500 History of Methodism 



Major Alexander Speer, Rev. William Capers, Eev. 

 William M. Kennedy, Eev. William M. Wightman, 

 and Eev. William H. Ellison. 



In February, 1834, the third and fonrth resolutions 

 were substituted by the following: 



3. Resolved, That this Conference will undertake to raise forth- 

 with the sum of twenty thousand dollars to endow a professorship 

 in the Randolph-Macon College, to be denominated the "Asbury 

 Professorship of Moral Science ; " 'provided, that in consideration of 

 such endowment this Conference shall be forever entitled to the 

 tuition of five students, whom it may nominate, free of all charge 

 for tuition. 



4. Resolved, That the bishop presiding be requested to appoint 

 a suitable agent to take up subscriptions for the above purpose 

 within the bounds of the Conference. 



At the Conference of 1833, the following action 

 was taken in relation to a grammar school: 



Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to inquire after 

 the most eligible site within the limits of this Conference district 

 for a school, or an academy, under the direction of the Conference, 

 where children and youth may be advantageously prepared to enter 

 the Randolph-Macon or any other college; and that said committee 

 report at the next session of the Conference. 



Under this resolution, the five presiding elders, 

 Henry Bass, Malcom McPherson, William M. Ken- 

 nedy, Nicholas Talley, and Hartwell Spain, were ap- 

 pointed the committee. 



In 1834 the committee reported the following reso- 

 lutions, which, on motion, were unanimously adopted 

 by the Conference: 



1. Resolved, That whereas we are informed, through our es- 

 teemed Brother McPherson, that the inhabitants of Mount Ariel 

 and its vicinity have agreed to give at least six thousand dollars, 

 including the two academies at that place and lands connected with 

 them, provided the Conference will locate its school at that place 

 we therefore recommend to this Conference that as soon as said 



