The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
The Students Of Washington.
dnd8Lee Are Stirred
BY. ATTACK OF MR. + ! IL I I
They Devote Many Columns e ln,pais';-.
stoned Statements and Dis
claimAny Endorsement
of5 His Views. n

From the president down, washington
and Lee University Is completely stirred
UP over the charges against Its integrity
recently published in the Christian Advo-
cate, of this city, BY the Rev. j, II Light,
a prominent Methodist minister Of Lex.
ing ton. # MI s5
rho Ssentimchtso Of tho students upon the
rnntterS Is we'll manifested III q sreccnt is-
sue OF a University paper. copies OF which
are Just being circulated here. Almost
tho entire edition Of six pages Is given
UP to%the subject Long editorials de-
nounce Mr.5Light and make various
charges against him. What would be
called the .'local" columns III a daily
paper are likewise filled with notices OF
the affair! tss
5535 PAPER; PREsENTED.
1t Is learned through this medium that
tho Methodist members OF the student
body at8thes University have taken deter
mined steps to repudlatc and deny the
charges made by Mr.. Light. a paper
was tlrawnlup and presented to the pres
ident Of the institution, setting forth tho
views Of these young men upon the ques--
ton. 1t lis stated byithosc who circulated
tho document that all Of the men who
are affiliated with the Methodist Church.
except In two Of three instances. en-
dorsed the&sentitlents, OF the paper, al
though refusing to anlx their names
Many did sign, however. and they repre-
sent a large majority OF the Methodist
young mem at the University, there being
about twenty-six members Of the church
and twenty-five af1ilates. a copy Of the
paper presented 10 DR.. Denny, with the
names signed to 1T, Is as follows: }4 5 f
George II. Denny, President Of Washing
ton and Lee University:
the undersigned men from Metho-
dist homes, students at Washington and
Lee University hereby most heartily re-
spudiate the statements made in the artl-
Gle of Rev. ]. II. Light, published IN the
Baltimore and Richmond Christian Advo-
cate, in which tits claimed that all the
Influence. active and passive, apparent and
undefinab le.4 are used to win every Meth
odist boy that sets his foot III Lexington
away from the faith and church OF his
fathers that Washington and Lee is
q Presbyterian University at heart, while
advertising itself as non-sect tartan and
"1nakng capital out OF the allegation"
and that "forty-flve per cent Of tho pa
trona ge Of Washington and Lee is bought
Electromagnetic
We know OF no influence being used to
prosolyte; believe that Washington and
Lee Is strictly nonysectarian and that
University.
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