Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-10

Chic Wesleyan Observation-Disclosures
tons of Doctors Thomson and HARRIS

Chic Wesleyan University--Eesign ignz-
tions of Doctors Thomson and Harris.
The following resolutions were adopted by
| the Board of Trustees in view of the resigna
! tions of President Thomson and Professor Har
| ris.
| Resolred, BY the Boardo Trustees ofthe Ohio
! Wesleyan University, that in accepting the
resignation of Doctor Thomson, we yield a re-
luctant consent to the action of the General
conference, by which we lose our worthy Presi
dent yet, as methodisIs, we bow to the au
! thority of the Church. We tender to DIR
Thomson most cordially our high appreciation
of the very satisfactory manner in which he has
so ably and faithfully presided over the Uni
versty, and assure him that he takes with him
our hearts with our prayers for his future sue
cess and unalloyed happiness.
| Resolued, That we accept the resignation O
Professor Harris, and assure him that we high
! ly appreciate the services he has rendered tho
! University and wish for him success in the
prosecution of his official duties in his future
field of labor as Assistant Missionary Sccre
tary Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
WIN. G. WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of the Board Of Trustees.
! The following resolutions were adopted by
| the Faculty of the University.
Resoired That in She resignation Of PreSi-
dent Thomson the Faculty have lost an en-,
icared friend al d colleague, the University 4
wise counselor and an able head, and the cause
of education in our Church and state one Of lis
most successful representatives tl,,t after al
association and intimate acquaintance fer sin
teen years. our love and respect for his many
virtues and his many tulcnts are greater than
ever that we part from him with uneie ne!
regret, and accompany him to his new posilien
with prayers for his happiness, and wishes that
he may have 10 less distinguished professional
success than has ever attended him in his past
fields of labor.
Resolued, That in the resignation of Profcs
sor Harris the Faculty have reluctantly parted
with a warm friend aud an able colleague
that they express their high sense of his excel
lence as man. a divine, and an educator, and
invoke the blessing of God on him in the great
work to which he has row been called.
NM. q. WILLIAMS,
Secretary Of the Faculty.
The Alumni Of the University, in their last
annual meeting, adopted the following resolu-
tions with regard to the resignation OF Prcsi-
dent Thomson
Whereas, the late Geueral conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church has appointed
Rev T. Thomson, President of the Ohio Yves
Icyan University, to different post of public
service. and this is the last Commencement
under his PRESIDENCY, we Alumni Of different
classes, desiring to express the high esteem
with which we cl.rjsh his past labor, have
unanimously
ReSelced, That oHr la:c President. by his
peculiar enthusiasm III his vacation teach
er, las exercised highest and lasting influence
upon our scholarship; 10y lis excellence as Il
man, has become to us a model Of manhood +;
and by his rare ability as a minister has insep-
arably blended his tame with our religious life,
and lhat we shall ever have him and his ser
vice ii Qreatful remembrance.
They also adopted the following resolution
with regard to Prof ssor Harris
Uhe1cs the connection Of Br. William L.
Harris with tbc Ollie Wesleyan University has
been dissolved by his acceptance Of tie pest TO
which he was elected hy the General confer
encc, and this college las lost faithful officer,
the Faculty con@enial associate, and the stu
dents an able instructor therefore,
Eesolrcd, That we, A.rIGui Of The Univcrai-
ty hereby tender TO him oar warmest wishes for
his usefulness ard eufc cess in lis rev vocation,
and for his continued toTF;ncss through life
SANuEb w. WILLIAMS,
Chaismc1' 4 4As,nuGI Mca'ng.