Shorter College rejects convention's selection of trustees

SMYRNA - A Baptist-affliated college in Rome could lose grace with the Georgia Baptist Convention if it refuses to accept the group&#39;s choice of trustees. <br> <br> Unhappy with how the board of trustees were chosen, the convention has been withholding money generated by an endowment fund for Shorter College since January. <br> <br> Shorter College president Ed Schrader said the school would refuse to seat eight trustee nominees selected by the convention during the group&#39;s annual meeting Tuesday. <br> <br> Earlier, convention members rejected 16 nominees submitted by Shorter College. <br> <br> ``I&#39;m surprised and disappointed,&#39;&#39; Schrader said. ``They didn&#39;t even come back to us and ask us to submit more names.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Rev. J. Robert White, the Georgia Baptist Convention executive director, said Shorter College would cease being a Baptist college if it refused to seat the convention&#39;s trustees. <br> <br> Schrader said the college&#39;s board will meet this week to consider its options. <br> <br> The two-day annual convention ended Tuesday.

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