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A GREATER GETTYSBURG mittee" and that only "after many nominations had been made simply to be refused" were five men found who were willing to serve. The editor reported that "some of the richest men in the board, who have helped the college before this, financially, are understood to be much disgusted and may withdraw their support." He attributed the impasse to two factions in the Lutheran church. "Bitter things are being said on both sides," he noted. "Where the division will end is not known." Although the Gettysburgian for September 16 vehemently denied the accuracy of the Compiler's account, within six weeks of the meeting Glatfelter resigned as president of the board, effective at once. Two of his colleagues handed in their resignations a few months later. The second search committee consisted of three pastors and two laymen, all of whom had been elected to the board since 1893 and none of whom had served on the first committee. On January 7,1904 they took the unprecedented step of sending a letter to all alumni, asking them to state what they believed to be "the chief needs of our Alma Mater" and how they could best be met, as well as to identify their first, second, and third choices for president. "The Alumni and patrons of the College are entitled to be heard," the writers argued, "in matters of such vital importance as those now engaging the attention of the committee named." The Gettysburgian reprinted this letter in its issue of January 20 and urged any alumnus who had not received a copy nevertheless to send in his response to the questions which it posed. On March 1 a second special meeting of the board convened in Gettysburg. The search committee reported that it had met four times and reviewed the alumni suggestions. The members were in full agreement that the College needed a president "who combines with Scholarship and Broad Culture, Executive, Administrative and Business Ability, and . . . who has the full confidence of the Church and Alumni/' However, since they were not able "to agree, unitedly upon such an one," they were making no recommendations and were asking to be discharged. Once again, their colleagues had little alternative to accepting their report as final, but this time they decided to attempt without further delay to elect a president. On six ballots the two leading candidates received either nine or ten votes, but never the required majority. One of them, Charles M. Stock, 49, a member of the class of 1874, was the longtime pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church in Hanover, a member of the board since 1894 and its secretary since 1897, and the early choice of many persons (including a majority of the first search committee). The second candidate, William J. Gies, 32, a member of the class of 1893, possessed an earned doctorate from Yale, was an adjunct professor of physiological chemistry at Columbia University, and had a solid record as one 45