Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-27
AT BUCKHANNON.
The Board ofTrustees will elect
President.

Gossip about the Probable Action of
The Irustees-W. j. Hardness elee-
tion Expected by Wheeling z eple-
Lively Row on Over Action Of Irus.
Iess-Support May be withdrawn
From The School.
| The board OF trustees OF the West
! Virginia NJ Il. conference seminary
| has met for the purpose Of electing a
president to succeed the Rev. S. l..
Boyers who resigned a short time ago.
While this is the prime object Of
! the board, the recent action on a part
of the members of the board in re-
employing nearly all the members of
the faculty will undoubtedly come up
| for consideration, and much depends
on the manner In which it is presented
to the board, as To What their action
on the matter will be Says the Wheel
ing News.
At the last meeting there was bare
| ly a quorum present and those favor
ing a certain part Of the faculty had
only majority Of that quorum with
which 30 accomplish their object.
| Had the eatre board been present
they would have had no show wha
ever
A number Of members of the board
are strong in their announcement of
what they term a high handed pro-
ceeding, and are anxious for the pres
cut meeting OF the board to undo ali
that was done by it. They are backed
| in this by almost the entire ministry
Of the state, and members of the
! clergy have gone So far as to state
that if definite action on this line was
| not taken by the board at this meet
! ing resolution will be introduced
before the next annual confer zee de-
claring the positions Of the trustees
vacant and that the conference would
elect trustees who would do the will
of the church, and not be run them
selves by a few members Of the board
who form the executive committee.
WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT.
They state that in the meantime
they will refuse to give the seminary
their support, and will advise mem
bers of their congregations who are
going away to school, to go to one of
the other of the church schools.
The resignation of Prof. S. L. Boy
ers, it is claimed will cost the semi
nary not less than $4,000 as he had
laid the plans for the Twentieth cen
fury fund for that institution. 1t Is
said no one else can work out his plans
as he would himself, and the ministers
Of the state will refuse to cooperate
with any movement for raising this
fund, until the wrong done the minis
try, in general, and Prof. Boyers In
particular is remedied Some of the
ministers will even ask their congre-
cations to wait until the end Of the
two years time given them when they
subscribed to the fund for the semi
nary, before paying the amount Of
their subscription.
If the board reconsiders the action
Of that meeting and refuses to re-em-
ploy the present faculty and declares
the positions vacant, then there is
strong probability Of Rev. w. j.
Hardness of this city, being chosen
president. with power to select his
own faculty. If on the other hand,
the board fails 70 take this action,
Rev. DR.. John Wier Of Woodstield,
will be chosen president and the mem
bers of the faculty brought in and no.
titled that he has been given power to
discharge any member whose acts
may be such as to make him believe
such action proper and no insubordi-
nation will be tolerated. The election
of the Rev. w. J. Hardness is conf
IDENTIFY expected.