Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-06-30
POWERS IS
RETAINED AS
CHANCELLOR
De. SION of Board Unanimous After
Deliberation; Chanc llor Will Re-
main at University.

of Mississippi, thus making it evident
to the public at large that none of the
members of the Board feel that DR..
Powers has been guilty of any of the
charges which were brought against
him by Prof. Roswell w. Rogers, a
professor at the University who had
an opportunit, iii open hearing 20
prove his indictments. The Trustees
made their decision within a few mo-
ments after having gone into execu-
tive session.
The question of the reelection of
the Chancellor is one which has been
talked of by people all over the state
and it has been the concensus Of opin-
ion that it would have been unjust to
the man not to have retained him as
Chancellor since he had been vindi-
Gated of all charges brought against
him after having been forced to listen
to indictments of the foulest nature
against his character.
Governor Russell and different mem
bers of the board of trustees have
been receiving numerous kilograms
and letters from peopleof almost every
walk of life urging them to retain
Chancellor Powers and that their de-
cision meets with the approval of the
majority of the citizens of Mississippi
is assured.
CHANCELLOR POWERS
ISSUES STATEMENT,
Reviews His Past From Teacher to the
Present High Office He
Holds.
June %, 1921,
To the People of Mississippi:
When the papers carried the news
of charges reflecting upon my charac-
ter were to be made by University
Professor, I promised to answer every
charge that might be made. | have
kept this promise in letter and spirit.
| went into the school room when a
lad of eighteen years and walked
among children, seeking to teach and
inspire them to become high-minded,
Christian men and women. At the
.a Of. thirty-eight years, after twenty
years service as a teacher in the pub
lie schools, / was promoted to the Of
flee of State Superintendent of Public
Education, where | had the honor and
privilege of administering the educa-
tional affairs of the State over a pc
riod of nearly eight years. Seven
years ago I came to the exalted posi-
tion now occupy. If there had been,
through all these years, thirty-four in
number, breath of suspicion against
my character as man, | would never,
have been called to the responsible
positions / have filled.
| am fifty-two years of age. My
life has been an open book to my fell
low-citizens. After reached this
ripe age, a University Professor, R.
w. Rogers, sought as you have seen,
to ruin my career and blast my repu-
tation. On more than one occasion,
a compromise was attempted to keep
any charges against me from being
made public and to hush them up.I
scorned these efforts. The venerable
University of Mississippi, seeker after
the highest ideals, exponent of all that
IS clean and noble, was being SLAM
dered through it's Head It's good
name, linked with my own, was at
stake There was only one way to
answer this SANDER and remove this
stain, and that was to submit to the
ordeal through which have passed.
In the Hall OF Representatives, in
the Capital City, before the full mem
bership of the Board of, Trustees of
the University and Colleges and any
citizens who might care to hear the
evidence, with full opportunity given
this Professor to press his charges I
answered fully and completely every
charge made. At no time during the
trying ordeal was | cast down. Cheer
fully I submitted to this test. of my
character. Conscious of the rectituJe
Of my conduct through the many years
of my service to you. I had from the
beginning not the slightest doubt ct
the result. ! knew a Just God would
not permit the efforts to ruin me to
succeed. The stain has been removed
from the proud escutcheon Of the
University. MY name is as free from
taint as it was before the foul
calumny was heaped upon it. Gods