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132 CHARLES E. LEWIS I* all for $300 per year." The attendance the first year aver- aged only 6 pupils. In the summer of 1914 a new build- ing was erected at a cost of $20,000 and which was to have a capacity of 50 boys. Bonds were issued mortgaging the property on 19th Street to the amount of $50,000 for this purpose and for building a road to the place. The board spent about $28,000 on building and equipment that year and the school was operated at such a loss that it was never reopened after 1915. The attendance that year averaged only 11. In 1914 upon the death of Bishop Scadding, the Rt. Rev. Walter T. Sumner became Bishop of the Diocese and he set about immediately to straighten out the affairs of the school. He described the location as being inaccessible and unfortunate. Rev. A. H . Marsh, who had been brought from the East to become the Head Master of the school said that when he first approached the place, he felt as if he were going into a forsaken wilderness. His efforts to make the school a success were praised by all who came in contact with him. Dr. Kerr, President of Oregon Agriculture College, and Dr. Sheldon, Dean of the School of Education of the University of Oregon, visited the place at the request of Bishop Sumner and agreed that the school could never be a financial success in that location. Steps were taken accordingly to conserve the remain- der of the Bishop Scott School funds and property, and with the consent of the heirs of the original donors of the property ,a decree of the court has given the board the authority to divert the funds into other channels of the church. In trying to clear up the matter, the board has brought suit against Dr. Morrison for mishandling the funds of the board at the time he was a member. It has been shown that he was one of the stockholders of the so-called Walnut Grove Company from which the Yamhill property was purchased and acted in that capacity as well as chairman of the board in the absence of Bishop Scad- ding. This suit was brought for the following purposes: m%