Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-29
PRINCETON SCHOOL
ACTION PROTESTED
Formal Moves Are Taken at
Close of Presbyterian
General Assembly. =.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2e.-Two for
NAL protests against the procedure fol-
lowed in action taken to reorganize
management Of Princeton Theological
Seminary we're fled today at the clos
ing sessions Of the 141st General As
sen1bly OF the Presbyterian Church OF
the United States OF America.
DR.. j. Gresham Machen. a member
Of the ultra conservative faction Of the
faculty, protested separately on the
grounds that limit on debate made
during consideration Of the question
Monday made adequate presentation OF
the subject impossible.
"a Commissioners Protest.
The second protest was filed by a
group Of "a commissioners to the as
senlblv headed by DR.. J. o. Barr OF
New Orleans.
This group directly opened charge
of liberalism against those advocating
the change under which the dual con-
troll of the seminary by boards of
trustees and directors was abolished and
q single board ordered set up.
The second protest repeated a charge
made during debate that reorganization
would bring about change in teaching
at the seminary. departing from tradl-
tional PRESBYTERIAN doctrines. The
protesting elements favored continue
ton of the system Of management with
the exception Of providing for reduc-
ton in the power of the president. DR..
J. Ross Stevenson, whom they charged
with liberal tendencies.
General Council Elected.
I New members of the church's gen.
erel couacil elected today were:
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, New
ark N. 4: Rev. w. E. Brooks. Morgan
town, ", Va: DR.. John M. T. Finney,
Baltimore w. r. Heath, Buffalo. N.
Y, and Charles S. Lawrence. Wichita,
Kans.
The following were elected as new
members of the permanent judicial
commission of the church:
Rev. Joseph A. Stevenson. San Jose,
Calf: Rev. william B. Lampe, 81;
Louis; J. H. Adams. Omaha. w. Hall
Harris, Jr., Baltimore, and HaIlocK u
Sherrarii, Pittsburgh.
Churches should take up their work
with renewed vtgor with opportunity
for usefulness In this age greater than
ever, wss the parting word given as the
assembly dissolved.
From DR.. Cleland S. McAfee OF
Chicagee its moderator. and other
leaders In the body came injunctlons
to tho churchmen to make 1880, IN
particular, a year of special significance
in honor of the 1sooth anniversary Of
the pertecost.
Cited today as the most important
results of the six-day assembly were:
Settlement Of the controversy sur
rounding Princeton Theological Semi.
nary by creation Of single board OF
management, replacing dual control OF
boards of directors and trustees.
Decision to submit to the 2l4
Presbyteries of the church proposals
for giving women parity with men
church government, including ordin-
ton as ministers and elders and licens-
ing as lay evangelists.
+. Loyalty Commission Created.
Approval of a program of action
aimed to bring about organic union OF
and Reformed Churches, including the
! Methodist Churches, the Protestant
Episcopal Church, the Dutch Reformed
Church and South Presbyterian Church.
Creation Of national loyalty COM
mission to encourage law observance
within the membership of the church
and to lend encouragement to President
/ Hoover and other officials in enforcing
laws.
/ Members of the new board for the
Princeton Theological Seminary were
elected in line with reorganization Of
its management Two opponents OF the
reorganization plan were omitted from
the list of those elected. They were
Samuel Craig, editor OF the Presby-
terrain, described as an ultra-conserva-
tiev organ, published at Philadelphia,
Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa.
ThNee eJectad u,ara
From the former board Of directors:
Ministers-Drs George Alexander, New
York City; Wallace Radcliffe, Wash
ington; William l.. McEwan, Pittsburgh;
Lewis S. Nudge, Philadelphia; Clarence
Mccartney, Pittsburgh: Stewart Nye
Hutchinson, Pittsburgh. Elders-Dr.
Robert e. speer. Englewod, N. j.;
Wilson Smith, Philadelphia; John T.
Manson, New Haven, Conn, and Spen-
Ger S. Marsh, Madison, N. j.
From the board of trustees: Minis
ters-Drs. John Dixon. Trenton, N. j.;
John Blair, Philadelphia; Minot C.
Morgan, New York City; w. Beatty Jen-
,nings, Philadelphia; Revs. Peter K. En-
mons, Scranton, Pa, and William B.
Pugh, Chester, Pa. Elders-Thomas
W. Synnott, Wenonah, N. j.: Edward
P Holden, Madison, N. j.; William P.
Stevenson, Roselle. N. j.; James H.
Post, New York City, and John B.
Larner, Washington.
General Council Nominations.
From the church at large:
Ministers -Drs. William Hallock
johnson, Lincoln University, Pa. Asa
j. Forty Chicago: Benjamin F. Farber,
New York City; j. Ambrose Dunkel, In
dianapolis, and Revs. Harvey Murdoch,
Buckhorn, KY. and J. Harry Cotton
Columbus, Ohio. Elders-Kenneth S
Matheson, Bryn Mawr, Pa; Weir G
Keller, Grove City, Pa. Col. Guilford
Babcock, Morristown, N. j.; Kenneth
@. tanning. Trenton, N. j., and Paul
c. Martin, Springfield, Ohio.