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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
moral, and religious atmosphere of the School is ideal. A gracious revival of religion obtained in the
U.B. Church at Dayton, Va., in which nearly all the students who were not Christians professed saving
faith in Christ. The claims of this institution should be pressed home upon all our people. The effort to
cancel the debt has not been as successful as was planned and hoped, yet it has not been a failure. At
least two of the charges will report in full the 50 cents per member, while some will report half, some
one-fourth, and others nothing. This campaign will be kept up…. Received for Shenandoah Institute
and School of Music, $270.50.... Recommendations: (6) That we assess $1,000 for general
benevolences, to be divided as follows: (a) Preachers’ aid, 35 percent; (b) Shenandoah Institute,
34 percent; (c) Laymen’s benefit fund, 13 percent; (d) U.B. Seminary, 9 percent; (e) Educational aid,
5 percent; and (f) General Sunday school fund, 4 percent. W. F. Gruver
Assessments, and Collections (pp. 21, 55). The following resolutions were offered: Resolved,
(1) That we recommend the assessment of fifty cents per member, special for Shenandoah Collegiate
Institute and School of Music made the past year, be continued until paid. (1) We recommend that a
secretary of education be employed who shall be charged with the duty of assisting the pastors in
collecting the assessments for Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and other
conference assessments. His compensation shall be fixed by the conference or by the trustees of
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and he shall be paid only for the work he does.
J. H. Ruebush and J. N. Garber made remarks on the resolutions. Adopted. The following resolution on
assessments was adopted: Resolved, That every pastor, where the debt assessment for the Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music has not been raised, must open the way and help the
educational secretary in its collection. If any hedge up the way, he shall be held responsible by this
body. Also, resolved that (p. 60): Dr. E. U. Hoenshel, principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music; and Prof. J. H. Ruebush, musical director in Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music [among others] are welcomed with glad hearts.
Excerpts of the Report of the Committee on Education (pp. 24-26). Friends of the Church,
let us rally to Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music! Send your children there for their
preparatory work! O, influence your neighbors to do likewise! Get your shoulders under the debt and
lift that! Continue the training of your boys and girls in Lebanon Valley College, and then on to Union
Biblical Seminary, if they are desiring to take up church work. But let us first, this coming year, raise
the money needed to free our own Conference School from debt and start it on the way to increased
power for usefulness. T. C. Harper.
Report of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music (p. 27, 49-50). In the
absence of Dr. E. U. Hoenshel, J. H. Ruebush presented the work of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music in an excellent and spirited address. The reports were then adopted. A. P. Funkhouser,
field secretary for Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, spoke on this work. It was also
discussed by S. D. Skelton and W. H. Sampsell. Dr. E. U. Hoenshel read his report on Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of music:
The history of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music is, or should be, familiar to
all members of the Virginia Conference. From an unpretentious beginning 31 years ago, it has grown
until it now occupies an envious position in popularity. Possibly no school in the South is more
deservedly popular. Your School has overcome many obstacles and has reached its present degree of
efficiency and popular favor with no endowment and with comparatively small donations. This being
true, what could we not accomplish had we adequate equipment and substantial endowment?
Reports 1908 176
moral, and religious atmosphere of the School is ideal. A gracious revival of religion obtained in the
U.B. Church at Dayton, Va., in which nearly all the students who were not Christians professed saving
faith in Christ. The claims of this institution should be pressed home upon all our people. The effort to
cancel the debt has not been as successful as was planned and hoped, yet it has not been a failure. At
least two of the charges will report in full the 50 cents per member, while some will report half, some
one-fourth, and others nothing. This campaign will be kept up…. Received for Shenandoah Institute
and School of Music, $270.50.... Recommendations: (6) That we assess $1,000 for general
benevolences, to be divided as follows: (a) Preachers’ aid, 35 percent; (b) Shenandoah Institute,
34 percent; (c) Laymen’s benefit fund, 13 percent; (d) U.B. Seminary, 9 percent; (e) Educational aid,
5 percent; and (f) General Sunday school fund, 4 percent. W. F. Gruver
Assessments, and Collections (pp. 21, 55). The following resolutions were offered: Resolved,
(1) That we recommend the assessment of fifty cents per member, special for Shenandoah Collegiate
Institute and School of Music made the past year, be continued until paid. (1) We recommend that a
secretary of education be employed who shall be charged with the duty of assisting the pastors in
collecting the assessments for Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and other
conference assessments. His compensation shall be fixed by the conference or by the trustees of
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and he shall be paid only for the work he does.
J. H. Ruebush and J. N. Garber made remarks on the resolutions. Adopted. The following resolution on
assessments was adopted: Resolved, That every pastor, where the debt assessment for the Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music has not been raised, must open the way and help the
educational secretary in its collection. If any hedge up the way, he shall be held responsible by this
body. Also, resolved that (p. 60): Dr. E. U. Hoenshel, principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music; and Prof. J. H. Ruebush, musical director in Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music [among others] are welcomed with glad hearts.
Excerpts of the Report of the Committee on Education (pp. 24-26). Friends of the Church,
let us rally to Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music! Send your children there for their
preparatory work! O, influence your neighbors to do likewise! Get your shoulders under the debt and
lift that! Continue the training of your boys and girls in Lebanon Valley College, and then on to Union
Biblical Seminary, if they are desiring to take up church work. But let us first, this coming year, raise
the money needed to free our own Conference School from debt and start it on the way to increased
power for usefulness. T. C. Harper.
Report of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music (p. 27, 49-50). In the
absence of Dr. E. U. Hoenshel, J. H. Ruebush presented the work of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and
School of Music in an excellent and spirited address. The reports were then adopted. A. P. Funkhouser,
field secretary for Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, spoke on this work. It was also
discussed by S. D. Skelton and W. H. Sampsell. Dr. E. U. Hoenshel read his report on Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of music:
The history of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music is, or should be, familiar to
all members of the Virginia Conference. From an unpretentious beginning 31 years ago, it has grown
until it now occupies an envious position in popularity. Possibly no school in the South is more
deservedly popular. Your School has overcome many obstacles and has reached its present degree of
efficiency and popular favor with no endowment and with comparatively small donations. This being
true, what could we not accomplish had we adequate equipment and substantial endowment?
Reports 1908 176
