Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-13
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER H. 1905.
RANDolPH.MACON SYSTEM
PROPERTY OF CONFERENCE
Methodist Conference Yesterdar SO
Decides BY the Adoption OF Reso.
luton Presented by Cannon.

NORFOLK. VA, Nov. l2.--The |ir,
eiria ~ f. Conference today adopted
n resolution. presented by Rev James
Canuon. Jr.. declaring 'hc Randolph
Macon system CT colleges and schools
TO /" morally and legally tn" property
OF the conference. calling On the trus-
tees to SO declare. demanding that
they join with a conf renee commit
tee TO secure charter amendment to
this effect and providing In case OF
refusal. for EOaid OF arbitration.
At the evening session Bishop VIII
son preached.
The RANDOLPH dispute Is by
far the mos, important matter that
will come before the present session
of the Virginia conference.
In the spring Cf 1905 Andrew Car
regie. the niGlti-millionairr steel king,
set side out CT his rrea; fortune the
sum of $4,000. 060 with which twenty
five trustees were to crtatr retir-
ing tpensiOnl fund fer the benefit OF
college teachers.
One OF Mr.. Carnegie'S provisions in
thus helping retir'd teachers. was
that teachers I'm cotieg' s under IN"
cC"trol Of sect CT which impose IL
Theological test. were 10 Re excluded
from par, icipation IN tn" proceeds or
the trust fund he was setting aside.
n" was willing, however. that col
l"Ccs having church ret"ticus might
share in the proceeds # thc fund he
was establishing if tn trnS'reS ct
snch institutions could certify thar
no dcEominatioufl test is imp"s~i
in :hc Cno,ce Of trrstc. s. Officers or
teachers, or in the adm ss'on f stu
dents nor are distinctly hrnominaticn
tenets or doctrines taught 10 the stu
dents
Benefits Woman's College.
In 1896 The Randolph Macon Won.
ans College CT LyI chlurg. which Is
nnder the control rf the Randolph
Macon College. applied fer. and was
admitted to the pefits Of the Car
negie fund. as a dercmi" atirnal COL
legr. not owned or controlled by The
Methodist Episcopal church. South
the trustees OF Randolph Macon Cot
lege adopting in August of that year
a resolution which Included thu Ian
guaee OF the above que ted Carpegic
fund requirement axs&d denopfpatlsa.
al colleges that desired to participate
IN the fund
Startled the Church.
This position Of the Carnegie trus-
tees startled the whole Virginia Meth
odism. which had fer so many years
locked upon the Randoiph-Macon sys-
tel. OF colleges and schools as their
very own. and had been contributing
their. money TO Randolph Macon mr.
der that impression.
The outcome OF the matter was that
at the session OF the virgir In confer
encc. held last November t190D. in
Petersburg, a committee consisting OF
the Rev. James Cannon, Jr.. the Rev.
J. Il. Vim. the Rev. r. II. Bennett.
Frank Talbot and T. ]. Barham. was
appointed to consult with the tru3-
tees Of Randolph Macon. College and
request them to take such steEs as
might Do necessary 10 give the Viz
ginia conference voice in the Sc.
leciicn Of the Randolph Macon trus'
tees. either by nomination or election
the purpose Of this request being to
make il sure t1at The Randolph Macon
system would continue as Methodist
ininst'tu;ion. discussion IF the subject
in connection with the Carnegie fcun'
dalton matter having emphasized the
fact that the trustees have the seif'
perpe.UatinS iody. and have the au
thority. IL they should ever choose
10 eScrcis. it, Of taking the college
AID schools from under Methodist in
fu"rce.