The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-18

CINCINNATI, Sept. 11-There is still
more news from Lane seminary. DR..
Morris has resigned.
Sick, disheartened, and finding moth.
ing but opposition on all sides. he has
concluded to give up the fight, and his
resignation is now in the hands Of Rev.
George M. Maxwell, president Of the
Lane seminary board Of trustees.
A Ameeting of the executive committee
will be called early this week, and the
matter will then be fully discussed. Of
course the resignation can not be ac-
cepted or declined by the executive
committee, which will, in all probabili-
ty, call meeting Of the full board to
take action.
It 10 said that, since the opening Of
Lane last week, DR.. Morris has been too
i'll with worry and perhaps mortitica-
ton, because of the severe criticisms
made upon him, to see anyone. Then,
too, the meager attendance at the semt-
nary has been most severe disappoint.
ment. He is now confined to his house.
DR.. Morris, it appears, has pleased no
one in his attempt to manage Lane
seminary alone and unaided. He has
offended the liberal element, for hewas
not Of them, and the ultra-orthodox
element had no use for him because he
was not decided enough in his adher-
ence to their views. Then DIR. Smiths
friends on the outside have opposed the
present plans to keep Lane going on Q
non.committal basis, and the result has
been anything but harmony. Dr. Nor
ris has thus been between the two FAC.
tions, and his attempt to side with
neither OF them has resulted in having
both sides attack him. Already it has
been told how DR.. Morris postponed
the paper on 1.-THE Defense Of Lane,
which he proposed to read last
week before the Lane Club. 1t
now turns out that he had prepared
this paper and planned to read 1t, with
out consulting the committee who had
in charge the arrangements. DR.. Nor
ris took it on himself to ask the gentle,
men who had promised to prepare pa
pers to yield place to him. But when
the committee heard how DR.. Morris
proposed to change the programme re-
gardless of their wishes, they were
wroth.; They said some unpleasant
things about the way in which Dr. Nor
ris did things with high hand, and
this led to the postponetnenta altogether
Of 1.-THE Defense Of Lane, and to NO
end OF hard feelings.
1.-THE fact OF the matter is, " said one
of the gentlemen long associated with
Lane seminary, "that Doctor Morris is
utterly mistaken in thinking Presby-
terian seminary can be run on a namby-
pamby basis with Presbyterians as BIT
terly divided between Old and New
Schools as at present. You can'tcarrywa-
ter on two shoulders, as he has tried 70
do. You must be one thing or the
other. Now, Lane Seminary has either
to surrender to the General Assembly,
and be all Old School, or 1t has to cut
loose, recall DR.. Smith and start out In.
dependently as New School from top
to bottom. But this present policy
that DR.. Morris has tried, and that is q
dreary failure-the policy OF being
nothing at all, of offending nobody
Is repulsive. It otfends' both sides
alike. You soc, DR.. Morris has mo-
backbone. He is afraid Of his. shadow.
But hewants to be the big gun at the
Lane seminary. Now Iguess that he
sees that his plan is not good, and has
the good grace to resign. Think very
few Presbyterians will regret this action
on. his part For the good OF the semi-
nary, they want to see the institution
one thing or the other"