by sending out let-
tiers and appeals, and as an ex
change expresses it "Mr. Hardy
will haye to continue to send out
literature in defense of Mr.. Har-
dy, prepared by Mr.. Hardy, and
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