Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-10
.FLAYS STUDENT MORALS
CHANCELLOR DAY TALKS OF
"DEPRAVITY AT COLLEGES"
Asserts That the Spiritual Welfare Of
Young Men Needs Looking After
Resolutions Adopted.

NEW YORK, April 1O.-Chancellor James
Roscoe Day of Syracuse University attack
ed the general run of college presidents in
an address yesterday morning before the
New York conference Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church for what he styled their fall
ure to assume the responsibility for the
moral welfare as well as the scholastic
progress of the student
Il need mention no Names" said Chancel-
Tor Day, but We are all apprised of the de-
PRAYED conditions and the scenes of de-
bauchery in many of our universities. While
heads of colleges seem jealous in guiding
the student along lines of study, few there
are who place morals first 1 venture to
say that If the college presidents would
unite along common line of thought and
action this dissipation among the students
could be wiped out in thirty days.
AT Syracuse, thank God, we place NOR
ais first. student prior to entrance must
show that he is morally equipped as well as
Intellectually, and once in the school he
must maintain the strict standard required
or get out. At majority of the other uni
versities. however, the student is allowed
to come and go as he pleases; to spend his
nights in riotous living, to drink, enter pool
rooms and waste much energy that should
be devoted to his studies.
chorus Of fervent amens punctuated
Chancellor Days remarks, and his declara-
ton that no college president should shirk
the responsibility of guiding the student in
other channels except those strictly educa-
tional brought forth prolonged applause In
conclusion he deplored the prevalency of
cigarette smoking and spoke of the sinister
influence of the excessive use of tobacco
upon young men, upon whom. he said, it
had appreciate physical effect during
their course of mental strain at univer-
sity.
Whether or not Mr.. Steads damnation of
the old-faShioned amen has been produc-
tive of results or not, the conference yes
terday morning unanimously adopted the
following resolution on the coming Hague
conference, copies of which will be sent to
the President and Secretary Root:
Whereas the New York annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church rec
ognizes that the forthcoming meeting of
The Hague conference is a call of God to
the Christian world to take practical steps
toward the establishment of the kingdom
of heaven on earth; therefore be it
Resolved, That the conference heartily
approves of the purpose of our government
to participate in the deliberations of The
the earnest wish that our representatives
shall give due consideration to the ques-
ton of arresting the increase of arma-
ments: that they use their offices to Sc
cure action which will provide that there
be no declarations of war without prior
appeal to mediation inquiry; that we
suggest that May &c, the Sunday preceding
the meeting of The Hague conference, be
set apart for special prayer, and that SER
mons be preached in every pulpit in sup
port of the proposals herein declared; that
copies of these resolutions be signed by the
presiding bishop in behalf of this confer
ence, and that they be forwarded to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root