New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-24
College Said To Be Ready
TO Offer More than His
Salary at Yale.
QUESTION OF RELIGION
RAISED BY OPPONENTS
Institution Is Presbyterian and
EX.President Unitarian-Many
Protests Made.

Philadelphia. Feb. % EXPresident
William u. Taft professor or information
al law At Yale University. Is being con-
sidered FOR the presidency of Lafayette
college at Easton. Penn. 10 succeed the
Rev. DR.. Ethelbert y. Warfeld. accor1-
ing tof"The PRESBYTERIAN" the demon
national organ Of the Presbyterian
Church I'm this city.
The report that plan is under way
TO place a Unitarian at the head oil
PRESBYTERIAN college has caused some
what OF sensation In theological ana
scholastic circles According TO state
ment issued at the Offices OF THE Pres
byterian." it has been heard from has'on'
upon the best OF authority. that eX-PFesi-
dent Taft is To be offered the president
chat, At LAFAYETTE. The statement con
tinues:
Those responsible FOR this report are
also authority for the statement that
money has been provided 10 furnish
salary equal to or possibly in excess OF
that which MIR. Taft is now receiving Al
Vale The greatest embarrassment TO the
carving out OF the scheme IS tnc Or
position of the SYNOD OF Pennsylvania
which. by the charter Of the contest
holds A veto power over the eiecuoh 81
all trustees ana members Of the tacu'tE.
But it is probable that the substahud'
Synod of PENNSYLVANIA will consent 10
nlacinc fuIl nedged Unitarian at the
head of its only Presbyterian college.
The Rev. Dr Davis :. Kennedy. Editor
of THE PRESBYTERIAN, said he had rea-
CON 10 believe that few wealthy uuS-
tees of LAFAYETTE College. living in New
vork were behind the movement TO Drlhs
Mr. Taft To Easton.
DIR. WarfieId resigned the presidency Oh
LAFAYETTE a week ago. presumably ne
cause OF disagreements between h'nse'l
ana trustees of the institution. II Wds
nersistentlv rumored that Or. Ndrhe'u
had left Lafayette because he opposeu
placing the institution under the 1arne-
eie Pension Fund. which would sever the
connection between Lafayette and the
SYNOD of Pennsylvania The college was
founded and endowed by PresoNterl"hs
and is the last Presbyterian college IL
Pennsylvania to remain under sEhou'rd'
control
PRESBYTERIAN leaders Of this city, includ-
Assembly. the Synod of Pennsylvania
and the Presbytery Of Philadelphia. are
strongly opposed TO the plan. They say
the proposition to place Unitarian Al
the head Of 2 Presbyterian college Is III
tie less than an absurdty.
If such proposition is considered, they
say. it will stir up the biggest contro-
versy that has occurred in the Presoy-
terrain Church for many years. \ promi-
nent official " The Preshytery asserts
that ninetv-hve out OF every hundred
Presbyterans were aggressive Trinitari-
ans. II is pointed ont that Lafayette
College was founded by Presbyterians'
endowed 10y Presbyterian money. and Is
under the supervision of Presbyterian
synod
other leading ministers and laymen SAID
that the proposition was incredible ana
declared they were not only personally
opposed. but wo-ld exert influence against
the seating of Mr.. Taft.
: Trustees OF Lafayette College living in
this city profess ignorance of the plan.
Alumni of Lafayette. who are numerous