Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-04-09
IS AFTER MITCHELL's SCALP.
State Board Votes Down Resolution
Ohered by Governor.

requesting tho resignation OF DR..
s. c. Mitchell, president of the Uni
versity of South Carolina, was pre-
sented by Governor Blease, d. a
meeting OF the board Of trustees in
the Office of the Governor this morn
ing. The resolution was overwhe!m-
ingly rejected, only Governor Blease
voting for it. Those voting may"
were: w. T. c. Bates, st. Matthew's;
c.. S. Spencer, Yorkville; j. Q. Davis,
David r. Cocker, Hartsville; August
KOhn, Columbia; G.. T. Wyche, Pros
perity, and superintendent of Educa-
ton J. e. Swearingen, OF Columbia.
W. NJ. Hamer, of Dillon, a new
member Of the board, was excused
from voting on the ground that he
a been absent from the State the
most of the time and sick, and not
familiar with the matter at issue.
The following is the resolution
submitted by the Governor request
ing the resignation OF Dr.. Mitchell:
The Resolutions.
"Whereas, at the recent session Of
the General Assembly certain inves-
LEGATIONS were had in reference to the
connection of Dr.. S. c. Mitchell. pres
ident of the South Carolina College,
with the distribution of certain funds
belonging to the Peabody estate
among the collegs of this State, and
it being shown by a written inStru-
ment signed by Dr.. Mitchell that he
requested that certain money therein
be used for the education of negro
teachers, stating in said paper we
most earnestly request that your hon
orable body (trustees Of the Peabody
Education Board) donate 100000
to each State university in those
States participating in this fund. for
the training Of white teachers and
the remainder for the training of ne
gro teachers in same States and
Whereas, it is to the best inter
ests Of the educational department of
this State that there shall be no fric-
ton among the colleges, and that
there shall be no one at the head of
any OF the colleges who is in favor
Of using white peoples money to ed
ucate free negroes, and especially
that there should be no one at the
head Of any of the colleges who is in
favor of taking money from the white
girls OF South Carolina for the educa-
ton Of free negroes; and,
Whereas, DR.. Mitchell acted with
: on the authority Or advice 80 this
hoard, nlcIeby exceeding his yuris-
dicttoa and going EAR beyond ltm du-
ties as president ~ the COLLEGE. when
be signed said ulrvcment. md.
Whereas, this college is no, a
common beggar, but is supported by
the taxpayers of South Carolina with
the peoples taxes, and the trustees
would prefer never to receive one
dollar of outside aid If principle
must be sacrificed, as was done here
in the effort 20 secure outside aid.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That it is the sense Of
this board that DR.. S. c.. Mitchell
should tender his resignation as pres
ident Of said institution"
Record Vote Taken.
AS soon as this resolution was Of
fered by the Governor a motion was
made that a record vote be taken,
which. was done, and it was over
whelmingly rejected.
The Governor said that the object
Of his grievance against DR.. Mitchell
was his understanding that DR.. Nit
chell had requested the faculty to
pass a resolution to the effect that the
Governor be not requested to sign the
diplomas Of the college which are pre-
scented to the students on graduation,
1t being customary to sign the diplo-
at the June meeting Of the board.
Immediately on the Governor making
this statement Superintendent
Swearingen offered a resolution that
this charge be investigated by the
committee on organization and report
at the June meeting. The motion
was seconded by August Kohn and
unanimously adopted. The members
Of this committee are Superintendent
S~wearingen, G. F.. Spencer, York
Vile, and David r. Cocker, Of Harris
vine.
The report OF the building COM
mittee through its chairman, August