The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-23

ious to see, maintained and operated |
in the city of Little Rock, the Arkan- |
sas Baptist College. We love the COL
lege, we cannot help ourselves for
the reason we have put our lives into |
it, but we contend and believe that
unless there is a separation of the
college from the dominant power and
rule of Dr. ]. A. Booker, that the de-
struction of the school is inevitable.
To our way of thinking, nothing will
save this great and grand old insti-
tuition from the pending destruction,
but going in between =. it and the
president, and let him choose the lef'
hand and the school the right, and in
after years, when we are all dead that
now live and are contending, our chill
dren will read some very pleasant
epochs in our history that will be for
them as a result of this separation
what the moral, spiritual, and ethical
lessons are to us because of the sepa-
ration of the characters referred to.
Note if you please, what brought
the separation of Abraham and Lot.
1t was disagreement on the part of
their servants, but in the life of these
two characters there was something
greater to them than the contention
of their servants. They regarded that
kinship, that family tie beyond all
else, but they knew that a destruction
of such was inevitable if they had
continued to insist on staying to-
gether therefore they separated
which was essential both relatively
historically and spiritually. Baptist
alike, should regard their past work
ana present love, and future eXpecta
ton of their educational work in the
state to be greater than any man OF
set of men. Whatever that will make
for the safety of our educational work
it should be done, and to the writer's
way of thinking, the separation, of the
president and the college is essential
for the following reasons:
First, as we see it, the president O.
the school has lost that commanding
influence and respect that would guar
antee progressive administration
He is not revered by the public as ;
( college president should be. His dis
position to fight and to nag and tt
I put in every little puddle of conten
tion that arises among Baptists ha
, placed him among the common ant
t unlearned people of the country, ant
l as such the name of DR.. J. A. Booke
| no more tickles the ears Of the public
and brin upon its face those broa,
: smiles Of respect because of his abb
: ity as an educator Whenever a maj
4 loses the confidence of a people, an
1 whenever he cannot command tina
t public respect to succeed with publ
r institutions, the separation of tina
man from the institution is essentia
q to it's growth and accomplishment.
t Reason No 2, as to why the Baptis
S should separate DR.. Booker from tn
j school is that he has not that diplt
+ matte ability to make friends Of thos
who are in his immediate touch. T
# prove this assertion, one would onl
d have to call the teachers roll. Pr
l. on the witness stand If you pleas
l. every teacher that has worked wit
o him and that is now living, and not
D. in the examination how many mic
F? things they will say respecting tn
t. school or the president, and ever
l. one that will testify unfacorably, the
a testimony is traceable to his inabilit
It to make friends out of them both fl
s himself and the school, whether the
d, stay or go, the president Of the &C
ie lege should be so manly, so Christia
ly, so lovingly, so impartial in dealir
er with his teaching force until by reasC
s. of circumstance any of them a.
IN forced to go, they would carry in the
bosom warm place for both the pre-
te ident and the school, and could recol
N mend without remorse of conscien
if the school and president to al
be stranger in a commendable way. B
IN this condition does not exist, 1t a
up pears impossible for it to exist
to long as present management is mai
e.? tanned, therefore, the separation
ne him from this great and grand @
X school is essential for its future.