The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-06-17
VANDERBILT BOARD
OF TRUST REPUDIATES
METHODIST CHURCH
DECLINES TO CONFORM TO Ac
TON OF THE GENERAL
CONFERENCE
BISHOP WILSON THEN RESIGNS
Even Repeal BY Law Giving the Beard
OF Education Right OF confirma-
tion-Litiaation Sure To Come To
Protect Churches Interest

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 15.-By
vote of 10 to s the Board of Trust @
Vanderbilt University yesterday dc
clined to seat the three gent1emel
elected by the Asheville Conference o
the Methodist Church to fill the va
cancies on the Bord. Subsequent.
the following eight Trustees yer,
elected, thus filing the Board of Trad,
to it's full quota:
1912-Judge Claude Waller, o
Nashville.
1914-R. F. Jackson, of Nashville
and Bishop w. B. Murrah, of Jackson
Miss.
1915-J. A. Robins, of Mckenzie
Tenn.
1918-Bishop w. r. Lambuth. Of
Nashville; Judge W. G. Radcliffe, OF
Little Rock; Maj. R. w. Millsaps, OF
Jackson, Miss, and Allen r. Carter,
of Louisville.
Following the vote relative to seat.
ing the Conference-elected delegates,
Bishop A. w. Wilson rendered his
resignation to the Board, which was
accepted, the vacancy being filed with
the others. Bishop Key did not vote.
OF the men elected, Judge Radcliffe,
Major Millsaps and Mr.. Carter are
former members. Judge Waller is
General Counsel of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis Railway. Mr..
Jackson is attorney for the Nashville
Railway & Light Company. Bishop
Murrah and Bishop Lambuth were
both elected to the Episcopacy at
Asheville. Professor Robins is Prin-
cipal Of McTyeire Institute. He is re.
called by many Vanderbilt students
Of the early nineties as one OF the
most worthy young men of his college
days.
Prior to electing the new members
the Board of Tust rescinded its BY
law providing for confirmation of its
selections by the Board of Education
of the Methodist Church, OF which
Bishop E. E. Hoss was recently made
Chairman.
BY refusing to recognize the Trus.
tees elected by the Methodist Confer
ence and its other actions, the Board
OF Trust went on record definitely as
favoring a self-perpetuating board. the
action, 1t is stated, being in keeping
with the attitude which the Board OF
Trust has for thirty-flve years main
tanned toward their trust.
The course Of the Board leaves 1t to
the Board of Education or the church
to make the first legal move.
AT II o'clock yesterday morning |
Bishop Hendrix called for the report
of the subcommittee Of seven appoint !
ed Monday to Investigate the creden-
tials of Rev. v. A. Cooley, Col. ". E.
Harris and A. w. Biggs, the confer
ence-elected Trustees.
The majority report favoring the re-
lection of the above three gentlemen
was signed by six of the committee
men and was read by Chairman W. T.
Sanders.
minority report was presented by
Maj. r. w. Millsaps, he being the only
favoring the accept
ance of Conference Trustees.
The remainder of the day was spent
in discussions of the above reports,
practically every member of the Board
speaking on the question. The final
vote was taken shortly after s o'clock
with the result as above stated. ]
Following the vote on the question
Rev. Cooley and Colonel Harris, who
had been present throughout the SEES
sion and had spoken from the fioor. re-
ired. Bishop Wilson resigned, and
he Board of Trustees proceeded with
he election of eight Trustees to I'LL
he vacancies.
Following the meeting Of the Board.
Bishop Wilson, the two members elect
ID by Conference, Colonel Harris and
Reverend Cooley, held an informal
conference and decided to give out no I
statement at this time regarding the i
attitude of the Methodist Z
yhurch or what would be the rext
tep in the controversy. b
Bishop Wilson and Colonel Harris n
each other to Atlanta
asst night and Mr.. Cooley will leave
his morning for his home in Texas.
Colonel Harris and Mr.. Cooley stat
d last night that they had received
very courtesy at the hands OF the
trustees, and that while there was a
Inference OF opinion. their personal
Citations here had been very pleasant.
hey declined to discuss what action
he Board of Education would take In
he matter.
T.