The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-10
THE APPLEMANN CASE
Continued from Page Onel

The secretary, in calling the annual
meeting of the board. is not accustom-
ed to specify the various items OF
business to be considered. II is well
understood, however, that the faculty
pc sonnet is a regular question for
CO.'S Iteration at this annual meeting.
During the afternoon, without any
thought of those who were present or
absent, the president in due course
made his recommendations which
were adpoted. 1t would be a breach
of propriety on my part to make pub
lie announcement of the names Of
those voting for and against the re-
election of Doctor Appelmann 1t is
entirely proper, though, to say that
the statement of the numbers voting
on either side of this question, as |
have seen it in the papers is incor-
rect Certain of the trustees who
voted against the reelection Of our
professor OF German expressed their
warm friendship for him and their
thorough belief in his worthiness. If
those present and not voting had yot-
ed against him, there would still have
been q majority in his favor. have
not inquired how the five absentees
would have voted had they been pres
ent Since all legal requirements
were met, conjecture on this point is
unnecessary. Those acquainted with
the facts will not need the assurance
that there was no thought of taking
an improper advantage, or of sharp
practice, on the part of any one.
1t ought not to be necessary for me
to enter into any defense of my own
conduct in this case. Certainly the
people Of Vermont have never heard
any suggestion of an unpatriotic ut
terance from me. Suffice II to say
prefer to express my loyalty by sup
port Of vital principles rather than by
attacks upon an unarmed and defense,
less human being
Much has been said of late concern
ing two German sailors who have been
thought to be a menace to the peace of
the state These men were part of
the crew of the passenger steamship
Cincinnati, which was interned at
Boston with the beginning of the war
in Europe three years ago. They
were not fighting seamen but, as ! un-
derstand ii, dining or bedroom stew
ards My information is that they
were sent by the Protestant Episco-
pal chaplain Of Boston harbor to Rev,
Mr.. Flint, rector OF the church at
Montpelier, with the request that he
provide them with employment He
in turn sent them to Burlington and
Preferred them to the then rector Of
lSt. Pauls s, in this city, now the Right
lRey. George Y Bliss, bishop coadju
| tor OF Vermont. Doctor Appelmann
by telephone and solicit his help in To-
| eating the sailors where they could
earn living Doctor Appelmann had
4 NtN CI SttH tililtA VI AliC iittn anu VIA
not know them. He cofiFfied with
the request OF Bishop Bliss, however
| and secured employment for one of the
linen on the farm of DR. Henry @
ETinkham, dean OF the university OF
Vermont college Of medicine. 1.-THE
other man was employed an an assist
ant janitor at Converse hall Of the
university. About a year ago one OF
these men went 10 Holyoke, Mass, tC
take another position and the sec
ond man is still serving inoffensiyels
| at Converse hall dormitory.
There Is no feature of this case thai
cannot be explained to the satisfaction
of any openminded citizen. The
alumni OF the university and the peo
pie OF Vermont are believers in justice
and lovers Of fair play. believe {
| full knowledge Of the facts will con
vince all loyal citizens OF the state
that Doctor Appelmann's professions
should be taken at face value. Al
letters and documents bearing ON tn,
matter are open TO inspection at TIM
| university. ! shall not engage In F,
newspaper discussion, but | will glad
~ answer any questions that may b'
| asked orally, and | hope those VIII,
are anxious for the truth will fee
free TO confer with me on the subject
Such n course will bring far more
satisfactory results than can be sc
cured by trusting to vague rumor o
depending upon idle hearsay 1t 1
my purpose to- keep in close tOucl
| with the federal authorities, as hay'
been doing and | pledge the constitu
ency OF the university to make promp
report of the board Of trustees II gov
eminent officials change their att
tudc
Those OF us who know Doctor Ar
pelmann have implicit confidence II
his Christian integrity. We believ
in him as fine scholar. an abb
teacher and blameless man. PEI
sonally owe him no more than ow
any other colleague. He has no CLAIM
for special consideration at my hands
but have entered so fully into tn
fellowship of pain with him durin
these three years of his excruciatin
suffering that have come to knoN
him better than know many othe
men, That knowledge has given me
respect for the greatness of his char
acter that cannot be destroyed by III
supported assertions urgently r,
quest that all friends of the universit
accept my assurances OF belief In hi
| wofthiness Those who trust hif