The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-20
of It's history, and they beg leave t,


|lsge and the Virginia Conference, but
that the hoard itself Is composed Of an
equal number Of ministers e. and laymns n,
either OF the Virginia or the Baltimore
Conference. and all OF said laymen boz
ing menbera In good standing OF some
GINA or the Baltimore Conference. and
they feel constrained to believe that
by the. tie SO established by the pre-.
vions history OF the institution ana
tees, and the present constitution. OF
that board, the college and the confer
ence are held together by. tic which
equitable, and that this tie fully JUS
titles the claim which has been made
by our preachers. by. our college repre-.
aentatives and by all other M .stl.,ls
of learning within the. Randolph Macon
system are our own church schools.
Secondly. in view of the fact. how
soiicItude on the part Of some mem
bers of the church, having, the in
terest of Methodtsm at heart. growing
out OF the fact that there is no legal
your committee would recommend that
"a committee OF five. consisting of
three preachers and two laymen be ap-
conference, and that said committee
be and they hereby are authorized and
Instructed to consult with the trustees
OF Randolph Macon College and re-
as may be requisite and necessary as
to provide that in all elections of trus-
tees hereafter to be made the name
or names Of the trustee or trustees SO
elected by the board shall be submitted
to the Virginia Conference. or to Its
next ensuing meeting, for confirmation
by that body. -
ron anra 10 unha11 ami no blame ia f..
tached to any action of the present
board OF trustees or to the admins
tration of any institution within the
Randolph Macon system.
Charles T. Reekes. Thomas /. Hughes
j.. w. Grandy. A. W. Short.
Rev. m f eaeh n tba the
report states that certain letter was
read to, the board of Randolph Macon
College. DR.. Lipscomb said the let
he had attended, and that had such a
letter been read. the action taken by
the board would never have been
taken.
DIR. Smit1, Heard.
DR.. Cannon moved that Or. Smith be
Dr. Smith s stated That e he G rose 0 to
the aues Question arose rose Of certain charges
Which he was t.
such a statement Dr.. Smith stated
that he absolutely repudiated some Of
the statements made by the Carnegie
marked as preliminary proofsheet.
and which had never been publicly Is
sued.
Rr Smith protested against Inst being elm,
ject to revision, which had never been
Issued, and which never would be Is
sued unless 1t became the text OF
false. he declared. II that report
We're true I would be per1ured and the
boar is state
there were read into our action and
had these things been said, no member
OF the Rando lph:.. Macon board would
DR.. Smith stated that the report OF
the Carnegie Foundation was marked
CONFIDENTIAL proof, subject to X ey!sion.'
That paper has beenput II EVIDENCE
port that Is such q gross lntsstatenaent."
DR.. Cannon Comes Back.
s DIR. Cannon was recognized on q ues-
DIR. Smiths statement on the platform
has brought up the whole matter. The
,commltte declined to let me see their
report or e Let i
to say. that for the use Of that con Il,
dentinl proof Twas responsible. ,and
not Inc committees WISH 10 Il 6Iale
how 1t happened that that paper was
made q part OF my statement to the
% received last Saturday morning a
letter from DR.. Pritchett. president of
the Carnegie Foundation. who com.
mented on the editorial in tho
Christian Advocate, and stated
that no forwarded herewith In adj
the Carnegie Foundation. wrote on
Saturday evening to DIR. PrltGhett,
sending him q COPY OF the resolution
had introduced here. AS the confer
ence had the matter under d discussion,
Dr.. Pritchett wired me permission to
use the report bAfore the committee
and the conference. In other words,
Dir. Pritehett removes the contldential \
seal on the pamphlet. In the commit
toe hearing the chairman Of the COM
mittee yulsh that the report could only
eislssrs q the Garnsgis T94H'nda,tion
pr, Smith. had hoped that no en-.
tended debate would be needed, but
the shape this matter has assumed
will require me TO state. clearly the
position OF the movers of the resolu
tion.' Il M. u
5a Adjourn Over. s
|ssrr1a Rev Nv Christian V cha frn1arl