The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-27
BAPTISTS WAVE A THREAT.
MAY OPPOSE STATE SCHOOL COM
MISSIONER GLENN.

His Annual Report Failed 10 Mem
ton Several Baptist Educational
InstitutionS-Dr. Lnndrum Wanted
the Matter Investigated at Once,
But Rev. BrouGhtOn Advised DIT
ferentIy-The Assistant Commits
sioner Explains the Matter-ManY
Baptist Institutions Are Mention
ed. and some of other Denomina-
lions Have Also been Omitted.
Atlanta, Feb. Estate School Commits
sioner Glenn was severely rasped at the
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Conference this
morning and a threat Of springing oppo-
siticn TO him in the coming campaign
was raised.
The matter was brought up by Rev. S.
Y jameson, corresponding secretary oil
the State Mission Board, who stated that
he had learned that the annual report of
Commissioner Glenn in enumerating the
different schools and colleges Of Georgia
ignored Mercer University, Cox College
and several other Baptist schools in the
state. Mr. jameson thought such. an er-
ror should be corrected and brought the
matter to the attention of the Atlanta
ministers.
Dr. w w. Landrum thought the mat
ter should be investigated at once and If
the State School Commissioner had Will
ingly done the Baptist schools of Georgia
an injustice the fact should be published
70 the world. Mr.. Glenn was only in
formed as to schools Of his own denomi-
nation then at the next election state
school commissioner should be selected
who would take as much pains to secure
data concerning the Baptist schools and
colleges as those of the Methodist and
Presbyterian proclivities
Rev. L. G.. Broughton was opposed to
the conference taking any steps in the
matter. He thought the president of Cox
College, which is a private institution,
should make the fight if his school had
been treated unfairly by the State
School Commissioner. If the colleges I'M
der the protecting care Of the church had
been left out of the report designedly by
the commissioner. then the presidents and
board of trustees should take the matter
up and report at the next state conven-
ton, which meets in Griffin soon
There were two or three members of the
Board of Trustees of Mercer University
present, and upon their promising TO make
an immediate investigation the conference
decided 10 take no action in the matter for
the present.
State School Commissioner Glenn left
the city this morning TO attend a meeting
of educators in Chicago, and could not be
seen regarding the charges made at the
ministers meeting. Assistant Commits
sioner Woodall of the department, who is
familiar with all the executive business
connected with the publication of the re-
port, when asked, said: There appears
in the report a list of colleges, their To-
cations and the names of their presiding
officers. The blanks sent out for the an
nual reports of the county school commits
sioners contained properly designated
place in which 10 enter this information
These reports were printed in the depart
ment report exactly as they were re-
ceived. The name of Mercer University, a
Baptist institution, does not appear in the
list, nor does the name of Wesleyan Col
lege, a Methodist institution, which is also
located in Bibb county. on account of
the fact that the Bibb county school sys-
tenn is all one local system, just as the
Atlanta system is a local system, the re-
port above referred to is not required from
Bib county, hence no blank for this re-
port was sent to the commissioner of that
county. The following Baptist institutions
are mentioned in the report: Monroe Col
lege, Forsyth, LAGRANGE Female College
and Southern Female College, at La
Grange; the Bowden College, at Bowden
Several other colleges are also mention
ed; some of them may be Baptist colleges
or they may not. Commissioner Glenn is
a member of the Methodist denomination
but know from my connection with the
office that Commissioner Glenn extends
courtesies whenever possible to the Bap-
fist denomination. | know that Commits
sioner Glenn oftentimes refers to Presi-
dent Pollock Of Mercer University lust
as he does to the. presiding officers or
other institutions, requests which he re-
ceives for bright young male teachers"