Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-03
EDUCA TIONAL

PHILADELPHIA. March 2.-Educa-
tional leaders from all parts OF the
United States and Canada. including
half hundred college presidents and
professors and score of eminent di.
vines. are in Philadelphia for the sec
ond annual convention OF the Roiig.
iGus Education association. The con.
ventiou will last three days. opening
this evening with a public meeting in
he academy OF Music
After The address OF welcome and
response and the presidents annual
address by Dean Frank x. Sanders Of
Yale Divinity School, three addresses
on The Bible in Religious Expert.
Its Unique Vane and Character as
IN Interpreter OF Life" Professor
Thomas C. Hall, Union Theological
Seminary; Its Adequacy in Dealing
with the Crises and Emergencies OF
Life Rt Rev Alexander Mackay.
Smith. bishop coadjutor OF the dIocese
Of Pennsylvania Its Importance as
l Factor in Promoting Spiritual Ef-
ficiency and Growth" Rev DR.. Ed
ward Judson, pastor Memorial Baptist
church New York city, and professor
Of homletics in the University OF Chi
cago.
Tomorrow morning there viii be
Joint meeting of the seventeen depart.
ments Of, the association to consider
Religious Education in the Home"
The speakers Will be: Rev. Dr. Philip
$. MoXom, Springfield. Mass. Rev.
Ira Landrlth, general secretary of the
Religious Education association: Miss
Mary L. Hutchinson, chairman Of The
committee on education. Ohio Con
gress Of Mothers Professor Richard
Green Moulton Of the University OF
Chicago. Professor Caleb T. Win.
chester of Wesleyan University. and
Professor Herman II Horne of Dart
mouth College
Tomorrow afternoon WIN be devot-
ed TO departmental sessions. when the
ollowing departments VIII meet:
Universities and colleges: theological
| seminaries churches and pastors:
Sunday schools; secondary public
schools; teacher training; Christian
associations; young peoples societies;
the press; religions art and music.
The second general session win be
held tomorrow evening in the First
Baptist church. the subject being.
The Bible in Education" The sub
topics. with the speakers, viii be as
follows; "The Qualities Which Make
the Bible Educationally Valuable. .
Professor John f. McFadyen. Knox
College; The Contact Of Biblical Ma.
terial with the Experience of the
Child" Miss Josephine l.. Baldwin,
primary superintendent Jersey State
Sunday School association. THE Con
tact OF Biblical Material with Adol.
escent Life" Professor George u. Daw.
son, the Hartford School Of Religious
Pedagogy; THE Coordination OF the
Bible with Other Subjects OF Study"
President william H. p. Fauncs
Brown University. The subsequent
discussion viii be participated in by
President Mary f Woolley of Mount
Holyoke College. Rabbi Abram Simon
of Washir 'on. Professor Charles F
Kent OF Va University. and Rev. w
f. McI veil PHI. D., secretary of ed
uca 'iol Methodist Episcopal church.
r lay vi . devoted largely to the
ann lal ! meeting. The clos
Ing see q he convention will b,
held Frlay ening "The Bible II
socia nj G. Life" viii he the gen
eral sme, t-rated as follows: 1T,
Reecc ition oi the Social Needs ant
Relationships of Man" Professor Fran
els G. Peabody, d. D.. dehn Of the Har
ward Divinity School: "Its Solution o
the Practical Problems Of ModerI
: LIFE Rev. w. s. Rainsford. d. d.
New York city.