Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
THE YOUNG IDEA BIAS
The Lutheran Synod Debated the
Feasibility Of Following
THE CATHOLIC PLAN OF GROWTH,
Attaching Youth to the Church, But no
Definite Action Thereon.
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES LAST NIGHT.

The Lutheran Synod was mainly occupied
yesterday in the discussion of educational mat
tiers. General Secretary Rev. NJ. F.. Troxell
read the biennial report of the Board of Educa-
tion, ana Rev. Dysinger, President of Carthage
College, Illinois, gave a statement of the status
of that institution. Hon. Amos Miller, OF
Hlllsboro. ILL.,, reported that the Board OF Ed
ucation had acquired during the past two
years property worth over 100000. This in
cludes gift of 25 acres of college grounds and
building lots at Atchison, Kan; the Midland
College, buildings and appurtenances and the
academy grounds at Wayne, Neb., and a culti-
waited farm in Kansas.
The resolutions recommended by the Board
of Education were considered, aud some of
them energetically debated. Rev. F. w. Con-
rad, d. D., of Philadelphia, urged the formative
power of academies and colleges to raise up
Christian teachers, and held that the church
ought to outstrip the munificence of State and
friends of secular education to furnish cham
pions of the faith to wrestle with educated
unbelief.
MOSTLY BUSINESS.
At the afternoon session the Treasurer was
authorized to pay out of the regular Synod
treasury the expenses of the Board of Educa-
tion in attending its meetings during 1888 and
1859, and 1t was decided that expenses be here
after paid by the Board. The Treasurer was
authorized to borrow $500, the amount of these
expenses, from the Board of Publication.
The Synod ratified the official acts of the
Board of Education.
Dr. Orth wanted to know the relation sus-
tanned by the Board of Trustees of Midland
College toward the Board of Education, and
which board had control of the college prop
erty. DR.. Rhoades replied that the Board of
Education could not transfer the property to
the Board of Trustees until the college was
thoroughly established, and that it was not the
intent of the Board of Education to hold the
property permanently. The people of Atchi-
son. Kan, had subscribed over $50, GOO to the
support of the college.
Prof. Ehrenfeid asked if the Board of Edu-
cation was at any expense to sustain the
academy at Wayne Neb, and whether it was
the policy of the board to found academies as
feeders to the Midland College. DR.. Rhoades
said the Nebraska Synod had donated seven
acres of land and a 5000 building for the
academy. The property IS to be decided to the
General Synod after ten years. In return the
Synod is to sustain the academy.
AS TO PARoCHIAL EDUCATION.
Prof. Ehrenfeld thought that at present the
public schools were better qualified to fit
students for college than were academies, as
the former had the best apparatus, and he
stirred up some discussion by his remarks.
DR.. Conrad wanted children taught positive
christianity, wanted academies where they
could learn the doctrines of the Lutheran
Church.
DIR. Ehrenfeld didn't want the Lutheran
Church to follow the example of the Roman
Catholic Church in taking its children by the
nape of the neck, if necessary, to put them into
its schools
Rev. Barnitz reported the wealth of the
Lordsburg College. in the Santa Fe Railway
Los Angeles and Ocean Grove, Cal,
to be $4,000 in property and an endowment Of
$50, 600.
President Dysinger, of Carthage College
asked for 81, 600 to help clear away debt of$S-
900. The request was granted. President Dy-
singer stated that the college property was
valued at over S36,00 1t has over 100 pupils
and has graduated over 30 ministers during a
few years past.
At the evening session the Rev. ]. 8. Det-
weller, D. D.. of Omaha. Neb.. delivered an ad-
dress on "The Christian College," Among
other things he said:
Christian education is necessity. In many of
BUR public schools the Bible cannot be even
properly read. 1t would be a sorry day for
America were all educational institutions free en-
,irelY from the control of the Church. The world
needs no education different from evange1ization.
pirit. The richest of our colleges has only 800
oO endowment. Money is not the only endow-
nent. A corps Of teachers working for Christ is
great endowment The Bible should not be an
optional study, but should be necessary for
graduation. The aim of the Board of Education |
possess. With this organization we will make |
yreat progress in the next 25 years