Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
General Conference To Be Asked
to Move Publishing House and
Other interests to More Hos
pitabIe Locality in the South.
Church Denied Control of Big
University by Tennessee Court
Decision - College to Get
Carnegie's Million Dollars.

Following the decision of the Su-
preme Court of Tennessee Saturday
taking the control of Vanderbilt Uni
versity from the College of Bishops
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South and vesting it in the Universe
ty Board of Trust, DR.. H. NJ. DuBose,
pastor of the First Methodist Church,
Of Atlanta, and prominently identi-
brought to climax by the offer of
Andrew Carnegie to endow the school
with 100000, issued a statement
Saturday night in which he charac-
terized the decision Of the courts as
an injustice scarcely paralleled in
history
DR.. DuBose declared that the eff
feet of the decision will be the with
drawal of the church from the uni
versity; the removal of all proper
ties of the Southern Methodists, in
Guiding the great publishing house
and similar enterprises, from Nash
willie TO more hospitablc locality"
the separation of the theological
school from the university proper,
and a radical and momentous change
In the educational policies of the
Southern Methodist Church. Dr.sBu-
Bose expressed the opinion that ac-
ton looking to these radical move
ments will be made at the meeting
Of the general conference of the
church at Oklahoma City in May,
when it is expected that the decision
of the courts, which he declared to be
the most momentous event in the
history of the church, will be the
principal subject of discussion and
action.
Bishops Keep Silent.
Interest in the situation centers in
the probable action of the College OF
Bishops and the next move they will
make in the fight Bishop Warren A,
Gambler, of Atlanta, refused to dis
cuss the decision Saturday night, and
dispatches from Nashville state that
in the absence of Bishop e. e. Hoss,
regarded as the spokesman of the
college and leader in the fight against
the Board of Trust, no statement VIII
be issued, though 1t is intimated by
some that the effect Of the decision
will be that predicted by DR.. DuBose.
1t is generally conceded among
Methodists that the decision COM
pletely Gusts the Bishops from any
semblance of control of the univer-
sity, one of its provisions being that
hereafter the general conference OF
the church will have only the right
to confirm the appointments made by
the Board of Trust.
Members of the board stated IN
Nashville Saturday night that they
will move along uninterrupted by the
decision, and the three new members
Judge CIaud Waller and r. F. Jack
son. of Nashville. and A. II. Robbins,
of Mckenzie, Tenn, whose appoint
ment bv the board was ignored by
the conference, will hold their seats
without question.
To Get Carnegie's Million.
The decision of the Tennessee court
removes the last obstacle in the way
of accepting the million-dollar en-
dowment offered by Andrew Carne-
gle. who conditioned his gift upon the
separation Of the university from the
church. It was Mr.. Carnegie's offer
that brought the fight to climax
though it had been in the courts for
several years court decisions hereto
fore having been favorable to the
College of Bishops.
DR.. DuBose's predictions as to the
effects of the decision, and his OBJ
servations upon it, are undoubtedly
authoritative. Prior to coming to
Atlanta. he lived for twelve years IN
Nashville, where he had intimate as
iociation with the university and be-
rame closely identified with the
Bishops in their fight to retain con-
troll of the school.
Or. Du5ose's Statement.
DR.. DuBose's statement follows:
The decision of the Tennessee