The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-21
ters as cotilllon clubs or the pictures
In the annual, aluded to by DR.. Can.

non.
The tie Of sympathy. love and at
lection is stronger than any order OF
court can be made. The growth OF the
will ecessarily result In widening the
breach between A single church, but
you will be founding a great instl.
tuition which will take rank as a ma
tlonal blessing.
Or. Vim asked leave to l.aend the
minority report by inserting mo mem.
doiph- Macon College board" and also
to amend the closing paragraph to
have voice in the selection Of the
trustees either by nomination or con-
tirmatlon."
Like An Electric shock.
sona prisess sass g SG =
here no member Of the board had
would be put on the action Of the
board. have undergone something
akin to an electric shock. never
dreamed that sucn sentiments were In
Virginia. No fair minded man with a
discerning mind can read this pamphlet
without concluding that the belief In
the minds Of the officers OF the Car
negic Foundation is that the Ran
dolph-Macon Woman's College. is no
dist Church. DR.. Pritchett evidently
thinks that we have taken long
stride away from UNCONVENTIONAL con-
troll.
want to say that no such thought
was in my mind. The letter that is
here given was never read mt that
meeting. Had the Interpretation put
upon this matter by Or. Pritchett been
Received my vote. We meant and nm
derstood one thing and the Carnegie
board has stated our action differently.
w are pps, III in r az attitude tNu etpr.
negle for carnsgies money as unds.
aominational. We como to conference
for support and patronage as a Metn-
odist institution. IL this continues the
board Will have the resignation OF one
trustee in very short order. BY some
a false attitude before the church and
the community. I believe the time
has come when we should assert some.
sort Of conerol over these institu-
AS a choice between the Carnegie
Foundation or getting closer to the
Virginia Conference OF the Methodist
Church. say give me the Methodist
Church at my back and let the Car
negie millions go where they please.
i am not Wiling to put ourselves
in an equivoca1 moral position for all
Carnegie's millions. want one OF the
legal tie between the college and the
conference. and ] pledge my support
in the college board to bring such a
result about. (Applause1
= Adopt Minority Report.
Dr.. Bennett moved to substitute
sion in tho minority report. on call
for tho question, the minority report
as amended, was passed by acclama-
tion, almOst no negative votes being
heard.
Rev. Ernest Stevens offered reso-
luton of thanks to DR.. Smith for his
efficient work In organizing the pres
ent system of colleg known as tho
Randolph Macon system. which was
carried unanimously.
Report number two. from tho COM
mittee on relation to the college, that
they considered it unnecessary to take
any action. on the paper referred to
ing their confidence in the board Of
trustees was adopted.
I'rhe committee called for in the ac-
ton of the conterence was named 1, by y,
gisllon GALLOWAY as I,, follows s James un
nett, Frank Talbot and II. j. Barham.
3 Il For Next SesxiOn.
The committee onppblic worship
made their final eport,, appointing
Rev. RID. Smart It'd: preach tie annual
sermon at the next conference. with
Rev. Geo. Il. Gre enes g ASA lternate.
For the sermon at the rdtnatlon of
elders. Rev. Ernest Stevens. alternate
Rev. r.. NJ. ,Becl1ham.
After the reading OF tho minutes.
Bishop Galloway read, amid profound
silence. the list Of appointments for
the comlng year, in answer to question
forty-siX, where are the preachers sta
toned for this year. ana after brief
remarks from the bishop In the broth
erly spirit, which had pervaded the
conference, the body adjourned. with
the bencdictlon. w. B, 8.