Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
PRINCIPAL HATCH |
REPORTS SEMINAR
FINANCES G00|
Failure to Provide PrOmid
Funds Is Discussed and Plat
Made to Provide Mon
ey Needed.


the first part Of the session due to
Injunction spoken emphatically the
before by Bishop Richard j. Cooke. y.
LII. D., the presiding officer His
dress this morning was a warning
the ministers to hold steady and no,
swept away from a straight course
praise or criticism
The morning business session wa
busy one. including the reports Of
st. Adams district by Supt. ". b. ID
shire and of the St Johnsbury dist
by Supt r. f. Lowe. In conned
with Superintendent loves report
bishop took occasion to comment d
the suggestion that ministers partici
In social activities. He said he pre
posed that ministers are to stay in a n
| long enough to get acquainted with
next door neighbors. There are mi
tiers in every conference who are
stantly laying wires, holding the hisH
hat and hanging to the coattails of
superintendent seeking a chance
they never stay long enough anyw|
to get chance to participate in 81
activities. He added that in the
analysis minister made his own
pointment bishop or no bishop.
VERMONT CHURCH sTRONG|
He took occasion to say to the
| ference. after some particularly
reports had been made by pastors,
| the Vermont conference has no Occd
| to he discouraged but, instead, # II n
on at the pace at which It is now 4
| ing it will soon he one of the very strt
| est in the country. He admonishedl
young pastors to remember the
was just as green in their own me4
| as it was in the neighboring one an
stick to the Vermont conference.
A collection of so was pror1
gathered upon the report that the
F. w. Smith of Bloomfield had VI
goen unusual misfortunes within al
months. including the loss of al |
personal property by fire. the dealt
his father and the long illness Of
wife.
! EPWORTH LEAGUE GAINS 49,
| The Rev. W T. Sheridan. D. D.,
| tlui VI lIlt JsibN VI Ill LA
spoke briefly on the work of that b
of the church, saving that the ne
crease in membership had been
| than 1900.
| Rev. j. w Hatch, D. D., princlp
Montpelier Seminary, made a flna
report of that institution in whic
| showed that at the close of the
year July :, 1914, all bills had been
and there was balance in the ba
/ s., 800, as against a deficit of $500
before. Up to the first day of April
was an excess of assets over lab
for the year of S3,9o2 and the schoc
poets TO close the year with a credi
ance. During the year $1,000 has
paid on the debt Of $50 900 and Sod
come to the endowment fund.
He spoke Of the plans being pre-
for new buildings and of the cam
for a fund of 10000 for new bull
and endowment fund, and then said
last year the conference by rising
pledged about 50, 100 to the seminary
to date s1,33S had been paid in,
school will graduate nearly 80 in Jun
needs 100 new pupils this fall as 30
could have been cared for easily t
tically no more expense this year
DEBATE ON CONTRIBUTION
The Rev, Walter r. Davenpo
Springfield moved the congratuld
of the conference, endorsement d
anagement and a request. If
with the approval of DR.. Hatch,
he be transferred from the East
conference to the Vermont confe
/ This DR.. Hatch said he preferred s.
not be done and that portion o
motion was dropped. A debate o
matter of the failure to provid
amount pledged for the seminary
/ precipitated and postponed TO
o'clock. DR.. c. 5. Nuttcr of Il
former member of the Vermont Cd
ence was introduced. and the /.
w. Howell of Buffalo, n. Y. pre-
briefly some facts concerning thd
coness work. He said that Their
now 175 young women training II
work as against only so year
At two o'clock this afternoon VI
| anniversary meeting of the board OF
missions and church extension W
| address by the Rev +. r New
Barre, and at $3.50 was the anniv
of the Woman's Home Missiona
ciety with an address by Mrs. Wa
| and another on the deaconeSs We
the Rev. n. W. Howell. This e
| at 7:S0 was the anniversary q
! WY "a SyrIA W
principal address by the Rev.
/ sheridan the general secretary.
was a service participated in d
| faculty and students of Mon
! Seminary.
! At the afternoon business sesj
| was voted to instruct the conf
treasurer that so per cent. of the
lie education collection is for
pelier Seminary. all OF the conf
educational collection and any
items appearing under public b
! lence and marked for Montpelier
mary. On motion of the Rev.
| liam Shaw it was unanimously
that each pastor should raise II
| amount for educational purpose
! tldt tulS sNOuiu ne "a Genus per
Der, This was said would p
| general conference claims and
Montpelier Seminary of nee
| funds
| The following were admitted
conference on trial in first year
| les: Allen S, Charlton. Leonard
| ler Frederick II Kceler. Geor
Keeling, Frank Oldridge, Johr
inson, James +, Sails and Free
cock; continued in first year
Scott F. Cooley, Howard c. Ho
Rutherford II. Moore; continu
studies of second year, John
gell. Arthur w Atwood. advan
studies in third year, Philan
Barton. advanced to fourth yea,
ordained and admitted to full
bership. Duncan G. Porteus
| TELL ABOUT 1T to readers
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