French, L. Crozier

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University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTrace: Tennessee Research and CreativeExchangeCharles W. Dabney, 1887-1904 Office of the President8-23-1916Statement by L. Crozier French regarding StoughCaseL. Crozier FrenchFollow this and additional works at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_dabnThis University Policy is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of the President at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. Ithas been accepted for inclusion in Charles W. Dabney, 1887-1904 by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange.For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu.Recommended Citation"Statement by L. Crozier French regarding Stough Case" President's Papers, AR-0001. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, SpecialCollections.http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_dabn/96TO mE SPFCIAL OOJlJlITTEE APPOIN'I'F,D BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE tmIVF.RSITY OF T HNESSEE TO AC,. UPON' THE STOUGH CASE. lIESSRS. BOLTON 8MI'm, H. CLAY EVANS. and WILLIAM p. COOPER: . GENTLEMEN: In the Kno'1.:v111e Journal and Trtbuae of July , 25th 1s . published a resQlutlon signed by you that reneois 'UPon the veraoity of several lad1ee~ myself among the number. !be 1m-plication is there made that we were in pan responsible for and l nvol ve{wah Dr. !'ltougb in a.n attaok _de upon the cha.X'aot-er of theteaoh1tas ot a. Pr :ofSSBor ot the Un! vera1 ty of Tenne8see, your atatement ~n J)&r't 18 : "the oharge are ,0 enoraOU8 ~t ",e Gould not t1n1t. aDT man of olean 111'e . ltf of them unless the eyldCROe were oonolua1ye. aDd no one can clai m, this to be t~ue . 1n this caee. It )Ie$damee ____ --Dodeon.Mogrannahaa. Ora.ft, r1t1ng you to eRy th t this i a baF38 elalld.~ up~. the e rea-pee table wo a. ~ furnished absolutely no ertdenoe upon wh10h Dr. S-tough coul.d be justifi ed in makt ng o.barges "so enOrllOU8 that nO man of olean life oould be guilty of them". J t here I wish to emphasize the faot that no one could possibly dleappcove mor.e of the public attaok of Dr. Stough's against the 'Protes-eor and the University than I do. Henoe. it BRems DeBt un3ust that I should be put oonspiouously forward as either h1s a1 abe'ttor, or informer. / Yet my alleged aotion is made the basi. upon hloh your deoision . , . Page #2. 18 given whlch exourates the Professor ~nd . refleot. upon ~e veraoity, intelligenoe and di soretion ,ot my8el~ and others . Your re.olut~o~ 8tates th t Kxs . L. Czos1er French wrote a oompllmenta.ry artiole of leoture of the Profes,aorls, del1v-ered on June 19th. 1913, a.nd in 1918 she .lR\de oontra.~ statement s • . The ev1dence 'lpon hlah you make this oharge agai nst me was turn-tshed ~u by sai d Professor, himself. I pronounoe t his evidenoe false. I wrote no, a.rtiole eomp11menta.ry of the lecture, a.nd I did Tar U, ocndelllD. in no uncertain terms that .. art of the l eot-ure treating of prostitution I took is sue 1th the Professor h1m~ .. If during the del,1.very of the lecture i n order to give hi. a hlntthat he was t ouohing on dangaroua und. For he s a4d-rae sing an nt~-v1oe l eague oompos~d of omen ox g n1zed for th • . '" purpose or helPing the ohurohes to do away with the .. segregated distriot all;d to furnish a refuge a.nd homes for the i:amates of houses to be closed. He sai d duri ng his leoture that it was nea-l ••• to work tor the br;ak1ng up of p stttutlon. tha t a s ~r baok a s any reoord of peoples existed t is 1 st1tutlon bad been maln-tiline<! i n a ll the oountr1es of the world. and thf t 1 t 1 ya ·would oontinue. Tha.t the proetl tute B such bee uee ,ot her Deredl-1;1. aud that ahe oould not esoape trom that destiny. I Interrupt-ed the professor here to a.sk it be did no~ think matlTYOuag girls ~hrough i gnoranoe Or Innooeaoe or beoause of v101eJlOe were reduced , to eo low a. 8001al position tha't they oould not rise. and in oonse-quenoe were forced t o j018 the profeasional ola.ss of unfortunates? Page .. 3. He 8 Id 0 doubt ther ere o'roe suoh. but ooaparatlvely fe • I hA. 'beAn A() acow;toroed. during thIrty 7earBof' J) "bl " work to e men who h~ld that a ' R neoessities 0& Bed this oondl~lon of ~. permanent cla~-;J O . en to be s(orlfl ,.. that I ooull not help bu ouspeot tha.t the Professor held)wlth ny of he e. the neoesnlty of fl, do' hle stanMrd of r l~ but to plaoe , him in thR. t cl':tS(iI ,1thout oonflnatlon f my (1 nolue1on , t the close of' h,. lactur lent 'lV to him nd ,id: "From thin , you ha~" 11 ' ld i n this le tur I rn forced. to oerta n oOMlu81one~ and I . h t~ ~ut to you a direot qUA tlon: no you believe in ~ . Hi '!hen .I ave nothin,{~ more t ay :room. Other lad! R 1:' # nil t:r.a 't~d :t t;h hi on 111s P.G,s!:t1on a oont1rmed 'in th pt.nions they htd f r~ d. that h~ 'bell v-d i'n doubl. at n rd of. morale A.l()n~ ex linea . It tro ihletf, f, AO rm oh to think e h d t" ohtlr f . bl0108Y ~"":! ... ;: ~ ' PJ not RAMmed to oonfese he b , 11 ve4 in: l e;;. dOllbl ... st?nda.:r.r of mor 18 that I .ent to th~ Prof6 room th~ next day tt') try and eonv! DO him 0': hi ~ erro%. loan g1 ve aOme of. 01 r ct :90 lseion alnx'H~t ver tim for the r I on that I repeated it so many times d1r~otly after itA ooour noe. I began:-ttProfesaor t I . aid to you Y,Aterday hen you told e you beUeved in thq- double standa.rd of mora.ls th t I had nothing more to a.y to you> but to ay I ooroe to To n the uhjeot ." He said: ·Yee. page #4 . I old by lira . "-" _ _ _ . tha.t you had been crttioising me ery . yft ~ I said "Yea. I .hAve. but I have said nothing beh:'tn your baok that I m not wi 11ng to RILY to your r 0$ . I ~hink you fire entirely v:tong to be 11 eve1D a double· et ndard of more.l&~ &0 . &Q. r H. a 1(t;: "1 i i no 0 , y i;h ( t I roved or en-dorsf3 t; I ld no ke the doubl.. tandar .. but you, yow: · elf, kno'; t ~ .. t It e 1atBu . I replied.: It I oert 1nly () know tn'\t large numbers or people hold ·that inan 15 exo1lSa,b~ fo eexual 1xreguiar1-ty, ut orran 1 9 not , fo:r:·1 118; a be~n 19b.tlng . this with 11 rey might for thirty yaars. I did not a.sk 1M 1 ·- .. ny V oDi e be11eV'ed in a double stand. rd, I ed 11 ou believed in it, and you sal d yeil . " In ono. :I udlng our dleousion the Profea or put thlB hyp~ h.tloal 0 sel Do you me Jl" to eay that if boy ~n( girl. say brother and 8is el:, are raised. in the same ci:y:oumst noes with .1m.i.la.r teaohing a.nd A lrro'm 1ngs th~ tit 1 not 01" e :rox t h, girl to 00 m it un-ohast. aotsthan t he boy? It YO'l see here th~~t the Prof 9 OJ: eho 8 that he 'believes the girl ahquld be judged 1'10): .. , fltx-10tly thRn the boy.--T"'ni in, of. oouX'Ae, wha t is Atll d th ciouhle ,.tan rd of' . mor la . I replll~d tlla:'.; I did not thin!: the girl Bhoulc be he.let to stricter A,coountahi11ty than the boy. I \trled t o show him that the la.o;"s n .r. It:l. tll.r.~1 those 0'£ on~'1: clvil "~odes , nd eth1o~ 1 1 u,l! delllallil alike Cha.Rt1 ty on the V 1.'t of both n nd onia.n, nd thnt <;)ustom l~t be mad.e to QonfO%M to th ... se dent=mdfJ. Hr ... vi ng 0 ~auranoe that I hp..tl In. a, Y flaysuooeeded in ohanging t le Profe 80r ' . vi ews I Page :/1=5. 4.eaed 1 t my duty to 1 dorm thePre'sldent of the U 11 vera! ty ooncern-1ng the position of the Profes8oT on the double, standard. I there-fore ha.d a 10I€ interview with Dr. Ayres on t h1s matter. I 'took hi m two books on the subjeot of the neo'eeelty of. ohasti t1 in men to plaoe in the Universl ty Llbrarr. , , Dr. Ayres stated he belleTed t he Protesso~ was a moral .a~,~hat he would not do anything to injure the student •• , To thIs I ,rep11ed that I made no 'ahargee agaInst the man's mo;a1 00 rduett. n ver having heard of him unt1l a few days before hie lecture, but that I thought that a.ny tea.oher of blQlog'J was dangerous for the young Who exoU8-ad a double standard ot mora.l. bfloause a number of people oon;loned ~ . e~l immorality in meD. I ,ooneldered that my responsibil1ty eDded (' with my report to the President of the Unl~~relt1. three fears later. an~ several days after Dt . Stough's critl-oiem against t he prote eor I was A. ked by llre. Knox if I would add my testlmonr to here a.n . others that the Prote Asor ha.d Baid that he believed in a double standard of morale. I saId that I would. and I I d1 ·d do so by signing my name to the follOWing ata,tement :+- -At the olose of Prof.. Sohae:tfel't~ leoture I put this d1reotqueet1on to h1m~ you be11~ve in a douhle standard of moralA? Hie rep1r was, ~e8. I dot -. 

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