The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-17
MANDY TRUST BOARD CLAIMS CONFERENCE
 REL|NQU|SHED RIGHT
Adopt Resolution to Fill All Vacancies in Body With out Confirmation of
 the Church

Nashville, June I6.-That the general church, meeting recently at Oklahoma City, has voluntarily terminated its rela- tions with Vanderbilt university, and vol untarily renounced all rights 1t had, or may have, directly or through any agen- cies, to confirm the election of members of the board of trust of the university. and that it is now the right and duty of the board of trust to fill vacancies in its body without requesting or receiving the confirmation of the general conference, or any of it's agencies. is the sense of reso- lution adopted by todays meeting of the board.
 Results of Litigation
 The resolution recites the litigation be- tween the college Of bishops and the board of trust recently decided by the Tennessee supreme court, setting out that the court held that the board of trust elected its own members. but that such elections should be confirmed by the gen. eral conference. acting through the gen. eral board of education, but that such right of confirmation would cease in th& event that the general conference shs5uld at any time surrender or renounc8 that right or the relations decreed toebe exist ing, or if 1t should at any tin1e cease to cooperate with the university, or if it should at any time contpHhaciously refuse to confirm members ssected by the board
 The resolution msAtes various unfriendly actions taken blythe general conference at Oklahoma city as justification for the boards coAfse, declaring that the general conferenee has ceased and refused to CO operate with the university or with this
 board, as the said decree of court con- i templated and provided should be done, fl
 the relation was to be continued, and has | thereby terminated any and all right of confirmation it had under said decree. The resolution further states:
 Not Responsible for Status l That this board is not responsible for l the present situation, for that prior tc | the institution of said suit it never re- ! fused to submit for confirmation the ! names of new members elected by 1t; Il
 never submitted a name that was not worthy of confirmation, or that was re | jected; 1t did not begin the litigation, but | contended only when compelled to do SC as defendant and that it's contentious r | the. regrettable litigation, which the gen I eral conference directed against the uni versity and this board, were sustained and approved by the unanimous opinior | of the supreme court of the state:
 And that the direction given by the | general conference to the general board of education to exercise the right of con. | firmation until the transfer and convey
 ance ordered to be made to certain annual l conferences shall have been perfected and 1 executed does not prevent the action oi | the general conference hereinbefore re- 1 cited from operating to determine and put l an end to the relations between the gen eral conference and the university exist ing prior to such action:
 And that all relations between the | university and the general conference
 were voluntarily terminated by the action of the general conference and because of such action. have ceased and ended, as the said decree of court declared should result from such voluntary action or from failure of cooperation on the part of the general conference"