Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-04
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Grinnell June Sin Congregational
circles, rs Well as all educational cen
ters, the report of the effort TO remove
| the Andoyer Theological Seminary to
mis- place is OF much interest Here is
a seminary we call it college out
west, With a million dollar endowment,
eight professors and twelve students.
From what follows later on it seems
| this institution is to be moved some
where, therefore it can be moved en-
| dowment and all to Grinnell. President
! Bradley is doing all that he can to this
end, and other efforts will be put forth
when necessary. To show that other
college towns are after the prize the
| following, sent out by Boston CORE
| spondent will be read with much in
tercst. Contrary to a general impress
sion Phillips academy, instead of OPP
posing the removal of the seminary,
favors such a step, as explained in the
Boston dispatch:
Talk is revived of the remova Ct
Andover Theological Seminary to Har-
ward. On May / a meeting was held 1t
which the matter was discussed but no
lection was taken. Something mus. be
done before long. The seminary, which
was opened in 1908 and has graduated
an average of twenty three year, to-
day has only twelve regular and three
special students. Rev. Dr. Charles o.
Day is president of the faculty With
him are Professor e. c. Smith. Profess
sor r. Y. Hincks, Professor w. II. Ry-
der and Professor ]. w. Platner. 1t
would cost at least 100000 to effect the
removal. The present buildings would
be turned over to Phillips academy. The
endowment is about S2,000,000 and the
fund is in good condition, but the insti
tuition has fallen off considerably since
1900, when the idea of removal was
first preached. The opposition points
out that Andover is orthodox while
Harvard divinity school is Unitarian in
its character. They claim that this
simly is a hard time in the history Of
the academy and will soon be over
with President Day makes this state
ment:
"There are strong reasons to believe
that Il university center would be Pc
culiariy advantageous. There are other
reasons why, with the present trend to-
ward such centers, the unique opportu-
nifty of quiet work should be preserved
in one institution, at least, of the Con-
gregational order. For such work An
dover seminary, which is withdrawn but
a step from great centers of activity,
shows unique possibility.
1.-The gathering at the Old South
chapel on May / was composed of
prominent and influential men among
the leaders in the denomination. 1t was,
tawever, composed of but fourteen
gentlemen, not including the six trus-
tees, who were present, gathering of
twenty in all. But two were alumni OF
the seminary, one of whom advocated
the majority opinion. The meeting,
therefore, while noteworthy in the
and wisdom of it's personnel,
could not be called inclusively repre-
sentative.
!, :" Further discussion was anticipated
ard provided for by the meeting Itself
before dissolution. In the discussion
which took place those who favored re-
moval were somewhat divided as to the |
proper policy. The situation is simply
this: That a most important matter re- /
Iating to an institution dear to the
hearts of thousands because of its use
full history is being discussed by its I
friends. The thought that the |
life is to come tn an end |
has never been dreamed or breathed.
"'Andover seminary is to go on do
ng a larger work. 1t Is believed, with
each succeeding year. There is bound
10 be a revival in the ministry itself as
!, calling. The greatness of this line of
service just now overshadowed by 9th
ar kinds of work. will surely reassert
tseif. When that is done the necessity
ofthe seminaries will be demonstrated,
Tor will the advantages of university
exclude all others"
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