The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-10
THE UNIVERSITIES
IMPEACHED

IMPEACHED
Charges OF teaching atheism and
spreading immoral ideas among stu
dents we're brought against the Uni
yersity of Chicago last week by the
Itev Johnston Myers, pastor OF I'm
manuel Baptist church and trustee OF
the divinity department OF the uni
versity
"The University of Chicago stands
charged with teaching atheism and
spreading immoral ideas among its
Students" declared DR.. Myers, "and
can mention samples to back up my
statements. You know that Parker
Sercomb left the university faculty to
establish a free love colony. Prof.
Dehan left there and became an anar-
Chist, having expounded the anarchist
tic propaganda even while there. Prof
Zuebl,n attracted much attention by
defending Maxim Gorky. when the lat
ter travelled through America with the
Russian actress, and Oscar Trigg's af-
fairs are still fresh in the public mind.
The University of Chicago will soon
have outlived its usefulness"
These utterances are a sequel to the
Foster case, in which Mr.. Myers took
very active part. Foster is a profess
sor in the University of Chicago, au-
tnor OF very radical book entitled,
"The Function OF Religion in Mans
Struggle for Existence" and a Baptist
minister. After strenuous efforts Mr..
Myers and the other conservatives sue
ceeded in having the hereto expelled
from the Chicago conference OF their
denomination, but they are unable to
Oust him from his university chair.
Fosters book has been characterized
as the most powerful OF recent attacks
on orthodox religion, but the Univer-
sity OF Chicago has not been sufficient
ly startled by his opinions to drive
him out The orthodoxy of John ID.
Rockefeller himself has never been
questioned but he seems entirely IN
different to what the professors teach
IN the great university which he has
so magniticently endowed. 1t was
freely predicted that there would be
no liberty of thought or In teaching
at the institution which Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter virtually founded and still main
tains. II now seems, according to Mr..
Myers and other good men, that there
is altogether too much liberty and
that many of the professors are radi-
calls of the most pronounced type.
But the University OF Chicago is not
the only one now under fire Bishop
James A. McFaul of the Catholic dio-
cese OF Trenton, N. j., has lately at
tackled the three leading universities OF
the East-Harvard, Yale and Princeton
He accused them of teaching immoral
ity, and made his statement before the
Rev. Johnston Myers made a similar
statement about the Chicago Uniyer-
sity. When President Hadley of Yale
stated that he did not believe Bishop
McFaul had said that the tendency
os-college education nowadays was to
undermine faith and breed immoral
ity, the bishop repeated his accusa-
tions and increased his list of object
ionable colleges. making It include.
besides the original three, the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania, the George
Washington University. William and
Mary. Columbia, Syracuse. the Uni
versity of California and the Univer-
sity OF Chicago. After outlining his
sources OF information, Bishop Nc
Faul said: "And what was found In
every case were the multiplex issues
Of immortality; the vitality important
problems Of political economy. marri-
sse. divorce. the home, religion and
dsuocracy-all the sacred principles