The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
ABERCROMB|E SURE ID BE REELECTED Alumnus Murphree Dis
 cusses Situation FACULTY AGREEABLE Willing to Make Public Endorsement if President Would Permit It.
 The Views Taken in
 Tuscaloosa

A strong belief that President John of the State university is prevalent among the alumni and friends of the institution following the many vague reports circulated during commence ment week at the university when the board of trustees were in session, ac- cording to a statement from Student Manager Thomas A. Murphree.
 Mir Murphree arrived in Birmingham yesterday to begin the practice of law after having closed the accounts of the Student Boarding association prepara- tory to relinquishing it's responsibility to J. Grover Sims. who was elected by the student board of directors as his successor.
 "The faculty of the University of Ala bama has in various ways made known their willingness to publicly indorse President Abercrombie's administra- tion," said MT. Murphree, but it is un- derstood that the president has declined this offer, in keeping with his original attitude as being disposed to let his services to the university stand on their own merit"
 As illustrative of the sentiment of the Tuscaloosa people towards Presi- dent discrepancies administration, MT. Murphree furnished the following edi torials from the Friday and Saturday issues of the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette and News respectively:
 "No Change Demanded"
 "The constant rumors about Presi- dent Abercrombie resigning are caus ing some considerable uneasiness to a large number of friends of the univer- sity. We do not believe there is any general demand for a change and it would seem to most people that a change in management at this time is not desirable.
 As matter of fact, Dr. Abercrombie has been broadening ever since he came into office. As president of the university he entered upon one of the most difficult propositions that Ala bama can afford. He came in at time when there was much uncertainty. A new order of things had just been es- tablished With the military post abol-
 
 only beginning to be solved
 "Dr Abercrombie is now more useful than he ever was. The constant expan- sion at the university has kept him and others busy assimulatng the enlarged order of things and he has had to do great deal of learning This has been the case particularly with the technical courses. There are no men trained for this work in Alabama. pr. Abercrombie 01f xx-ffh he and knows it. Any other new man would have to learn the lesson all over again and start afresh
 ''Dr Abercrombie has done good work. He can do a better one and he will if given the proper cooperation He is one of the best known educators in the land and we might go far before we could find a man so ably fitted to fill the position of president of the greater university"
 "WOnderful Progress"
 Notwithstanding repeated efforts to discredit the administration and the nat ural tendency to disorganization during a time of so many changes in curriculum and equipment, the university has made wonderful progress during the past few years.
 "The policy of standardizing may be questioned now but it will take only few years 10 prove US WlSuom. 1ne Cil- versity of Alabama Is fast becoming known as one of the greatest institu- tions of the country, and it's enrollment will grow with it's prestige.e
 'The present administration at the same time that it has been raising standards, has succeeded in building up a mag nificient plant It was no easy matter to convince the legislature and the pow CTS that be" of the justice of the univer sity's claims, and the appropriations of the past few years are in themselves a strong Endorsement of the policy of the administration.
 "If given moment to think the alumni of the university, individually and collec- lively, will realize the great advance that has been accomplished at the university in the past 10 years"
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