The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-10

effort. covering period OF three years
has been made to effect such set.
Element Of this educational question as
will accord with justice to the rights
of our people and with the best inter
ests of our church, which interests de.
/ mand the maintenance of educational
] institutions for the education of hei
i children. which will be under the con-
/ troll OF the church and which will con-
form Loyalty to the wishes OF the gov
| erning bodies of the church. the gen
| eral and the annual conferences. we
I sincerely trust that the Randolph- Ma
con board of trustees will appreciate
/ that the Virginia Conference takes the
above action with the earnest hope
that the board OF trustees of Randolph
/ Macon College will unite with the con-
! ference In the effort to secure such
! changes in the Randolph Macon char
! ter as will conform it to the discipline
Ipf the church. so that the educational
work of orr conference may be contin-
ued with the harmony in spirit and ac-
ton which characterized 1t until very
i.recently. and which brought to 1t such
! extraordinary and unprecedented sue
cess.
Resolved, 5. The secretary of the
Virginia Annual Conference is hereby
1tSNA uNtSu " seHu a topS VI LucSS res
olutions to every member OF the board
of trustees of Randolph Macon College
at the earliest possible date after the
final adjournment of the conference
sc ssion.'
The Other Side Presented
Immediately following the reading
tof the Cannon resolutions, Secretary
Lambeth read the following resolutions,
adopted by the board of Randolph
Macon College, and introduced by w.
S. Brown, secretary:
Whereas, the board of trustees OF
Randolph Macon College, at their an.
nual meeting in June, 1909, in re-
spouse to the request OF the Virginia
and Baltimore Conferences. and in order
to their acceptance of same, did adopt
a resolution providing for the future
election of trustees on said board; aud
,Whereas, the offer of the said plan
to the said conferences was Intended
as compromise and in full and final
settlement of the matter as between.
the said board and the said conference.
md whereas the action taken by the
said conference upon the said compro-
mise and plan proposed insists upon
further action to be taken by the
board seeking change of9its charter.
which change thu board has specifically
declared In It's Judgment ineXpedient,
IL not impossible to obtain; Wherefore,
be it,
"Resolved, That itisimpossiblet to con-
,siderthe action taken bythe conference
as an acceptance of the compromise Of
fered by the board, according to the
intent and meaning of the same, and
that therefore the SAID action of the
conference failed to put the said plan
for the election of trustees into actual
operation and effect
Issue SGuarely Joined.
The Issue therefore az between the
Conference and the college ia sauarelyS
Joined, and a battle royal is looked
for when the debate ON the pending
resolution opens this morning at 1OE
o'clock, slss
Chancellor William w, Smith. OF the
Randolph- Macon systanl Of colleges,
being asked TO sta teathe position OF the
hoard on these resolutions gave out
tho following statements;
I With regard TOT the propositions In
troduced by DR.. Cannon insisting that
the trustees Of Randolph Macon apply