Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-26
CARNEGIE GIFT TO WANDER
BILT.

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Bishop Gambler and -Four Trustees
Protest; Chancellor Kirkland
Makes Reply.
Atlanta, Ga, June, Especially.
Charges that the recently an
nornced gift of S 100000 by An
drew Carnegie to the Vanderbilt
University at Nashville, Tenn,
"is not a donation, but a shrewd
attempt to get control of part Of
the. university property, and
that the retired ironmaster is
"dangling money before the pub
lie with the purpose of influence
ing litigation pending over the
university" are made in a state
ment given out here today by
Bishop W. A. Gambler, Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South
Bishop Gambler characterizes Mr..
Carnegie's offer of a donation to
the university to establish a med
ical school, and an "timpudent
proposal of an agnostic steel mon
ger" and "not so much a dona-
ton as an attempt to denature the
institution"
"This loud heralded gift Bish-
op Gamblers statement ~recites,
ION close inspection of It's terms,
appears to be no gift at all, but a
shrewd attempt to get control of
a part of the property Of Wander
bilt University in order to set up
a medical school fashioned ac-
cording to the peculiar ideas of
Mr.. Carnegie.
Vanderbilt University belongs
to the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. The church's ownership
having been denied, suit was
brought some time ago to settle
the question, and the Chancery
court decided every point in the
church's favor. From that deci-
sion an appeal was taken, and is
now pending in the supreme court
Of Tennessee.
"To this Mr.. Carnegie makes
allusion in his letter, putting his
offer in such relation to this suit
as to make it tantamount to dang
ling money before the public with
the purpose of influencing this
case"
Bishop Gambler quotes Mr. Car
negie's letter in which the latter
states his objections to denomina-
tional control of colleges and uni
vefsities and imposes conditions
en- his donation consequent upon
determination of the question Of
UNCONVENTIONAL control of the IN
iversity.
"The dullest mind can see,"
continued the Bishops statement,
"that Carnegie does not propose
to give apenny to Vanderbilt I'm
iversity, but to dismember from it
n Of its departments, worth
about $500 900.
cit appears also that the Epis-
copalians e in this affair an eff
fort to defeat the proposed med
zeal department of the university
of the South. If they are correct
in their opinion, MI. Carnegie is
proposing at one blow to destroy
the medical school of the Episco-
.palians, and denature the medical
school of the Methodists, and raise
on the ruins of both a Carnegiez-
ed establishment Of his own image
and likeness"
The Protest Published.
Bishop 3. E. Hoss, Of the Col
lege Of Bishops of the Southern
Methodist church, published the
protest.
The four trustees question the
boards right to accept the. condi-
tons attached; question the fair.
ness of the proposition toward
Carnegie, with suit pending con-
testing the rights OF the board OF
trust and allege that this is in fact
giving away a department of the
university. Bishop Hoss, in a
statement, specifies two serious
objections:
Q). "The University does not
get a dollar, but gives away its
medical department. to a new gov
ern]ng board without restrictions.
~ "Mr. Carnegie makes nc
promise to give the 100000 as en-
doWment unless the trustees sue
ced in eliminating the church."
Mr.. Kirkland's Reply.
Nashville, Tenn, June 20.-Tn
a statement published today,
Chancellor j. Fl. Kirkland replies