The San Francisco call., 1898-01-28
RELIGION IN
 THE COLLEGE Stanford and Berkeley Professors Express
 Opinions.
All Agree That Christian Doc Urine Is Necessary to
 Education.
Influential Men Gather at the Services of the Day of Prayer for
 Colleges.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.


 sos Broadway, January 27.
 The Day of Prayer for Colleges was observed ct the First Congregational Church to-day with a union meeting. The speakers were prominent profes- sors of the State and Stanford univer- slties. Their addresses were listened to by an appreciative audience, and among those present were nearly all or the local pastors and professors of the denominational schools located in this city. The meeting closed tonight after three sessions.
 The first address was that of Pro- lessor Show of Stanford. his topic be- ing, Are the needs of Christian edu- cation adequately met at present on the Pacific Coast? Are more Christian col 1eges needed? Do our universities suf- nee TOT Callfornia?' ?' Among state ments made by him was the following:
 Christian educat tion differs from any other education. Christian education is not simply to advance denominational interests. The best Christian colleges Of our land are not the narrow kind. There is as large a place for the de- nominational college as there is for the denOminatiOnal paper or church. The Christian college is well up with the best State institutions of this land; in fact, the great State institutions re- ceiVed their pest ideas from the Chris tian colleges. The Christian college has a different environment than the other colleges In the Christian college it should be the easiest thing to become a Christian and live Christian life, and as hard as possible not to be. It is more important that a teachers moral character be above reproach than that he or she be of the highest learning The school will be what the teachers are, and Christian colleges should have none but Christian professors. The Christian college town makes a nice place in which to live It has ideal homes for environments.
 President Kellogg of the University of California followed with a plea for every denomination to erect and main- tain Christian halls in the vicinity of the State universities. He also wanted to see every church in Berkeley have two pastors, one for the pastoral work and one to prepare and preach the ser mons.
 The afternoon session opened with the topic: "The public schools as a fac tor in church work. Is their influence helpful? What is the churchs oppor- tunity concerning them?" Rev E. s. Chapman. D.D., was the speaker, and urged a closer connection between the school and home.
 The next topic was: Moral and re- lgious teaching in schools and col leges. Can it be increased? Where does the responsibility rest? May such teaching safely be left to the home and the church?" Professor Thoburn of Stanford University was announced for this subject, but was unable to be pres ent. Professor Elmer E. Brown of the University of California accepted an invitation to speak eXtemporaneously, and said in part:
 The history of the modern educa- tional institution is the history of the changes in the relation of the church and State. In the expulsion of reli- gious teaching from the public schools we are dealing with an institutional relation. I Go not believe that we are meeting to protest against the provi- sions barring ecclesiastical teachings The church as a church nor the doc trines of a church as doctrines of a church cannot be recognized in our great institutions of learning More harm has been done fighting to intro duce religious works, prepared for the special purpose, into the schools than would ever have resulted from the in troduction of the Bible itself