Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-27
BISMARCK
GETS ME-. {
COLLEGE
HOLD MEETING TO UNITY
EDUCATIONAL INTEREST
OF CHURCH.
At JAMESTOWN YESTERDAY
Plans of the Committee Accepted
and All Schools Will b Under
One Board.

Unity the Educational Interests OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
was appointed at the annual confer
ence, it was practically decided to
establish a college for the church in
the city of Bismarck.
Summary VIII ee Given.
A general summary of the meeting
held at Jamestown yesterday will ba
given as reported by one of the. mem
bers of the commission. The report
is as follows:
The commission appointed by the
annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of North Dakota to
unity the educational interests of the
church in the state and provide for
the establishment Of college at Bis
marck met at Jamestown yesterday.
At former meeting, held in Fargo
it was determined to place all of the
educational interests of the church
under the control of one corporation:
with local autonomy for each institu4
tion established. A subcommittee 0l
five members was named to formu-
late working plan. The report Of
this committee was received at yes.
terday's meeting and adopted. i
Under this plan the college and ed
ucational interests of the church viii
be under the control OF the, Wesleyan
Board of Education, which will COM
sist of 81 trustees, II of whom will
be selected by the annual conferences
of the church, and g. of whom will ba
selected by the corporation itself.
II is provided that the trusteea
shall select" a committee Uf q. from
their. number, to have Immediate con.
troll OF Wesley college, which haA
been in existence for q number, 81
years, and they shall II select 4 live
committee to have immediate control
of college to be established at Bis.
marck. tt
Articles of incorporation makina
detailed provision for the govern4
ment of these institutions were adopt
ed by the commission and will now
be referred to the board Of educa.
tion, which has general supervision
of all educational activities of the
church in America, for approval. The
unanimous adoption of the commits
tees report and the acceptance OF
its working plan practically assures
the. college for Bismarck.
The Trustees. -
The following trustees were named
by the commission to serve until their
successors are named:
Joseph Bhtchford, Fargo.
w. E. Fuller, Grand Forks.
Rev. A. L. Shute. Lisbon.
Rev. James Anderson, jamestown.
Hon. B. F. Spalding, Bismarck.
DR.. s. A. Danford, Bismarck.
Dr.. J. G. Morrison, Dickinson.
Rev. c. E. Stinson, Grafton.
Rev. J. l. Asher, Minot. !,
J. w. Ogren, Grand Forks.
c. c. Chaffee, Valley City.
c. L. Young, Bismarck. .
F. w. Heidel, Valley City.
A. J. Sayre, Calgary, Alta. l..
]. H. Tompkins, Minot.
F. L. Conklin, Bismarck. (, .
H. D. Grover, Lisbon. t,,s. ss&,
Frank Lynch, Casselton. ~, H.,
VIM. Nickle, Dickinson.
Chas. Gunthorp, Edgeley.
Rev. T. A. Olson, Minot.
A. Meeting Yesterday.
The following members Of the com.
mission were in attendance at yes.
.erday's meeting:
Bishop Luccock, DR.. q. P. Robert :
son, DR.. J. G. Morrison, Dr.. A. L.
shute, Rev. C. r. Vermilia, Rev. C. E.
Stinson, Rev. T. A. Olson, Rev. James
Anderson, Hon. B. F. Spalding, Rich.
lrd Hayward, c. L. Young.
The following advisory members
we're present: District Superintend-
INT S. A. Danford, Rev. j. /. Asher
md DR.. Mcnamara, as we'll as Pres.
dent Conklin of the Bismarck Com.
nercial club, Rev. r. H. Craig Of Bis
narck and j., w. Osren of Grand
Forks.