New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-09
ruEOLOGIANS IN REBELLION.
rpo,-RIE IN THE GENERAL SEMINARY.

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rsrsr1;ts ERGARDING LECTURE COURSE.
m. commencement season of the General
! usaIosical Seminary Of the Protestant Episcopal
rsnrch, which ended yesterday was enlivened
-, ..veral incidents which will make 1t a week
m 70 he remembered. The cornerstone 81 the
f.. homes for the professors was laid, generous
sr,snd gave the institution $4,000 and the Asso-
.,.,e Alumni openly rebelled against decision
" tho BOARD of Trustees For several years there
! h.s been difference of opinion between the
trustees and alumni with regard to the lccturcship
=, the evidence of revealed religion, which was
founded about ten years ago by the alumni IL
I has on endowment of $4,000.
According 10 the terms of an agreement unGer
which the lcctureship was established. no man
WIS TO be the alumni lecturer for longer tiHe
than three years. The lecturer, whose time Oh
servjce has lust expired is the Rev Dr. Philander
X Cady. At the annual meeting of the Associate
Alumni held on Tuesday, it was proposed that the
Board Of Trustees he requested to consent 10 'i'e
Rev DR.. Gady retaining the lectureship Tor an
other term This step was taken in Difference 10
the wishes of the trustees who objected to the
triennial change.
Before the request was presented, committee
from the BOARD of Trustees which was then in
session called upon the Associate Alumni and
asked that the lectureship of the evidences OF
revealed religion be changed to permanent pro-
fessorship.
The alumni objected to tile proposition. and
many Of them were ignant because they thought
the trustees had made their demand in curt and
Almost offensive terms. 1t is said that 10 op-
lection to the Rev. Dr. Cady has been made by
either party. The trustees wish to control thc
chair and the alumni are determined to reserve
the right of naming the lecturers
AiSpn nrnn
the communication from the Roard Of Trustees,
which took place in the meeting Of the alumni
was q stormy one, and some emphatic language
was used. There were threats Of withdrawing
the endowment fund unless it was managed
with reference TO the wishes of the alumni.
resolution was adopted in which the alumni said
that under no circumstances would they yield
their rights to elect the man who should fecelve
their money. In the words Of the resolution, the
alumni regretted exceedingly that the trustees
had taken such stand and they declined 10
consent to any proposition looking toward inc
founding of permanent profcssorshlp
second resolution adopted stili more
emphatic, and which practically declared that
the alumni would consider no compromise Inc
Rev. Clarence Buel, of Cumberland Nd, chair
man of the committee of the Associated Alumni, |
ssd Yesterday that il would he impossible TO have
q meeting Of the alumni before next year. Unless
the recommendation Of tie alumni is accepted, The
ecturcship may have no incumbent. Dean iloH- !
man said yesterday TO Tribune reporter that the
alumni had refused 10 elect professor as re-
ouested by tie trustees. We will elect one
ourselves in October. said the Dean.
The trustees have based their demand upon a
recently adopted statute of the seminary, which
the alumni refuse to recognize, and which they
never ratified. The trustees have consulted legal
counsel and they have been advised uiat the
consent of the alumni is not necessary TO- make
the statute operative. The trustees say that
the students need more instruction in The evil
dcnces Of revealed religion than can lie given
by lectures They think that the subject cannOt /
receive proper attention unless professor Il
chosen who can give more hours to the work
The committee which represented the D0ard Of
Trustees consisted of the Rev. Drs Morgan Din.
Jos.ph Carey and Leighton Coleman. Bishop Of I
Delaware.
The commencement exercises of the seminary !
which were held in the morning in the chapel |
Of the institution were well attended Morning |
nrayer was said at o'clock. and at 1880 o'clock
abe exercises began. Bishop Potter presided |
fssays were read BY George Yencns Bliss, Arthur
Whinplc jerks and William lngraham MP Inc
eighteen graduates were q. y Bliss. G. \. T.
Ns9Tn T. NJ W Cia Gsiin b. W. W. D anSe 6 "
Harris, r. Van X. Harris, " NJ Mough'oHi1.
w jerks w j. Kip u. +. Lewis, j, -
Mitchell. +. s Moore, W w. Smith, ~ d. van
Syckel and 0. NJ Waller. ,.,
The degree OF bachelor of divinity was AWARDED
IN Nessrs Bliss Clarke Harris, jerks, Zip, Lewis.
Mitchell end Van Syckel, Of the graduating cas-
ihe degrees will not be actually conferred um,l
tbe voung men have entered the ministry; Inc
same degree was conferred upon the Rev MeSSrs |
William A. Brewer, H. 5. Fisher, f. T. M9Dley, |
o. ]. Knight, J. T. Olnstcd, Hamilton Cady am
leighton IIaslxns. The address was maze ~
Bishop Starkey of Newark, and the degrees were
awarded by Dean Hoffman, OF the seminary.
At the close Of the exercises, the cnrhcrst3I .
of the new houses of Professors Walpole. Jewr'' !
and Oliver was laid The three houses VIII he
connected The cornerstone was laid by BISHOP
Potter and an address was made ny b'snop !
Scarborough of New-Jersey. Tie speaker an
nounced that millionaire who Refused to allow !
his name to I've known. had given $4,000 for ne
through Dean Hoffman, and il was the general
opinion YESTERDAY that the Dean himself or some |
member of his family, the gvcr. Dean !
Hoffman declined to make any statement ycs"r- |
day. Rishop Scarborough also announced that
the salaries Of the regular professors OF th" sen
mary had been raised from $4,000 TO 1000
wear Among the other gifts was 5000 re- |
ceived from Mrs Morgan Dix, for the endowment !
of Souttcr scholarship. and $1,000. gwen
through Dean Hoffman. TO lie applied to the cur
rent expenses of the seminary,
Al tic end OF Tie exercises. luncheon was
served in tie rcfectory TO the trustees, clergy |
and invited guests.
rryrr r,,-cIvrrgS IN SESSION At FORT MONROE. |