The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-20
MINORITY SCORES
Y. P. /. PRESIDENT
Two Members Of Board Believe He Should Re-
sign---Accusatons Treated in Detail by
Dissenting Visitors of School,

impaired the reputation and morale
OF the college and has frequently pre-
vented consideration by the board of
important institutional matters.
Errors in Figures.
Tenth. In an editorial article writ
ten by the president for the College
Bulletin of October. 1909, an official
publication. intended Cor large cireula-
ton and for accurate information, the
president made certain errors, which
seem to indicate an absolute absence
OF accurate Information concerning
tho institution over which he presides.
In that editorial he states that the
number OF sophomores for certain
year was TOE, when, as a matter of
fact. the number was 1885, This dis
crepancy Is so great that II IL difficult
to understand how il could have &C.
CURED. The president then usts these
figures TO produce certain percentages
In order to show the different advan-
tages OF certain policies.
In publication made. intended to
circulate among the farmers and their
sons. for The purpose OF inducing them
to patronize the college, the pr.stdcn.
states In two consecutive annual state
ments that there were at the college
100 active cows, when. as a matter of
fact there was not more than thirty.
1; IS not conceivable but that young
men who come to the college TO study
agriculture. and who would therefore
become conversant with these facts,
could not have had their confidence in
the college shaken ty such obvious
and repeated msstatements of obvious
facts.
Eleventh. The finance committee of
the board. appointed November. 1905,
discovered that some of the depart
ments which handle the money kept
no cash account and that there was
no method by which the financial con-
ditions of these departments could be
ascertaincd. because there was no ad-
equate system of bookkeeping.
Farm Kun ut Loss.
Twelfth. III 1909 the loss of the
farm was little more than $4,000.
which would have been most disas-
trous TO the institution except for in
creased appropriations from the State
and national governments. This great
loss was IN the farm proper and not
OF the experiment station, the expenses
of which are paid by tic United states
government. That an agricultural
school should lose $4,000 on running
its farm does not seem to be good
object lessJn to those who would learn
agriculture at such school. intending
to make living thereby.
Thirteenth. During the present adj
ministration of Dr.. BarIinger the finan-
cial report to the board disclosed that
the manager of the mess had made 4
charge of s1,O24S5 for breakage and
loss in the dining hail for the session
of less than nine months, and the same
was charged to and collected from the
students contingent fund. 1t is not
conceivable that that number OF young
men, under military discipline, should
have broken up and destroyed that
much dining room equipment IN one
| session. After complaint by the ilnaHee
committee Of the board the next year
the bill for breakage was reduced 70
S556.
Fourteenth Tie important quaiifi-
cation Of a college president Is a rea-
sonable amount of tact. This Dr.. bar
/ ringer has notably not exercised IN
! May, 1903, the Ministers Conference OF
| Blacksburg addressed to Professor bar
| ringer as president, a protest asuths.
certain abuses which they claimed nau
| grown up III the social life of the VT
i Einia Polytechnic Institute. ana among
! other things deprecated the mlnlll'l@!hs
| Of the literary features during tHe
/ session, and especially at comrhel,oe-
ment, To that communication Dr' bar
/. ringer az president. addressed an an
swer which seems to US not 10 Dc ,
I dignifed as the occasion requireu'
Among other things he says:
Letter to Ministers.
II suppose that you refer mere 70
! the fact that young women some times
come chaperoned to the village hotels
If this is grievance ! do not see nov
can he of much service, Those girls
who come here In this way are elthef
as we'll chaperoned as they themselves
or their mothers desire. or else desir'
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