The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-13
TEAT PARAMOUNT MATTER.
The Board OF Trustees Of the Paramount Insti
tute Express Their Views on the Situation.

/ peared the following Item:
The committee of the Wichita associa-
| tiou OF Congregational churches that met
| the representatives Of the Paramount in
| stitute aud Paramount seminary IN this
city yesterday decided that they were uu-
| able to make report They therefore
! left each school to pursue its own line of
work.
| While the trustees of the Paramount in
stitute have not been, and are not now, dis
| posed to enter into any controversy with
| the persons whose acts occasloned the ap-
poin.ment OF the committee referred to.
| they feel that justice 10 themselves and
| the public requires them to make the fol-
| lowing statement:
AS is well known by the citizens of
Wichita, the Paramount institute is an
outgrowth of the Paramount college,
six years ago The beautiful building erect
ed BY the Paramount College corporation
was simply inclosed and could not be
com leted for want of funds. For nearly
five wears the building stood in its uu-
| finished condition, when its loss became
| imminent through the foreclosure OF u
mechanics lien.
The secretary of the board of trustees
Was sent east 10 confere with the holders
of the mortgage bonds, with view to
saving the property from the impending
sale and to preserve for them the security
| upon with they had made their loan.
The plan then under contemplation
having failed, the secretary OF the board
appealed to the officers of the American
College and Education society and other
friends of education in the east, and
through theic benevolence secured the
amount necessary for the payment of the
| lien and the refunding OF the mortgage
debt. The only condition upon which
/ such aid could be secured Was that the
| school should be a co-educatIonal institu-
| ton instead of school for young ladies
exclusively. On Feb. II, last, the building
| was sold to satisfy the Judgment which
| had been obtained in the foreclosure pro-
ceediugs. and was subsequently conveyed
TO the corporation known as the Fair
| mount institute" The mechanics lien
| was satisfied and the mortgage debt was
| reduced from SD 500 to 81, 200 and the sec
rotary of the ola board, who had become
| the financial agent of the new one, re-
turned to New England to raise funds for
| the completion of the building and the
opening of tue institute. During his alb
sence on that mission certain gentlemen
made overtures to some members of the
board of trustees for the possession of the
building for the use of an institution
called 1.-The Associated Bible Schools of
noun. Seminary" The trustees listened
courteously to such overtures, gave
them careful consideration, aud, as
promptly as possible, returned
definite answers to the various PROPOSE
lions which had been submitted, rejecting
all of them, and finally giving notice of
the election of Principal Tunnel aud Of
the determination of the trustees to adj
here TO their original plan and open the
Paramount institute on the 18th inst,
with an able corps OF teachers of their
own selection.
The gentlemen in charge of the Associ.
ated Bible schools persisted in their de-
termination to open school at Fair
mount, which should include course OF
study substantially identical with that OF
the Paramount institute, and they went to
the meeting of the Wichita Association
of Congregational churches last Tues
day to procure the approval of their
project, II possible. The association did
not give such approval, but APP
pointed a committee OF live
well known clergymen to come to Wichita
and investigate the matter. with view to
harmoniziny the differences and securing
the co operation of the two enterprises.
The committee met the promoters of the
associated Bible schools and the trustees
of the Paramount institute at Plymouth
church last Friday and made full inves-
tigation of the situation, devoting the en-
tire afternoon to hearing statements from
the parties in interest, after which the
committee prepared a report in writing, a
copy of which is now in possession OF the
trustees of the Paramount institute.
Four of the i've members Of the COM
mittee assented to the substance OF the re-
port, the other member not being present,
but before the names of the committee
had been signed to it the managers of the
nd ha
mittee at the hotel. to which they had re-
tired for the preparation Of their report.
The trustees of the institute were not pres
ent but the committee, by way OF courtesy.
read to the managers Of the Bible schools
the report which had been prepared. The
report was not satisfactory to them and
they declared that they could not comply
with it and manifested desire to have
the report withheld.
While the trustees of Paramount insti-
tute have no desire to iuiure the Bible
schools they deem it there duty to give TO
the public the facts in reference to the
work of that committee.
After reviewing the matter at consider
bic length the report says: I'VE regard it
as unfortunate that two Congregational
Institutions propose TO begin academic
work on FairmounJ hill, and we recognize
the prior right Of Fairmount Institute for
that purpose"
The reports recommends that the two
schools work in cooperation and that the
Associated Bible schools either remove
their academic department to some other
place than Paramount hill or that they
commit their academic instruction to the
Paramount Institute. The report further
recommends that the Paramount Institute
assume, as far as possible, the obligations
to pupils and instructors incurred by the
Bible schools. and that the Paramount In
stitute extend to the Bible schools such
facilities ie can III the way OF school
rooms aud furniture
The report further says: IF such an ad-
justment cannot be made We recommend
that the Associated Bible schools remove
their work to some other point than Fair
mount hill.
The trustees OF Fairmcunt institute
wish to say that their school was last
spring formally and heartily endorsed by
the Wichita association Of Congregational
churches, aud at the meeting Of the state
association at Salina last May a committee
was appointed TO consider aud report upon
the request OF FaifmouDt Institute for en-
dorsement. The committee consisted OF
The Rev. Dr.. Cordley, Rev. Dr. belong and
Rev. Pearse Pinch. Alter Careful eoasid-
Grafton THIS committee reported favorably
closing with the following recommenda-
don: In view OF this condition of facts.
your committee recommend that this
association endorse Eairmount institute
aud commend II 10 the sympathy prayers
and gifts of the friends Of christian educ4-
lion. No such endorsement has been. or
can be. secured for second Institution
Covering ia part the same ground.
The Fairmoun. institute has also the
endorsement and financial backing of the
Americaa College and Education society.
whose secretary, Rev. john A. Hamilton,
d D., IN .. resent letter TO the oosni OF
trurtees savs: Il am heartily with you ia