Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-08-27
TURNED DEAF FAR TO REQUEST
TO RESIGN.
Employment of Colonel Karin ierh''
mated When He Rofuscd 10
Step Down.
Make RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC
Conaents oG Paper DivuFgcd After
Voil of Secrecy Had Been Thrown
Around Conference OF " nj. L.
Board OF Visitors.

Resolutions adopted by tic board
Of Yisitous of the Virginia Military
Institute, dismissing from the facul-
ty Professor Robert II. Karlin, were
made public yesterday after q veil o.
secrecy he'd been thrown around the
boards conference and action for scv
eral days. Professor Karlin, as WITS
stated in The Times Dispatch ycsteT-
day morning, wrote an, open letter TO
the Governor of Arkansas, protesting
against tho imposition of Nte death
sentences upon Negroes who partlci-
pated in the Elaine riots. This act.
ion, the board held, was detrimental
TO tho good Of the inaitution, the fac
mlty Of which Professor Karlin was
a member. Tho resolutions follow:
"Whereas. it Is tho opinion of the
board that Colonel Karlin, by reason
of his interposition in the Elaine in
surrection cases as exemplified by
his letter to the Governor Of Arkan-
sas, rejecting upon the administration
of justice in that State and those up
OH whom the solemn duty rests or
enforcing the laws qherein-in which
connection the board has considered
matters-~has rendered his further
connection with the Virginia Military
Institute undesirable, and hts retcn.-
ion OF profeaSorship, instead of pro-
noting the beneficial ends for which
the institute was established wou 4
prove harmful and detrimental the,
TO and embarrassing to those respon
sible for its conduct and management
and prcjudicial to the interests which
1t is their duty to guard and protect:
Therefore, be 1t resolved That the
board OF visitors of the Virginia Mil
1tary Institute arc unanimously of
the opinion that tho usefulness Of
Colonel Robert n. Karsin at the V1r
ginia Military Institute has ceased.
and that his further connection there
with as professor would fe detrimen-
tai to It's welfare, and, therefore, his
immediate resignation Is hereby re-
qucsted and tho secretary is request
ed to forthwith hand TO Colonel Kar
lin n copy of this resolution"
Subsequently the following resolu-
tin Was adopted:
Whereas. Colonel Karlin has re-
plied to the aforesaid resolution by
refusing to resign, rs therein request
Ell, therefore his employment rs pro-
fessor Mt the Virginia Military In.
stitpte is hereby Immediately termin
ated, his salary nevertheless. to he
paid him until january 1, 1922, or
until such tip prior thereto as he
Shall have !, opted other employ
ment.
(Signed) LEWIS Il. STEErJp4.
uCaoroAo~.,x -,
1t Is understood thst Professor Kar
h was very popular with the cadet
BODY at V. M. l., and many will re
gret his dismissal. He has been I'm
struntor in English ut v. M. I. 81
1910. He was born in 1866. He held u
M. A. from Central College, Missouri
ana also studied Mt Johns Hopkins
University University of Chicago,
Harvard University and n PHI. D.,
from Yale, '0G.
lie served as u Methodist minister
from 1895 to 1898 and was n chaplain
IN the Third Regiment, Missouri Vol
unteers In the Spanish-American War
lie is the outhor OF "Mainly for NV
SELF, Camp Life of the Third Regi-
ment,' The Church Of the Fathers. "
The Voice OF the Negro" and rscveraA
o'her books and Is also secretary Of
the Virginia Society for the Advance,
ment OF Education.