The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-23
Great Opposition Shown 20
Plans of Few to Have the.
Old Structure Make Way
for q New Church.
ICLAPPING OF HANDS
GREETED DEClSlONiI
This Unique Outburst Of En-
thusiasm Was Promptly.
Suppressed by the Clerk
5000 Appropriated.

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Before you put the question 70 n
vote, guess I'd better haul downi
my flag and surrender. was the state
ment that e. g. Hill made just beforo.
the Indiana Yearly Meeting this morn
ing unanimously voted to 90 ahead. !.
with the plans suggested by the COM
mittee to remodel the present building.
occupied by the East Main Street,
Friends church. This subject furnish
the session this morning. and several
strong arguments were submitted BY
the adherers TO both sides before the
opposition finally conceded the vic.
tory just before Clerk Nicholson cali
ed for the vote.
Timothy Nicholson opened the dis
cussion by reminding the Meeting that
In question where there was 90
much difference OF opinion. = thorough
discussion was necessary.
Prof. E. p. Trueblood read again the
report of the trustees OF the Indiana
Yearly Meeting, In which they advo-s
Gated remodeling the building.
Both Sides Arc Heard.
The clerk then explained that, -.
the plan OF the trustees required that
Whitewater Monthly Meeting pay halt
Of the cost of making the alterations.
this burden would fall on the East
Main Street congregation rather than
on the monthly meeting. One Of the
members Of the board Of trustees pro-
posed that. after John II. johnson had
ionoe more outlined the contelnphto4
changes. eight minutes b allowed for
someone to speak In favor Of adopting
the trustees report; ten minutes 70
some one opposed to it, and then two
minutes to the first speaker for re-
buttal. The committee approved this
| with the additional restriction that
anyone else desiring to talk would be
allowed only three minutes.
Truman Kenworthy. in opening the
discussion for affirmative. said that
his task was an easy one, as the pre-
sent edifice had been unsatisfact0ry
for q number OF years. He asserted
1t had been unsatisfactory for three
purposes. l. e.. for local meetings. for
the Indiana Yearly Meeting, and for
/ the five year meeting. Prof. Ken
worthy stated that the special com.
mittee appointed two years ago to con-
slider changes in the building, had
made careful study Of the situation.
and had consulted several prominent.
architects from Chicago. Pittsburg and
Richmond. and that in presenting this
| report, which was approved by the
trustees. they felt they had found .
plan which would satisfy al parties
concerned.
The speaker asserted that the East
Main Street church congregation was
well satisfied with the plan, and that
he was confident the yearly meeting
| would be. He then added that. AZ Rich
mond was the home Of the five year
meeting. 1t would be . fine thing Il
plans were 30 arranged that q perma-
nent home for this large gathering
could be established which would be
la credit to the city. He said that bust-
ness men did not want the edi1ce torn
down, as 1t was famous landmark.
and they believed 1t was valued by tho
whole community. Az to the financial
side of the proposition. Prof. Kenwor-
thy stated that TO build new church,
as was advocated by the opposition.
would cost about $4,000 and would
destroy the $4,000 invested in the
present building. while the alterations
now suggested would entail an ex-
pense Of only 15c per member of the
meeting, and would preserve the edi-
nee in good condition for an entire
generation.
Advocates New Church.
In reply. Mr.. Hill said that the idea
of remodeling the structure had al
ready been tried and proved failure.
and that in the present case the plan
would probably prove neither satisfac-
tory or creditable. He thought the
great need Of the meeting was an en-
tirely new home He also doubted whe-
ther the estimate of the architects
could be relied upon, az in 20 many
cases these estimates run several
thousand dollars below the actual
cost. He finished by reminding the lo-
cal Friends that they would have to
stand half the expense Prof Kenwor-
thy's only rebutfal was the statement
that the committee had made liberal
margin by fixing the cost at $4,000. a.
one architect said that only $500 was
needed
President Kelly. Of Earlham Col
lege, although opposed to the idea yes
terday on the ground that not enough
time had elapsed for proper consider
alton Of the matter. urged the meeting
to accept the plan The president said
that both the yearly and local meet
iings were getting . building thAt was
/ almost as good as new by adopting the
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