The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-08
ELECT WITTER
! TO PLACE UPON
HEDDINe BOARD


Il James r. 'witter, Rock Island
was elected a member of the boar,
OF trustees of Hedding college, a
the board session In Abingdon yes
terday. and in addition was made
member of the executive commit
tee.
Mr.. witter, a member of the Law
firm of Witter & Walker, IL al
aiumnus OF the Institution and hai
always had a loyal interest In tn
welfare of his alma mater.
Other elections to the board o
trustees were: E. II. Wilson ans
n. C. Shallberg, Moline; Franz
sSchaffer, Port Byron; C. G. Clark
Presumption, and Rev. Ralph Wake
field, Galesburg.
In addition to James F. Witter
the executive committee consists Of
DIR. NJ. L. OHara, Galesburg, who
is president; DR.. John T. Jones
Rock Island. vice president; DR.
william II. Craine, Monmouth, sec,
retary; Jesse Barlow, Abingdon
treasurer; e. II. Wilson, Moline
and G. ". Sridgford. Joy, Ill.
jege in temporary quarters in MO
line next fall. II campaign for $780,,
BOO is successful. A petition signed
by every member Of the faculty was
presented, urging that the transfer
of the institution to Moline be ef.
fected in the autumn.
The Moline Chamber of Com.
merce is charged with the response.
bflity Of securing temporary quar-.
tiers for the college.
Dinner For Committee.
E The movement for the transfer
of the college to it's new location
Will be given additional impetus to-
morrow night when a dinner will
be given to the committee of so in
charge Of the Hedding college re-
location and development, in the
Moline Chamber of Commerce.
DR.. John W Hancher, counsellor
and director of the finance depart.
nent of the board OF education oil
the national Methodist church or.
ganization. and DR.. John W. Nc.
Dougan, director of the fund under
taking will address the gathering
A corps of stenographers anG
typists is already busy at the head
quarters in the Moline public Ii.
brary building, and getting In readi.
ness for the canvass.
The trustees Of Hedding college
at their Abingdon session conferred
the honorary degree of doctor Of
pastor of the First Methods,
church, Moline, and Rev. Charles
Van Dettum, pastor of the FRS
Methodist church. Bushnell. Ill.
According to reports submitted
at the meeting of the board. of trus.
tees, the college is closing one Of
its most successful years. There
are 20 graduates from the college
of liberal arts, and 20 from the 9th.
er departments.
A campaign for students will b
at once inaugurated, and 1t is ex-
pected that approximately 400 stu
dents will be enrolled for the first
year in the institutions location in
Moline.
DIR. Green 10 Stay.
Emphatic denials of rumors oil
the resignation of DIR. c. W. Green
as president of Hedding college and
of an injunction restraining the
trustees of the college from pay
ing out any college funds to insure
the Moline Chamber Of Commerce
in the campaign for $500, 900 for the
removal of the college have beer
entered by DR.. Green himself ant
DR.. John T. Jones, Rock Island, dis.
strict superintendent of the Metho.
dist church.
An article announcing the resig
nation of DR.. Green appeared in the
Galesburg Daily Republican, Regis
ter Tuesday. An article concern
ing an Injunction was in the Abing
don Kodak OF the same date. The
rumored injunction was for tn,
of preventing the payment
of 100000 by the trustees OF the col
lege to insure the Moline chamber
in the $780, 900 drive. This vote
was taken at a recent meeting o,
the truotees in Galesburg.
4 AS soon as these reports wer,
y circulated DR.. Green called He'd
ding representatives on long dis
lance and denied both. DIR. Jones
returned from Abingdon this morn.
ing with a copy of last evenings
Republicans Register containing q
retraction of the previous story. DR.
Jones branded, as propaganda on
the part OF the Abingdon paper the
story regarding the injunction.
Explains Resignation Story.
DIR. Jones states that the injunc-
zion story is absolutely without
Foundation. He gives the follow
ing account Of the origin of the
resignation rumor:
A representative OF the Galesburg
paper sat nett TO a Hedding trus-
tee who is opposed TO the removal
of the college at some social func-
tion in Abingdon. He asked IL the
college would be there next year
and received the off-hand reply that
the college probably would IL DR..
Green would resign.