The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-14
SEATTLE OR TACOMA .
nAprisTs DISPUTE OVER THE Loca
TIoS OF SCHOOL.
Tfsr Seattle Contingent Can oHrT
RuiIafng and site. Int Tacoma Ct
Course, Wants "a in the City 81
De.4lp5 - Programme for TODAY

TIE second 6ay's session 81 The NoT-n-
west HEutgst conventSaa. hea9 yesterday
! "a TIE N0rta Baptist church. Arrest &C.
velopee a warm debate. Tire 2re44sIll-
/ nary guns ware ared. ana tbs morning. ne
/ Rattle vii wage in earnest. The scas3sai
while not violent promises - Afford
brief period 81 excitement 20 feature toe
naonotony Of routine convention woEN
The Northwest Baptist ASsoc1ation pre-
poses 10 found a school which VII be pre-
paratosy 70 the freshman elsss q n
state university DIVISION comes az 20 ia
location q the academy. The Tacoma ec..~
| tlngent vii urge its claim. While Ssatsie
Raptists viii attempt TO have chosen TIE
| Baptist Seattle university, a. RAINIER
beach This university Is encountered
with a mortgage q k2.soo. ard = not a.
present beirg used " tire convention
chooses # as the academy OF the associa-
ton IN the Northwest, the only expense
incident to the establishment 81 the school
VII be the raising Of the MORTGAGE and
hiring OF teachers determined hzht VIII
be made by Tacoma representatives,
against the success Of any proposition
faxorlng Seattle. The result Is hardly
doubff... as Seattle r. very strongly repre-
scented BY members IN the convention.
The Resolution.
~ yesterday mornings session the fol
loving resolution was submitted by G. r
/ Griffin. Of Tacoma. and after some arSa-
mant X was laid over until this morning
whereas. The Bapt.sts u the North
west Baptist convention have no educa-
tlonaI Institution under their care. and a
q body are not direetly contributing to the
support Of such an institution; and believ-
Ing that the tine has now come when steps
should be taken 10 establish an academy
H.~4H. -
all upon a sound financial basis; and fur
ther believing that the kingdom Of God
can he extended and maintained IN the
support OF such an institution, therefore
b. Il
Resolved. That a committee Of seven be
appointed. four OF whom shall be lsymen
and three pastors Of our churches. whose
duty Il shall be 10 examine into the ques-
ton 90 establishing such an academy, OBJ
tain ali information possible and report
a fully matured and workable plan at the
next meeting Of this convention, with fun
recommendations. 10 the end that there
may be as little delay possible In start
ing such a school Il being hereby contem-
plated that such academy shall provide fer
a four years course. which course shall
be such that the student pursuing the
same shall be well prepared 20 enter the
freshman class Of the highest institution
Of learning In this state"
Proposed Amendment.
The most urgent opponent Of the reso-
luton is Rev Thomas Baldwin. pastor Of
the Market Street Baptist church. He viii
this morning offer an amendment 10 Grif-
FMS resolution, naming Seattle as the To-
cation q the academy. and the amend
msnt viii have the support OF a number of
able speakers.
IRE Convention yesterday morning. after
- hss
took Up the question. "our Educational
Needs" A report az the committee on
education by Pastor A. G.. Sawin was
followed by discussion from Pastor NJ c.
Cole. for the ministry: Prof. Mark Bailey
sr.. for the laity. and Pastor Thonas
Baldwin IN retrospect and prospect
The afternoon op@ned with prayer ser
vice led by Mrs. Thomas Baldwin. The
present condition Of the Woman's Baptist
Hame Society was reported 10y Mrs. \
w Reaveu One OF the main thoughts
presented in this report was that u was
now time that the women divide ther
offerings and give a larger proportion 70
the general work. She stated that 500
had been reported by the circle 10 the
state convention during the year. TO gen
eral work about 500. and 10 the training
school. SIS.
Miss Carrie Z. KaIlock told Of methods
Of church work FOR young girls. making
Mrs n. {. Cole presented the report
% the state secretary OF the Woman's
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. The
report showed that there were thirty cir
cles within the convention. with a mem
bershlp OF iis. There has been raised
during the year IN the Northwestern AsSo-
citation s297; IN the Puget Sound Assocta-
ton. isis: from the scandinavian circles.
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Papers on the following topics closed the
afternoon: What Our Society Is Doing"
Mrs. c. n. Spencer; "0ur Work In China.
Ms. J. A. Foster: Report q Farther
Lights and Junior societies. Mrs. u. =.
Etiis.
christian Citizenship. It's Obligations
sad BENEFITS" vas the theme u the even
ing Pastor s A Abbott spoke Of the
/ many problems o, national Importance
I which need Christian solution w omau's
Relation &c Christian citizenship was
| ably shown BY Mrs Mark Bailey. who de-
/ rnorstrated tire efficient service women
may give "a the consideration Of national
issues,
The closing address O, tire Gay was by
| Pastor T. s. RoweTuan, whose subject
Was The Ideal Christian Ct,lEcn"
/ The proRrarnae which pcrup. "a Tuesday
/ evenings session wzs an excellent one IL
OPENED with a souE service led by Mrs
Z II : Rockwell. and she following address
- were made. The Field. Ours ard Net
ours" Pastor ~ W Miller. The Power
E Potential snd Latent" Pastor s e
/ Chram: The Zeal Actual and Possible
I Pastor G. +. Er8wuiee.
/ Today's programmes
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