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FK'EI'KniCToX: UAll.Y ANli VSKEKJ.Y HKK.U.li OKKR'K. J S S L*. J J A BAPTIST ACADEMY FOR NEW BRUNSWICK. * irsive we, the Baptists of New Bi'unswi«"k, an iicadeinic institution suited to our wants ? We have excellent Common Schools maintained at the public expense ; and at every important cf^ntre, such as 8t. John, Fredericton, St. Stephen, Mor.cton, Chatham, Woodstock, etc., we have more advanced schools capable of affording a thorough traijiing ^ov the youth of both sexes up to a certain point. There are al.«o a few schools of academic grade, capable of preparing young men for entrance upon a collegiate course. The Pro- vince needs more of these last, Secondary Edtication being now the missing link in our system. But many of us desire more than this. We wish to place our sons and (laughters at a boarding-school, away from home, for a year or two, under good social and reUgious influences. An academy or seminary is what we want, vhere our sons and daughters may receive advantages such as the public schools of our Province do not afford. Especially do we want a school whose course of instruction shall quihify for matriculation at Acadia (V)llege, and from which the students will naturally pass to Acadia rather than to the Provincial University. Kormerly, we, as a denomination, had a seminary of our own, at Fredericton. What have we now to meet our wants? The answer is at hand. We, together with our brethren in the other Maritime Provinces, share in the ownership and control of the Baptut Academies at Wolfcille. Ilorton Academy and Acadia Seminary are un- der the management of the Board of (jovernors of Acadia College, who are a^jpointed by our Baptist Convention. They have a numerous and efficient staff" of teachers. Their classical, commercial, educational, tine art, and general courses of instruction arc; carefully arranged and ably car- ried on, to the satisfaction of scores o\' students. Discipline is effectively maintained. The buildings are commodious and well furnished. The situation is healthful and pleasant. The scenery is charming. T'he society is good. Good religious influences surrounr H Kl>r( 'ATK )N AL C( >MPA(JT. tuns in \H~~. 'Die I'osoliition rcfoircd to was ivloptt^d iimniimoiisf!/, nt i\ meeting of tlioC'onvontinn lioM in rortlimil, St. John, at wliirli more than fifty New Brunswiok delegates and iueml)oi's were present. On the strength of tliis eompact, the body with oqml unanimity adopted a reso- hition in favor of erecting a new hoardinglioiise for (lie Aeademy,at a cost of about 1{!10,(MH). After the change in the ownership of the Academy hatl been sanctioned by Legislative enactment, the mmpacl was again clearly recognized by the vote declaring the object of the Convention— in which the three Provinces are united _ to be '' to maintain tkr editrnfionnJ operalimis of thr hrxh/, etc." : and not a voice was raised in objection to this vote whidi thus included a// the educational opei'a- tions of the Baptists of these Provinces within the scope of the Conven- tion's supervision. To-day there are men in this Province who .say the Baptists of N. B. iirver as.wmcd amj share in thennn/roJ ni' ITorton Academy, nor mnj ohliriu- fion to support it ! There are pi-ominent Baptists who propo.ne to f(Mmd an Academy in New Brunswick, whether with or without the approval of all the N. B. Associations,_whether witli or without the approval of the (convention, irowdoes this soimd in view of the utterances of the Associ- ationsyear after year? Not one year since 1874 have the Association.s failed to adopt reports or resolutions distinctly recognizing our ownershiji in Horton Acadewj/ as well as Acadia <;\ille;zo. We find them saying:— ''Otir Academies and AcadiaCoUcge;" "0„r academic and colh^giate insUtu- tions at WolfviUe,"— '' These institutions belong to this body (Eastern Association, 1><77), and to us as individuals, as really as to any persons whomsoever : '"_ " Upon these noble structures (the College and Academy buildings) thfro remains a debt, and most (>arnestly do we commend its liquidation as n primal claim ui)on the boncvolcn-'e of the denomination ; '' " Xo provincial lines or sectional boundaries should be attached to the Institutions at Wolfvilh;. T/wi/ are oiir.s to cherish in our hearts, ami to sustain by our confidence, our prayers, our ben(ificence, and by the pat- ronage of our sons and daughters.'' Could language be more explicit or more comprehensive ? The foUowhig facts then are estaljlished : — 1st. Horton Academy was made, by resolution of the < 'onvention, and by legislative enactment, just as truly the jJfoperri/ of the Baptists in the three Maritime Provinces conjointly, as Acadia College was and is. 2iul. All the educational operations of the Baptist body in those Pro- viaces were placed by co;nmon consent lujder the general control of the Convention. « OVR EDTY.'ATIOXAL COMPACT. / 4 .'ird. 'rh(^ jiriri/n/es iiiitl i-f.^pniisihilHiex (iriHinjj^ out of an ocjual nhan' in tlio ownorshipof tin* Afiiiiiif>s at WoHVillo liavo Ihmmi fully reoo;{ni/{'arallel case. .1, li and Care iu partnersliip, an«l have b<>en so for nearly forty y(!ars. .1 owned a ship, whicli was made over to th<' firm iu 1S4'J, since wliich time J, 7^ and 6' have been joint owners. A also owned a barque, and lis son owned another, each as hi.s jjrivate property. «'.s son sold his vessel in 1878, invested the proceeds securely, .and, when about to die. inserted a chujse in his will placing this money at tlie disi)o?al of H, his father. In IS74 the; firm of A, B and C, with the full approval of each of the partners, assumed the ownership of .4 'a- vessel, and subsequently came to a I'ormal agreement that all the shipping inter- ests of each and all ol' the partners should be thenceforward under the control of the firm as such. Som;> five or six years later there appears a l)erson claiming to be />'">• sou, who was supposed to be dead. His attorneys maintain that he has the sole right to control the funds accrued from the sale of the barque,— that B should su2)port him in this claim,— that B is under no obligation in i-espect to any shipping interests of the firm of A, H and C, other than the ship formei-ly owned by A,— and that B will be guilty of no breach of faith in proceeding to build or purchase a vessel on his own account, without consulting his partners. Could such pi-ctensions meet the aj>proval of honest business met) ? THE N. B. B.U'TbST EDnjATinN SOCIETY. From Dr. Bill's " Baptist History," we learn that, in consequence of suggestions made and action taken at an Association held at St. (}eorge iu .Inly. IS,'];;. — a i)ublic meeting was held hi .St, .John in the following .Sop- TFIK \. |{. MArnST HDI'CATIOX SOCIKTY f»Mnbt'i', whoti alter «Ino (lointci-utloii, the Bnpflsf FAucalhn) Safiefi/ was tonii)MLiitiv, .Inscpli <'ran* <'|p('te Appendix R|. But in fuct there in not and probably never bus been a society proiicr- ly <>r^anii!,ed under the constitution, as will be clearly seen on lonsidei-n- lion of the following: facts : 1. The mervhernhip was to consist of annual sul>scril)ors of 2().v, aitd of pei'sons who contributed tlO at one time and thus becauK' life-mem bs(>rip tion fee, as such; or if some did i'ormerly, no such payment has been ma;h some few pcisons claim to be such. The (customary mode ol' conducting the animal mccti'i^'s of tiie " Society," so called, was peculiar. At one or other of the Associations in turn, the assembled delegates were accustomed to resohw f/temmdrct in In /he Education Society. The same thing was done last year. Kvery dele- gate liad the in'ivilege of speaking and voting, though the large majority bad probably never contributed a dollar to the funds of the "Society." 2. The Board of DircctuvK, elected from time to time by sucli assemblages, and largely composed of persons who wer*^ not properly miiiu bers of the ''Society,'' cannot be <-onsidered a lawfully constituted body. ."). A t/citeral nicctiiuj oi the Society and a n)ceting of the Hoard of Directors were to be held every year, according to the Constitution. Aftei' the Seminary was sold, and the affairs settled up (in 1^74, 75 and '7('»). there was no meeting for four years, unless it was at the F]astern Association in 1878 ; the minutes of that year are not in my possession. Again, the Constitution places the management of the affiiirs of the '•.Society" in the hands of a Hoard of Diver tors, hiuX through them a < 'om mittee of Management ; the Act of Incorporation, on the other hand. j>laces the management of the affairs in the hands of a Board of l^rK.strfs (.See Appendix A, Sec. 0). These are or were two distinct bodies, — tli<' one numbering possibly a hundred or more, of whom eleven form a (luorum (Const,, Sections 5 and ]•')), — the other numbering five, according to the published reports, together with ail the ministers of the denomination accredited at the Association with which the Society meets, of whom ///'' inajnrity of the nvLnxhQv present form a quorum (Act of Incorp., Sees. i\ aiKl 7). TToAv are these regulations to be interpreted consistently? Is the ^^ * % t TIIK N. H. RAr'TIST KI)l*C.\TF()\ SOCIKTY 9 i^ '• .Society " a body corporate ? Then the rni>,f^e.<< should control the funds and the aftairs in gontual. Is it not iuforporatod ? 1'hen who is legally res- ponsible for the funds? But supposing the '< .Society '' to have hud an actual existence previous to iXT.i-lC), it appears from the records tliat it then virtually tenuinated its existence. In 1«7;}, the " Society " adopted a resolution in favor of selling the Seminary, whereby it was ordered that the proceeds should be invest- ed, not subject to the order of the Society's officers, or of the Board of Birectoi's, but subject to the direction of " (he Denomination in (his Province:- [See jjage .).] Again, in 1874, at the annual meeting of the *' Society," it was decided " that the bond of the School Trustees for 1.3,000, be deposited in the Bank of New Brunswick, St. John, in the name of the Western and Eastern napdst Associadons. .Since the << Society " was held to bo a corporate body, and the Associations were not, why did they not direct the bond to be deposited in I'le name of the Trustees of the Education .Society ? The answer is as plain as day. Simply because the men who framed and passed the resolution judged the ''Society" to be in artirido mortix, antl had no thought that anybody would ever seek to work a resurrection. Whether the Associations could lawfully hold such a trust is not the question here. The action of the " .Society " shows plainly that it was making its last will and testament. And if we are to respect that will, no body of men claiming to be the Education .Society now, after seven years, can rightly deal with the fimds,_nor can any but the Western and Eastern Associations. t I- THE NEW MOVEMENT. In 1878, after the return of the former Principal of the Fredericton Seminary from his residence in Iowa, the idea of a resurrection of the defunct institution began to be broached at the Associations and to appear in the reports. From that time forward, at our annual gatherings, on the l)latfbrm, and in the press, the project has been perseveringly advocated. Whether the proposed Academy is to be located at St. John, Freder- icton, St. Martin's, or elsewnere, does not clearly appear. Neither is it certain whether the first practical steps in th3 matter are to be taken by the Directors of the Education Society, the Associations or the Conven- tion. The Christian Visitor has found it convenient, more than once, to abandon one position and take up another. The new movement began to take shape in the early summer of 1881, when its promoters, at the time of the .Southern Association at St, Martin's, 10 THE NEW MoVEMEN'r. met togethei', with other persons probably, a? the " Board of Directors of the N. B. Baptist Education Society." It seeins to have been perceived that the organization of /.'*" JMucalion Socitvij, so called, was loose and irregular. Proposals were made and accepted for certain changes in the Constitution, with a view to galvanizing the defunct body into life. [Whether a half formed bodily frame with no organic connection between its nominal members can be rightly styled a body, is at least doubtful.] The action of the " Directors " was to be reported to a meeting of the "vSociety " to be held at Upper Gagetown, in connection with the Western .\ssociation, in June, 1881. At the same time, notice was given of a pre- junble andrcsokition to bo moved at that meeting, making certain (luestion- able statements respecting the Public School System of this Province, and using these as, in part, the ground for urging upon the '< Education Society" to consider the propriety of taking measurtfs for the early establishment of an Academy to be located in New Brunswick, and to be affiliated iirifh Acadia College. The Western Association met -June 28, and on the second day, after some ot the brethren from the Southern Association had arrived, a motion was made that the Moderator leave the Chair in order to give place to a meeting of the Education Society. One or two brethren thereupon raised the question as to the existence or I gal status of the society ; — but being told that it was the intention to re-organize the society, so as to render the funds secure in the Treasurer's hands, they consented to waive their objections, on the distinct understanding tliat the meeting of the Society was now to be held on the basis that had been recognized for many years,— that all present v/ho sat and voted in the Association should Lave the same rights in the '' Society." This being agreed, the meeting was organiz- by the appointment of a Chairman and Secretary. The accounts of the Treasurer and the recent proceedings of the Directors' meeting were read and passed upon. A revised coiutitution was submitted, one feature of which, was the requirement of a fee of one dollar as a qualification for mem- bership. Upcn a motion to adopt the repor*^ of the Directors, an amend ment was moved and seconded, to the effect that the report be adopted with the exception of the part relating to the amendment of the constitu- tion. This vinendmen^, was lost, only three (delegates from the Frederic- ton Church) voting in its favor. The proposed changes were then adopted : a committee was appointed to report upon furtV.er .changes ; and the office-bearers for the ensuing year v,ere elected. Some of these particu- lars are mentioned here only because it may be necessary to refer to them agam. T I I I After this, tlie Ab80ci«tion resumed business, and the Connnittee on Education presented \\\fih' report,, which was adopted. It contdi^ed the THE NEW MOVEMENT. 11 ) t i following expressions : — "We note with thankfulness the increasing suc- cess of the work of our institutions at Wolfville, ['' Our institutions " meaning that Acadia College and the Academies belong to MjinN. B.] • • • «We beg to suggest that, ii possible, the annual interest on the Baptist Seminary funds be devoted to the assistance and encouragement of New Brunswick students attending Baptist Institu- tions, especially those studying for the ministry." This recommendation probably resulted from the remark made in the letter from the Frederic- ton Church to the Association, which letter was referred to the Committee on Education, setting forth that the Church was of opinion " that the Associations should, as early as possible, determine upon such an appro- priation of the annual interest * * ♦ arising from the sale of the Seminary at Fredericton, as would not be inconsistent with the objects of the donors to the Seminary funds.'' It will be observed that the sugges- tion made by the committee and adopted by the Association did not con- template on the one nand the erection of a Seminary in this Province which would require all the available fands, or on the other hand the transfer of the funds to our existing institutions at Horton. To use the money in the manner proposed would be as nearly as possible in harmony with the intentions of the original donors ; for their object in contributing to the fund was to provide for the education, under good Baptist influences, of the Baptist youth of New Brunswick. To aid such young persons in obtaining an education at any Baptist institution whatever, was therefore quite consistent with the purpose for which the money was raised. It also had respect to the views of those persons who object to using the funds to aid any institution outside this Prjjvince. The Eastern Association, convened at Harvey in July, 1881, passed a resolution expressing a hope that " in the near future the funds held by the N. B. Baptist Education Society will be used, with others donated for the purpose, to provide an academic institution in this Province affiliated with Acadia College." Resolutions in favor of the reopening of the Semi- nary^ according to the Christian Visitor, have been adopted this year by the Southern and Eastern Associations. The Western Association, on the other hand, has passed no such reso- lution either last year or this year. The report adopted in 1881 has already been quoted. This year, 1882, the report of the Committee on Education made no mention of the N. B. Seminary movement, but spoke in most une<]uivocal terms of the academies at Wolfville as ours. Here are some of the expressions it contained : Our Institutions at Wolfville continue to be maintained in a high state of efficiency, aff'ording to tlie youth of both sexes who seek to fit themselves for use- fulness in any sphere of labor, educational advantages equal, if not superior, to those ofl'ered by any siniilai- institutions in these Provinces. • » • * T/iei/ helony to us in New lirunnwick ; they afford ample accommodation for all the students we can send them, and they claim our hearty support. » ♦ • » * We, as a committee, would urge upon the ministers and churches to bear in mind the obligations resting upon us to sustain these institutions, by contributing generously to their funds, by sending thither our sons and daughters, and by re- membering their interests in our prayers. Several brethren spoke in favor of the report ; only one spoke in b<>half of the proposed new Seminary in New Brunswick, and thought th.it • 12 THE NEW Movement. it should have liave >)een mentioned by the < omniittee. 'i'he report was adopted without a dissenting vote. It seems proper here to note the procee, T (I). At the period referred to, a large pi-oportion of the pupils, both at Fredericton and Horton,were small boys, whereas the students at Horton now are mostly young men and women. Hence to make a fair com- parison of numbers would require us to ascertain the numbers of like age, etc. There was a laige falling off in the numbers at Horton Academy about 1S(>7 and thereafter, on account of the establishment of a free public school in the village and of County Academies throughout Nova Scotia. (2) At the time referred to, a large proportion of the pupils in both academies were day-scholars, resident in the place,-r-and Fredericton Semi- navy was always more of a local school than Horton Academy. Hence the comparison is unfair on this account also. Here are figured in proof: FRKDKIUCTOX SEMIXAUY. ( HOHTOX ACADEMY. 186G-7 I 1867-8 | 1868-'J | 1800-7 | 1880 Whole No. of male jtiiplL^ .\o. belonging to the loeality. No. from other places. No. of other places represented, 90 68 58 96 09 ;^9 42 .SIJ 27 29 10 03 14 18 i;t •{.^ 82 18 04 44 (.3) The editor has taken from his own Calendar of the Fredericton Seminary in 1867 the total of 122 studeiits. This number 122 is made up of 49 Junior hoys (some of thein under 10 years of age — most of them day- scholars),47 Senior boys and young men, eight young men counted first in the Senior Class and then counted a second time as Theological Students, and ()H girls. The true total for comparison would be about seventy. (4) The number of students in the two academies at Wolfville accord- ing to the Catalogues for 1880 was 161, which is only 61 less than 222, the number assumed by the editor of the Visitor is the total at Horton and Fredericton in 1866-67. He said the difference was about 100 ! (5) Omitting the students in the Preparatory Departments at Wolf- ville in 1880 (only one half of whom were day-scholars), the total there for the year would be 125, which is about Jijiy more than the reduced total at Fredei'icton in 1867. 2. In the Visitor of Nov. 16th, it is asserted that the Fredericton Seminary, at the period referi-ed to, was " the superior of all others in the Lower Provinces in point of numbers.^' This has been controverted publicly, and the editor has not adduced proof of his statement. TiCt the reports speak for themselves. Frederk'ton Semin.'iry. 18(56-7 IH) Horton Aca' s existence (1866-62) was over ffty per cent, more than the number matri- culated in the eight following years. Is this the kind of " feeder to Acadia " that we want? 4 The Visitor of Dec. 14th said, " The number of N. B. students at Acadia has not increased;' and in another issue the questirm was asked, '^ Why are more N etc Brnnswich Baptists f/oing to the N. B. University than to Acadia?'^ Let these remarks suffice as an answer. :— n t, 4 u n (1) Many young men prefer to reach the degree of B. A. by the shortest and easiest road, and therefore see only disadvantage inthe higher standard of admission and the longer course of study at Acadia, (.i) it certain leading Baptists in this Province had taken the same trouble to point out the fact that Wolfville is as accessible from St. John and Bathurst as from Yarmouth and Guysboro, that they have taken to confirm people in the belief that the Bay of Fundy is an impassable barrier, the results would no doubt have been diffiarent. (3) Notwithstanding adverse influences, and contrary to the Visitor's assertion, the number of N. B. students at Acadia College has wcreased,— small as it is. In the last sixteen years of the Seminary (1857-72) the whole number was only eleven; while in only eight subsequent years (1873-80) the number was sixteen. 5. The Visitor of Nov. 16th said, ''With proper management the Seminary can be made nearly if not guite self-sustaining:' " How much does it take each year, over and above the receipts of the Horton Academy to carry it onf^' • x i. i The "proper management" must mean managing to get a large annual grant from the Legislature ; for with a grant of $1,000 a year, and more or less contributions and donations every year, the debt on ihe ^recl- ericton Seminary, &c., increased from $1,800 in 1857 to $3,1/2 in 186S. From the published accounts after that year, nothing definite can he learned concerning the debt. r *v,^ What, then, has been proved, contrary to the assertions ot the 1. That we have not been retrograding in the matter of academic education in this Province. NoTK.-Another of the VUitor'n assertions (Nov. 9) was that the ok Serainary.cause.l nautiats in this Province to lead the van in the number of Common School teachers. Now itlVaf^ct that the Baptist students have been, almost every ycir, more numerous .than those of any other denomination ; but why this.should be attributed to »»»« Senjin'ify >»"«t clear EiKht years after the Seminary was virtually closed, there were twenty per cent mor. Baptists fhan any other denomin.iion at the Normal ScUl The whole number of student-teachers of the different denominattons at the Normal School the last eight >e.>rs (1874-82) are as follows .-^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^.^ ,j,,tal. Totals ,..384 295 24 186 278 313 1(56 1« 1644 PerconVage%. ...2.3.0 17.7 1.4 11.1 16.7 18.8 10.0 t V y <;ONCLIISION. 15 T ^ 2 That the Fredericton Seminary was not a feeder to Acadia College, in th"e sense of sending a dozen or more students thither every year. •^ That fewer students went to Acadia College from New Brunswick, and more Baptists went to the University at Fredericton, dunng the Seminary days than since. 4. That experience will not warrant us in the belief that a Baptist academy in this Province would be nearly or i{uue self-sucstaining. \mong other arguments that have been employed by the advocates of a resumption of academic work in the near future by the Baptists ot this Province is this. It is said that considerable sums of money have been pledged by benevolent persons to be paid towai-d the Semmary funds, provided a corresponding amount be raised in other ways. To this it may be replied,_No such tempting offers should induce us to break faith with our brethren, or to commence a new enterprise, the sustaining ot which would certainly detract from the contributions now made, or that might be made, to the funds of our existing Institutions. And further, there can be little doubt that, had the same benevolent persons or others been solicited with equal tact to contribute to the Endowment Fund of Acadia (ollege, or the Building Fund of the Wolfville Academies, instead of the prospec- tive N. B. Seminary,— equally large donations might have been obtained for those objects. IN CONCLUSIOX I would say, as I have said before, let those brethren who are anxious to have an academy in New Brunswick, submit their views to the Conven- tion. When that bodv shall deem it proper to found such an institution, all will cheerfully co-operate. It will then rest upon the Baptist constitu- ency of the Maritime Provinces, as do our existing Institutions. In the meantime, let us in New Brunswick, with our brethren in N. S. and P. E. I., meet our obligations, and avail ourselves to the fullest extent of our existing advantages. Concentration of energy is the order of the day in all great enter- prises Our Methodist friends find it enough for tliem to sustain one aroup of educational institutions for the Maritime Provinces. These are situated at Sackville in New Brunswick, but the Methodist people a low no Provincial boundaries to divide them in their support of their College and Academies. The Presbyterians are about to establish one Female Seminary for the three Provinces. Shall we Maritime Baptists, having been united in Foreign Mission work for more than forty years,— in Col- legiate Education for more than thirty years,— in Home Mission work from 1851 to 1857, and again from 1878 onward,— in Academic Education since 1874,— shall we now consent to a course of retrogression from the VHn>-f"e ground gained? Further than this, shall we not ceas.'e to tl.ii t and speak and act as New Brunswick Baptists, P. E. I. Baptists and Nova Scotia Baptists ? Why can we not be simply Marittme Baptists all of tis ^ Why should we not acknowledge that the Bay of Fundy, the Isthmus of Chignecto and Northumberland Strait are thorouf/hfares rather than barriers f Let us unitedlv seek to perfect our denominational union, while preserving our Church independence and our individual freedom. APPENiUX. 16 N. S., N. B. and P. E. L, considered as Baptist constituencie.-*, are three members in one bodj'. "One into three "' is division ; but " three into one" is multiplication. Forgetting our boundaries, we shall more surely en- large our borders. Frkueriotox, July 25, 1882. APPENDIX. A. KXTKACTS KROM TUK ACT OK IXCOHI'OUATION UK OKKTAlX UOUIK.S IN CONNKCTION WITH THK KA.STKRN AXD WIWTKRX UAI'TIST ASSOCIATION'S OF X. «. Paused Vlth April, 1855. Be IT KXAt'TKi) by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Council, and Assembly, as follows :— 1. Every Board of Trustees of any . . Seminary for education, and land and buildings held therewith, or held for the purpose of erecting any . . Seminary thereon . . in connection with any Baptist Education, or other Society, to be iiereafter chosen for any such purpose, and their successors, shall be a body corporate by the name of " The Trustees of the Baptist Seminaiy," or other property as the case may be, in the place in which the trust property may be situate, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, power to sue and be sued, a common seal renewable at pleasure, power to hold and receive real and personal estate, and improve, sell, let, or assign the same, and make bye-laws, and exercise such other powers as are conferred by law for the purpose of managing . . the educational or other objects to which it may be devoted. 2. All. . property as aforesaid, held in trust as aforesaid, in any part of the Province, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act wheiiever a Board of Trustees to manage the same shall be elected as hereinafter mentioned, and a conveyance thereof shall be made to the Corporation by the existing Trustees ; and the said Corporation shall then hold the same for the purposes aforesaid with as good a title, legal and eijuitable, as such Trustees had at the time of the conveyance. (i. Every Educational or other Society as aforesaid, may, at its Annual Meeting to be held at either of the said Associations or elsewhere, on notice by post or otherwise, elect from among its members such number of Trustees as may be deemed necessary for the management of the affairs of any Seminary in connection therewith, who together with all the min- isters of the denomination accredited at such Association, as additional or ex-officio Trustees, may transact its business on due notice to be given as aforesaid, or by a Committee to be appointed for that purpose at the same time by the said Trustees. 7. Whenever by this Act any Board of Trustees or number of persons may require to do any act, a majority of those present at the meeting shall be sufficient for the purpose. 8. The annual revenue derived from the rent of lands belonging to any such . . Seminary or Society as aforesaid, .shall not exceed five hundred pounds. \ X. B. BAPTIST EDU<;ATIUN S«K'1ETY. 17 B. (• O .V S T I r If T I (f N (ir TiiK NKVV HWrXSWlCK MAl'TIST KDrOATlON SOCIETY, A.S I'ORMKI) IN 1834 i I. That this Society 1)0 called "Thk Nkw BRrvswrcK Baptist Educa- tion SOCIIOTV," •2. That each snlj-scribir of (ivcnhj shUlinyfi, annmUy, .ihail be a mem- ber ; and that a donation of not less than Ten Pounds, at one time, shall (.'onstitute an individual a member for life. o. That (/ tfeneral meeiinrf of the Society be held annually. 4. That the OflRoers of the Society shall be a Pi'esident, two Vice- I'residents, a Secretary, Treasurer, Board of Directors, and a Committee of ^lanagemont. "). That the Jioant of Director, •< shall be composed of all the ordained Baptist ministers and twenty-four persons, at least twelve of whom shall he regular members of Bajptist Churches, in connection with the New Brunswick Baptist Associations. 0. That the Conmiittee of Management, consisting of seven, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, who shall have power to change all or any of them whenever they think it desirable. 7. That the Pounds of this Society be appropriated to the establish- ment and maintenance of a Seminary of Learniny at Fredericton, under the management of the Committee, and supervision of the Board of Di rectors, 5. The Board of Directors shall meet at least once a year, to make such general regulations as may be deen%ed necessary for the promotion of the objects of the Society, and the govf imment of the Committee, 9. It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the business of the Society, and to provide pious and efficient Teachers, under whose care and that of the Committee it shall be an all-important object to in- culcate sound, religious, and moral principles, and to induce habits of m- dustry, good order, and economy. 10. It is contemplated that this Institution shall afford the means of instruction in the usual branches of English Literature, and of Scientific, Classical, and other Studies, which usually comprise the course of educa- tion at an Academy, Theological Seminary and College. 1 1. That the Seminary b( open to persons of any denomination. 1 2. The Tuition juid Board to be fixed at as low a rate as possible. 13. That eleven of the Board of Directors shall form a quorum. 14. That no alteration shall be made in the Constitution of this Body, unless with the consent of at least two thirds of the Board of Directors. IH N. B. BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. C. OFFICERS AND DIRECTOKS ELECTFD issl OKFICKKS. President, Hon. A. McL. Seely : Vice-Presidents, A. F. Randolph, Esq. Win. Vauglian, Esq., Rev. I. E. Bill, D. D. ; Secretary, .Fohn Mnroh, Esq. Treasurer, (\ V. Clinch, Esq. HOARO OK OIHKCTORS. ITenry Vainrhan, A. E. Killam, J. T. Steeve.s, M. D., Moses Ijvwrence, A. D. Yerxa, C." A. Everett, T, H. Rand, D. C. L., John S. Trites, Sen., H. C. Creed, A. H. Gillmor, C. N. Skinner, .Iacol> Bradshaw, C. D. Everett, J. W. Spurden, Hon. Jas. Steadman, Hon. A. R. McClelun, C. P. Baker, (leo. C. King, M. P., A. W. Mastei-s, D. V. Robertas, Foster McFarlane, M. D., John S. Trites, Jr., Samuel Robinson, T. II. Hall, together with all the or- dained Baptist Ministers in New Brunswick. Since the matter relating to the Education Society on pages 7 to 'J was in type, a meeting of the Education Society was lield in St. John, August 1st, '82, at which time the Officers and Dii*ectors were elected. The only changes made in the above list were the election of Chas. A, Everett, Esq., to be President, in place of Hon. A. McL. Seely, deceased, amd the a(ldition of J. G. Leighton, Esq., M. P. P., in place of Mr. Everett as a Director. At that meeting the proceedings of the Directors during the year passed tmder review ; the document contained in Appendix D. was read : verbal reports were received of the action of each of the three Associa- tions in N. B. in reference to the Seminary movement ; the Treasurer re- ported that an interim injunction granted by the Chief Justice at the in- stance of Mr. R. H. Phillips, of Fredericton, had recently been served upon him, forbidding him to disburse any part of the funds held by him as Treasurer of the Society, for any other purpose than that originally intend- ed, i. e. for a Baptist Seminaiy at Fredericton ; this injunction was read, as also the affidavit upon which it was based ; and all these matters were referred to the Directors to report upon at a meeting of the Society to be called at some future day. In consequence of representations made by the writer, who was present, and perhaps by others, concerning the ir- regularities in the organization of the Society pointed out above (page 8, »fcc.,) a resolution was also adopted requesting the Board of Directors to have the Constitution amended so as to bring it into conformity with the Act of Incorporation. 4 « PROTEST. 19 T). COI'Y (»K DOCL'MKNT SR\T TO THK HOARD OK UIRKCTORS OF THK \. H. B. KI»r- CATION SOCIKTY BY DlltKCTORS URJ^IDKVT IX KRRDERIOTOX. To John Mar(!h, Esc^., Secretary to Board of Director* of N. K R. Education Sooietv. Dkar Sir, — 4 Assumin,^ that the meeting of the Board of Directors, called for this evening by notices issued yesterday, is called for the same purpose as was the af\iourned meeting of Oct. 27th (when, to the surprise and disap- pointment of those of our number who went to St. John for the purpose of attending the meeting, only three other Directors and none of the ofticel's were present), we think it proper to state that we regard the pro- j)Osal to open a school and establish an academv ni the present time as entirely without the proper functions of the Directors,— as will appear from the following facts : — 1. That, at the time of the closing and sale of the Seminary, the de- nomination in N. B. deliberately determined to adopt the Academy at Wolfville as our Institution (Minutes of Eastern Association, 1872 ; re- solution of Board of Directors, 1873, and of Education Society, June, 1874.) 2. That the Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces has in con- .^equence, and in reliance on our cordial support, entered upon large un- dertakings in order to provide suitable academic accommodation for the entire Body. (Year Book, 1874, p. 12 ; 1877, p. 38.) 3. That our Associations have repeatedly recognized in the clearest manner this union in academic work, as may be seen by reference to their annual Minutes. The denomination in New Brunswick is therefore under the gravest obligations to co-operate loyally in supporting and patronizing our efficient and ample academies at Wolfville, — which, happily, are located in the veiy centre of the Maritime Provinces. Until the Convention, to whose deliberations and deciigions we, in common with all the other Baptists of the Maritime Provinces, have formally and publicly committed our " edu- cational operations" (See Year Book, 1877, pp. 16, 20), shall determine to found an Academy in New Brunswick, we counsel tha most liberal dis charge of existing obligations, and sympathetic efforts by way of utilizing existing advantages to the fullest extent ; and respectfully but firmly protest against the adoption of any measurea by the Directors for the opening of a separaie Academy in New Brunswick, In conclusion we think it proper to state that if the Directors deem themselves yet unable, in view of any trust reposed in them, to give etfect to the recommendation contained in the Report on Education adopted by th» Western Association at its last meeting, respecting the application 2() oUl{ AOADKMIKS. of the interest arising from the funds obtained hy the buIo of the Frederic- fnndf (Signed) Directors resident in Fredericton. Fredericton, Dee. 27, 1881. f .1. Stkad.ma.v, I THEODOnU If. Ka.M», {A. F. Randolph, I J. W. Splrden, [ If KUnKRT ('. r'UKKl). E. FA(;TS KEUTlNd To UVU ACADEMIES AT WOLFVILLE, 1881-82. HOirrON ACApEMY._jNsT.u cT.)us_A. W. Armstrong, A. B., Princl. pal, Greek md Mathematics ; .J. F. Tufts, A. M., Jjitin ; Albert Coldwell, A. M., ^atu^al Science ; Mvs. Armstrong (nee ITuguenin), French and Ger- man. CoL'KSKs OK Stiuy. —Classical <'ourse, Teachers' (bourse, ar.d Commer- cial Course, covering three years. STUDENTS._Senior Class, 2:^; .Junior Class, ;J2 ; Prepaiatorv. ) : total, '»0. From New Brunswick, 14 ; N. S., 45 ; P. E. I., 1 ' .< .AC(™A «EM[NARY._IxsTRLCTORS_Mary E. ' (Iraves, Principal: Carrie J. Whidden, Mathematics and Latin; Laura M. (fourley, English: Mme. Mane Armstrong {nee Huguenin), French and German ; Augusta J. Dodge, Instrumental Music ; Florence L. Handing, Vocal Music ; Eliza F Harding, Drawing and Painting. (vOURSKS OK Study — Classical and English, covering three years. STUDEN-T.S.— Soiiiors, 4: -funioiv, I."): Fiivst Year, 12; Premiratorv, 8 ; 11^ selected studies, \>>^ : Total, :u. Fmai Xow Brunswick. 1 1 • X S 'ii\