The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-16
TO SELECT SITE
FOR SEMINARY
Columbia is One Of the Cities to be
Considered by Committee.
The State. 18th.


moving the theological seminary, and
Columbia is one Of the places that
will be considered as a locating place.
The question of The removal Of the
theological seminary from its pres
ent location at Mt. Pleasant occupied
considerable attention of the synod
at the meeting held in Savannah last
week, and the discussion Of the mat
ter consumed three sessions.
The vote as finally taken Instructed
the board Of directors. together with
a committee composed of one repres-
entative from each of the district sy-
mods, to remove the theological semi
nary from Mt. Pleasant.
It was also resolved to proceed at
once tc raise $4,000 for the larger
equipment Of the seminary. This
movement includes the employment
Of third professor, as we'll as the
provision of better facilities Of a gen.
eral character in the work Of the
institution.
The board of directors, as elected.
and the auxiliary committee as Sc
! lected by the delegation Of each dis
trict synod, are:
Board of directors-Rev. MesSrs. r.
}. Holland. D. D., NJ. G. G. Scherer,
D. D., W. A. Deaton, N. O. J. Kreps,
H. Wilson. D. D.. C. a. Freed, V.
Boozer. Messrs. J. F. Ficken, G..
Efird, Geo. B. Cromer. H. S.
rcut, J. D. Cappelmann. J. E. Coop
q, J. Wulbern.
Auxiliary onnmittee-North Car
olina synod, Rev. Geo. H. Cox, D. D.:
Tennessee synod, Rev. Chas. K. Bell;
South Carolina synod, DR.. O. B. May
er; Virginia synod, Rev. J. A. More
head, D. D.; Southwest Virginia sy-
nod, Rev. L. A. Fox, D. D.; Georgia
synod, Rev. E. C. Cronk: Houston sy-
nod, Rev. V. C. Ridenhour; Mississip-
pi synod, Rev. J. L. Derrick.
AS the matter now stands, it is to
be decided by the board of directors
and the auxiliary committee at their
meeting where the seminary is to be
located. Columbia is one Of the cities
that will be considered, as will At
alnta, Hickory, n. c., Charlotte and
Salem, Va.
The Main Consideration.
E'The monetary consideration Will
not be first in selecting a site for the
seminary said a prominent Luther
an yesterday, ''but the natrral ad-
vantages Of the various cities will be
carefully examined into. I believe
that Columbia offers certain advan-
tages that will do much toward in
fluencing the moving Of the seminary
here.''
When the synod delegates were
here last Tuesday an inspection of
the city was made and certain sites
were pointed out to the delegates as
good locations for the seminary.
Among the sites that are offered are
the following: By c. NJ. Dempsey, a
site at his new property, Spring
Brook, on the Winnsboro road; by the
North Columbia Land Investment
company, on the Asylum road; site
by F. H. Fvatt. on the road leading
from the Columbia college to the Mon
ticello road; site offered by L. F..
Wilds. out on the Monticello road,
opposite Ridgewood club: a site own
ed BY the T. G.. Williams Realty com
pany, not far from the old camp Of
instruction: site offered bv the Co.
lonia1 Heights company: a joint plot
offered by L. T. Wilds and F. H.
HYATT. consisting of 10 acres beyond
Ridgewood club. on the Monticello
road: site offered by {. NJ. Demp-
! sey, at Pleasantville, and two sites
offered out on the Two-Notch road.
It is understood that at least one
Of the cities bidding for the seminary
has offered some money also to bring
the seminary into its community. AS
, stated above, the money offered
will not be the primary consideration
of the committees in making their
choice of a site for the seminary.
It is believed that Columbia has
natural advantages that will go a long
way in her favor for bringing the
seminary here. The Lutheran Publ
cation building is located here and
this would be a decided advantage, as
Columbia could be made the centre