Evening star., 1951-10-14

NAME. hUBE MCCkAY.
the board made it clear that 1t
was not interfering with the
athletic policy, Mr.. Shewmake
cited the minutes of the Septem-
ber 8 meeting at which, the tran
script shows, he told DR.. Marshall
"We might make this sugges-
Ition; that if you. as dean of the
college. have In mind or can form
ulate any policy which you think
would improve the athletic situa-
Ition on the campus. you and the
members of the faculty are cer-
Itainly perfectly free to do so and il
the board can be of any help to
you in doing so, I can assure you
of the boards complete co-opera-
Ition."
Faculty Draws Manifesto
At that same meeting the board
named Marvin Bass as football
coach and Lester Hooker, jr., as
basketball coach. Mr.. Bass hao
been line coach and Mr.. Hooker
was coach at the Hopewell (Va.)
High School. DR.. George j. Oliver
Iof the faculty. was named acting
director of athletics.
DR.. Pomfret resigned September
13 after the Board of Visitors had
fixed on him the responsibility for
all that had happened. DR.. James
w. Miller, head of the department
of philosophy. served as acting
president until Admiral Chandler
was appointed.
/ 1t was after DR.. Pomfret'.
resignation that the Williamsburg
Manifesto" was drawn by the
faculty. ... +>
THE statement caused some
resentment among board mem.
bers," DR.. Marshall said. The re.
sentiment was because of theil
guilty consciences. not because o1
anything In the statement"
Other Colleges Interested.
He characterized the statement
as a great thing" and said tha
hundreds Of college and universit.
faculties over the Nation have
written for copies. He said it wa!
without bitterness and merely sale
that I'VE need a truly honorabl,
extracurricula program"
| DR.. Marshall said the facult,
went to work to suggest the typ,
| Of man they felt should becom,
. president of the college. He sal,
the faculty felt the board wa
/. anxious to cooperate in spite o
strained feelings that had no
. reached the point Of a public fight
5 On October s, the board met
: listened to, faculty representative
: and then went into secret ses
sion. Nothing was said to the fac
, ulty about what occurred, Dr.
, Marshall related, but later it wa
, learned-when Admiral Chandle
was appointed-that the presi
: dent had been selected then.
Says Faculty Was Shocked
you can imagine what the fac
ulty thought" DR.. Marshall said
They were shocked to say tn
least"
The next day the faculty adopt
, ed a resolution censoring tn,
board for the method it used il
selecting Admiral Chandler. Dr.
Marshall said the board place.
the Interpretation on this actor
! that the whole faculty was lou
of order" The board moved VI
the swearing in of the Admira
from Friday to Thursday and HI
became the 22nd president o
William and Mary.
DR.. Marshall resigned five min.
utes before Admiral Chandler wa
t sworn in. He had never met thu
7 Admiral before and said the resig'
nation had nothing to do will
, the man, but the principle in
. volved.
, He said he felt the facult.
would cooperate with Admira
I Chandler, and didn't think ther,
would be any other designations
AS dean. he pointed out, his posi-
ton would have been "two-faced'
and he would have been unabl,
to work under those conditions.
Chandler In No Hurry.
Admiral Chandler has indicat-
ed, in the meantime. he will take
his time in selecting new dean
So, the William and Mary con-
troversy stands. The next step re-
wolves around the Williamsburg
Manifesto"
The student body is divided, up
set and not too sure what is going
on. Many side with the faculty
in the controversy over the method
of selecting Admiral Chandler
Many of the faculty seem con-
vinced the Board of Visitors is
composed of political hacks and
that Mr.. Shewmake is an "evil
man." The board thinks it has
done no wrong.
Between these two views lies
the solution that Admiral Chand-
ller must seek with the aid of his
faculty. Between Admiral Chand-
Her and the faculty lies the "Wil-