The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
BAPT|STS IN FAVOR
OF COLLEGE
SCHEME
Convention Goes on Record in
Favor Of a Baptist College
for North Dakota.

The North Dakota Baptists Conven-
ton and Ministerial union, in session
in this city. went today on record and
committed itself to the establishment
of Baptist college in North Dakota"
and committee will he appointed for
the purpose of investigating the SUBJ
ject OF affiliation and Independent COL
leges, with orders at the next annual
meeting of the convention.
The placing OF the convention on re-
cord in favor of tho establishment of
a college in this state was only accom-
plished after long and somewhat
heated debate participated in by DR.. A.
D. Williams, J. r. Barlow, " p.
Squires, E. ]. Babcock, Rev. F.. f. r.
Miller, Rev. Crosby, Prof Kennedy and
others.
A statement made by Rev. l.. B.
Crosby in his address on Christian
Education" in which he wished the
convention to pledge it's hearty sup
port to the Sioux Falls Baptist COL
lege, at Sioux Falls. S. D., was what
precipitated the discussion. Rev.
Crosby divided education into two
classes, secular and Christian. The
secular composes the commercial and
esthetic, while the Christian education
is the broadcast because it combines
education in all it's meanings.
The menace of the day." said the
speaker, lis the constituencies, char
acterless intelligence. l thank God
that the state has separated itself
from the giving of religious instruc-
tion."
Christian education was made a
special order to follow the address and
1t was then that the resolution re-
ferred to above was adopted. Nothing
other than investigation will be done
during the year to follow but it is
hoped that the next annual convention
will take steps for the purchase of
ground and the erection of the much
desired college.
This morning the convention opened
with the fourth of the series, "A study
of Power" by Rev. Foley of Page.
From to 1890 there was held
woman's conference presided over by
Mrs. E. ]. Babcock. Methods of study
in mission work was the subject dis
cussed.
simultaneously the convention was
hearing the following reports of COM
mittees given by the chairmen. whose
names appear:
State Missions-Rev. R. a. McAIul-
len. Minot.
Home Missions-Rev. Samuel Batch
lor, Cooperstown.
Foreign Missions-Rev. L. B. Crosby,
Crystal
Publication Society-Frank d. Hall,
Fargo.
Christian Education-Rev. F. E. R.
Miller, Grand Forks.
Temperament B. Griffith.
Obituaries-Rev. S. Van Tassell.
The report of Rev. F. f. R. Miller
was the feature of the convention. He
called attention to the social condi-
lions which confront the young men
and women of the present time and the
demand that is made that they be thor
oughly trained in the use of the head,
hand and heart, and that any education
which contains only the first two is
but fragmentary."
Attention was called to the fact that
the Baptists of North Dakota are real
" not tributary to any of a number
of Baptist institutions which were
named, and, 1T seems to the commit
tee that the time has now really come
when the Baptists of North Dakota
should take some definite action look
ing to the founding and making of a
Baptist school. Dozens and hundreds
of our Baptist children are ready for
an academy, university and college
training and yet we offer them no such
privileges at home. 1t seems
to your committee that the idea of
building an institution connected in
the same manner las the Methodist
university, Wesley college) with the
state university should receive serious
consideration with the Baptists of
North Dakota. To do this
within the next five years and do it
we'll, land must be laid hold of now.
A committee ought, therefore, be ap-
pointed to examine this subject thor
oughly as to ways and means and
bring in special report at the next
annual meeting of the convention"
This report was afterwards adopted
and committee will be announced in
few days to take up the work of in
vestigatiOn as recommended.