Finalists(2) for President

Colleges & Universities Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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<p>I’m only a freshman at Rose, but I read a lot about the controversy when I was a senior in high school. If you would like to investigate personally, there’s a long list of Midgley articles at <a href=“http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news.php[/url]”>http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news.php&lt;/a&gt; . You might want to check out these to get started: <a href=“http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news/04292005.html[/url]”>http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news/04292005.html&lt;/a&gt; and <a href=“http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news/05012005.html[/url]”>http://www.aboutmidgley.com/news/05012005.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It seems to me that there were two schools of thought regarding Midgley.</p>

<p>There were some people who say that Sam Hulbert was such a great President that ANYone who followed in his footsteps would be criticized. Dr. Hulbert had been at Rose for a very long time, and many say that the Midgley thing was simply backlash against change. Things had been one way for so long that many had gotten used to it.</p>

<p>Then there’s another group that strongly believes that Midgley was a more serious threat to the school. Their objections weren’t as much about his policies as they were about his ethics. Many testified that Midgley would say one thing in one setting and then take up a different or even contrary stance in another instance. Some said that he had little respect for students. For example, I remember hearing about one incident in which Midgley scheduled a meeting with a student group and a few days later had his secretary contact the group’s leader and cancel the appointment, citing an out-of-town business trip as the reason for his absence. Apparently the student stopped by Midgley’s office at what had been the appointed time and found that Midgley was in fact NOT out of town but in his office working.</p>

<p>To be honest, I don’t know which group was correct. But he left to avoid any further controversy.</p>

<p>I do hope that our next President causes less controversy. I went to both of the prospective candidates’ public forums, and they both seemed fine. One of them stood out in my eyes, but both seemed like ethical men.</p>