The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-07


Pre- 80
HI January ~. 1908. a. Richmo.i Va
id-class matter under act OF Congress q
Ill 3. 1879.
.,seisoEDAY. FEBRUARY I, 1910.
lNa,. CHARGES AGAINST DIR. BAR
l|bm IL RINGER.
III broh charges filed against President
Il|mbeB Barringer by the welfare com
III ~ of the v. r. /. Alumni Associa-
Hin are certainly not so strong and
|lainst' damaging as the public general
lIsorc been led to expect. Yet they
l|hsentyond those made by The Times
HIRE itch after its independent inves-
IN an sion last spring. and as they stand.
IIweek sustain everything said by this
llEhlan. In the aggregate, and with
l|btt II ference to what had been pub
I|w no and thereby discounted before
a., 1t must be considered that they
| Ime II fairly severe indictment to lie
TgEtilst the chief executive of one of
His 1naSSL lIiDol INSTITUTIONS III Wiz
Bnl 1t is charged that serious dis
| tier ,ization and waning esprit de
nged have developed under DR.. Bar
a." RS captaincy; that he himself has
mental defects as an administra-
tho that he is singularly lacking in
Ilgs In taste. judgment and the ability
IInerical with men; that he has, in eff
I'D II falsified important facts about
IIriftabtions at the school with vicw
|2ney..presenting conditions as more
II owin able than they actually are that
ley appears unable to represent the
rse properly and creditably at pub
n ildreleetings, and before legislative
"a, "a niittees; that discipline has dan
lbn assly relaxed under him; that he
,, Mrosrbeen partisan and unfair in his
litiesngs with professors; and that. in
c, "a. NAL. the work of the institute has
iperisred and its character has de-
us ;a-ated under his administration
The csc. in rough, are the complaints
CHI lat the door of the president. DIR.
dernger is now at work upon his
/,
8 al,er. and it would be manifestly
= 1he to pronounce a verdict until his
llages of the case has been heard. But
II ppiebuld be pointed out meantime that
~ -. Committee of alumni who prepared
III worpreferred these charges are dis
IPwn .ested, and presumably have no OBJ
lIlchhill at heart but the good of the
iii
iIks. hol There is nothing "in" this for
IIfen no question of jobs and salaries,
||Iork tight for a livelihood. We assume
lie pr this duty was disagreeable to
d. and reluctantly undertaken; in
lyner they say SO; and all the probabili-
[el. hare that they would never have
n up their time to attacking the
\ ,etency and character OF the prcsi-
unless they had considered that
welfare of the college absolutely
1 landed it. For this reason their
II E.lges have substance and sober
fr.ht. We unwillingly reach the con-
II Rf<on that unless DR.. Barrnger can
II HF{sed in effectually disproving them,
II EElsefulness at Blacksburg is ended
II @He Times-Dispatch has personally
II R1d ly feelings for DR., Barringer, and
II ainly wishes to see no hardship |
II him. But the Virginia Poly
Il mic Institute is too important
-age for the Skate 10 take chances
Il At this particular stage of yir- /
II as economic history, when the /
Il ters' institutes are booming, when /
ed States government demonstra-
are active and busy among us,
n corn contests and corn shows
developing marvels of tillage, and /
n the gospel Of scientific agricul-
is working like n leavcn upon a |
We important than it ever was be-
El The Times-Dispatch. and every |
m citizen of the State, must have
yee regard for institutions than for
individual. 1t is imperative. for
good of Virginia, that we should
is, at the head Of the Polytechnic
ndtute man who can drive that
tuition steadily forward; who can
nize, administer and command the
tty respect ana support of both
ents and faculty; who understands
isey what the State needs and pre-
~ how to go about getting 1t; who
apahle. progressive. ambitious de-
d and technically qualified; and
can make this college a constant
rowing factor in the economic life
material expansion of Virginia.
5 is the kind of man the state
is at the head of the Virginia Poly
Ylnic Institute, and unless Or. Bar
aser can still convince the board or
nLegisla,ure that he is such a man.
must give way to some man who
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