The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-07
DR.. BARR|NGER
To AGAIN FACE
GRAVE CHARGES
Head of V. P. |. is Alleged to
Have Condoned Some
Serious Offenses
TERMS ACCUSATIONS
MALICIOUS ISLANDERS
Member of Board in Con-
ference With Chairman
johnson, Who Refuses
to Affirm or Deny

TO Afflrm or Deny
In this language, Or. Paul =, Bar<
ringer, talking over the long distance
telephone from Backsburg 10 The
Virginian, replied to the published
statement that he would again have
to face charges, this time at the
hands of the board In charge OF VIr-
he is the president.
According to reports. which have
been In circulation in Richmond for
weeks, the next meeting Of the board,
which will he held about November /,
will have charges presented for con-
sideration IN which Or. Earrluger
fitness for his position will be at-
tackled and it will be alleged that
he not only condoned serious breaches
of discipline. but when The cases
were brought to his attention took
no action whatever
These charges. it is claimed. in+
tOAF' AddtN@t @hD HtiS PCi3ilAttSi ~
remain at the institution. and it Is
also stated that woman of Roanoke
Will be involved.
At meeting of the board held in
August. which was not attended by
DR. Barringer it Is alleged that n
membe OF the board made certain
allegations, which the board request
ed be put in the proper form and
presented to Chairman Johnson, OF
the board, to be presented to the
board at later meeting. 1t Is stated
that the member prepared the charges
and later presented them TO MIR. john
son In Richmond in the presence OF
DIR. Barringer.
These charges 1t Is now stated. ara
awaiting the consideration of the
board and will be taken up at tho
coming meeting. Members OF the
cadet. corps, it Is expected. will be iE-
Iyoived and the charges promise. ac-
tcording to the reports In circulation.
to be the most sensational that have
yet been brought in connection with
the institute.
johnson is Silent
Mr. johnson, chairman of the board.
who Is r~ssident of the Norfolk and
+! Western Railway aud lives In Roam
oke, was seen last night by a repre-
sentative OF the Nirgintan. dispatch
from Roanoke last night stated that
Leslie d. Kline, member OF the board.
who resides at Curtis Neck, had been
in Roanoke comforting with Presiden1
Johnson, but had left that city. The
dispatch added:
President Johnson, when asked by
The Eirginian correspondent, IL
charges were to be preferred against
President Barringer. made the follow
ing statement; MIR. Johnson declined
to affirm or deny the statement that
charges have or will be preferred
against DR.. Barringer, president of the
Y. 7. |.
Friends Are Staunch.
Friends Of DR. Barring-r In Rich-
mond last night refused to believe
! that the charges would amount to any
| more than previous charges which
have been preferred against him
! Mr.. Harry NJ. Smith. Jr., of Rich
/ mond a member of the board when
| the investigation was conducted az
| Blacksburg eighteen months ago at
1 the instance Of the welfare committee
+ Of the alumni, said last night that
| he had no doubt that DR.. Barringer
| could clear himself and the name OF
| the Institution OF the pending charges
| He had heard nothing of them him
| self until The Virginian reporter called
! and made known the nature OF tho
| latest sensation.
| Mr.. Smith retired from the Y. p. I.
| board in July, 1910, at the expiration
| OF his term He took leading part
| in the investigation in the spring OF
! that year, ana was among those who
| voted In Sayar at retaining Dr. Bar
ringer
| Former Charges.
| Charges against DIR. Rarringer at
| that time were:
| That he made certain changes In
| the curriculum of the school incom-
patihle with the best interests of the
| institution.
| That he abolished the literary So
| cieties there.
! That he failed TO maintain proper
| discipline among the cadets
| That he allowed milk to be drawn
| from tubercular COWS.
| That he permitted cholera to
| spread among the swine.
| That he discontinued services at
! chapel
| That he made inaccurate state
| ments as to the numb Der of students
| who had matriculated at the school
and the number of those who had ats
| tended the winter course.
Byrd as Counsel.
| In this investigation, Speaker Rich>
| ard Evelyn Byrd. of the Virginia
House of Delegates. appeared az
| counsel for the welfare committee.
and 1t is limited that he may again
appear in the coming probe
/ The chairman Of the Blacksbur1
board Is President l.. f. Johnson, Of
| the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Besides him. the personnel OF the
body Ia as follows: Il. J. Noel. East
Radford: Leslie d. Kline. vaucluse:
J. Cullen CarrinEton, Charlotte Court
| house: Peyton r. ST. Clair. Bane: A.
NJ Bowman. Salem: b. r. Kirkpat-
rick. Lynchhurg: Roosevelt Page,
| Hanover.
| Ex-officio members Of tho board
| are; J. d. Eggleston. Superintendent
of Public Instruction. and q. W.
Kciner. State Copmisioaag g 49,
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