Evening journal., 1911-03-18
CONFERENCE
QUIT
Draw Up designations After
Methodist Church Advances
Students
HAD NOT COME UP TO
FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENTS

The Board of Examiners of the VIII
mington NJ. e. Conference comprised Of
Chairman c. A. HILL Wilmington;
Registrar, " p. Northrup. Rock Hall,
Md: G. c. Williams, W o. Hurst, NJ.
ID. Nutter II. G. Turner ] NJ. Arters,
" S. Collins, ]. w. Jones, Il. K. Beau
champ. Y. +. Hills, S. n. Pilchard, j.
w. Colona. r. II Dashiel. NJ. ID. Nut
Ter and w o. Bennett, met after the
session of Conference this morning and
drew up a formal resignation to be
presented to the Conference later. The
action followed the voting of the Con-
ference this morning which advanced
first year students i'm spite of the re-
port of the Board of Examiners that
they had not come up to requirements
in their studies.
The first business to come up upon
convening of Conference this morn
ing was the passing upon Conference
students who have completed wholly
or in part their course of studies. The
following students were discharged
or advanced i'm their studies:
Candidates for Admission-Blair S.
Latshaw. George f. Newton, d. J.
Moore, c. w. Cpry, d. B. Rice and
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First Year William Nc
Cam, Harry T. Reed, H c. Shipley,
T. ] Sard, John c. B. Hopkins and
Melvin f. Wheatley.
Third Year Studies-Joseph Buck
son. John W. Sutton j. Thomas Price
and Leonard White.
Fourth Year-Daniel Wilson, John
b. Bicking, r. A. Gillespie. Tilghman
Smith. o. e. James. Cyrus Keen,
Harry ID. Stewart and William II.
Revelle.
Bishop Neely expressed a desire to
write down Mr.. Shipley's Christian
name as Henry" rather than Harry"
as ''he might get to be old Harry"
Oppose Lowering OF Standards.
The Board of Examiners took the
opportunity to make an earnest pro-
test against lowering of standards
this morning. All of the candidates
in the first year studies having come
below the required average of 20 per
cent. I'm one book. "The Divine Ii
brary of the Old Testament" the ques-
tiOn came up whether they should
be advanced conditonally or remain
where they we're.
DR.. Charles A. Hill said the work
of the examiners had been we'll done
He said the Conference had adopted
high standards and time and again
had discredited their own action, and
that it was making them = laughing
, stock all over the Conference terri
tory. DIR. Hill hoped the examiners
would now take a firm position and
demand that candidates come up &c
the requirements in their studies.
The Rev. Fl. G.. Turner said that ht
was the examiner in the book under
discussion. He had been a member
Of the examining board for clever
years, and did not have reputation
for fiunking students; he had only
turned down one man i'm 10 years be
fore this year. He insisted that tn,
present students had earned no NOR,
than he had given.
The Rev. V. S. Collins said that Mr.
Turner had put things mildly. tina
the Conference would be shocked 1
Mr.. Turner had reported some of tn,
, answers given to the questions aske,
, the candidates. He said that It wal
a thankless task to be on the Boar,
of Examiners. that he had offer
= thought OF resigning, when after tn
board had done fits best, they wer,
voted down in the Conference. HI
thought It was an insult the way tn,
= Board Of Examiners and Committe
on Ministerial Qualifications wer
often treated; il was unkind, to sa,
the least DR.. Collins insisted tha
the examiners had been uniformly
liberal in their markings He salt
he had often been reproached for hi
position, but he stood by it. He fel
# was unfair to the young men them
selves TO send them out without ade
quate knowledge
In spite Of these protests. the Con
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