, 1870-04-30
CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION.
Founding Frepnrntofy Schools Election Of
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INSTITUTIONS OF LEARN1Sd-
President Sturtevant from the same commltte
On the paper which had Seen referred to ii oy Dt
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companied the report. said that he did not expect
TINT bis plans for schools in the Northwest would
BE- fny ", endoEsed Our colleges were gong to
| In the same track. Something must be done to
stop this neglect Of liberal learning In this great
out dollars, and for no higher OBJECT, he protest.
| ed against this and, In conclusion, offered m
amendment to the report OF the committee, to the
! effect that the triennial convention recommend
| the establishment Of schools In the West which
shall bear the same relation to colleges that acade-
mics did Ia New England.
previous speaker and spoke at length OF the evilg
Of the present system Of education A riva1sh1p
had grnwn up between the common school and
the college systems which had produced an un-
healthy result He had always voted chcer1uliy to
tax himself TO support common schools but he ttl
uness III could n tae man aas .oF Soegs
that Christ spoke, and In which the Testament Tas
written, h. was not literally educated.
Judge Walker, OF Detroit, thought II Has EASY
to pass resolutions, but they would not reach the
| difficulty. II Intermediate schools Of learnipg
were 70 be established, that Wns not the way to do
bee!ed the SCH seSoos IS tos q Measaa adeaoa
70 be ahun9antlJ able to ft a young man
denolaaaona Ths tenaency q Gede0ts de1omns II &c
tonsl schools Is to make men narrow. He refer
red e The academies Of New England, and said
gould not compare with the common schools Of
ReT: ". B. Love, Of Milwaukee, defended tue
West from the charge that II did not desire to send
Its young men to college. He thought a religious
reyiyal M Eas needed more Thar u, ANYTHING else.
1t was q question whether leuomina1ional schools
were benefit rocolleges Of not They seemed to
he advised The convention to pass q resolution
recommending tho pastors Of each church to
preach one sermon every year On the importance
Rcr. S. u. Frceland, OF Detroit, called attention
to the fact that the difference between the mcm-
hers o. tns soayeat,on On q ihs edusaton. gnss-
ReE.A J. Drake, OF Br1m1eld, Ill, said that the
common schools we're alxays open 70 Christian
ministers, and tneiL influence could be c1erted
Further debate On the school question was sus-
pended BY unanimous consent until all business
The committee, to whom Has referred the report
q the Board Of Directors, reported, through DR..
on the prosperous condition Of its Seminary at
this great central point Of the county, and It's fu-
ture was looked forward to with acceptance.
OFFICES ELEcTED-
The convention proceeded to the election Of OIL
GERS with the following result: |
ElasssassE I; e s hi,t'stt eeeh4n, DID,
S<ers.y-3fotea Smith
E.szsaist c1stmiae1S G. Bs1t.ett, ". y. Patton, z.