Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-09-04

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which charges are characterized a!
"slanderous, vile, unjust, wanton, an,
malevolent," had no reference what
ever to the teachers, or to anything
that they said in their defense o.
themselves, but to some sensational
report which, we think, had reached
the Legislature through the news
papers-certainly not through the
teachers. 1t must be manifest to the
most casual reader that the trustee:
would not have continued in office
teachers to whose statements they haC
applied such epithets.
Captain Sykes states that these ac-
tons of the Board relating to the
teachers and the student body were
understood at the time to be from
motives of policy Concerning this
deliverance, we should like to ask by
whom so understood? The teachers
understood that they had the full
confidence Of the board; the students
understood that this was the case.
the friendship and esteem of the in
The teachers were thereafter repeat
eddy reelected and continued to hold
dividual members of the board.
These things do not point to mo
tives Of policy"
As to the investigation of 1898 with
its resultant legislative enactment,
which excites the derisive merriment
of Captain Sykes, he have only to
say that if he sees in that investiga-
ton no political activity, we have no
in this matter, as there are doubt
quarrel with his view. There are
doubtless those who agree with him
less others who agree with Miss
PEBBLES, and who believe that poll
tics largely influenced then, as
often since, the course Of educational
affairs in Mississippi
Miss PEBBLES quotation concern
ing DR.. Fraser's reasons for resign
ing was taken verbatim from his
official testimony. Captain Sykes
impressions as to his private CON
yorsation with, DR.. Fraser do not
confute this. That DR. Fraser would
have accepted absolute power does
not prove that he regarded his fac
ulty disloyal, nor does it invalidate
his official statement as to his res
ignation.
9Th. That Certain of the faculty
would at pleasure leave their posts at
the cole T. and absent themselves
at will, and when spoken to about it
would defy the presidents authority
to prevent it."
The absence of any real evidence
Of disloyalty on the part of the fac
ulty at that time is proved by the
extent to which this particular illus
tration has been used of late. It APP
plies in fact to only one member of
The faculty in the entire history of
the college so far as this committee
has been able to find out. If Cap
tain Sykes knows of other cases to
justify his use of the plural, we shall
be glad to have him produce them.
The one teacher referred to is still
a member of the faculty and can
speak for herself in this matter if
she so desires. Dr. Fraser, in his re-
port of this case, mentioned this
teacher by name and made no refer
ence to similar instances.
9th. That when Hon. A. A. Kin
cannon came here. 49,. as the sue
CeSSOI VI LII EIaStT. d HlSuly
change was wrought 49,. resulting
in, where chaos formerly rcigned, law
an dorder becoming the rule"
Both the teachers and students who
were at the college during DR..
Fraser's administration deny that
chaos or anything like it reigned at
that time. DR.. Fraser's administra-
ton was perfectly orderly one;
Miss Galloway, as acting-president,
succeeded him and conducted the af-
fairs of the college until Mr.. Kin
cannon assumed the office of presi-
dent. That chaos reigned during
Miss Getaways office will not be
asserted ny anyone with the slightest
knowledge Of the facts.
Ish That his law and order has
continued uato he present time, dis
tturoed only ny e ;cw dissatisfied ex-
,snbtfs II the faplts and misled
hat uncanny,
amnae President
asia disingennons - which