The sun., 1897-05-16
THIS SIoWA COLLEGE DEAD?
IT'S PRESIDENT, BISHOP WILLIAM
STEVENS PERRY, SATs NO.

Trustees OF the Dean Fund Think n Is ana Ask
the Courts TO Decide They Should
ANY Longer Pay tho Bishop's Salary Ne
Anthem Professor OF Systematic Divinity.
Tho American Church Missionary Society has
asked the Supreme Court for instructions as to
what It shall do with fund Of $4,000 and the
accumulation of income since January, 1895
Miss Louisa Dean turned $4,000 over to the
society thirtytwo years ago to ondow profess
sorship in the theological department of Girls
void College, Davenport, Ia. The fund was
to be called "1he Anthon Professionally OF
Systematic Divinity" In honor of her friend,
the Rev. Edward Anthon Of this city.
The right to nominate the professor was given
to the society forever. The gift was accepted by
tho society and by the college in June, 1865,
and letters Of thanks were sent by both to Miss
Dean.
In January, 1877, tho professionally was given
to the Rev. William Stevens Perry, Bishop OF
Iowa and President of the college, and ho con-
tinued to draw tho income down to January,
1896 Now tho college, according to the society,"
I" is no longer a seminary OF learning" and is not
carrying on tho teaching of theology and tho
society Ia unable to carry out tho conditions OF
tho trust. SO an action is brought against Girls
void College. Bishop Perry, and Miss Dean
Justice Smyth granted yesterday an order to
serve the college by publication.
Gcn. W NhEcr SWhyne, f'TCSluCnI Ol tho hHCii
can Church Mission Society. said last evening
that the socety's action based upon the
society's belief that Griswold College had ceased
TO exist . ~
I'VE have not been in Iowa, !" he said. "buu
evidence which to us seems conclusive has led
us to believe that the college Is no more Bishop
Perry does not concode that this Is so Wepaid
the money regularly as long as we felt justified
right to pay out more II there was no college
and consequently no one to whom the money
could go under the conditions of Miss Deans
gift. To find out, to establish the fact II the COL
leRe does exist, that we shall bc entitled to
continue the payments, or else to show that 1t
doesn't; in short, to find out whether there
is trust or not, and II not. to have
money over to Miss Dean, we brought the
matter into court, making both Miss Dean
and the college defendants The college refused
TO be cited or to appear, so we obtained an order
to serve notice upon 1t by publication. Mr.:
J. Blcecker Miller has been n representative or
Bishop Perry, but he refused to put in an answer
for him. 1t 10 not a matter in which the society
what we to do with the money. We think
the college is dead; but they seem to have
way out there of trying to keep the breath
in tho body after the natural death-trying
TO keep up life by artificial respiration. Tho con-
tention is not that the college has ceased TO exist
IA divinity school, but that 1t has gone out Of
existence altogether.
Mr.. Miller said that he was not Bishop Perrys
representative, and should not be, as no was not
in active general practice at all. He was an old
friend of the Bishops, and as such had conyersed
with him about the matter, that was ALL He
said that without doubt Bishop Perry would
have an attorney here, though he had mono now.