Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-18
Agreeable Solution of Baptist
College Difficulty to Be
Offered Convention
BOTH COLLEGES MEET DEMANDS
Pela and Des Moines Have Each
Raised Additional Endowments Of
500, ooo--Dr. chency's Proposal to
Give Both Official Recognition and
Support Finds Favor.
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waterloo Oct. 1S-The question Of
recognizing the Official Baptist col
lege OF the state, which has bobbed up
annually for several years. promises TO
be amicably adjusted before the state
Baptist convention In Grinnell next
week. 1t is now thought both the Des
Moines and Pella schools will be rec
ognzed and given support.
For some time past two colleges
have been in existence claiming Bap-
fist support, the Central at Pela and
the Des Moines at the state capital.
The Central college was started at
Pella as a university In 1853, and has
the title of the first OF It's kind in
the state by any denominations The
Des Moines college was started sew
eral years later as an off shoot of the
Pelia college. as result OF animos-
tiles on the part Of few who thought
they saw a chance to build up Bap-
list college at the state capital
Since then differences have existed
to the detriment of both institutions.
A. year ago a committee of seven was
appointed by the conference TO formu-
late a plan whereby the church might
maintain one college and give its en-
tire support TO it.. For a short time
discussion was rife OF change of
location and abandonment of both col
leges now in existence. but the aban-
Comment OF the colleges was considered
out of the question by those best in
formed on the subject. The commit
tee formulated a plan OF action which
was thought would eliminate one of
the institutions by making it incum-
bent on such institution to guarantee
an additional endowment of 100000.
The result has been that both old in
situations have secured the necessary
endowment and are awaiting action OF
the conference at Grinnell this year.
During the past year a meeting
strictly informal in it's action, was
held in Waterloo when discussions of
plans of actions before the conference
We're taken up. This meeting was par
ticipated in by DIR. B. f. Keables OF
the board of trustees at Pella: Prof.
and Rev. j. B. Smith, also of Pella, all
of whom We're high in Central college
circles. DR.. Osborne, president j. r.
Vaughan of the board of trustees and
DIR. Cheney of Waterloo, for the Des
Moines college; the Usage seminary
by President Potter. and Col Aber-
nathy, and the Sac City institute by
President Lee.
At this meeting DR.. Cheney present
ed a plan of action in which he rec
ognized that inasmuch. as both col
leges had met the requirements of the
committee by securing the necessary
100000 additional endowment the
time had passed when it was possible
for the Raptists of the state to recog-
nize but one college, and the proper
thing to do was to take action at the
of 1907 to recognize both
colleges and arrange plans for their
support. In this way it is thought the
influences of both institutions of learn
ing will be broadened and the church
not only have one, but two influential
colleges which may be pointed to with
pride by every person interested in
work.