The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-10
MAY ELECT
APRESlDEN1|'
Trustees Of Union Theological
Seminary Hold Important
Meeting To-day.
DR'Ws w. MOORE MENTIONED
His NamcsPromincntly Connect.
cd With High Position--Con-
tncnccnent Exercises.

From what can be gathered Of the
situation. 1T appears likely that the
| board OF trustees of Union Theological
Seminary ut Its annual meeting, whlcH
| begins to-day, will decide to have a
president for the institution ana WIZ
select for the high Office the Rev, w.
| w. Moore, d. u, now chairman of the
faculty.
| AT its session of last year tho board
took certain steps looking to tho election
| OF n president, and referred the matter TO
q committee. Upon the approach or the
present meeting tho discussion revived
| and ut Is now very widely understood
| that tho office will DO created and filled,
probably to-day The name OF DIR. Moore
has been the only ono mentioned, and 1t
seems to be taken as II matter or course
| that he will be tho choice OF tho board.
The Seminary needs n man who can de-
vote his entire timo to the important
matter Of endowment, and to the other
executive duties constantly arising, and
DR.. Moore has already demonstrated his
ability in this direction. The general be.
| lief is, therefore. thnt DR.. Moore Will
| be elected, and that he will accept the
| position.
When questioned last night Judge
George l.. Christian, II trustee and 4
member OF the committee declined In
any way to discuss tho presidency mat
ter. The board will meet at 10 o'clock
this morning and will probably be very
large.
THE CoMNrEN
Tho commencement exercises at the
Seminary will be held tomorrow The
past session has been q most successful
ono and the graduating class of nineteen
ministers Is one Of the finest the nstitu-
ton has ever turned out. The eNamina-
! tons are still In progress to-day The
commencement exercises will begin at
| II o'clock In the Seminary chapel. The
| orator for the occasion will be the Rev.
| DR. j II. Howcrton, of Charlotte, ~,
| G.. Tho sermon before the Society OF
| Missionary IGndeavor was preached sun
| day night at the Second PRESBYTERIAN
! Church by the Rev. J. Lynn Eastman,
| u, D.. OF Sweet Water Immediately
| thereafter there will begin, to. continue
| through Friday, q conference OH the Bible
| and Christian work. The conference will
| be national In its scope and will be the
| first ever held in the South The music
| will be led by the Rev. Arthur Rowboth-
| am, of Roanoke, Va. Among the speak
ers will be the following; The Rev. J.
| Wilbur Chapman, y. D., of New York
| city; The Rev. WV. Moore, d. D., Of
| Richmond, Va; The Rev. G.. 3. Strlck-
leri u, ~, OF RlcnlnOnu, Val ne KEY
J. f. Cannon. d. d. of St. Louis, Mo-;
The Rev 3. w. Smith, D. D, Of Green's
| boro. NJ c.; The Rev. r.. II. Rice, d. D..
of Atlanta, Ca; Mr.. c. v. Vickrey. of
New York city,
Among the subjects to be discussed are
the following: The Bible q Message from
| God, The Atonement Satisfies Gods Law
and the Human Conscience, The Land and
the Book Isaiah: His Times and Message
| The Eva ngeliStiC Pastor The Elder, The
Deacon The Bible and the Home. The
Bible and the People, The Value Of Spe-
cial Evangelistic Effort Individual Work
| in Evangelism. Bible Study and the Young
Peoples Society, Mission Study and the
| Young Peoples Society.