CONSTITUTION OF The New West Education Commission. OBJECT. ARTICLE I. This Institution shall be known and incorporated under the laws of Illinois, by the name of The New West Education Commission; and its object shall be the promotion of Christian civilization in Utah and adjacent States and Territories, by the education of the children and youth under Christian teachers, and also by the use of such kindred agencies as may be at any time deemed wise. OFFICERS. ARTICLE II.-The Commission shall be managed and controlled by a Board of least at fifteen Directors (of whom five shall constitute a quorum), one third of whom shall be elected annually as hereinafter provided, who shall choose of their own number a President, VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer, who may or may not be a Director, as shall be thought best. Also an Executive Committee of seven, four of whom shall be a quorum, who shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors, from their own number. In the intervals of the meetings of the Board of Directors, they shall have full power to act for the Board, keeping a record of all their acts, and reporting the same to the said Board for their approval. They shall also have power to fill any vacancies in their number, in the intervals of the meetings of the Board. This Board may prescribe its own rules of business, and meet and adjourn from time to time; and shall make a full report of its doings, and of the receipts and expenditures in detail, at the annual meeting. of the Commission, which shall be held for the promotion of its general interests. MEMBERSHIP. ARTICLE III.-Every annual contributor to the funds of this Commission shall be a member thereof. The contribution of $20.00 at any one time shall constitute the donor an honorary member, and of $100.00 a life member, of this Commission; said members shall be entitled to participate in all public meetings that may be held, and all discussions incident thereto. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. ARTICLE IV.—The corporate members of the Commission hereinafter named, together with such additional persons as may be by them elected from time to time, shall annually elect at least one-third of the Board of Directors, and, for the purpose of classifying the Directors, the names of those selected for the first year shall be placed together and drawn out severally, and the first five drawn shall serve for one year, and the next five names drawn shall serve for two years, and the remaining five shall serve for three years, respectively. CORPORATE MEMBERS. ARTICLE V.-The corporate members shall be as follows, together with such as may be from time to time elected, the first fifteen names being selected as Directors for the first year, to wit: Rev. SIMEON GILBERT, D. D., Chicago. B. C. COOK, Chicago. CORPORATE MEMBERS. ELECTED AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION. ILLINOIS. *Col. C. G. Hammond. MAINE. Rev. I. P. Warren, D.D. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Hon. J. B. Walker. Pres. S. C. Bartlett, D.D. Rev. J. A. Leach. Rev. Geo. E. Street. Rev. John Q. Bittinger. Rev. F. D. Ayer, D.D. * Deceased. APPENDIX. A few extracts from numerous letters are here inserted. Some of the letters contain very valuable suggestions upon general questions at issue in Utah and New Mexico, and if it were possible they would be printed at length. Other means will perhaps be chosen to give them publicity. SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 22, 1885. Dear Sir: There can be no estimate of the good that the Missionary schools of Utah have done and are doing. They are all the schools worth the name in this Territory. They would be first-class schools in any country; compared with the Mormon educational institutions, they are as refined gold to lead. They have made the first direct inroad into Mormon homes, and have turned for hundreds of Mormon children the first leaves of the Book of Knowledge, and set an influence at work in their souls, which will by and by expand into something that will beat down the superstitions which are sought to be fastened on every child's heart in Mormondom. They keep steadily at work, offending no one, holding out the hand of encouragement and hope to every one who needs it. They accept without resentment the slanders of the Mormon chiefs, and by their spotless character they force even their enemies to respect them. I do not know of any other so potential a weapon to open the gates of darkness in which the souls of this people are locked. They are creating a new manhood and womanhood in Utah and deserve all praise for what they are doing. I am, truly yours, C. C. GOODWIN, SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29, 1885. Dear Sir: Your schools are acomplishing wonders. In every locality where they have obtained a foothold a back-fire is started against the desolating flames of Asiatic barbarism and and baptized lust. The simple outcome of a good school, without a single expression of partizanship in connection with Mormonism, followed up as it is in your schools by judicious religious teaching in Sunday Schools and Bible classes, of necessity tells against the fundamental principles of Mormonism. Every Christian school |