Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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I n t r o d u c i n g MEMBERS OF THE ENDOWMENT COMMISSION: W. C. Bradley, Columbus, Ga. Howard E. Coffin, Detroit, Mich, Mills B. Lane, Savannah, Ga. Gordon S, Rentschler, New York, N. Y. Eugene W, Stetson, New York, N. Y. THEIR DUTIES “ All money, and property of any sort, hereafter given, grant- ed, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to or for the use or benefit of the institution of learning known as Mercer Uni- versity, at Macon, Georgia, or to or for the use or benefit of any college, school or department thereof, or to the corpo ration now known as The Trustee» of the Mercer University, shall, unless otherwise specified by the grantor, be managed and controlled exclusively by an Endowment Commission of five member , constituted as hereinafter provided. The members of the Endowment Commission shall he chosen by the Board of Trustees, from without the membership of the Board.” . . . (Georgia Baptist Convention Minutes, 1929: Mercer University Proposed Charter Changes. Paragraph 8, Section d.) The proposed changes are now an actual fact, and the men named above comprise the Commission. OTHER FRIENDS: William Murphey, Savannah, Gi, All those appearing in the special FRIENDS section of this book, which begins on page 127.