The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-28
KELLY'S WORK
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ployes, students and business men, in
such degree as to prove detrimental to
the work and influence Of the college"
After having taken the oral and
written evidence Of more than sixty
persons, including members of the
faculty, employees of the college, bust
ness men and citizens of Richmond,
the board unanimously found as fol-
lows:
After a thorough and careful in
vestigation the board finds the evil
dence not sufficient to substantlate
the charges. Some conditions in Bun
dy hall and other matters of admins
tration have not been satisfactory, but
measures have been inaugurated to
correct them"
Get Hearsay Evidence.
After discussion at great length 1t
was unanimously decided to receive
the evidence under conditions salts
factory to all witnesses. Quite num-
her of witnesses were unable to make
any direct testimony, but some OF
them testified that the information
which they had expected to give was
heresay, all of which the board ruled
out In order to satisfy the board as
to the heresay evidence, one witness
vas permitted to give all Of such evil
dence he had, and upon investigation
CT said hearsay evidence the board
was unable to find anything that in
any way would materially substanti-
ate them, including the charge against
the integrity Of the administration.
The board has used every means at its
command to make this investigation
thorough and complete. In order to
allay to some extent at least. some OF
the rumors which are in existence rel
ative to the administration desire to
rid itself at various times of popular
professors, the board desires to give
below letters from two professors,
whose names have in nearly every in
stance been mentioned:
"Hamilton College, Clinton, n. Y,
April 30, 1915
My Dear Mr.. Hollowell-If | am
not mistaken, | have never replied to
a much priced communication from
YOU giving me the kind words and
good wishes of the board of trustees
Of Earlham college. Mrs. Chase and
find our affection for Earlham college
and our belief in her increasing as the
years go by. | have often, since leav-
ing, and | wish here again now to do
it, expressed my appreciation Of the
squareness, the essential honesty and
the splendid quality Of the college we
both love. I have never had the apollo
getic attitude toward Earlham. which
some ,Quakers Of my acquaintance
have not been able entirely to get
away from. Earham has no need to
apologize either for her ideals or for
the distinguished success with which
she has achieved much with compare
lively slender means.
Pays Kelly Tribute.
Here you must allow me to pay
personal tribute to the man who has
been most of all responsible for the
success to which | have referred One
can not work for nine years in close
contact with another man, especially
a college president, and not know
whether he is a square man or man
capable of big things and generous
things. I can say all this very sincere.
l. of Robert Kelly. Under his admin
istration Earlham has been able to
maintain as fine an ideal OF a denonl-
national college as | know anything
about. There was sufficient breadth
and yet not laxity While the danger
always imminent in UNCONVENTIONAL
institutions of excessive inbreeding
was avoided, there was no man con-
nected with the college who did not
know that the place stood for the
Friendly ideals and the best of the
Friendly traditions. Such men as Kel-
", Dennis, Russell, Morrison. Men
denhall, Hole and others whom | could
mention-and l see l have left out
some of the best of them-made US
non-Quakers take off our hats to what
the Society of Friends in very vital
and constructive way was meaning to
the country. We did not mistake it,
nor did the students who were not