Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-04
The Methodist Conference School.

Ed. Register-YOur readers IN Area.
dia Valley may be interested in learn
ing about the relocation of the Gale.
donia school. As one of the delegates
from the Valley who attended Confer
ence last week at Fredericktown with
Dr. Farrar, j. M. Whitworth, VIM.
A. Fletcher and Louis Miller, beg to
say that after a struggle of most OF
three days time of the Conference, the
school was finally conditionally locat-
ed at Fredericktown. That is to say,
if Fredericktown shall have paid its
$25, 900 and the school buildings shall
be ready for the school by September
LIST, 1895, then and in that case. the
removal shall be effective, otherwise
not, and in the meantime, the school
remains at, and progresses in Gale
donia.
The members of the Conference were
guests of the citizens of Frederick
town, and the natural feeling was that
it would be impolite and uncivil to
vote against Fredericktown while ac-
cepting and enjoying it's hospitality.
This no doubt had controlling in
fiuence.
Then, too, an impression was Great
ed that larger local patronage would
be secured at Fredericktown than in
Arcadia Valley, and l think that is
probably true. But, however these
matters may be, we soon discovered
by our intercoure with the leading
members of Conference.-The sober
nd hof
part of their intention to eUer try to
build up the school into a College or
School of high rank. But that "Cen-
trail College" was to have their high
est allegiance and principal aid, and
that this Conference School is expect
ed and intended as a local Seminary
and mere feeder for the College at
Fayette, and that in the future, Con-
ference must not be looked to for f.
nancial backing.
In order that the places bidding for
the location of the school might know
the true attitude of Conference before
their bids were acted upen by it, Con-
ference adopted the following resolu-
ton in substance:
.sResOlved, That this Conference
does not intend to hold itself response
BILE for any financial obligations either
for it's prosecution or cOnsummation. :"
We thereupon frankly told Confer
ence that we did not believe the people
of Arcadia Valley wanted the school,
or would make good their offer, on
these terms.
We thought it right and the more
honorable thing not to allow the SUBJ
scribers to be imposed upon by allow
ing their proposition to be accepted
which we knew they had made under
such entirely different expectations as
to what Conference would do, and
what the school would be developed
into by Conference. In other words,
we knew that our subscribers would
not have promised the liberal amounts
they did if they had known when they
subscribed, just what We had learned
at Conference. As to this we were all
agreed-that is, all of US who remain
ed the entire time. 1t amounts sub
stantially to this, that Conference will
accept finished and equipped school,
and manage and control it, if the To-
cality will sustain it and pay the bills.
There is no blame to Conference in
this. They have all they can do fl
nancially and they feel that these To-
cal schools should be supported imam
cially by the several localities. But,
for one. l do not believe Arcadia VAL
ley is hungering and thirsting for such
a financial Job just now, and l only
hope that our good neighbors at Fred
ericktown will think as favOrably OF it
after as before the experiment.
Truly. Yours.
Oct. l, 1894. j. w. EMERSON.