New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-27


hoider or the chair was not to. be required to be
a resident of the city TO be a member of the
FACULTY The idea Of the members Of the Alumni
Association was that able men could be secured
| In turn for limited time, and that by this
means the subject would be presented always in
! Its freshest and most interesting aspect They
thought that the best minds of the Church
could be secured to treat in lectures of the prob
| lens presented by the philosophical specula-
tions or the day. The plan. il was asserted. had
Deen tried with success in European countries
The proposition was accepted by the Board of
| Trustees in May. 1888. and the money, amount
irg to something more than $25, 900. was paid
| over 10 them in July of the same year.
BEGINNING OF THE DIFFICULTY
year later the Rev. Dr. George w Dean
was made the first professor under the terms of
| the endowment. Two years later the present
difficulty had its beginning. Dean Hoffman
| made report recommending that this tempo
rary professorship be changed to the permanent
| sides for conference the joint meeting being
held in July. 1887. The report which was then
| prepared was afterward presented to the Board
| of Trustees by the Rev. Or. Morgan Dix, and
| therein both committees agreed the advisa-
| bility of the change, believing that the three
| year plan had inherent defects. The report set
| forth. however, that there a difficulty in
the way. and that the matter OF compensa-
ton, the income from any amount less than 500
| OOO being insufficient to maintain a permanent
| professorsh!p; but the committees recommended
! that the change be made without waiting for
additions to the fund, believing this course better
| than to continue the alternating method for
another term Of three years This committee re-
| port signed by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix
| the Rev. DIR. w. T. Gibson and the Rev Dr.
| Henry L. Perrepont on the part OF the Board OF
| Trustees and by the Rev. DR.. William s. Board
! man. the Rev DR.. Henry Y. Satterlee and the
Rev. DR.. j. II. Hopkins for the Alumni Associa-
| ton. The report adopted by the trustees,
| but not by the Alumni Association The latter
declined act upon 1t. and referred 1T back to
| the same committee. with request that at the
| annual meeting in 1883 they report some prac-
| tcable method of carrying any proposed changes
| into effect.
| THE NATURE OF A REPORT IN DISPUTE
In APRIL 1888 the Conference Committee held
| a meeting with the Rev DR.. VI. Van Rensselaer,
substituted on the committee for the Rev. DT.
Hopkins and declared that as they had pre-
| vously given their approval TO a cnanSe OF
| plan their sole duty TO decide upon the
| steps necessary to be taken to bring about the
| change. Accordingly, a statute was dralteu
| to be acted upon by the trustees for incorpora-
| ton in the working laws of the seminary when
declared that the Professorship of the evidences
| of Revealed Religion was thereby, with the con-
| sent of the Associate Alumni" constituted
| permanent professorship. There are various
statements as to the exact nature OF this repor.
| of the committee and 1t is one OF the crucial
points in the controversy; but in the May follow
| Ing the trustees acted upon II ana adopted lle
| statute submitted. Meanwniie the 49,
| ciate Alumni had nominated the KEY. 1T mop
| kins TO the professOTship for period OF thTee
| wears to succeed tho Rev. DR.. Dean; nut me
| nomination was not confirmed by me b3a.u ~
|
| would prefer to have the chair remain vacant
| than to have 1t filed under the conditions then
| existing.
DIR. CADYs PROFEssORsHIP.
| In 1889 the Alumni Association was incor-
| porated becoming known as the Associate
Alumni Of the General Theological seminary
| ard ona wear later 1t nominated the Rev. Dr.
Phiander Kinney Cady to the chair for period
OF three years This nomination was confirmed
| TyVD
| Associate Alumni offered 10 modify the three-
| wear clause, as to allow Or. Cauy 10 REMAIN
! in the chair for another term inns, ho"ctei,
| the trustees would not consent 10, ana 'hey
| passed q resolution that, after the expiration u
| DR. Cady's term. the income from the iullu
| should be allowed to accumulate ana De auuru
| TO the principal until such time Az the Associate
Alumni should consent to nominate perint l
professor In May Of last year the alumni nom n,
| mated the late Rev DR.. John J. Eimendorf 10
| the chair for the three-ycar term ana the boalu
| OF Trustees promptly declined to confirm MN.
| Then the Associate Alumni decided upon steps 10
| secure a return of the fund and sought Ihe
| courts for an adjustment of the difference. Inc
| trustees made suitable answer. and that cause -
| still pending 1t remains 10 be seen whether the
| latest developments will aggravate the difference
! and precipitated the court trial. the attorneys
! for the alumni in the suit which IS pendihs are
| Dalv Howl and Mason, Of No. II Wllnam-sl'
! The trustees are represented by ex-Judse Enoch
l.. Fancher.
| THE TRUSTEES ANNUAL MEETING
| At the annual meeting Of the Board OF Trus-
! tees Bishop John Scarborough occupied the chdlr'
! O,hers IN attendance were Bishop Henry a.
| Neely Bishop Henry c. Potter. Bthop heiBh'o"
| Coleman and Dean Eugene n HoHmaH' '''o
Diocesan Trustees the Rev {. f. HoHh""' INC
Rev. James Mulcahey. Professor Henry Driser
stephen =. Nash. Woodbury. G. Lansdoh' the
Rev. Samuel NJ Hask'ns and the Rev T. star
ford browne of Long Island; the Rev. Joseph
Carey Of Albany: the Rev. George H. Mrh"sht
OF Central New-York the Rev. Elyin \. Si''n
OF NewJersey; the Rev joseph n: Of Mnsso
! chusetts and the Rev. r. L. Dennison, OF rem
| svlyania: the Trustees of the House OF Deputles
| the Rev Dr. Morgan Dix the Rev u. WllidiHsoi'
smith the Rev William s. Langford. the Rev
| r Gardner Llttell, the Rev Edmund -. Cooper.
the Rev william MONTAGUE Ger. me nv -. ~.
| John Chambre OF Lowell; Elbridgc /. Gerry,
| Georre G. McWhorter. Elihu Chauncey' henry
| HAYES, Henry +. Pierrepont. George ZaDIisAie'
George p. Gardner and j. van Necn'.h oLcoe,,
| Among the routine matters before the n"eunB
| tho ren0rt of the Standing Committee Tor the
| wear was heard and adopted 1t showed the
| affairs of the Institution to be in hoursnins
have been created. The Standing Committee was
chosen for the year. comprising inc hev' OF Dr'
Morgan Dix the Rev DIR. Heinsn Dyer the rev
| DR. William s. Langford Professor Henry DTS DTS
1er John A. King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Elihu
Chauncey and Woodbury. G. hangdon. o,,,,oos
Tn the alumni meeting with rev eXceptiohs'
thn former officers were reelected. The Rev.
John Keller, of Arlington, ~ j. was CHOSEN Sc Sc
retary and the Rev. DIR. Van N!eeck ara tie
Rev DR.. Elliott White were placed upon the Ex-
ecutive Committee. . .o.,
A brilliant company Of men and women Assem-,
Md In the Deanery Of the General Theological
Ser1,nary last night TO do honor TO Dean hon.
man. for whom the reception was held All OF
the prominent churchmen who had Deen pIe present
at the various meetings OF the day were therc'
&c we'll as many other men prominent In the al
fairs of the Church in Ncw-York
| ADDRESSED BY DIR VAN DE WATER
The second days exercises of the General Theo-
| ,ogcal Semlnary's annual closing began at the
seminary in Ninth-ave., between Twehtieth ana
Twenty-frst SITS. yesterday morning at : -"