Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-04-07
COLLEGE ASKS
AID OF Church
Western Md. President Says
M. p. Conference Must
be Doing
HOPES TO SEE
PROSPEROUS YEAR

CHEsTBRTowN, Nd. April T.
Three ways are open to the Mary
land Methodist Protestant Annual
Conference TO dispose Of the future
OF Western Maryland College. DR.. A.
Norman Ward, its president. assured
the members in his annual report.
First, hhe conference can continue,
as at present. giving the same sup
port and try to hold on. The result
he said, would be 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
/ Christian denominations and when
/ the burden became too great were
/ allowed TO go for themselves. no
said. In that event. the college
would cease to be a Christian coll
lege In the sense It had been and
the conference would be the loser
/ he added.
The other course he outlined is to
/ determine upon a new era for the
2 IL
funds necessary properly to endow
It for the great service which II is
capable OF performing for the
Church and education in general.
/ The memorandum OF the Rev.
Thomas H., Lewis, president OF the
General Conference asked vote OF
the sense OF the Maryland Confer
ence toward the full-time presl-
dency. DR.. Lewis recited that he
was receiving 5000 salary and his
expenses we're S1,153. He said. at
Is 80 new to US that It seems wise to
take the sense OF the conference as
TO It's continuance" A unanimous
vote OF confidence was given and the
sanction to the continuance OF the
full-time Office.
This conference will send 10 Pitts
burgh on May 1919 two representa-
tlves TO confer with committees
from other conferences upon all
board work. At the suggestion OF
DR.. Lewis one day OF the annual
conference will be given up 70 the
fyoung peoples convention. The ap-
preparation for the General Confer
ence budget for the Maryland Con-
ference is $4,000.
The Board OF Church Extension,
In way being superseded in It's
duties. was ordered discontinued
and the new Board OF Survey and
Extension will assume its functions.
also OF the old Board OF Survey. A
QUESTIONABLE sent out by the commit
tee on budget brought the reply that
IS charges were upon the honor roll
for raising the budget and at least
$50 900 would be raised.
These members OF the conference
we're elected trustees until 1925. The
Rev. f. T. sutton, the Rev. G.. w
Hadaway. j. H. Roberts and F. G,
, Usllton. Election OF the committee
on appeals resulted as follows: The
Rev a. w. Mather. A. r. Lewis. the
] Rev. L. T. Warner, p. b. Fenby' the
Rev. J. W. Kirk and w o. Atwood.
At noon the conference paused in
is work TO godspeed DR.. r. NJ. An
drews. president OF the North Caro-
lima Conference DR.. J. A. Selby
president OF the West Virginia Con
ference. last night told the confer
ence that in spite OF the depression
OF business his conference has raised
ministers salaries 80 per cent
Tell this TO your newspapers" n
u said. "and they will not believe Il
Tell the Baltimore Sun and thel
won't publish H."
Later he qualified the remark b,
saying II was a joke.
, The report OF the committee Of
faculty OF instruction started a de
bate that lasted from $50 until a
a $50 DR.. straughn finally took tn
S matter into his own hands and Il
two minutes tho conference vote,
unanimously TO adopt the Who'll
d program for new faculty that wi
I perpetuate itself.
Addresses were delivered by d.