The Dermott news., 1914-04-02
VANDERBILT JAN
 ACCEPT BIB GIFT
BOARD OF TRUST WINS THE VAN OERBlLT UNIVERSITY
 CONTEST
RELATIONS TO THE CHURCH
Amendments Of Board of Trustees Subject to Confirmation by the
 General Conference
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 Nashville Penn fea Supreme Court of Taana~ n 3 unanimous opinion fixed .He relation ol Naadesz bnt University and t6e Southern Methodist church. and sazt- eI=a- tesTtIg controversy Va.sa n5s mrHaeed the determination Aah threats of 4 schism for 10 years#
 The decision is aEaust the con'7a= ton of he bishops lt Is ID flNor ot the board ol trustees. The bishops c0uteuIad that fHa general eoutereue1 was the source of authority. mat the church Ms the founder oi che uulNer sity and thai 'he conference had the right to IH tHe vacancies on The ooar& of trustees The contention of the board ot trustees was mat the board was d seItperpeuaua2 body 'hat Cornelius Vanderbilt Wa1 the founder Of the university. and denied all the authority which the bishops claimed.
 The decision of the court wa~ in keeping Wita the contention of thu board of trustees. eNcep. It held that while the board of trustees had the right to elect its own members the general conference. has authority 10 approve or reject such members But whatever satisfaction m}gh be glean- cd from that announcement bF Inc advocates of church control was ruth -k. ], At,1r hgfH ing of the court that the trustees elect ed by the board have rleht To act until rejected by the general confer ence.
 The natural conclusion as that when members of the board elected bN the trustees are sent to the general con ference. tbe1 VIII probably Do rejected. This will result 5u a vacancy winch the board of trustees may proceed to f# when the conference shat=haye ai= ioarned In d nutshell the board of trustees must hereafter struggle aIou@ with Vanderbilt. University as best they can. without the blessing of the bishops.
 There is nothing in fha decision on which the opponents fhe board oH trustees coula base the slightest ap- preAeusiou. II does not alter The method ot control or maHaeoment which has been in vogue rom the be gi0nins.
 The oaIv sigu ficant factor o' the decision Is that the university eGl"rsee from the tanslag limitations of see a. rianism Without restricting The uni verslty ta the control of Che bishops. the court in it's opinion establishes tr- revocahlv lis relation with the general conference and identifies # wi'h Southern Netbodjsm 50 firmly [ WIFI evpr stand as monument to that Ie- nomuauo
 The anmus of tho swt had ts in ception in tde proffor Of sirt ot SI.z GOO 0Oo from Andrew Carnegie as an endowment for inc medical depart meut The trustees accepted the gift and the 5fsbons Of the church vetoed the action ana rejected the gift
 The money will now be rarfhcom, ing It VIII il is beloved make tha medical HEpartm*n' the foremost lH the south and the rival of tae best u tie country
 It will allow thn board of trsztros ta carry ort ther plan of form5ae some sort of alliance wth Peabodr col }ege. which they are sad to hav" m. der contemplation. and add hundreds of students to Vanderbilt On raua= hle information it js said that tha trustees have reason 10 expect eIfs of S20oouoo endowment tor the aca demio department These gifts. Sf Oooooo already profrered and S20a0. ooo reasonably certain depend on the outcome of the law suit An diverse decision would have mean the refee ton of Nr. Caruegie's gift and the other would never have been offered