The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-06-02
Welcome
Reception. ! ! /
TO BISHOP. g THE &,,axn
FEATURE\ L q Us COL.Fs
--, LEGE CON = n TENT. q. -. 20 =
Stewart shared Ii 49, II penerar
secretary OF mi 49, d Brown
of color line fM defeated
for presidency. Q Vs.; ..,.3s
(Horace D. S,

49,
Birmingham, Ala, MAY 2T
miles Memorial College, the institu-l
tlon OF learning maintained I'm this
city by the Colored Methodist Epis-y
copal church, closed it's third ,annSlaf
session here last night with q ,rac-
ord breaking attendance, and other
indications which point to its, sue
cesslul career as one Of the institn-
tlons of learning worth while in the
Southland. .., 5#@
Ihe feature of the whole occasion
was the welcome reception hefdx,tn-
honor. of Bishop G. w. Stewart, d.
d., Of Selma, Alabama, who !, was
elected bishop in the church at the
recent session Of the general con
ference held in Augusta, Ga. S.Bish-
op stewart resides in Alabama. and
is the first prelate in the church to,
nave been elected from this State
An extensive program was ar;
ranged and addresses were delivered
by representatives of the various
denominations in the commuuitty,,z- itt,,-
as we'll as representatives OF tho
various professional and business In.
terests OF Greater Birmingham. On
the seat of honor with Bishop Stew
art sat Rev. DR.. V. Washington. of
Birmingham, who was also elected
general secretary of missions at the
general conference. The wives ar
noth these officials were inelu ded in
the honorary ceremonies. >rI DR..
James A. Bray, president Of the Inv
st1tution, acted as Master Of cere-
monies. h&tf,,'%f>.
The annual report OF. the; preai-
dent, Rev. A. Bray, D.. D., was read
TO the board Of Trustees and raeeived3
with great de4t Of enthusiastic ap-G:
proVal, many regarding 1t as the.
pest report of years work in. tIfsi
varied history of Alabama ID edueaa
tional work in the church. Oppo-.
slt1on to DR.. Bray's reelection de-
veloped however in the candidlacy Of
Sa'f; 'tas':: u tis s,s
the Christian index! the official d. III
gan OF the church, ana the defaafsff
candidate for the bishopric at tina
general conference. g.. tr%%
DR.. Browns candidacy In a sman-
ner was regarden as an aftermath ,Sf
the general conference activities tGIt !
MS effort to Introduce the warfare
into the local educational institutions
was resented by the men on the
board OF trustees, and BRAY was
reelected by a vote Of 16 to g., In,
the eight voting for DR.. Brown, he
hlmseIf was counted, while Of the
Bray adherents DR.. Bray and Bishon
q. W: Stewart, who in the absence}of
Bishop R. r. Williams, presided!
failed to vote. y....S.. -. ,,~s.,,
All OF the commencement exer-.
cises were of very high order. Rev.
DR.. |. S. Persons, Of Jackson, Tenn. )
preached the commencement SER
mon. The faculty as recomm ended,
by President Bray was reelected for
the ensuing term. At the close a.
the board meeting, Bishop Stewart,
expressed his determination to raise
at least $4,000 by the ,. conference
season, which he hoped to use fn
completing the new building for
boys. Several new additions were
made to the work of the institution,
which will greatly enhance it's .nsas.,
fulness. ~ ~, :. y y