The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-04-08

Chestertown. Md, April C.
Three ways are open to the Maryland
Methodist Protestant Annual Con
ference to dispose of the future OF
Western Maryland College, Dr.. A.
Norman Wood, its president, assured
the members in his annual report.
First the conference can continue.
as at present, giving the same sup
port and try to hold on. The result
he said, would be a loss in the long
run.
The conference must take definite
and aggressive forward steps, he
said; it must go decidedly forward or
go backward.
Secondly, the college can be given
to the State; might possibly become
part of great State university
scheme. he explained. The state
would be glad to put hundreds OF
thousands of dollars into equipment
and care, he said, pointing out that in
that event the college would go the
way of many colleges OF the past,
| Most colleges were started by ChIIS-
tian denominations and when the
burden became too great were al
lowed to go for themselves. he sald.
In that event the college would cease
/ to be a Christian college in the
sense it had been and the conference
! would be the loser, he added.
The other course he outlined is to
| determine upon new era for the
! college and put within it's reach the
| funds necessary properly to endoW 1t
| for the great service which it is capa-
BILE of performing for the church and
education in general.
The memorandum of the Rev.
| Thomas H. Lewis, president OF the
General Conference, asked a vote OF
the sense of the Maryland Conference
toward the full-time presidency. or.
Lewis recited that he was receiving
$4,000 salary and his expenses were
$1,153. He said, 1t is so new 10 us
! that it seems wise to take the sense
! of the conference as to its contlnu-
ance." A unanimous vote of conf
dence was given and the sanction TO
the continuance OF the full-tlme Oh
fee.
This conference will send to Pitts
burgh on May 1913 two representa-
tives to confer with committees
! from other conferences upon ali
! board work At the suggestion OF
! DR.. Lewis one day of the annual
conference will be given up to the
/ young peoples convention. The ap-
preparation for the General Confer
ence budget for the Maryland Con
ference is $110, 900.
! The Board of Church Extension
: in a way being superseded in its dGt-
les. was ordered discontinued and the
new Board of Survey AMI Extension
will assume its functions, also OF the
old Board of Survey. A question
naire sent out by the committee on
budget brought the reply that 80
charges were upon the honor roll Lol
raising the budget and at least $780,
600 would be raised.
These members of the conference
were elected trustees until 1929
The Rev. F. T. Sutton, the Rev. u
! w. Haddaway, J. H. Roberts and r
G.. UsiIton. Election of the COM
mittee on appeals resulted as follows;
/ The Rev. A. w. Mather, A. R. Lewis,
i the Rev. L. F. Warner. E. B. Fenby
the Rev. J. w. Kirk and w Q: At
! At noon the conference paused in
/ its work to godspeed DR.. r. M. An
! drews. president of the North Caro-
/ lima Conference. DR.. J. A. Selbyi
! president of the West Virginia Con
! ference, last night told the confer
ence that in spite of the depression!
of business hos conference had rals-
| ed ministers salaries 80 per cent
! Tell this to your newspaper" ne
said, land they will not believe it
| Tell the Baltimore Sun and they
won't publish it.
Later he qualified the remark by
! saying it was joke.
The report of the committee on
! faculty of instruction started de
! bate that lasted from $50 until al
$50 DR.. Straughn finally took the
matter into his hands and in two
| minutes the conference voted unanl-
mously to adopt the whole program
for new faculty that will perpetu-
| ate itself.
Addresses were delivered by Dr.
| Charles H Beck, secretary of Gen
| eral Conference, and DR.. F. G. Klein
! General Conference messenger, upon
missions and young folks.
In the evening session the report
of the committee on evangelism was
received
The alumni dinner of the West