Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-04-28
MINUS cHARGEs.
hornhill Case Explained by Glenn
son Pres dent Nell.

1*2'orhhh StSe kplalneu Dy NCiem-
S son Pres dent Nell.
'z:& Anderson, APP IL 21.-Despite the
8svere criticism of the faculty, board
soR trustees of Clemson and President
z5iell by Capt. j. c.. Minus, retiring
8ommandant, the college plant is op-
rating as usual. All nf the mem-
s'bers of the faculty, and especially
Hr. Nell, received the criticism coolly
SFpd are not the least bit agitated.
d'k DIR. Nell, when approached by the
Nsews and Courier correspondent at
55SAS> college tonight, said he was
2se to going into newspaper
iyeuatrOyeraY, but that he would glad
'IS explain the situation and answer
open the doors of his office and as
SISTED in looking into the several
eases cited by Capt. Minus in which
the latter alleges that DR.. Nell in
terfered.
y From a close investigation the
sstAe55NNf%SS ste5Nf%SS and Courier correspondent
4Jpdges that the case, which caused
the impulsive resignation of Capt
Minus, was the Thornhill case, cited
lby him In statement given out last
Snjght. 1t is recorded that the COM
3nlandant handed in his resignation
on Sunday morning as President
Nell was on his way to church, fol-
the action Of the president
day or so before. Thornhill Is from
The lower part Of the State. When
he went home Christmas he was
vixen Ill and did not return to col
Alege on the day for work to be re-
9sumed, but came in several days
later. According 10 the bylaws gov
86ing the college the president has
1drisdiction in cases of this kind, and
swhen Thornhill returned and pre-
aented physicians certificate, which
sjs in accordance with the rules, Pres
afdent Nell excused the cadet on his
Sdelay and allowed him to enter col
IA 1t now develops, so says DR.. Nell,
What Thornhill had presented the
certificate first to Capt. Minus, who
had refused to accept 1t. DR.. Nell
did not know that the matter had
'come before Capt. Minus, for there
MAS no notation in the certificate,
and If there had been any made by
Capt. Minus, it was not a matter in
his jurisdiction. Only the president
has the authority to act in such
Eases.
n There are several other instances
slike this one, but since the Thornhill
Sease rrecodes capt. MinUs's resigna-
aion only day or so, it is supposed
hhat 1t was this that broke the
lramel's back At any rate there viii
sbc nothing doing IL The way Of
changes at the college. Acting Com
smandant Bramlett has the situation
swell in hand, and it is le med from
conversation on the campus that
practically al members OF the fac
sulty endorse DR.. Mells course in the
Various cases. The board of trus-
tees holds its annual supply meet
(ing in July, when the matter will
probably be sifted.
Wants Facts, Not Beliefs.
Capt. Minus, in reploy to the above
from DR.. Nell, issued a second state
Iment, in which he reiterates all his
former charges, holding that his
grounds are good in each case, and
closing with the following:
GWill Prof. Riggs give the facts in
t.ns1sCovington case, the Clark case,
16A Thornhill case, the league case,
the Fixes case, the Weathersbee
case, the Murray case or the Ryan
case, and show the public that his
opinion that Dr. Nell has not inter-
fered has been formed on investiga-