The Washington times., 1910-03-24
COLLEGE CHARTERS
CAUSE DISSENTION
AMONG METHODISTS
Baltimore Conference De-.
mands Control of Ran
dolph-Macon Institution.
INVOLVES PRIVILEGES
OF CARNEGIE FUND
Faction Of Body Nov In Session
Opposes Action ci Board oF
Trustees At Meeting.

Impassioned words. tncerupred bv fire.
quent cheers, and cries Of NO. no or
Amen" from brethren who o0Dosed or
approved the issue ar stake. we're The
order Of the morning session OF The
Baltimore conference Of the Methods
Episcopal Church South. now in con
vent-on at Mt Vernon Methodist
Church
The conference split on the question
as 20 whether the Baltimore and Viz
Einia conferences Of the Methodist
Church shall Insist upon change In
the charter OF the Randolph Macon sys-
TEN OF colleges. IN spite OF the oppo-
siton of the trustees OF the institution.
or shall accept the terms OF The present
charter. which DO not specify the right
or tEe Methodist Church 70 own au[
control the EaCCoIpE-lIacOu system
Inc hglt ls between the Baltimore and
lrE1nla conferences OF the Methodist
Church, and the board os trustees OF
the Eancolpl-Nacon colleges. but the
members Of the Baltimore conference
are so divided in their opinions that the
issue threatens 20 disrupt the organiza-
lion
Compromise Advocated.
There was great excitement al the
session OF The conference this morning.
when Bishop +. z. Hoss. Of NashviIIs.
presiding, @ score 0f ministers, opposed
20 further autaEcEizilzs the trustees of
the Randolph-1Iacou colleges and IN IA
vor Of accepting the compromise nam
e6 by the trustees. were upon their feet
az one tine, crying division insist
iuE that a count be taken OF the votes
cast for and against a compromise
Though the chair asserted that TIE
noes OF those opposed 20 compromise,
;ere In such large majority that no
count need be taken the members IN
fa.or OL compromise insisted The
count sustained the chair
The storm watch. broke forth this
has been brewing for several years.
The Question at issue involves the own
erSalu 1v The Methodist church Of the
EaDc0-p -pr-ALzcoI colleges chain OF
educational institutions for both men
and women located AZ Ashland, Lynch
burg. Bedford CRY. ErOur ROYAL. and
IauviIe, Virginia.
These COLLEGES were founded and have
been largely supported cv the Metho-
dist churches ~ the EirSinias, Mary
land. and the District Of Columbia, and
their history is interviewer with the his
tory Of the educational work done by
The Methodist church
Admitted to Carnegie Fund.
some years ago the board Of trustees
0f the colleges succeeded I'm having the
Institutions placed upon the Carnegie
Foundation fund given by Andrew
Carnegie for re-sio-i1E retired teachers
OF -'Unden0u.uarionaI institutions
The lIstloGist Church Immediately
raised the CRY that the Randolph Macon
system was iD the fullest sense deUC~-
national and demanded that The col
~ q H.1 IN
ri0D.
With the Rev. Collins Denny. %
Nashville. challenging the authority OF
the trustees or the ip1-1Iacou
colleges. and cha-pioninE the right Of
the church 10 control the institutions.
and with the Rev r. 2 HamfIl urging
a peace compromise with the trustees. j.
hooked for a time sS if the conference
were about evenly divided
The position of the trustees Of the
Randolph colleges was set forth
I'm a statement prepared for the confer
euce by the board. and presented this
morning by the Rev. j. ". Bond. il
this. The board declared its loyalty o
the Methodist church. and 20 the Bal
tinore and Virginia conferences. but de-
clirsd 10 accede 10 the wishes Of the
conference in the matter Of permitting
these bodies 10 elect the board Of trus-
tees.
Concessions Granted.
The board signi6ed its willingness,
however. to make a concession to the
conferences. In future, when a va
cancy occurs in the board IL shall b
fIed by election Of this board the
trustees contend. but concede that "5e-
fore such election. the name Of the
person 10 he elected shall be submitted
10 conference, and upon the approval OF
members of the conference, shall be
elected by the board
Scarcely was the statement Of the
beard finished before the Rev Collins
Denny was uuon his feet
With a voice trembling with emotion
he stated that the Baltimore conference
needed more assurance from the trustees
than a written statement or a set Of
resolutions, and himself introduced a
resolution which demands that the
trustees shall make a change in the
charter Of the colleges. Incorporating in
the charter the proposed change in the
mode os eIecting trustees
The Rev. H. P. HamiI. representing
those ministers who opposed DIT. Den
llN IdaAIaA lrSNtaAt-Al-r -4AAAAArAAAtArAN fa-
fered a substitute TO the Denny resolu-
tion. accepting the concessions Of the
trustees, and making no further re-
Quirements of that body.
we are about 10 be SWEPT without
exclaimed DR.. Denny in re-
ply. "Out Of the greatest educational
work ever accomplished bv the NethO-
dist church Who knows but that next
week. Or next month. the trustees may
reverse their resolutions. and take the
colleges out Of the
hands of lie Methodist church2r
Several ministers We're upon the floor
asking recognition Of the Chair. The
tension was momentar1ly relieved by
Bishop HOss, who called out
IF DR.. Cook IS In the gallery. will
he please come down.
Not the Arctic explorer asked soma
member Of the conference, and there