The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-04

!, )ustice to him and to the board quote
! IN full the entry on the minutes. as
Z {nlls1sss The resignation of DR.. p
80 sRATrtuEqr sa& Ese@sdaES CT. TIE. VT
I GintA Agricultural and Mechanical
College and Polytechnic institute hay
ing been presented to and considered
: BY this hoard. on raoifou same lis
hereby accepted In accepting this
. resignation the board desires 10 place
N isress Mn msT fFsm aepAB
services nf Or E#rftnger during his
fncumhency as president Of this in
stitution and to express the high per
Sonal regard in which he IL held by
each member Of this hoard Despite
the fact that President Barringer s
administration has been conducted
=. under peculiarly hsrnssing difficult
ties the institute has made decided
progress in many lines of endeavor
and the financial MANAGEMENT ia par
tculsrly to be commended
THAT as the selection OF a sue
cessor TO DIR. Barringer is matter
deserving mature consideration by
the board, by unanimous vote Of the
board he is earnestly requested TO re-
asin as president until July i. 1919
y Or. Barringer, after saying he took
weeks time to decide whether he
would accept the boards invitation
To serve another year. then proceeds
10 say: "Of course / knew that the
board intended TO elect Mr.. Eggieston
and that this TIME was simply ex-
tended because he could not accept
until he had resigned his position as
superintendent If public instruction
and membership on the board, and
allowed az least a decent time to elapse
before taking office.
Or Barringer gives as his only au-
thority for this remarkable display
of knowledge on his part an anony-
nous letter which he received May,
1912, and which he quotes, He fur
Their says:
IT do not know who wrote this
note, but | had received various let
ters before in the same handwriting,
and the predictions made IN them
\ had all been absolutely confirmed.
80 I knew that l had trustworthy In
Nomination"
Few people will agree with him
pat anonymous letter writers can he
&iied upon for trustworthy tnfor-
&ation. and his credunty in such a
9tter would incline one to the belief
essAt the reference to him as IAN
"a yclopedia If misformation' said
= . be current around the University
( Firginia-may not be so missppleid
ks some Of us have been inclined to
think.
1 No one of the new appointees was
. approached in any way by the gov
ernOr, nor by anyone else, and
know that neither Mr.. Smith, Or
Turner or myself ever saw the gov
ernor or had any intimation from
him OF the contemplated appointment
iii II was made in each case. hap
aa pen to know that Mr.. Smith and Mr.
Turner were both opposed to the Sc
lection OF Mr.. Eggleston.
When appolntita the committee oi
three on election OF president or
July IL. 1919. / took occasion 10 ap.
point two mem hers whom ! knew &c
be opposed to the election of Mr.. Egg
gioston. / did this because / had OF
course heard the rumors-~they were
b in print-~and / felt that If he proved
10 be the proper man that they would
find IL ont. and that II they could
succeed in locating a better selection
IL would he made ] was afterwards
added to this committee by specia
=. resolution and the committee searched
the country over and finally decided
to recommend the election of Mr.
EeEleston, which was made unani.
mnusly by he board.
Still Dr.. harring~r would have II
that the board had agreed before q
assembled f.ss-sats first meeting Il
had not uTfN fhen even met Or Har
ris or DR. TDrner) tn select Mr.. EEgIes
ton as his successor. and that thi
time was simply extended because h
could not accept until he had re
signed his position as superinte nden
Of distraction. and membership or
. the board. 50
| suppose ne would assert also tina
we provided him with "A more lucra
tive federal appointment In the mean
time, as such was the position ht
resigned as superintendent TO accept
AS an additional evidence of tn,
falslty Of such n charge is the fac
that Dr. Claxton, Mr. EgElestonl
superior In Washington. when passinl
through Richmond some weeks befor'
Mr. Eggleston's election, was asket
to give interview and stated Il
the reporter that while he felt tina
Mr. Egglcston would accept the posi-
ton II rendered unanimously by tn
board. that he would not do go II ten
fered by divided board, and as sucl
q contamination seemed without tn
range of possibility he did not ex
pert to lose him frhm his department
! consider this statement prope
! at this time in Justice 10 the governor
: = TO Mr.. Eggleston, and 70 the othe
y members If the board az we'll as I
myself ana while | hold no brief fo
, them they viii suhstantiate the state
ment ! have made.
tsIRnea) 7. THOMPSON BROWN
In pr Rarringer's statement, give
10 the Times Dispatch for puhlicstio
on Sunday morning. Or. BarrInge
! gives the following account of hi
! agreement with Governor Mann:
= In order to preserve The good nam
of the State. and. If possible. give tn
. Virginia Polytechnic institute
heaithful period of quieture, ! hav
H heretofore been content To renal
= silent regarding the causes of m
resignation from the v r. l. TIL
apnearance however. Of statemer
by Governor Mann. is your issue {
July 36th, In which he seeminEl
boasts IF his responsibility for m
> withdrawal from that institution. de
nands a reply,
BE-. Governor Mann's statement that h
brought about my resignation in orde
10 secure harmony amongst the var
GUS agricultural Interstate in tn
State ia not supported by the facts.
looks m ore as If it, was done 20 max
- place for certain Of his politicf
@avorites and friends. and from n
higher motive. The facts are as TO
lows:
Somewhere near the middle {