Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-26

nat lHt SYNOD OF NeW Mexico oil
the Presbyterian church has accepted
the offer OF President Ripley Of the
Santa re TO turn over the big Monte
yuma Hot Springs hotel property for
a s%ynodical college. was the news
brought to this city yesterday morn
ing by Dr. Charles f. Lukens of Al
buquerque, who has been attending
the session of the synod in Las Vegas.
u action was taken Saturday.
The synod voted to accept the
offer of the railway company. said
Dr.. Lukens. and a board of trustees
was named to look after the PROPOSE
ton. The recommendation of the
committee, whose report was accepted
by the synod, is that while the pro-
posed college Will bee under Presby-
terrain control. it will not be strictly
! sectarian. but Will haze on its board
of trustees representation from other
denominations"
II is understood tina the offer of
the railway company is contingent on
the success of the establishment OF
the college. If after five years time
the institution is on a permanent basis
n has at least 800 students. the
company will deed the property over
TO the synod absolutely. with no
strings. The synod is thus given the
"a va - w hNhAh ~ 1NAAA ~ !
educational institution which ought to
be one of the largest and most useful
in the west. The property of the
Santa Fe which il wishes to give the
church is valued at between a million
and a million and a quarter dollars.
includes spacious grounds and one OF
the most costly and c~ommOdious hotel
buildings in the southwest. if not in
the whole country. This property.
however, has been q white elephant
on the hands of the railroad company
Tor the past twenty years, with an es-
timated cost of maintenance and re-
pair. etc. of $1,000 a year. The build
ing will naturally depreciate as time
on unless a considerable sum is
expended on it each year, and il is
understood the company will be glad
to get rid of it if President Ripley can
be assured that it Will be turned to
a useful purpose.
The synod is now confronted with
the task Of securing the students and
the echool on a per-
manent basis and the members are
tackling the proposition with energy
and enthusiasm which assures sue
cess.
At the meeting OF the synod il
last year, a board of trustees
was elected and instructed as follows:
'ro formulate and secure n charter
will give the largest liberty to
institution consistent with an ef-
ficient oversight and control by the
synod. and present It TO the synod for ]
adoption"
And. furthermore, that the board :
be instructed to elect a president" ,
The board OF trustees elected by the !
synod is as follows, namely Ministers !
skinner, chairman; George =
Hugh A. Cooper, Jere Moore, =.
p. Charles l.. OVerstreet, Howard 3
A. Clark. Harlan T. Cory. and. elders. | .
Justice William II. Pope. +. II. =
Pierce, James Graham McNary and /,
3. II. Mitchell =
The letter Of President Ripley ten :
to the synod OF New Mexico !
he great Montezuma hotel property Il
vas as follows. =,
1T is difficult TO make a PROPOSE u
with the light we now have. but .
I a college with an average of three q
hundred students and teachers, exclu-
of ordinary employees. could be
.ssured. l would be willing 20 grant
about as follows:
The institution 10 pay all taxes and
Insurance. maintain the property in
.ood condition and make all repairs
necessary To its occupancy. Lease to I,
le for five years. II at the end of a
hat time the institution is in a flour -
shing n satisfactory condition. the "a
as Vegas Hot Springs company =
which owns the property to give a ),
and sale deed without cove =,
of warranty as TO title, or other -
Use, TO property. a.
This include not merely the ".
Iontezuma hotel, but sucl other ~
.uildings as il has and its lands total .,
about 1900 acres. :,
II no such number of students can 1.
@ assured. the same general terms
lay be considered as regards the T.,
Ease. except that We ought to have a ~
mall annual rental. and l would not
ant to agree TO convey the property. 4
will not say that we would not do a,
but l would wan to wait and see
ne outcome of the movement" A
The sessions OF the New Mexico y,
'nod. which began last Thursday.
IN close Tuesday. tomorrow. morn n,
*, after one of the best attended 5
lcetings for years. over forty being
resent. Rev. John T. Fry of Bisbee, II
riz.. was chosen moderator OF the rs
mod: L. f. Mathes Of Artesia per-
lament clerk. and Rev. Joseph r. T.,
ussell of Roy. y. NJ. stated clerk. bl
The visiting diyines filled the vari-
rs pulpits IN Las Vegas yesterday -
Hugh 4. Cooper of this city i'm
In the morning at the Bap-
81 church. Rev. Thomas &. Moffett on
New York. secretary Of the Indian ri
apartment of the church work. at eX
he Presbyterian church. and John
heophilus Thomas. district secretary II.
the church federation. addressed i3
union meeting OF all the Las Vegas
last night. en-