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Dr. Tribble Would Serve
Best By Resigning Post
Newspaper headlines emanating out of that meny
orable session of the State Baptist Convention last week
proclaimed that Dr. Harold Tribble, the controversial pre
sident of Wake Forest College, had been given a rousing
vote of confidence.
A closer analysis pf the true situation and the bitter
fight being waged to remove Dr. Tribble, however, will
show that those hastily-written headlines did not reflect
quite accurately the existing conditions.
What Dr. Tribble received was a somewhat close
(about 60 to 40 ratio) vote of confidence from a preacher
dominated convention that was plainly stacked and ruled
with an iron hand by tire Baptist hierarchy of the State.
The vote was more or less pre-ordained, just as sure
ly as a vote against sin would have been, and came as the
leaders ordered and as the laity expected.
Truth of the matter is that Dr. Tribble apparently
has practically no enthusiastic backing among the college's
thousands of alumni who support it; he doesn't even have
the support of his own faculty, as evidenced on several
occasions; and neither does he have the support of the
student body.
And tragically, he does riot have the ability or the
leadership to command and maintain discipline among
his students.
Two years ago, students at the college burned trim in
effigy and even before the convention last week had endd
the students defied his announced intention to enforce
a ban on dancing by jitter-bugging all over the place.
Members of the college’s huge medical alumni are
reported as almost 100 per cent against Dr. Tribble,
There is no indication that ire has the support of
benefactors who have contributed millions of dollars to
the college with the view of building it into one of the
nation’s top institutions of highr learning.
And, likewise, there is no indication that Dr. Tribble
possesses the public appeal or enjoys the popularity us
ually accorded a man in his high position of leadership.
Boiled down, his chief support lies in the hierarchy
of the State Baptist Convention and, as a prominent Bap
tist leader pointed out, the convention provides only about
seven cents of every dollar required to finance the opera
tion of the college.
In the case of Dr. Tribble, it seems to be a case of
the tail wagging the dog.
The Alumni Council of Wake Forest, to which the
school must look for its chief support, has prepared an
enlightening report and a very serious series of indictments
against Dr. Tribble both as an individual and against Iris
administration.
Published in this report are page after page of evi
dence against Dr. Triblle, citing specific instances of what
might be termed as extremely poor leadership..
The report charges him with dictatorial attitudes
and actions; and alleges that his attitude toward his fac
ulty “has been essentially one of paternalism, combined
with manipulation of the faculty and its committees so
as to make it appear that the faculty is supporting him.”
In March of 1956, a questionnaire poll of the faculty
disclosed that 44 Vi per cent of the faculty “lacked confi
dence in the sincerity and integrity of Dr. Tribble.”
A shocking percentage of the faculty members charg
ed, among other things, that Dr. Tribble:
Failed to respect judgments and opinions of faculty
members without interference.
That he disregards and overrides judgments of others.
That his administration does not recognize and ap
preciate and respect the traditions and spirit of Wake
Forest Colleg.e
That he is neither kind, courteous nor considerate.
That he has been a source of embarrassment to mem
bers of the faculty in public utterances.
That he is jealous of his prerogatives and is hungry
for power.
That associates do not have confidence in his leader
That morale of the faculty ns lower than under previ
vious presidents and that there is strain unrest and dis
satisfaction.
Citing discord and strife in connection with the alu
mni work, members of the Alumni Council express belief
that “Dr. Tribble wants to push the alumni into the
background and out of sight so that he can remake the
college in his own image, without let or hindrance.’’
The report charges that “Dr. Tribble apparently re
gards the board of trustees of the college as a rubber
stamp and as a sounding board for his oWn ideas and
opinions. He does not w-ant members of the board to use
any independent judgment or initiative, and in order
that he may have his own wray, makes every possible ef
fort to hand-pick the persons elected by the convention
to membership on the board.”
Those are serious charges and do not deserve to be
taken lightly.
The significant thing is that Dr. Tribble has not seen
fit to deny a single one of the multitude of charges pub
lished in this report against him.
Action of the convention in eecting trustees favor
able to Dr. Tribble, like numerous other actions taken at
the convention, is causing great concern and consterna
tion among Baptists all over the State.
Loyal and devoted Baptists all over the State are
openly and frankly aroused over the .situation—men and
women who enjoy the esteem and respect of all citizens
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and who have throughout the years demonstrated their
love and devotion to the Baptist cause and to Wake Forest
College.
Dr. Tribble came to Wake Forest from Andover New
ton, a small theological college in Mass., and a serious in
dictment from that institution has followed him.
An unsolicited letter written by a professor at And
over Newton refers to Dr. Tribbe’s administration at that
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