The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-22
EXONERATED.
President Boyers Held to be
Blameless BY Trustees.

Seminary Trustees Hold a Long Session
Shooting Affair Taken up-Com.
mendable Decision--Othe Matters
Passed on by em--Seminary Never
In Better Condition.
The board of trustees of the Metho-
dist Conference Seminary at Buck
harmon have been in session and have
adjourned. They found President
Boyers and the rest Of the faculty en-
tirely blameless in the shooting of
Martin Williams. This will be good
news to the friends of Boyers In this
county which is the county of his
nativity. The meeting of the board
has been adjourned and the members
have returned home.
The members present included Vice
President J, M. Poundstone, of Buck
harmon, who presided; Rev. L. w.
Roberts, of Oakland, Md. Rev. G. B.
Graham, of Wheeling; Rev. D. A.
Denton, of Parkersburg; Rev. A..
Mick, S. D. Tamblyn and Rev. s. p.
Crummett, of Buckhannon; c. w.
Archbold, of Parkersburg; G. S.
Withers, of Grantsville; DR.. A. S.
Roger, of Buckhannon; A. S. Barnes,
of Weston, and Judge Jacobs, of New
Martinsville. President Boyers, of
the seminary, was present, being a
member ex officio.
The recent trouble among the stu
dents was looked into and after five
sessions extending through two days
happy and satisfactory adjustment
was brought about. The board issued
the following statement:
A statement of the board of trus-
tees of the West Virginia Conference
Seminary, November IS, 1899:
We, the board of trustees, assem-
bled at Buckhannon, having made a
thorough investigation of the condi-
tion and work of the seminary, have
found it to be in prosperous condi-
tion. 1t has greater number of
students enrolled, 2S5, sixty-three
more than at any previous fall term.
The character of the class room work
this year of the students has been en-
tirely satisfactory. The accident, the
shooting of student, which occurred
on the third instant, has been greatly
exaggerated by newspaper reports.
The facts Of which were that a COM
pany of students with some of the
town boys went on the college grounds
in search of Halloween fun, and while
thus engaged one was accidentally
shot, but not fatally. The rules of
the seminary most positively prohibit
the carrying Of firearms, and this is
the first instance of the kind to which
the boards attention has been called
during the history of the institution;
and as the faculty used such precau-
tion as their Judgment dictated to
preserve the previous good govern
ment which has characterized the his
tory of this seminary, no intentional
wrong could be placed upon them.
The board aided, however, sue b
precautionary measures as thought
wise to meet this growing institu-
tion's demands and also requiring the
rigid enforcement of the rules by the
faculty so that the best interests not
only OF the students and their friends
but that all interested should be pre-
served. The board reiterated its for
mer action IN regard to the twentieth
century fund and also heartily en-
dorses the plans of President S. L.
Boyers as presented in the last annual
conference and endorsed and enforced
by that body. The board regards
this as the greatest period of educa-
tional work and opportunities for the
seminary and the West Virginia con-
ference, and therefore appeal to all
lovers of the Truth throughout our
patronizing territory to rally by word,
work and prayers to the support of all
our church and educational agents
and agencies and thereby contribute
to the honor of our great Teacher by
a glorious Twentieth Century victory.
And among the most important we
mention the Rev. S. X. Arbuthnot,
agent for the Twentieth Century
thank offering.