“Baltimore Conference, M. E. Church, South
“Report of Committee on Colleges
“The Committee on Colleges submit the following report:
“Resolved, 1. That the Conference accepts the proposition of the Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College to give its patronage to said institution and to participate equally with the other patronizing Conferences in its government and privileges, and we hereby nominate four suitable persons to be elected Trustees from this Conference to represent our interests on said Board.
“Resolved, 2. That when a Trustee shall locate, it shall be his duty to resign.
“Resolved, 3. That we will give the full weight of our influence in extending the patronage of Randolph-Macon College.”
“(Signed) S. S. ROSZEL, Chairman.”
These resolutions were adopted by the Conference March, 1867.
On the recommendation of the Baltimore Conference the following gentlemen were elected Trustees of Randolph-Macon College, viz.: Rev. S. S. Roszel, Rev. John Poisal, Rev. S. S. Register, and Rev. John Landstreet.
At the first annual meeting of the Trustees held at the College, June 25, 1867, after President Johnson had assumed control, eleven Trustees were in attendance.
Ex-President W. A. Smith had gone to Central College, Fayette, Missouri, of which he had been elected President.
The President’s report stated that the attendance for the session of 1866-’67 had been in all forty-five students; a large proportion of them were on scholarships. The net receipts from fees were necessarily very small.
The degree of D. D. was conferred on the following: Rev. Nelson Head, Rev. John E. Edwards, and Rev. W. W. Bennett, of the Virginia Conference; Rev. Samuel S. Register, Rev. S. S. Roszel, Rev. John Poisal, and Rev. John S. Martin, of the Baltimore Conference; Bishop Enoch M. Marvin, of the M. E. Church, South, and Rev. Smith W. Moore, of the Tennessee Conference.
The degree of LL. D. was conferred on Bishop George F. Pierce, M. E. Church, South, and Hon. James F. Dowdell and William F. Samford, of Alabama.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on Thomas J. Jarvis, of North Carolina (class of 1860).