THE twelfth annual meeting of the International Publishing Association will convene at College View, Nebr., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1915, at 10:30 A. M. The membership consists of the executive committees of the General Conference, North American Division, Central Union, Northern Union, and Southwestern Union Conferences, the board of trustees and counselors of the International Publishing Association, and the editors of our foreign periodicals.
This will be an important meeting, as a decision will probably be made relative to the proposed transfer of the institution to the Pacific Press or to one of the English publishing houses.
Following this meeting, from January 20 to 25, there will be held, at College View, Nebr., the annual board meeting of Union College, with representatives of its constituency from the Central, Northern, and Southwestern Union Conferences; also there will be present representatives from the North American Division of the General Conference.
The question of the ownership of Union College will be raised, and two propositions will be under consideration at this meeting, one of which will probably be put into effect:—
First, that a legal corporation be formed,21representing the constituency of the Northern Union, Southwestern Union, and Central Union Conferences, to hold the property of Union College, the by-laws of the corporation to permit the three representative unions in their separate union conferences to elect a certain number of trustees to control and manage the college.
Second, that amendments and changes be made in the present corporation holding the title of Union College, so as to place the power of electing the managing board in the hands of the different union conferences, respectively.
At present the Central Union Conference has the authority to elect the entire board of managers of Union College, under the charter holding the title of Union College. It is thought that it would be far better if the Northern Union and the Southwestern Union could have the right to elect the trustees that would represent their territory, rather than the Central Union Conference to do it.
