The Washington times., 1908-04-04
Steel King Severely
Criticised for Gifts to
the NonSectarian
Colleges.
Methodist Delegates Di-
Vided in Sentiment, But
Many Bitter Express
s. SionS Are Heard.

Criticism of Andrew Carnegie and his
gifts TO nonsectarian church pensic 4
funds, because it was claimed by some
of the conference that such gifts were
undermining Methodist colleges by per-
suading them to deny allegiance 10 sec
tartan influence, became so heated at
the session Of the Baltimore Annual Con-
ference here today that Bishop Grams
ton, presiding. found it necessary to
say:
Il deprecate this criticism Of Mr.. Car
neEie. and 1 trust that no such criti-
cIsm viii be taken as an expression Of
this conference until the conference
as whole has declared il as
such. ] believe that Mr.. Carnegie is
loyal 10 the cause of Christianity, and
discussion"
The discussion arose following the in
reduction OF resolution by the Rev.
Dr- {. w Baldwin, of Baltimore, 10 the
erect that inasmuch as Dfckenson Col
4ege had denied that il was directly
animated with the Methodist Church in
order 10 gain the benefits of the Car
negle foundation for the advancement Of
leachlng. that the conference should
authorize the trustees Of the education
1und OF the conference to give certain
funds 10 the WOman's s College at Balri-
more instead Of Dickinson College as
heretofore.
Sentiment Divided.
There were expressions Of pleasure
and disapproval Of the resolution all
over the house. DR.. Baldwin said the
trustees had a fund OF SI55.OOO with an
annual income of nearly $500, which
In view Of the recent declarations cF
DlckenSeFs-eUife that il was a nor
sectar1an' school, should in future be
applied elsewhere. Dr. Baldwin said tine
Iarnegle scheme of pensioninE the
teachers or nOnSeCtarian colleges seem
ca 10 be scheme 70 de-Methodise The
cCllegeS over the country. and ne did
not approve Of the acceptance of Gifts
IL II was necessary for colleges to denv
= 7cIaIlan aInllauons in order to obtain
Dickenson College. the p-zamble said.
hao, IN order to obtain Mr. Car1ea-fe's S,
Slft by formal and official action, claim
ed while IL is under friendly auspices
or lhe Methodist church, II has ! ever
Deen controlled or owned by any church
body and that the president of the col
lege IN future is directed to report the
college as nOn-Sectarian." q"
Gr- Baldwin said that the confer
ence's gift of the funds to the Woman S
CollcSe would mean 70 the teachers
that We VIII give to you the same pen
without denominationalizing YOU
Carnegie Plan Denounced.
DR.. T. Marshall West. of the Hereford
Circuit, Baltimore county. gained the
hCor at this juncture and launched into
a denunciation of the Carnegie plan.
which was finally interrupted by Bishop
Cranston- This plan is having an IN
favorable effect upon our whole church ,"
ne salG. Are We for the sake Of this
brlbe. Tor L really amounts TO a bribe
going to submit 10 the undermining of
our institutions and ignOminiOusly sur
render 70 an agnOStic2 / do not believe
Methodist control We are going to
have loyal men in charge Of Dickinson
College, II we have TO turn out the pres
carnegie, asking If he had not given
der TO get them. We are not going to
yield TO any such plan. and take 10
ourselves the shame of explaining in
order to obtain gifts that our instftu-
ions are no longer under denomina-
tional control"
Dr. West was interrupted from several
parts Of the house in the midst of this
arg EuTnent and Bishop Cranston put an
end 20 further argument by putting the
question, previously moved. that con-
sldeTauon OF the Dickinson College mat
ter be referred TO a committee and that
report should not be made until the next
annual conference.
Carnegie Defended.
Prior to the motion DR.. c. II. Richard
son, Of this city, arose in defense Of Mr.
Carnegie, asking IL ne had not given
Continued on Second PaFe0