Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-05
SUPPOSED Wide differences in His.
t0riCaI Point Of View Would
be Permitted.
JUDGES DID NOT VOTE As JUDGES
Says Dec sion Did Not Signify En-
dorsement Of all Views Expire sed
by Minnesota Woman-Noted Tn
sound Opricns-Didn't Expect SCI
ent;fic Accuracy-CIngs to Views

CllAHI OTTESVll.I.E. W.. Feb. !.
In ;n open l't,rr tudHN = Mrs. Nor
man V. Randolph. Prr.iirnI Alderman
says. III part:
"AhSpnc in New York on imNOrtan
bus mes concerns ard i %IAN'r mat
ter ui,on my return have prevented
tn" issuance" cf 4 p.omni"r Sl2i"m' II;
in yuDIy 20 the resolutions OF u
.,llr liUpted by the Richmond Cham
r..r (: + lh., Dauslltr"s Of the CCrl"d-
rc4cr II vouli have hC"n IN act OF
ccur;">y which would have been very
greatly appreciated if had Teen con
suited before these resolutions We"
passed and given to the American
press.
'inasmucl as The prize IVES for an
essay and not eu!ugy and had been
established at the most cosmopolitan
American university. where il might
he competed FIR by yCung men ami
women OF al sectiOnS end nations. |
supposed that one would be expected
10 allow for wide differences in his
tHrical point Of view. indeed | had
pride in what believed 10 he III"
faith Of the Daughters Of the Con
iederacy that sincere study Of the
Souths part in the war between the
states bv fair minded human beings,
could only result in Kidding them or
pr2tudices and misconceptions, no
matter what had been their environ
ment on upbr.nsing.
II did not consider il our duty 70
exclnde arv paper which had been
submitted to us as eligible by the
Danehters CT the Confedtracy beraus"
it did not square with our own his
torical point Of view and | imaeinei
nv own 10 be essentially that OF tn"
Daughters. provided the paner was
not malignant or vituDeratlve. or
mcanlv narrow or manifcstly unjust
In motive.
Not the Jud- es' Views.
Neither did think that by our
votes as judges in such a contest. we
were TO Re nnt in the attitude Of per
sonally endorsing every word or opin-
ion Of the writer any more than the
judges Ct a debate. who must often
as a matter Of duty. award the palm
TO the side contending for positions
net held BY the judges.
Il did not suppose that young men
or women from Maine or Minnesota.
or S-u;h American or Japan could b."
expected to think just as we do abort
rhe great issues that once divided the
republic.
The purpose Of the essav apparel
10 me TO I" educational and not mere
IL TO accumulate tributes TO cause
ar1 men that need no defense.
Miss Boyson's paper impressed ne
as prominently the hest Ct thoS" sub
United. and that. Of course. is still nv
OrnioH noted here and there ser
fences which were unwarranred gen
tra'izations. or which embodied what
7 thought unsound opinions. AMI II
uniformity with my own thought had
been the sole test, Should have blue
penciled q'lckIy. but I did no; expect
scientific accuracy or a perfect bis
tOrical point Of view esDeci2nv from
a Youthful coil1g an. male or female.
Bred in Another Atmosphere.
f sa~ no evidence OF uDworthincSe
Of mind IT purpose. hut rather an
illustration Of how a Young person
rourished On a certain brand of tex
hook. bred in another atmosphere o.
feeling and thinking. espresso her
elf in relation TO large and JUS
U~int OF view. and though: the u
innate purpose Of tho priZ" aiteT al
vas IN bring about such transitions
in such person n III" NO. lest posi-
h'c wav-iha. is, 10 say. Through sell
enlightenment.
If tbs were not the pur7OS" oi the
establishment Cf this D-izP in North
crn college by the Daughters If III"
ConfndcraCy. what possible DITpoS'
could the DauChters hav" had Tn
der those circUmst anceS II is Conc"iv-
able that 2 fIiITr" 70 conform entire
y to Southern views should operate
as total disqualification &C this Dap"T:
II so. the p-izo shonld not be oficrc"
on the basis Of mort. bat on the bas'
II conformity in the views Of the
irrdccs. provided thee" views co'ncid"
With the views r these who offered
the prize In the iisht Of this sn'lv
sic one may well question III Wis
dom Of the establishment Of the prize
a; all
II had though; for m" nom"0'
that this Young woman meant To set
IN ar1 defend tn" hosts 'h7t R0h"~
= Lee was traitor would have
characterized her paper - too naliz'