The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-13
TO MOVE LUTHERAN SEMINARY
No Decision Made Yet as to Future
Location of the Institution, but
United Synod Decides to Raise Fiji
ty Thousand Dollars for Enlargng
and Equipping a New Seminary.
News and Courier.

As was anticipated, the United
Synods Of the Lutheran church Of the
South have decided to remove the
Theological Seminary from Mount
Pleasant. That action, according to a
dispatch received last night by the
News and Courier from its CORES
pondent in Savannah, where the Sy-
nod is now in session, was decided up
on yesterday. It was also decided to
offer back to the village Of Mount
Pleasant the property it has given
the Seminary. No decision has yet
been made as to the future location Of
the Seminary, but the Synod did de-
eide to raise $4,000 for enlarging
and equipping a new Seminary, and
provided for a committee composed
Of one delegate from each Synod to
carry cut this plan.
"When it was planned to use the
words receive bids for erecting the
new buildings,' says the dispatch to
the News and Courier, "Capt. J. C.
Seegers, of Columbia, a delegate to
the Synod, in a straightforward
speech declared that the receiving
of bids is gambling and nothing else ,
His words created a sensation in the
conference, but served to cut the OBJ
jectionable words out of the resolu-
! tions passed by the Synod" "
The Hon. John D. Cappelmann, who
has been in attendance upon the Sy-
nod, returned t Charleston yester-
day morning. ar. Cappelmann was
yen by reporter for the News and
~Courier and made the following state
ment:
''The matter Of the removal Of the
Theological Seminary from Mount
Pleasant came up yesterday on the
report of the standing committee. to
whom had been referred with other
matters appertaining to the Semi
nary the report Of the board Of direc-
tors (of the Seminary presented
through Hon. John F. Ficken, secre-
tary of the board. It should be stat
ed that the prevailing objection to the
location Of the Seminary on Mount
Pleasant was its inaccessibility, caus-
ing students, professors and visitors
great inconvenience In attending lee
lures In Charleston, and in visiting
and receiving visits from their
friends. This special committee rec
commended that the Seminary be re-
moved from Mount Pleasant to
more central location
"After much discussion on this
proposition vote was finally taken
on the recommendation Of the board
Of directors embraced in the above
report to the effect that the people
of Charleston should have until the
first Of May, 1909, to locate the
Seminary in Charleston, and if re-
moval to Charleston be not assured by
that time that thereafter the board
be authorized to locate the Seminary
at some point other than Mount Pleas
ant within the bounds of United Sy-
nod.
"This proposition was lost and by
this action it was clearly shown that
the controlling sentiment was against
giving Charleston the exclusive right
TO take the Seminary for the time
limits. It was strongly urged that
the Seminary ought to be located
nearer the centre of the population
from which students are to come, 50
that vacant charges might be served
the more readily by assignments from
! the Seminary.
"The DELEGATES from Charleston on
the floor Of Synod were the Rev. NJ.
G. G. Scherer. D. D., the Rev. W. A.
\ C.. Mueller. the Hon. John F. Fieken
and mvself. and we presented Char
eston's cause to the best of our aDil-
ty.
"The proposition to increase the
endowment, and provide funds avail
4 bic for removal Will doubtless come
up today. and the matter Of relocat-
ing the Seminary will in all probabil-
itE be left to the board of directors,
to be elected at this session Of Sv-
nod. It is expected that the business
of the Synod will be finished on Sat-
urdav.'