Evening star., 1951-10-14

RUBE McCRAY.
the board made It clear that it
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:
eve might make this sugges-
ton; 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-
ton on the campus. you and the
members of the faculty are GER
Itainly perfectly free to do SO and if
the board can be of any help to
you in doing so, I can assure you
of the boards complete co-opera-
ton"
Faculty Draws Manifesto
At that same meeting the board
named Marvin Bass as football
coach and Lester Hooker, jr., as
basketball coach. Mr.. Bass had
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
Nv. Miller. head of the department
of philosophy. served as acting
president until Admiral Chandler
was appointed.
i It was after DR.. Pomfret's
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 ot
anything in the statement"
Other Colleges Interested.
He characterized the statement
as a great thing" and said thai
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 honorable
extracurricula program"
; DR.. Marshall said the faculty
went to work to suggest the typt
of man they felt should become
president of the college. He sais
the faculty felt the board wa
anxious to cooperate in spite O
strained feelings that had no
reached the point of a public fight
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 Chandlel
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 thu
least"
+, The next day the faculty adopt.
: ed a resolution censoring the
board for the method it used il
selecting Admiral Chandler. DR.
/. Marshall said the board placec
the Interpretation on this actor
that the whole faculty was lou
: of order" The board moved III
the swearing in of the Admira
from Friday to Thursday and h,
became the 22nd president O.
=. William and Mary.
Dr. Marshall resigned five min.
utes before Admiral Chandler wa.
sworn in. He had never met tht
Admiral before and said the resig.
nation had nothing to do witt
the man. but the principle in.
! yolved.
He said he felt the faculty
: would cooperate with Admira
Chandler, and didn't think there
: would be any other designations
AS dean, he pointed out, his posi-.
tion would have been "two-faced'
5 and he would have been unable
. to work under those conditions.
Chandler in No Hurry.
Admiral Chandler has indicat.
ed. in the meantime, he will take
his time in selecting a 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.
lset and not too sure what is going
Ion. Many side with the faculty
in the controversy over the methoc
of selecting Admiral Chandler
Many of the faculty seem con.
vinced the Board of Visitors j.
composed Of political hacks anc
that Mr.. Shewmake is an levi,
!, man." The board thinks it has
done no wrong.
Between these two views lies
!, the solution that Admiral Chand-
Ter must seek with the aid Of his
: faculty. Between Admiral Chand-
ler and the faculty lies the evil
lliamsburg Manifesto"