The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
DR.. EVELAND
IS PRESIDENT
Elected Chief Officer Of Dick
enSon Seminary, Williams
port, on Friday.
HAS NOT YET ACCEPTED

NeV. w lllldu SiIy ENGl anu, n.
NJ. ;, Ph. D., pastor OF the Blooms
burg Methodist church, was elected
President Of Williamsport Dickin-
son Seminary, to succeed the late
DR.. T.. J.. Gray, at a meeting
of the directors held at II
o'clock Friday morning. AS the
meeting was called for the pur-
pose Of holding the election no
other business came before it.
A full discussion of the various
candidates was had before ballot
was taken. The first question
settled was that the new President
must come from the Central Penn
sylvania Conference. This mar
rowed the choice down to Or. w.
P. Eveland, of Bloomsbury; Rev.
Emory M. Stevens, of Pine Street
Methodist church, Williamsport;
Rev. George M. Gleen, OF Roaring
Spring; and Rev. J. II, Morgan,
d. D., of Dickinson College. Up
on ballot being taken DR.. Eve
land was declared elected and the
election was then made unanimous.
The President and teachers of
the Seminary are elected on COM
mencement day for one year and
consequently DR.. Eveland's pres
ent term of Office will expire June
~, when the new Board of Direc-
tors will meet and elect.
DR.. Eveland is about thirty
eight years Of age. He is grad
uate of Dickinson College and has
the degrees of both A. M. and Ph.
d. He was admitted into the Cen
trail Pennsylvania Conference in
1891. He was president of the
Tome Institute, at Port Deposit,
Md, for two years, and has since
filled charges at Danville, York,
Chambersburg and Bloomsbury.
He has lad a wide experience and
has displayed marked ability. He
is one of the most eloquent and
able preachers in the Central Penn
sylvania Conference. He has for
some years been a member of the
conference Board of Examiners.
DR.. Eveland was notified of his
election OH Saturday, but has not
yet decided whether or not he will
accept. His pasorate in Blooms
burg has been eminently success
full. and he has endeared himself
not only to the members of his
church, but to all our people, re-
gardless of religious belief.
The congregation of the Metho-
dist church at Sunday evenings
service manifested their love for DR..
Eveland, and the following resolu-
tion offered by J. c. Brown was
unanimously endorsed;
"Our loyalty to and love for our
pastor, DR.. w. P. Eveland, cause
us to rejoice over every prospect of
promotion for him, but apprehen-
sive that the varied and multiplied
interests of this great church would
suffer by his removal at this time
to accept the Presidency of Will
Transport Dickinson Seminary, it
is the universal desire of the men,
bership and congregation of the
First M. +, Church, of Bloomsbury,
that he remain a pastor, unless
after giving the matter prayerful
consideration he feels impelled by
a higher sense of duty to accept the
presidency thus rendered him."
In responding, DR.. Eveland said
that he would ask nothing better
than to stay here. He said that
his plans covered the coming two
years, and that he would be glad
to stay and work them out, but
there was but one path for preach
er to walk, the path of duty, and
if God wanted him at the Seminary
he was willing to 90.