Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-12-01
COUCHER COLLEGE HEAD
DEFIES NJ. E. CONFERENCE
Refuses To Recognize Board In
Regard To Scholarships.

The Baltimore Annual conference
at it's recent session requested the
Board of Education of the Methodist
Episcopal Church to set aside por.
ton of the Public Educational Col.
lection taken in all the charges OF
the Conference, for a continuance al
Goucher College Of the scholarships
founded in 1889.
The Board of Education now holds
several thousand dollars subject to
the call of Goucher College and avail
able for the purposes requested by
the Baltimore Annual Conference.
President Guth has been notified that
such funds are available for Goucher
College, upon compliance with the
procedure customary with all insti-
buttons receiving funds from the
Board Of Education of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and with which
procedure he is undoubtedly familiar.
DR.. Guth has stated to applicants
for scholarships that no funds are a.
valuable for such scholarships. This
was surprising declaration in view
of all the facts, and, accordingly, the
Baltimore Conference Board of Edu-
cation on September 10 addressed a
letter to DR.. Guth asking an explana-
ton. In reply, the Board was re-
ferred to series of resolutions pass
ed by the Board of Trustees of Couch
er College, May %, 1923. Those reso-
lutions are as follows:
WHEREAS the Baltimore Annual
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in set of resolutions has
indicated to the Trustees of Goucher
College desire to place sum of
money in the hands Of said Trustees
annually for the benefit of Methodist
young women in the bounds of said
Baltimore Annual Conference to be
used for the purpose Of scholarships,
therefore be it resolved:
ct w. the Trustees will be pleas
ed to accept this money from said
Conference, but will award said schol-
arships only when said money is re-
ceived by said Trustees;
"2-That said money must be paid
into the treasury of the College on the
initiative of the Conference and not
on the initiative of the Trustees of
the Colleges or through their request
or application for said funds;
"3-That so far as possible said
scholarships will be awarded accord
ing to the plan of the Conference but
not in violation of the rules and regu-
lations adopted by tht College in the
award of all it's scholarships;
"4-That the Trustees hold them
selves free at any time to decline to
accept the fund if it seems wise to
them to do so; and
"5-That copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the officers of said
Baltimore Annual Conference who
transmitted the resolution of said
Conference to the Trustees of the
College,"
In response to further queries of
one of the Trustees, copy of the a.
bove resolutions, together with this
additional resolution adopted Novem-
Der 10, 1921. was forwarded to him:
WHEREAS Goucher College is not
an institution in utilization with or
under the control of any religious
body, but by it's charter is undenomi-
national as we'll as non-sectarian and
under the control only of a self-per-
petuating Board of Trustees who con-
stitute the ultimate source of au-
thority in all matters pertaining to
the College,
"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that the Board of Trustees of the
College disavow any legal or organic
relationship between it and the Board
of Education of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, or any advisory rela-
ton on the part of said Board of
Education to the business and educa-
tioanl management Of the College,
and declare that Goucher College is
an independent and non-sectarian in
stitution free from UNCONVENTIONAL
control, supervision, utilization or pa
tronage."
1t will be seen that the Baltimore
Annual Conference has exhausted all
Of it's powers to make available the
funds of the Public Educational Col
lection for scholarships at Goucher
College. The only reason the funds
are not available is that DR.. Guth de-
clines to comply with the conditions
necessary to obtain the funds. The
Board of Education of the Methodist
Episcopal Church is the sole admins
traitor of the monies of the Public
Educational Collection land the Sec
rotary of that Board has notified DR..
Guth that the money is in the treas
ury, awaiting his action.
This statement is due the Methodist
public to apprise it Of the attitude OF
the officers and trustees of it's cher
ished institution, and to explain the
failure to award scholarships to many
worthy and disappointed young WON.
en-. The Baltimore Annual Conference
has taken all the initiative necessary
and possible, and the responsibility
for the failure of these scholarships