The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-27
WILL RECEIVE
UNDERGRADUATES
Feature Of Special Interest Be-
fore Baltimore Methodist
Conference To-Day.
ALSO TO ELECT DELEGATES
Committee Of Fourteen Members
Appointed for Trial OF
w. II. Joyce.
ALSO TO ELECT DELEGATES
ny MAMIE hays,

Baltimore, Md, March 26.--1n keep
ing with special action upon the part
Of tho Baltimore Conference, of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
to-day, two features of special inter-
est will claim the attention OF tho
conference during the session OF Fri
day morning. One of these will he tho
reception of the class of undergrad
yates into full connection, and tho
other. the election of delegates to the
ton of delegates will begin on Friday
morning, 1T is hardly probable that 1t
Will be completed before Saturday.
This conference is entitled TO four and
possibly TO five clerical delegates, and
10 an equal number of lay delegates
1t is not Improbable that this con-
ference. like the Virginia Conference
and most of the otlIer conferences, will
send one or more new mon as dele
gates 10 the general conference this
year. and some or these, may be preach
ers from the ranks" circuit preachers.
perhaps instead OF sending official
members and presiding elders TO con-
fact that this is the last conference
TO be held prior 10 the general con-
terence, adds interest TO TIE election
OF delegates
The report OF the committee OF in
Vestigation. in the case of W. H. joyce.
was submitted to the conference to-
Day. and recommended another trial
Of the case necessary
bishop Denny appointed the com
mittce OF trial, consisting OF fourteen
members or the conference with Roy.
}. /. Williams chairman. No member
or this committee was member Of
'"c committee o! trial in this case 4
year ago.
An unusually large number OF vlsi-
"a
,o-uaE' among them being Bishop
James Atkins, who represented tho in
tefeSts OF the Southern Assembly. of
which enterprise he is president.
bisAop Denny was assisted by
s',Snop hopp and Bishop Atkins in pre-
S.d!ns over the conference TO-DAY.
The greater part of the session was
occupied with answering the minute
questions regarding the und.rrrod
yates In the conferences. all of whom
passed Inc examinations OF character
SiN OF the class OF ten admitted on
trlal last year were advanced TO tho
class OF the second year, seven Of the
class OF ten or the third year were ad-
Nanced 20 that Of the fourth year. ana
seven OF the class OF twelve OF tho
fourth year were elected elders
on account OF the fact that several
members OF each of the undergrnd.
uate classes called to-day failed TO
pass thclr examinations in the course
OF Stud%, they were continued In the
sumo classes Tor another year. Bishop
Denny called special attention to this,
ana said that, while hc did no, intend
10 lecture the conference. he did want
INC conference to remember that the
church expects Il better record from
every conference than this: that too
huch iaNncss at this point exists in
inanE OF the conferences, and that duty
ana loyalty demand more promptness
In the completion of the course or
study by undergraduates
Inc anniversary of the conference
sunday school board was held this
evening, and two addresses were de-
livcrsd.