Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-14
EXAMINE THE SITES.
Committee from the Union Seminary
Trustees to Meet Here To-Day.
ACTION OF THE LAST SYNOD.
Gentleman Who Objects TO the
Removal Quotes from the Minutes
90 show That the Course Followed
Did Not Commit tho Body.

Removal Quotes from the Minutes
60 show That the Course Followed
Did Not Commit the Body.
The committee appointed by the Board
Of Trustees of Union Theological Semi
nary to consider proposals for the re-
moval OF that institution from Ham3den-
Sidney to some other location will as
semble here to-day. The committee is
constituted as follows: Rev. J. Rumple,
u. d.. Salisbury. n. c.; Rev. II. NJ
White. ID. D.. Winchester. Va. Rev. Pro-
fessor W. W. Moore. Hampden-Sidney:
Hon. ]. Hoge Tyler. Radford. Va; Colonel
j. +. Fitzgerald. Farmville. Va. and Pro-
fessor W. J. Martin. Davidson College.
n. c.
The first work Of the Trustees Com
mittee Will be to examine the sites that
have been rendered at this point. The
,ocal Committee on Sites and Proposals.
who are also charged with pushing the
movement to secure the removal of the
seminary to Richmond. have been ex-
ceedingly active. Rev. DR.. Kerr is chair
man Of this committee. which has been
offered the following sites:
THE SEVERAL SITES.
Two by Major Ginter-one at the juno
ton of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad and Laburnum avenue,
embracing twelve acres. and the other on
Brook avenue. opposite DR.. Hunter Nc
Cures country place. consisting of eleven
and half acres.
One by the Northside and Highland
Park Land Company. overlooking the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway. this offer to
carry with IL cash donation Of $1,000.
one by the Southside Land and In
provement Company. embracing as much
land as may be necessary. opposite Forest
Hill Park
one By Messrs. j. Thompson Brown 4
Co. and DIT. Il. A. Patterson. jointly,
the latter giving four acres OF the tract
aai the former four acres. also. with a
pledge 20 raise $3.50 in cash, the site
being on Patterson avenue. at Leonard
Heights. a mile west OF the boulevard.
Another by Messrs. j. Thompson Brown
& Co. separately. and consisting of eleven
acres. at Penalto, beyond Barton Heights.
The latter offer embraces certain financial
prospects growing out of the sale Of
adjacent lots.
One on the Broad-street road one mile
beyond the Exposition Grounds, and con-
sisting Of ten acres.
AT OTHER POINTS.
Offers of sites at other points in the
State have also been made.
The Trustees Committee and the local
committee will hold a meeting at the
First Presbyterian church tonight. but
IL is not expected that any decision will
be reached as 1t will hardly be practtca-
bic to get through an inspection OF the
sites before tomorrow evening.
synods Action as 10 Removal.
The following letter, just received by
the Dispatch. will prove interesting read
ing in view of the meeting Of this COM
mittee:
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
In your issue OF February 10th you
say on this subject locally, THE Dis
patch has secured the following facts con-
corning the movement in order that the
exact status Of the affair may be under
stood"
You then say. But the Board of Trus-
tees are under the control OF the synods
of Virginia and North Carolina. and
when the Synod Of Virginia met in Dan
vile last October a resolution was Offered
intended to stop the movement for chang
ing the location Of the seminary. This
resolution was discussed at great length
and DEFEATED BY AN OVER
WHELMING MAJORITY"
This emphasized clause emphasis mine)
. one that has been persistently presented.
But II evidently arises from misap-
prethension OF factG i cut from the
printed minutes Of the Synod of Vir-
ginia of October. 1884, the following Off
cial records. FASTING them on my manu-
scripts. that there may be no mistake,
even In the Transcription:
page BID
THE order OF the day was taken up
the paper offered by Rev. DR.. McIlwaine:
Whereas. the Trustees of Union Theo-
logical Seminary have by resolution APP
pointed committee TO receive PROPOSE
tons looking TO the removal OF that insti-
tuition from its present location: and
whereas the people OF Prince Edward are
so deeply concerned in regard TO this
movement that they have inaugurated
an effort 10 secure the extension OF the
Farmvile and Powhstan railroad from
Farmyille by Hampden Sidney TO
point adjacent to the county OF Charlotte,
which II believed will be carried further
and open up connections with one, per-
haps several other railroads. thus making
the seminary easily accessible from sew
eraI directions: therefore
page 3ls)
Resolved first. That the Trustees OF
said seminary be requested 10 suspend
their resolution aforesaid until after No
vember 18th next. when the people OF
Prince Edward shall have had an opportu-
nifty by vote to determine whether their
effort shall succeed.
Resolved second. That II the effort
to obtain said railroad is successful the
trustees OF the seminary be and they
hereby are requested TO withdraw their
action looking 10 its removal and at
the earliest practicable day TO take meas
ures 10 procure a supply OF water and
such other convenience as shall put this
institution on a footing with other SINH
lar schools.
Pending the discussion Of DIR. Neil.
waine's paper. the following paper was
presented as a substitute by the Rev. |
X. T.. Kerr. ID. D.:
1.-The Board OF Trustees of Union Theo- |
logical Seminary having appointed COM
mittee TO receive propositions touching
the question OF removing that school OF |
the prophets from Its present location,
but the board not having reported TO US 1
any result OF their investigation.
Resolved. That the synod deems II |
unnecessary TO take any action on the |
matter AT the present meeting.
PENDING the discussion OF this paper |
the time for recess arrived. =
page 326.)
THE order of the day arrived aud
synod took up the resolutions In regard /
20 the seminary.
1T was resolved to lay the substitute
offered by DIR. Kerr on the table
Such was the action OF synod. The
motion 10 lay DIR. Kerrs substitute on
the table. after profound discussion OF
parliamentary law. was decided by the
moderator to~carry with II the original
p1peS offered by Dr. McIlwaine. The
rnoxAr 0( fhA resolution To Law on the |