The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-18
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BY President ST.. Boycrs for the
Conference Seminary.
WEST VIRGINIA METHODIS )
VIII be Asked for sl.o, 900 TO Clear
on Indebtedness on the Buck.
harmon School and Endow II Per-
Z mancntly-Pnrt of the twentieth
Century Thank oncrlng"-somc.
!. thing Concerning the School.
thing Concerning the School. \

President s. L. Boycrs, Of the West
Virginia Conference Seminary. at
Buckhannon. Is in the city, In the In.
terests OF that Institution. and last
night spoke at North Street n. q.
church, the pastor OF which, Rev. c. b.
Graham, is one OF the seminary trus-
tees. Prof. Boyersepeaks at the same
church tonight, and from Wheeling he
viii go TO other towns. with the ptir-
pose Of raising money for the school.
The bishops OF the NJ. E. church OF
the United States recently formulated
petition for what is called a "Twen-
tieth Century Thank Offering" The
church Is In need OF slo,ooo.0 900 for cd
ucatIonal purposes. having control OF
about 200 denominatlonal schools and
universities. and this money Will be-
devoted to clearing of the Indebtedness
and providing substantial endowments.
In harmony with this appeal, the trus-
tees OF the seminary and the presiding
elders of the West Virginia conference
iIuNt uShGu lol SlsOlUVV, 40 t'i' o'h'N 81
share OF the Twentieth Century Thank
Offering. OF the $l25,00o. SCI, 900 is need
ed to puy off present Indebtedness.
100000 for permanent endowment
fund. and $1,000 will be spent for I'M
provements to the buildings.
) Prof. Boyers was elected to the pres
idency OF the seminary last June. and
he will spend the greater part Of two
years In the field. soliciting subscrip-
lions. He stated last night. in a talk
on the school. that he believed West
Virginia Methodlsts would rally In
support Of IN institution. which Is un-
der the control of the West Virginia
conference, The school is growing
splendidly since its inauguration in
1890. Last year the enrolment was
800 students. and President Boyers IS
confident the, 400 mark will be reached
this year.
The seminary at .Buckhannon. Is not
training school for Methodist preach
ers strictly. MS. some people seem to be-
liere, but 1t sweeps 4 wider horizon. OF
course. 1t is primarily. Methodist in
stltution and :. about. thirty OF the
young men In attendance are studying
for the ministry. while the others are
pursuing courses leading to other pro
fessions. There are four COURSES
classical. scientific. literary and nor
NAL. with art iund music departments.
The campus covers forty ncrcs Of
ground. and Of the two buildings, one
Is n girls, dormitory. the other, the
main hall. The collective course Is
equal to an entrance into the Junior
classes at the larger colleges and uni
versltics. and the seminary graduates
are received into. these classes. There
are thirteen teachers in the faculty.
The school Is co-educational. i.f
The members of the board of trustees
are as follows: Judge II. c. McWhor-
ter. Of Charieston;, John A. Barnes,
Weston: Gov. CIV; Atkinson Charles
ton: DIR. +. a. Roger. Rev. ]. II. Hess.
Captain A.. NJ Poundstone. Rev. As
bury Mick. Bucl;hannon: Hon., T. p.
Jacobs. New Martinsville: John D.
Rigg. Klngwood: Rev. c. 3. Graham,
Wheeling: Rev. Or. A. T. Riker. pres
idcnt Of Mount Union College, Alliance,
O.; ]. c. Bardall, Moundsvillc; Rev. L.
H. Jordan. Fayetteville: Rev. S. D.
Tamblyn. Palatlnc: J. S. Withers. OF
Chenille: Rev. D. A. Denton, Parkers-
burg; Rev. L. D. Roberts, Oakland,
Md,