The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-05-30
PLANS MADE TO HAVE PATRON.
IzlNo CONFERENCES CON.
TlNUE THE FIGHT.
GENERAL CONFERENCE CLOSES
Plans Formed To Create TWO New
Theological schooIs-Laity Rights
Denied to Women-"Holy Cath.
Ollie Church" Retained.

OhAdHOHld lily Il ne seventeenth
quadrennial general assembly of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
which has been in session for three
weeks past adjourned sine die, after
passing hundreds of matters of minor
and several of major importance. The
entire college of bishops, all the con-
nectional officers. about FIVE hundred
ministers and laymen. as many alter
mates and several thousand visitors
have been here for three weeks, at
tending the sessions. The assembly
was also honored by the visits of fra
ternal delegates from the Methodist
churches of England, Japan, China,
Canada, the northern and the colored
church.
The biggest piece OF legislation be-
fore the assembly was the settlement
of the Vanderbilt controversy. This
was up for discussion for a number OF
sessions and was decided and recon.
sidered several times, before Il was
finally determined to transfer the con-
troll, real or negligible" from the
general conference to the eight pa
tronizing conferences which had the
control previous to 1895. 1t is held by
a majority of the delegates that fur
ther legal action to upset the decision
of the Tennessee Supreme Court can
be better prosecuted by these con.
ferences than by the general confer
ence and IL Is the understanding that
the matter will be fought to a finish
with the general conference footing
the bills. However, all contributions
whatever by the church or patroniz-
ing conferences will be shut off from
the University until final settlement
OF the matter A commission was ap-
pointed to conduct future negotiations
and also to make plans for a new
University at Dallas and one in the
southeast, in case Vanderbilt is finally
lost
AS a side issue to the Vanderbilt
controversy. an effort TO remove the
publishing house OF the church from
Nashville to some other point, was
voted down.
The suffrage movement was blamed
for promoting the proposition to grant
full laity rights to women and this
proposition was voted down by very
small majority.
Next to Vanderbilt matter, the topic
which took most discussion was on
the abolition OF the phrase holy Cath
Ollie church" from the creed, but the
change was not made. On account OF
the misunderstanding of the younger
members who confused the phrase
with the Roman Catholic church, it
was proposed to substitute the
"Church OF God" but the proposition
did not carry. Another change, how
sever, was made in phraseology. Here.
after maidens who marry in the M.
f. Church. South will not get "man"
but a husband" The "man and
wife" in the marriage ritual was
changed to husband and wife"
Bishop A. L. Wilson was retired and
placed on the superannuated list. No
new bishops were elected. The next
assembly will likely be held in At.
lanta, but this was left to a com.
mittee to decide.
The new correctional officers elect.
ed were: Publishing Agents, r. M.
Smith and DR. A. ]. Lamar; Book
Editor, Rev. Gross Alexander; Editor
Nashville Christian Advocate, DR.. T.
n. Ivey; Sunday School Editor DR..
F.. b. Chappell; Missionary Secretary.
w. w. Pinson; Secretary of Board OF
Church Extension, Rev. ". f. McMur.
ry; Epworth League Secretary, Rev.
F. s, Parker; Secretary of Education,
Dr. Stonewall Anderson. All of these
were reelected.