The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-23
The Conference Educational Re.
port.

Editors IntellIEeneeE
In your paper Of the 2lst inst, LAY
man" furnishes an article on the educa-
tiOnal report adopted by the West Vir-
GINA Conference at It's late session in
Wheeling. 1 find in his essay the follow
ing paragraph: So H.
DR.. J. G. Blair coming 10 late In the hoaslon, and
not knowing anything about what had been done;
In his enthusiasm for the cauto Of education, offered
a resolution endorsing the West Virginia uniVer-
AIty, and requiring the ministers 10 labor for IL
future success The resolution was under all the
circumstances properly and promptly TOted down.
DR.. Blair was present and heard the
educational report read and adopted, and
fully understood its import and spirit,
The report OF the Educational Committee
recited the fact that the Conference had
no official connection with any literary
institution in the State. This was true and
as true last year-as this year, and yet last
year the report from similar committee
commended our State schools as worthy oil
all honor aud confidence. The pre-.
sent report, ignoring all the educational
institutions Of West Virginia above the
free school grade-says. II have the
original copy before me):
"Meanwhlle wo can with pleasure point 10 Dick.
enson College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Mount
Union College and especially 10 Asbury University
and to Allegheny College where our sons and
daughtnrS, without any charge for tuition, can re-
cclye the highest and best educatlln."
1t was right for the Conference to COM
mend church schools, but the significant
fact that the Asbury University, 400 miles
away in Indiana, was placed in the re:
port above the other schools named and
empathasized by the term especially car.
ried with il tinge OF the persoHdl and
rindictirc which led DR.. Blair very prop
erly and fully (knowing as he did its inn
port) to introduce the following counter
resolutions:
mRs,olred, That We rejoice 10 the success Of the
literary institutions Of West Virginia % lar q they
contribute to the diffusion Of Christian education
among the masses Of the people, and that until the
Conference has a school Of lis own We commend 10
The patronage Of our people the West Virginia Uni
yenity, the State Normal Schools and the SEMI
nIrIes and Academies Of West Virginia"
This resolution was designed simply
and fairly 10 put the conference in a
proper light before the State as designing
to foster general education. It did not
Q) Justify the plumbers Of the present
temporary Board OF Regents OF the Uni
yersity, nor (9) did it pledge a minister
to work for the success Of that school,"
nor (3) was It the result OF super.
enthusiasm on the part OF DIR. Blair. /,
Before being offered it was submitted
TO several influential members Of the
conference, and its adoption was thought
by them cminently fit and proper and
entirely consistent with the scope and
spirit OF former educational reports by
the conference.
Ihave no doubt but that the aim Of the
Conference was to do what seemed prop
er at the time, and under the circum-
stances. am glad to see that the Educa-
tional Committee subsequently presented
Il supplementary report, which, It is
hoped, corrected the matters complained
Of in the first. GLORIOUS.
West Virginia, March %, 1876.