The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-13
TRUSTEES MEETING.
Joshua lowering REFLECTED as
President Of the Body.

NASHVILLE, TENN. May t2.-The
Board OF Trustees Of the Southern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, which always
meets with the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton. held their annual meeting this
morning in the assembly room Of the
Sunday School Boards building. In the abb
sence of Hon, Joshua lowering, the pres
ident. Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia.
the second vice president, presided.
Nearly all the members OF the board
were present and the meeting was en-
thusiastic and harmonious. DR.. j. NJ.
Frost, secretary OF the Sunday School
Board and Publishing House, in most
happy speech. welcomed the trustees TO
the boards magnificent home.
After the transaction of routine busi-
ness, such as the auditing Of accounts.
ETC., the trustees elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Joshua Lev
ering. of Baltimore. president OF the
Board; Governor w. J. Northen, of
Georgia, first president; Rev. Or.
Thomas J. Dunnaway, of Virginia, sec
ond vice president; NJ p, Jeffres. Of
Tennessee, secretary. and Pressly Smith,
OF Louisville. treasurer
Rev. Dr. e, Y. Mulens, the president
of the Seminary, submitted his annual
report which shows that during the past
year. two hundred and seventy-three min
isterlal students have matriculated ana
forty-eight women have entered the Semi
mary to take special courses with refer
ence to mission work In the home and
foreign helds.r This is a marked increase
over the attendance of any previous year.
The report OF the treasurer shows that
with the last five years the sum or
100000 has been added to the endow-
ment fund Of the Seminary.
To Improve Seminary.
with something akin to spirited enthu-
siasm. the board adopted plans for the
still better equipment of the Seminary.
The buildings are to be greatly improved
and the library which now has twenty
five thousand volumes is to be enlarged.
AS rapidly as the funds will justify. ad-
dltional teachers are totbe provided. main
~ to give relief to the president of the
Seminary. so that he may be free to give
more time to representing the institution
before the Baptist public The president
was authorized to go before the conven-
ton at It's present session In the interest
Of the Twentieth Century Fund. Three.
vacancies In the Board reported at this
meeting will be filled by the convention.
The Virginia members OF the Board in
attendance upon the meeting We're Drs.
w. r. L. Smith. w. +. Hatcher, and G.
Fl. 3Ryland of Richmond; Rev. Fl. w. Trib-
BILE. of Charlottesville, and T. u. Ship
man, OF Roanoke.
Tho annual meeting of the alumni soci-
ETY. Of the Seminary was held this after
noon and the banquet was served at
Wards Seminary, Tennessee's Vassar.
The banquet was attended by three hum
drcd and fifty people and although it was
only a dollar dinner affair." so far as tho
plates were concerned, it WIS n most
enjoyable event. The speakers were r.
II Bryan, OF China, who spoke on "nur
Mother and the Man OF Macedonia; N J.
Dickinson, Of Alabama, on "Our Mother
and Her Sons; Y. S. Potts, on what
Can the Sons Do for Our Mother" Geo.
w. Truitt, of Texas, on Our Mother and
Her Neighbours Boys Carter Helm
son". and Dr. r. Y. Mullens. on "Our
Mother and the To-morrows." 8