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Volume 6 Relation of U.B/EUB Virginia Conferences to Shenandoah University Dec. 26, 2013
are beginning to recognize this fact and are sending their sons and daughters. Two great and imperative
needs confront the board of trustees. First, the payment in full of the present debt; second, a new
dormitory and gymnasium for boys. Rev. Dr. A. P. Funkhouser, who was elected by this Conference
1 year ago is the Secretary of Education for the Conference and School, will report the progress made
toward paying the debt, while the board of trustees will most likely submit plans for the new dormitory.
W. F. Gruver
Assessments and Collections—Reports (p. 28). Report of Conference Treasurer for Church
Erection Memorial Fund: Received interest, $25. General benevolences for Virginia Conference report
as follows: received from the charges on SCI on Assessment, $257.02; and paid to A. S. Hammack, on
SCI and preachers’ aid, $543.72. S. D. Skelton, Special Treasurer.
Assessments and Collections—Motions and Resolutions (p. 32). On motion the request of the
Board of Trustees of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, that the superintendent raise
the debt on Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and make this his special duty, was
approved.
Report of the Committee on Education (p. 18). A. P. Funkhouser read the report on
Education, which was adopted: Reaffirming our belief in the fundamental importance of education and
training in promoting the vital forces in the uplift of our race, and the permanent planting of our holy
Christianity, we will continue to urge more and more our people to give the best possible advantages to
their children in educational preparation for life; and we shall more and more make it a point to offer
helpful suggestions and inspirations to our worthy and competent young men and women to continue
their educational training beyond the public school to the high schools, and thus make the best possible
preparation for the rest of life.
And to provide for the best culture and training of our children and friends, we shall give our
best possible support in devotion and practical effort to our presiding elder in his special w\irk of raising
this year the assessment of fifty cents per member to liquidate the indebtedness of Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and shall rejoice when the way is opened financially for its
enlargement in every way. We shall be especially pleased to see the courses of study strengthened,
particularly on literary lines, so as to stand in the foreground of similar institutions in opportunities
offered for thorough preparation for college and for life.
We rejoice with all good men in any prosperity that comes to Lebanon Valley College, and trust
that those who have the means and are under responsibility for its care and support will rally to it in its
hour of need and furnish money, students and management that will make it worthy of the patronage it
has the capacity to accommodate. We believe this responsibility rests with the Pennsylvania Conference
who have filled the board of trustees with members of their own, and who are on the ground. Our
cooperation has been nominal for years, and giving our full strength to our school, Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music, we cheerfully accept the condition in which we find the board
of trustees filled by the East Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Conferences, the alumni and trustees at
large, and leave to these the full management of the College.
We note with special pleasure the prosperity of Bonebrake Theological Seminary,86 and
particularly its improved finances. In order to give education its proper recognition and place along with
other great departments of church work, we believe the election by the next General Conference of a
86 Previously known as the U.B. Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, and Union Biblical Seminary.
Reports 1909 179
are beginning to recognize this fact and are sending their sons and daughters. Two great and imperative
needs confront the board of trustees. First, the payment in full of the present debt; second, a new
dormitory and gymnasium for boys. Rev. Dr. A. P. Funkhouser, who was elected by this Conference
1 year ago is the Secretary of Education for the Conference and School, will report the progress made
toward paying the debt, while the board of trustees will most likely submit plans for the new dormitory.
W. F. Gruver
Assessments and Collections—Reports (p. 28). Report of Conference Treasurer for Church
Erection Memorial Fund: Received interest, $25. General benevolences for Virginia Conference report
as follows: received from the charges on SCI on Assessment, $257.02; and paid to A. S. Hammack, on
SCI and preachers’ aid, $543.72. S. D. Skelton, Special Treasurer.
Assessments and Collections—Motions and Resolutions (p. 32). On motion the request of the
Board of Trustees of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, that the superintendent raise
the debt on Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and make this his special duty, was
approved.
Report of the Committee on Education (p. 18). A. P. Funkhouser read the report on
Education, which was adopted: Reaffirming our belief in the fundamental importance of education and
training in promoting the vital forces in the uplift of our race, and the permanent planting of our holy
Christianity, we will continue to urge more and more our people to give the best possible advantages to
their children in educational preparation for life; and we shall more and more make it a point to offer
helpful suggestions and inspirations to our worthy and competent young men and women to continue
their educational training beyond the public school to the high schools, and thus make the best possible
preparation for the rest of life.
And to provide for the best culture and training of our children and friends, we shall give our
best possible support in devotion and practical effort to our presiding elder in his special w\irk of raising
this year the assessment of fifty cents per member to liquidate the indebtedness of Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music, and shall rejoice when the way is opened financially for its
enlargement in every way. We shall be especially pleased to see the courses of study strengthened,
particularly on literary lines, so as to stand in the foreground of similar institutions in opportunities
offered for thorough preparation for college and for life.
We rejoice with all good men in any prosperity that comes to Lebanon Valley College, and trust
that those who have the means and are under responsibility for its care and support will rally to it in its
hour of need and furnish money, students and management that will make it worthy of the patronage it
has the capacity to accommodate. We believe this responsibility rests with the Pennsylvania Conference
who have filled the board of trustees with members of their own, and who are on the ground. Our
cooperation has been nominal for years, and giving our full strength to our school, Shenandoah
Collegiate Institute and School of Music, we cheerfully accept the condition in which we find the board
of trustees filled by the East Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Conferences, the alumni and trustees at
large, and leave to these the full management of the College.
We note with special pleasure the prosperity of Bonebrake Theological Seminary,86 and
particularly its improved finances. In order to give education its proper recognition and place along with
other great departments of church work, we believe the election by the next General Conference of a
86 Previously known as the U.B. Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, and Union Biblical Seminary.
Reports 1909 179
