The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-25
College Will Again Disre
gard Charter Resolution.
MORE TROUBLE NOT EXPECTED
at Baltimore Confer
ence, which Threatened to Cause
Disruption, Discussed at Evening
SessiOR-President of Randolph
Macon Expects No Break.

Macon College will disregard the resolu.
ton affecting the charter passed by the
Baltimore Conference this morning. and
in doing SO anticipate no trouble with
the church. said Judge E. D. Newman,
of Woodstock. Va, president of the board
OF trustees. last night.
Legally the charter cannot be
changed" continued Judge Newman.
even If the trustees were so inclined
We are not antagonistic 10 the church or
the conference, and there was no real
cause for this fuss, which seems abso-
lutely foolish.
1T is the same resolution presented TO
US three or four times. and I expect that
1t will suffer the same fate Of the others.
It is all the result OF the conferenee's
/ seeming inability to grasp the real condi-
ton Of affairs and 10 realize that the
] trustees are not trying to abolish the
| church's claims on the institution"
Advocates Discuss Action.
Talk Of the days proceedings, which.
for a time, threatened TO cause an open
disruption of the conference. was rife at
the meeting last night. Advocates Of both
sides Of the question gathered In little
groups and discussed the action Of the
conference. with comments on its legality
and its effect upon the church and col
| lege relations,
While trustees Of the college and the
ministers who favor the present plan are
| confident the conference resolution is
illegal, their opponents are equally GER
tain the measure will go through when
it is put up to the trustees at their meet
ing in June. Threats that colleges would
be disrupted and the funds OF the church
withdrawn were used to back the argu-
ments Of those favorinng the plan SCI
forth by the act Of the conference
The resolution which caused all the
trouble was introduced by Rev Collins
Denny. Of Baltimore, and demands the
trustees shall make a change In the char
ter, Incorporating in 1t a new method OF
electing the trustees. which will assure
the control of the Methodist church over
the body. The college has been with
drawn from the Carnegie Foundation. but
the ministers wanted further assurance
that no outside power would control the
schools. Accordingly the resolution was
prepared and passed yesterday by a close
vote.
AntaGonistic Talk Foolish.
This talk OF antagonism on the part
of the trustees toward the Methodist
church Is foolish" said DR.. r. F. Black
well, president Of Randolph Macon Col
lege. last night Founded by the church
and continuously receiving its patronage,
there IS no reason on earth why we
should wish to break away from the
Methodist control
Should the board Of trustees refuse 10
adopt the resolution and change the col
lege charter, I do not know what would
happen. There has been talk OF the
church Withdrawing the annual contribu-
tons, amounting 10 5000, and of attempt-
ing other means TO hurt the college but
I do not think they will ever be carried
out.
We educate the children Of ministers
at the college free. the cost of the same
being to US about $1,000 per year. In
the event Of he churchs ATTEMPT 10
disrupt the college, We would not he a
loser financially.
AT the request Of the conference. the
college was taken from the Carnegie
Foundation. Then we offered the compro-
mise that all members elected tn the
board Of trustees shall be approved bv
the conference. This proposition was re-
Jected oy the conference, which does not
seem to intelligently grasp the true con.
dltions of affairs and cur attitude to-
ward the church. We never have been
anything but friendly toward the church.
and there never was the slightest danger
OF our trying to GUST It from the control
OF the college"
Church Not Satisfied.
The church does not seem TO be salts
fed with this flesh and blood bond which
binds US to Methodism. but demands legal
bond to supplant this really extra-legal
condition"
The storm which has been brewing
for several years, broke with full force
yesterday morning when the question of
ownership and control Of Randolph-Ma-
con College came before the conference.
Spirited addresses and impassioned ap-
peals were made on both sides. and for
a while there seemed to be a possibility
of a long squabble
Shortly after the opening of the session
a letter setting forth the position of the
college trustees was read by Rev. B. w.
Bond The trustees declared their ale
glance to the church, but declined TO
accecs to the demands that the confer
ence be allowed to elect members of the
board. In compromise, the trustees offer
ed to allow the conference to pass on all
names previous to election to the board.
Rev. Collins Denny, of Baltimore. i'm
offered a resolution demanding
the election of the trustees by the con-
ference, and made an imprisoned pIea
against any move that might take the
college from the hands OF the Methodist |
Church. A substitute resolution. embody- /
ing the suggestion offered by the trustees
In their letter, was introduced by Rev
H. P. Hamill, and Immediately the con-
ference was In an uproar
Excitement at Debate.
After a stirring debate. and amid no
little excitement, the Hamin resolution
was voted down. and Rev. Mr.. Denny's
resolution affecting the college charter
was adopted.
Rev C. S. Stanton, Of Hinton, Va, ex-
planned the project Of establishing sew
eral religious pedagogies at Vanderbilt
university at the evening session. The
sum OF $4,000 will be raised for this
work and young men and women will
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