Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-17
NE1HOD|SIS RUSH
WORK Of CONFERENCE
BISHOP HAMILTON cRoWDlNG
BUSINESS THRU AT EVERY SES-
SION AT CHARLES CITY.
TO BE MADE {
AT NOON MoND ;
Or. Clark Has Call to Big CF ! o
Church But Proposed Trans : Is
Halted Pending Arranseme : for
Exchanse-Mason City Wa Him
Cornell College Prosperous.
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Special to Times Republican.
Charles City. Sept. 1.-THE Metho-
dist Episcopal conference. being held
cidedly in earnest today The hrS'
business OF Importance. transacted was
the deciding Of the place of meeting for
1911, Decorah. Marshalltown and wa
terloo all presenting insistent CLAIMS
for the conference session of next
year; nearly full hour was taken IN
the discussion OF the matter and voting
as to which city the conference would
go, Waterloo finally winning out.
The forenoon was spent in receiving
the various classes of undergraduates
who took their examinations on last
Tuesday. Eleven young. energetic and
scholarly fellows formed the class 1or
admission on trial. They We're: Earl
A. Baker, Albert E. Coe, Robert b.
Comyn, Robert w. Luce, Guy G. Rich.
Frank III. Shipple. j. f. Mitchell. Fred
Seegimiller Charles II. Fort, T. Y.
Williams and Arthur w. Henl1e. The
second years class, or the class FOR
admission into full connection In the
conference. was composed of but three
men. They We're: John G. Olson. Carl
S. Stoles, and Edwin f. Lee But two
men comprised the third years class;
they were Jesse NJ. Lillis and William
Mitchell.
One moro name was added to the
number Of men who have left the con-
ference ranks this year when Rev r..
e. Clements, formerly pastor at New
Hartford. was transferred to the
Northwest Indiana conference.
Clark Has Chicago Call.
Tt was anourced today that DR..
Lucius C. Clark. formerly pastor of the
Methodist church at Iowa City. had
finally decided to go to the Wooley
Memorial church of Chicago. but. at
the last minute. a telegram was re-
ceived from Bishop Cranston holding
I'D the transfer Of DIR. Clark to the
Rock River conference, unless some
member of that conference could be
transferred to the membership of the
Upper Iowa conference. Tho Mason
City church has, for the past two
months, been very anxious to secure
DIR. Clark as their pastor; their COM
mittee is at the conference anxiously
waiting and hoping that they may yet
be able to secure DIR. Clark as their
pastor for the coming year, and are
using every possible effort to induce
DR.. Clark to change his attitude rela-
tive to the transfer to the chicago
church. 1t Is still quite problematical
as to what Will be the outcome.
Many Hear Bishops Lecture.
Last evening Bishop j. w. Hamilton
gave his lecture upon tho subject.
Some Persons of Quality at Boston,.
A great audience heard him and all
counted it one of the greatest lectures
ever heard before the conference. Rlsh-
op Hamilton Is proving remarkable
administrator In tho handling or tho
conference affairs. In spite or 1he
large number of changes In pastorates
there seems to be very ntt!e unrest
among the members of the conference.
Bishop Hamilton expects TO bo able 10
read the appoIntments just before noon
on next Monday and IA stralnipg every
effort to do so. IF he IS able TO do this
II viii he the first time In the last half
dozen wears that the conference has
,a,ourned before late Monday after
noon or night
Cornell College Forges Ahead.
Tho annual report of Cornell College
to tho conference shows another i'm
portant advance step. There is this
wear an increase In the attendance OF
students over the fine record of 741
students for last year. The total assets
of the college. including campus build
ines. equipment and endowment
amount to sS50,0OO.
The general educational board that
has in charge the Rockefeller fund last
Nav gave to Cornell College 100000 on
condition that the institution raise
$500 900 more making n total OF s400.-
600 The conditional gift was accept
ed and the board has started out to
raise among it's friends $500.000. The
haprU announcement was made to tho
conference that $4,000 in addition to
the Rockefeller 100000 had already
lncn raised. Tho entire conference
was iubilant over the announcement.
DR.. w. f. King, Dean III. VI. E'reer. Or.
J w. Albrooll and DIR. ]. q. Dobson,
OF Mitchell, S. D., have been secured
to make the canvass for the needed
s2s0000.