The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-09
HEARING OF THE
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
AFTERNOONS SESSION OF CONFERENCE
DEVOTED MAINLY TO THIS BUSINESS.
Scholarly end Notable Address By Presi-
dent b. N. Snyder, Of Wofford College.
FlouriShing Condition Of Educa-
donaI Institutions.

tionaI institutions,
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The session of Conference yester-
day afternoon was devoted mainly
10 the hearing of committee reports.
The address of President Fl. N.
Snyder, president of Woford Col
lege was a gem.
The session was opened with de-
yosional exercises, conducted by
Rev. ]. b. Campbell.
Report Of Board of Education.
The report of the Board Of Edu-
cation was submitted. This re-
port, after urging a renewed inter-
est and greater zeal on the part Of
the pastors in the cause of educa-
tion, took up separately each Of
the institutions under the care Of
Conference, showing each to be
in a healthy and 1ourishing condi-
ton, and making recommends
tions for their further improve
ment.
In regard to Wofford College, it
was reported that the salaries of
professors and all current expenses
had been paid in full, and that the
report of the president of this insti-
tuition was the most encouraging
which had ever come before the
Board. The amount of $1,000 was
subscribed by friends and alumni for
enclosing and putting in proper con-
dition the athletic grounds. The
magnificent gift of a Science Hall
by Major Jno. B. Cleveland, the
Board reported, was the most gen
erous and timely contribution since
the original gift BY MI. Wo8ord
fifty years ago.
The Board urged that something
be done at this critical moment for
the enlargement of the Columbia
Female College, and recommended
that immediate steps be taken to
raise the sum of $4,000 for the
proper enlargement and equipment
OF che college in whatever way
may seem most practicable to the
trustees; and that the cooperation
of the Conference be pledged in
this important undertaking.
Williamson College and the
other institutions were reported to
be prospecting.
In connection with the Fitting
Schools, it was urged that the
Presiding Elders and pastors IN the
vicinity Of these schools cooperate
in the effort to secure al enlarged
attendance and the Board recon-
usended that certain stated times
during the coming year, at the dis
erection of the Presiding Elders, be
devoted to the cause Of Christian
education.
Il was recommended that 5000
be collected to be devoted to Wof-
ford, $3.50 to general education,
and 500 to Paine and Laine.
The report was adopted.
Thanks to Major Cleveland.
The folio wing resolution was Of
fered, and<on< motion, was unanl-
mously adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved, fhatethe thanks OF
conference are due and are hereby
rendered 10 Major John B. Cleve-
land for his magnificent gift OF a
Science Hall 10 Woford College,"
President Snyder, Of woffOrd
President H. N. Snyder, of Wof-
ford College. was introduced to
Conference and made a short, but
splendid address. He said that in
bis work at Woford, in his deal
ings with the boys, as he looked
into their faces each morning he
was impressed with the fact that
than his work, with all its cares
and worries, there was none great
er-the work of teaching these
Young men to get the best out OF
Themselves in order to put the best
into human society. He had heard
here that the Epworth League
ca Came FIRST, that Mission Work came
FIRST. but he did believe the prepa-
ration of the young men came Sec
ond.