Show PROP ANDREWS AND DROWN UNIVERSITYV It is said that John D Rockefeller ha made an offer of a very large sum I of money to Brown university but that I there is a condition attached thereto This condition is that the university dispense with the services of President I Andrews whO is a strong advocate of silver and It Is because of this fact that it Is desired his services be dispensed I dis-pensed with I would be nothing less than an insult in-sult to Brown to think fr a moment that she would entertain an idea oi 1 accepting a gift on any such condition i I I i I Attack after attack ha been made on1 President Andrews because of his silver sil-ver views but he has pursued the even I tenor of his way alter lng strictly to I his duties and all thc > t Vie giving satisfaction j sat-isfaction to his employers lie wil probably continue to do this Were there any serious objection to th president of the university It would have been made known through the I complaints of patrons hut > they > semi to nave bee well satisfied with the work I hi was doing and i they arc satisfied thers should be ij I In this offer cf Mr Rockefeller there I is really a menace to our institutions of J I higher education One of the chief benefits era higher education Is that to stimulate the rjower of independent hought ana research bit this cannot be done if the aculty is dominated ban b-an bufsidei influence which says that teachingmustbe thus and so And this is practically what is i demanded of Brown if she accepts this preferred gIft A condition that no gold man should be at the head of the Institution would be equally as objectionable and for exactly the same reasons The Institution In-stitution of learning that would accept a gift on any such conditions as those said to be proposed in this case would degrade itself and be worthy of nothing i but contempt I would forthwith de generate ino an institution of sycophancy I syco-phancy |