The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19

the board q trustees % 81no0spue
Macon College ooncsrninU the sslsctien
oe trustees a. sa1d col,sGs has bsen
called IN question In thS courts. a.
sdais BODY has earnestly sndsAvorsd for
the past ave years to secure ssais-
factory permanent ssttlsnent OF the
question at Issue between this oooy
and the board Of trustees OF Randolph.
Nacen College without resort to sns
courts. -
six persons named In the OLA q -0 ,
plant. - Representative OF the VIZ
1inia Conference are required TO make
answer A Joint defendants In the
court to the bill Of complstnts. be.
cause of the fact that they have served
"a a special committee OF this BODY III
conference hold with the board OF trus.
tees of Randolph Macon College. ana
inasmuch as It Is important that tney
should be properly constituted . com
mittee Of this body to protect the IN
terests Of the Virginia Annual CONFER
ence in the said suit. and the treas
urer of the Virginia Annual Conference
is hereby instructed to pay sucn OILS
as may be presented by the SAID com
mittee for expenses incurred IN pro-
tectiax thu interests of the conference
in said suit, and to pay said expenses out
of the amount raised from the assess
ment laid upon the charges Tor the
benefit of the Randolph-MaconC oiese,
Resolved, That the Joint board OF
finance be, and Is hereby instructed 10
apportion $500 to meet the assess.
ment for educational extension. anu
sl0.0 for the benefit OF Randolph,
NAA QRAeHSeQ
separately and raised separately as
may seem wise on each charge.
"Resolved, That out Of the amount
assessed BY conference for the benefit
Of Randolph Macon College. the exc
cutive committee Of the college be ALL
to set aside $4,000 per 5sG
for four years for tho permanent en-
dowment fund.
Resolved, That the board OF edu-
cation hereby indorses the apphcatioh
Of Randolph Macon College and Ran
dolph- Macon Womans College made to
the general board Of education OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South. TO
to be placed in class A OF academies and
board. and has also Endorsed similar
made by the Randolph
Macon Academy at Bedford City and
Macon Institute at Danville
to be placed In class A OF acedmies and
institutes, respectively. and hereby re-
quests the approval OF this action by
the Virginia Annual Conference at this
session.
Resolved, That We hereby request
the presiding bishop to appoint Rev.
E II. Rowe as principal OF the South
ern Seminary, at Buena Vista. Va /:
Thomas r. Reeves as principal OF
Blackstone Female Institute: Rev. 3
&. Hatcher. as vice.president and sec
rotary and treasurer of Randolph Ma
con College; Granville Burruss, as
student at Johns Hopkins University;
J. II. Peters, as a student at princeton
Seminary. and H. F. Bald
erson and T. G. Vaughan as students
at Vanderbilt University. and J. Z.
Avery, student at Union Theological
Seminary. Richmond 4.
r. e. Blackwell spoke to the con-
ference in the interest Of the endow-
ment fund for Randolph-Macon Col
lege, at Ashland. which It Is hoped Will
be secured by the first of next year.
The report Of the board of education
was then adopted as = whole.
Report sa OzDAanage.
The report Of the Virginia Confer
enca CSrphanaEe WAS read. And after J.
W. Bledsoe had spoken to the same,
the report was adopted. DR.. Bledsoe
stated that no interest of the confer
ence was met with more hearty ap-
prevail ana moro cordial Endorsement
than the orphanage. He spoke also OF
the successful work beinU done at the
orphanaxe in the training OF the chill
dren there. An invitation was ex-
tended to the conference to attend the
meeting Of the Conference Of Education
in e South, which IL to be held In Rich
mond In April of next year. The report
OF the Sunday school board was sub
mitted.
The second item Of the report rela-
tive to the appointment OF a netd sec
rotary was recomm4tted- the otnef
items OF the report were adopted
Importance Of Sunday Schoess.
G. F. Green. speaking Of the impor-
tance Of the Sunday school. said ehaa
the conference should give more at
tention to this work 3ecanee scne
child ,s more valuable to the kingdom
of God than the man. and that the
large per cent OF conversions occur In
childhood.
r N Maaey, treasurer Of the sun
DAY SCHOOL VO0x ~ OS~SC<~ SA~~e
An favor Of the appointment OF detd
secretary for tho Sunday schooI ooa<o
but that FIRST he wanted the matter OF
support Of the secretary to be pro-
yi,led. 10 that no embarrassment a.
that point would occur.
Just before the close OF the SESSION
Bishop Denny. who hiss assisted BishoS
Wilson In presiding over the con1er-
ence, snnounced to tho conference tnaA
he would not be present after enss
session. He expressed his apprecaa'
ton OF the courtesy extended TO MN
BIZ the body, and said that he had
nothing to regret regarding HE ssso'
citation here.
" A. Christian made response Il
B,shop Denny In behalf OF the con
ference, and expressed the pleasure o.
all the members OF the conference a.
his pr sidency.
Bishop Denny pronounced the oene.
6,..ion. AMI the conference adjourned
Bishop Denny goes from here .
High Point, y. c.. where he VIII pre-
SIDE over the western North Caroiin'
Conference, which opens IN enas pssc'
wednesday mornan9.