Friday, March 02, 2007

Fightback over Removal of Cross from Chapel



We read:

"A major donor to the College of William and Mary is among the college's alumni who have voiced strong opposition to a decision to remove a cross from permanent display in the university's Wren Chapel.

In a letter obtained by the Daily Press, former Board of Visitors member James W. McGlothlin wrote another former board member on Feb. 16 that President Gene Nichol's decision to remove a brass cross in the chapel was "unbelievable."

"This has been so disturbing to me that I have decided to withhold any future contributions to the College," he wrote. He said in the letter that a "very large contribution was in the making" before President Tim Sullivan retired from the college.

McGlothlin, of Bristol, Va., is a longtime donor to the College of William and Mary

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