The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-17
the theme was thoughtful and cal-
.culated to induce thought in others.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
officers Elected and Other Addresses
Jt.,rd. 4l Is

Heard.
At the afternoon session of the
Southern Baptist Educational Confer
ence the large Auditorium was only
partially filed, the heavy downpour OF
rain having kept many away who
would otherwise have attended. The
audience was composed almost exclu
sively OF gentlemen, only two or three
ladies being present Secretary Will
/ liam II. Harrison presided over the
conference and introduced several
| speakers.
The program for the afternoon was
/ cut short by the absence OF Professor &
$. Y. Jameson, OF Mercer University
| Macon, Ca, thus leaving but two Of
/ three speakers announced to make adj
i dresses. These two We're President r.
/ r.. Vann, OF the Baptist Womnns COL
tlglege, OF Raleigh, N. c., and DIR. w. c.
i James. of Bethel College, Russellville,
/ Ky. DR. James is u Richmond College
i alumnus, and was accorded warm
a and even afrectionnte welcome by many
4 of his old colleEemates In other days
/ His address was the feature of the
!! pro gram.
4 Officers Elected.
i Before the addresses began, the nom
mating committee selected In tho fore
II noon to recommend officers made its
report. This committee consisted Of
i Professor W. L. Poteat, OF Wake For
est College, N. c.; DR.. w. ]. NlcGloth-
. lin and DIR. w. Y. Jameson. OF Mercer
University, Macon, Gu. The committee
{ made the following recommendations
& OF officers for the ensuing year:
:, President. DR.. T. w. Boatwright. Of
, Richmond College.
!, First ce-President, Dr. e. Y. Null
Inns. of the Southern Baptist Theologi-3
cal Seminary. Louisville. Ky.
Second Vice-President, DR.. r. T..
Vann, Of the Baptist Woman's College,.
, at Raleigh.
Secretary. Professor William H, Har-
rison. of Bethel College, Russellville,,
Ky.
Executive Committee, Drs. Boat
:. wright Harrison and S, p. Brooks, Of
/, tho Baylor. University, Waco. Texas.
The report was adopted by the con-
ference. and the officers named We're
declared duly elected. ~
The first speaker on the program
/ was DR.. r. II. Vann, of Raleigh, an ex-
perienced educator, who has charge OF
t Il large Baptist institution Of higher
z learning for women at Raleigh. DR..
: Vnnn has lost both OF his hands, but
manages to do great work even with
this handicap
His theme was "Provision for the
Education of Our Daughters and he
made an earnest appeal for greater eff
forts and larger sacrifices by Southern
Baptists for the education OF women
lie reviewed the history of education,
pointing out how long the higher in
IL situations We're confined almost exclu-
sivcly to the instruction OF men. and
traced the awakening OF the intellect-
ual world to the equal value and im-
portance of educating tho women OF
! | II nf1t,@
religious auspices.
DIR. James Speaks.
When DR., Jameson, the next speaker
i scheduled to make an address, failed
to respond to the call, and WAS found
to be absent. Professor Harrison call
ed upon DR. w. C, James, who was
on the program to discus THE Output
Of a Christian College" The speaker.
without preliminary ymarlks, applied
himself to the exposition of his theme
aud did so With earnestness ana abil-
ity,
Professor James commended that too
much was often expected Of the Chris
tian college. and that IN order to judge
4 fairly It's output one must be familiar
with the problems encountered. He
instanced the ease of the bad boy OF
the Village who was sent to Christian
college, and asserted that it was I'M
"
turned out model Of saintliness. He
touched upon other problems or the
college In dealing With . variety OF
minds and characters and made the
point that the college must be Judged
by the Influence 1t eXerted In years 10
come rather than by immediate re,
suits
Tho speaker closed with an eNhorta-
ton to greater interest in the cclu-
cation of young men in the church
colleges and their training for the
work which tho ministry could not do
At the conclusion OF the aadress',oi
Professor James, the presiding officer
8 called upon the Rev. J.gWilliam Jones.
ID. D.. 10 close tho service with fray,
on, pr. Jones, In the course Of his
* prayer, prayed also for the State tnsti-
Mtlons, as we'll as tho church coileSe,
& and thanked God for the work thay,
Z, too, We're doing In tho Christian sd-