The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-21
ONE MORE SCHOOL.
Site Donated for . Free Metho-
dist Seminary.
THE CONFERENCE IS CLOSED.
Subscriptions for the sehooi-Appoins-
ments Of Preschers-fester-
days Proceedings.

The seventh annual session OF the Ore
ron and Washington conference OF the
Free Methodist church was brought TO
close late yesterday afternoon IN 1ne ccan.
dinavian Methodist church, corner %
Fifth and Olive streets. To the lay lnino
the most important thing which pas oesn
done by the conference was the esssDhsh-
ment at Ross of Free Methodist semln-
arv. The day was certainly very pront-
Able one for the school, for subscriptions
amounting in all TO $ii, AS were received
nv the school committee. The most i'm
porfsnt donations were those of Nels d.
Peterson, who gave the ground site, ana
Hiram II. Pease. who started the money
subscriptions with . cash donation OF
$500. The site of the school is 2l0xa4i
feet. being part of Karen Mary Petersons
undated tract of land, and Mr.. Pease
saws it is worth about s.. 900.
The matter of establishing free Metho-
dist school came up for the first time at
the last annual conference, which was
held at Weston, Or, and the following
committee was then appointed TO carry
out the project, consisting of J. c. Norton,
of Walls walla: ]. Glenn, of Dayton, Or;
]. C. Scott, H. II. Pease and c. c. Mercy
nolds. of Seattle. A proposition was re-
ceived offering ten acres of land and
cash bonus of s., 900, on condition that the
school be located near Eugene, Ore, but
this carried no weight with the commit
tee, when the proposition OF Messrs- Pc
terson and Pease was declared.
The matter came up IN its order yester-
day, just previous to the close OF the fore
noon session, in this manner: The COM
mittee on education submitted its report,
and an opportunity was thereupon az
forded Benjamin T. Roberts. the president
Of the conference, to addre ss the preach
ers. delegates and friends assembled.
In the course of his remarks,
the president said that religious edu-,
cation and training was needed as much as
secular schooling; that the public school
system at present did not meet the demand
for moral instruction, and therefore de-
nominafional seminaries and institutions
OF learning had become o necessity. From
data. he continued. il has been shown that
in some states. where the standard of in
tellectual culture is the highest, the
standard of morality is lowest. More
education only made greater rascals, he
eontended, when the secular instruction
was not combined with proper moral train
ing. Take chemistry, for instance: an
expert chemist, not a Christian, simply
possesses more knowledge of the possibil-
ity Of evil agents, and greater means
70 do harm, than one not so we'll advanced
in the science. Then, to strengthen the
faith of his hearers, President Roberts
alluded TO school founded by himself in
Chill, n. Y, he carrying q debt on the
school of 81, 600 for fourteen years, and pay
ing an interest amounting TO s. daily, but
finally man bequeathed large legacy to
the school and thus cleared il OF debt. Mrs.
Roberts followed and others took part in
the conference. and, finally, the report to
establish free Methodist seminary was
adopted by a unanimous rising vote. Then
the subscriptions began. The following
note was handed up and read:
I'll give tot OF land for a building site 2lox
ga feet, and more when the Lord has need of IL,
on condition; or $780, y, B. PETERSON.
At the afternoon session, however, Mr.,
Peterson stated that he would give the
entire piece and without reserve. 1t was
then that Mr.. Pease announced his pur.
pose TO start out with cash gift of 81, 500.
at the same time valuing the school site at
5000. This was enthusiastically received
but j. Glenn, of Dayton, Or, relieved his
conscience" as he explained, by exhort.
ing his brethren TO put the Lords money
TO good use, by selling out the site for
$500. taking the additional $500, and
whatever was added, and subsequently,
purchasing 5o0-acre farm near Dayton,
Or, for about so per acre, and then util-
izing 800 acres for school site and farm,
and plating the remainder for home sites
for the patrons, Brother Glenn anticipat-
ing that the 300 acres thus plated
could be disposed of at about
$50 an acre, all of which sounded
very plausible. but it brought Brother
Pease 10 his feet with an eloquence born
of enthusiasm for the school and bias for
Seattle. Mr.. Pease divided his remarks,
regardless of consequences, between Seat
tie and hygiene" Seattle, he predicted,
was yet 20 be "the center of either one
half or two-thirds OF the United States, ~
and could fill a school itself with Free
Methodist pupils. Mr.. Pease dilated mag
nihcently upon the imperative necessity
of 8 due regard for the hygienic training
of the children. his zeal for hygiene
completely seszing his every faculty, max
ing his excitement somewhat amusing
and his expressions frequently laughable.
At any rate, he put all present into very
good humor. and with the result that
Seattle scored victory over Oregon, that
state coming in for large share of satire.
The following subscriptions were also
received: l. " Zook. half interest in a
Nebraska farm: ]. Q. Crisp. two townsite
lots; ii. II. Brown, five lots in Dighton,
Lane county. Kas; James II. Nav. 500;
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Brown. Sioo; Horace
Smith. George Smith and L. Hanson. $50
each; c. G. Slayton. T. II. Griggs, J. H.
Bennett, W. II. Jones, W :. Welsh. F. NJ.
Sumner and Mrs. Monitor, SIS each; w.
III. Tieknor and Mrs. l.. Hanson, SO each ;
X Il. Dollarhide, SIS; f. W, Achilles. sI2:
MIS- Doilarhide, Mrs. Forester, l. Hol-
man, Mrs. Ludwig, ". ". Dexter, Rev.
Alfred lnsood. of the Battery street NJ. E.
church, c f. MeReynolds. J. G. Tunison,
William Kimbrough. Elias Northrup.
feser hnddle. Mrs. Killam. \. f. HUFF
sho }. Z Gard, $40 each; Mr.. and Mrs. :.
brown. $40; Mrs. Scott, S.: c. II Wood
nSro' ! La Due, L. Rose, May Rose and
Dean button. 81 each.
M. y b. Peterson wss added 10 the
sehoot committee, and Mr.. III. II. Pease
was elected the treasurer ofthe committee
Ai'er the conference adjourned sine die,
the committee met and decided IN locate
the seminary at Ross station. which thus
settled the question of location
Inc next most important matter WAS
the announcing OF appointments for the
ensuing term, as made by the stat;o,;nr
committee. The appointments yxar. ,,.3s
pnoiie Just previous to the adjournment of