The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-18
BOARD To DISMISS
WELFARE CHARGES
Nindication OF DR.. Barringer BY
Same Vote OF s to , EN-
pccted Tomorrow.
.kLINE's MINORITY REPORT
Document Will Set Forth Why
Member Believes V. P. |.
President Should Quit.

Dismissal OF the charges preferred
the welfare committee of the Alumni
Association of the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute Will without doubt be
the result of the meeting OF the board
OF visitors in Richmond tomorrow.
The board Will meet in the assembly
room of the State Board of Education
at 10 O'Clock in executive session.
A report as 10 the charges VIII be
presented By a special committee COM
posed of III. NJ. Smith, Jr, of Richmond;
i z. Johnson. of Roanoke, president OF
the Norfolk and Western Railway, and
{. c.. Kizer. of Norfolk This commit
tee was appointed for this purpose at
the conclusion of the recent inyestiga-
ton at Blacksburg on the evening of
March 2s.
The Instructions given the commit
Zee were 10 draw UP resolutions en-
pressing the sentiment OF the board
Members say that this sentiment was
clearly defined in the presence of the
members of the committee during the
executive session which followed the
investigation.
Minority Finding.
A minority report Will be presented
by L. d. Kline. and 1t is likely 10 be
signed by r. j. Noell This statement, I
according to Mr.. Kline, will go into the
evidence in detail and Will set forth I
reasons why the minority of the COM
mittee believes Or. BarrinGers resis-
nation should be asked for. 1t is SAID
to be the intention of the dissenting
members to go into ali the evidence Oh 1
fered instead of considering only that
which was accepted as such by the
majority. In addition it Will probably
contain references 10 matters when
the board of visitors has previously
disposed of. Notwithstanding the ruling
made at the investigation that nothing
would be taken into account which
had heretofore been considered.
On the other hand, the committee
report will presumably contain only
such matter as was admitted at the
hearing, when evidence in the form OF
affidavits was barred. 1t is further eN-
pected not only to sustain DR.. Barr'n-
gers official actions for the most part.
if not as a whole, but also TO criticize
the action of the committee of the
alumni in preferring the charges.
Committee Censured.
Members OF the majority faction in
the board have expressed themselves
as deprecating the production OF
charges against the head of the school
by a committee which has been said
to he self constituted. on the other
hand, Lawrence Priddy, of New York.
and DR.. Surface. OF Yale. who con-
Quoted the prosecution at the invesu-
cation. said that they We're practically
forced TO bring up the charges, at con-
siderable trouble and expense 10 them
selves, and for the good of the instt-
tuition They protested against haY-
ing been obliged to take this step,
Mr.. Priddy repudia.cd being placed
in the attitude of Willingness TO in
lure the Polytechnic Institute in order
to get rid of DR.. Barringer. Yet. IT is
felt on all hands that the agitation IL
doing tho institution no good,
Many Counts.
The charges are too recent TO have
escaped public recollection, They en-
brace a long series of accusations OF
official carelessness or incompetency
against President BarrinSer who As
charged with having made a mess"
of his administration of AFFAIRS there.
No aspersion was cast upon his char
acter. nor was his probity called into
question. =.
Many of the cAargeS were regarded
as extremely trivial. Yet ii was not
upon any one alleged dereliation that
the welfare committee based its at
titude. but it was claimed that all the
cases in point. taken as whole, in
dicated DR.. Barringer's temperamenial
unftness to be president of the states
big technical school. The board OF
visitors had already passed upon many
OF the points at issue, and therefore
was TO some extent itself on trial.
The vote on the two reports VIII IN
all probability he the same as mat cast
Immediately after tho hearing ~
t9Jacs shl,re, when by a vote OF eight to
two the board refused to sustain the
Priddy charges and TO ask for DR.. Bar
ringers resignation.