The daily sentinel., 1907-09-09

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The bishops remarks were enthus-
iastically received.
Charles F. SETTER, field secretary
for the Denver University, was then
introduced and briefly he explained
his work and dwelt upon the needs of
higher education for young people.
The young man was given the clos
est attention.
William N. Danner. general secre-
tary for the Denver University Y. NJ.
C. a. then addressed the guests ana
in an interesting manner explained
the workings of the Y NJ c. A. at
the university. He too was most
heartily received.
DR.. E. NJ. Mills. secretary of the
Board of Education of the Methodist
church. was happily introduced. He
is one of the most noted attendants
at the conference He set the audi
ence wild with laughter by a sharp
javalin of wit thrown at DIR. Spencer,
the toastmaster-editor. by SAYING
that, For forty years my mother
was a reader of his paper. She was
terrible sufferer but was sustained
wonderfully by grace" DR.. Mills is
polished speaker and his brief re-
sponse was very delightful. He paid
high tribute to old Wesleyan col
! lege, of which he is n graduate. he
spoke highly of the Denver Univer-
sity and in closing declared he ex-
pected even greater things for the
university than had been accomplish
ed by that institution in the past.
One of the finest features OF the
evening was the address of DIR. c. b.
Wilcox, of Colorado Springs, who Is
undoubtedly one of the strongest and
most eloquent men in the Colorado
Conference. His theme was "The
Relation of Christian Education to
Success" 1t was talk that was
really souLstirring
The last speaker of the evening
was Chancellor Henry A. Buchtel. the
man who has made the Denver Uni
versity the great institution that It
is today, the man that lifted 1t out
from under an Indebtedness of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars in the
course of a few years and made It
one of the great schools of the
country. Gov. Buchtel was cheered
for several minutes when he arose to
speak.
''The Chancellor's Message" while
dealing largely with the affairs of the
university. its growth. its struggles
and its needs, was very entertaining
It.. At times the speaker had his hear
ers laughing at some humorous re-
marks connected with his money
getting" for the university or his dut-
les as governor and then again he
would have them soberly listening
to an array of strong facts.
At the conclusion of the Chancel-
lor-Governor's address Bishop War
rem called attention to the fact that
1t was expected that the ministers
of the Colorado conference would give
$4,000 toward the $40. 900 fund to be
used in erecting a beautiful chapel at
the University. This 100000 is to
be raised as a whole by the minis
ters and the members while Governor
Buchtel has pledged himself to raise
alone without the aid of the Colorado
church, 100000 for the new science
building. Bishop Warren declared
that there would be no better time
to raise that $4,000 the members
were expected to give than at the
banquet and subscriptions were at
once called for.
Bishop Warren headed the list with
n personal subscription of $500. Gov
Buchtel added another $500 subscrip-
tion for himself Rev. Horace Il.
Warner then subscribed $500. Chas
f. Setter gave $500, DR.. c. b. Spen-
Ger gave 5000, Rev John j.. Grace
gave $500, Rev. F.. A. Hawks gave
$500, then thirty 500 subscriptions
were given by thirty different minis
ters. Then several scores of $50,
$25, 500, $40 and IS subscriptions
poured in from those generous
Methodist ministers. Each man gave
what he could. A Methodist minis
ter always does. On no class of men
in the world are more calls for contri-
buttons and donations made than on
Methodist preachers and do you know
of more generous class of people |
In the world than the ministers of
Methodism?
Finally the bishop announced that
$4,000 had been given by the minis
ters instead of $1,000 as asked for. |
Immediately one minister jumped |
from his seat and declared: $4,000
looks odd. I'll give $50 of the $500 |
necessary to make It S6.500" and in "
few moments the other $3.50 had
been subscribed and the ministers had
given in all S6.5O0.
Then the laymen were called on. w.
l.. Hartman. Of Pueblo. gave $500:
Judge A. r. King and several others
of Delta gave a lump subscription of
$1,000; e. c. Phillips. of Longmont
gave $500 and Thomas e. Barber, OF
Colorado Springs. gave $500, Then
poured in a lot of small subscriptions
and before adjournment was taken
$1O,515 had been subscribed all
within the space of an hour. And
one-third of the cost of the magnih-
cent new chapel to be erected at Uni
versity Park has been provided for.
Chancellor Buchtel and Bishop War
rem, the two greatest friends OF the
university, were certainly happy.
They we're ready to shout
The last hour of the occasion al
most witnessed an old time Methodist
love feast. Every now and then
some verse of an old hymn would be
taken M and the great hall made to
resouni with the melody of praise.
Tho University BANQUET was not