The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
Praises Plans of General
Education Board
REPLIES TO CRITICISM

DIR. John E. White Takes Issue With
Bishop Warren Candle With Re-
gard to Work Being Done by Rookie
teller and Carnegie.
TO the Editor:|I will be glad in
the behalf of Wake Forest College
since you publish the articles OF BlSh-
or Candler-WhO refers to colleges IN
its situation as "Board-fed.' Gagged
Birds etc, if you Will print the en-
closed extract from Atlanta Constitu-
ton Of recent issue.
Sincerely,
JOHN Z. WHITE.
Atlanta, Ga. May 10.
Locust Grove, Ga, April PA
great educational conference OF rep
reSentatives of nine district Baptist As
sociations was held here today. PEG
pie from the surrounding cOuntr
were in attendance in large numbers,
despite unpropitious weather.
Interesting addresses indicating
great enthusiasm on the subject of
education We're delivered by DR.. S. \.
Janison, DR.. 3. d. Ragsdale. DR.. John
E. White, DR.. E. c. Dargan, DR.. 3. J.
Graham, DR.. r. r. AGREE, DR.. j. J.
Bennett and others. The movement
for a State campaign to endoW q sys-
TEN Of Baptist high schools and col
leges with Mercer University at its
head, was the theme of the speakers,
with special reference to Locus Grove
Academy.
DR.. John F.. White. as president Of
thu Georgia Baptist Board of Educa-
ton, in the course of his address on
Georgia BaptistS n the Education
al Outlook made evident reference to
Bishop Warren A. Gamblers speech at
Evergreen, Ala, as published criti-
ciSm of colleges which have accented
assistance from the general education
board of New York. He did not refer
to Bishop Gambler by name, and his
tone was not personal or controver-
Sial, but the point of his words was
very clear and sharp.
The reference of DIR. White to PiSll-
op Gamblers criticisms came near the
close of his address, after he had
strongly stated the position of the
Baptists on education, their attitude
of sympathy for the free schools and
the necessity of keeping out of them
whatever violated the Baptist princi-
pie of freedom of conscience for the
Jew and the nOn-Christian. as we'll as
for the Christian, and also the neces-
sity forced on Baptists of providing
Christian education in high school and
colleges since the constitution Of Geor-
gia expressly prohibits State aid to
academies, and thus lays the burden
OF secondary education on the denomi-
nations and private enterprise. etc.
DR.. White then said:
DR.. Whites Address.
Now, when we look toward the
future We know that the hard and
glorious work is not ended. but we
have great courage in What We are
beginning to do from the Splendid re-
cent success which has so much tend
cd TO the organization of the educa-
tiOna1 sentiment of the Baptists of the
tar AAn 70 ~, tho b,-0ol So ,,->r
of progress. Our schools and col
leges are g~uardianed by the clear-cut
principles of Christianity and Democ-
racy, built into their foundations.
Their management and control are
vested in the rank and file of Baptists.
who, through their delegates, elect the
boards of trustees annually. The cries
of suspicion and alarm in other quar-
tiers contain, therefore, no. appeal to
the BaptistS of Georgia. We do not
resent GoOd-humored and kindly
meant advice. But we are going too
straight ahead with our cause in this
State to join anybOdy'S stampede. It
is true we feel perfectly competent to
run our own affairs, but We have no
particular objection to offer if some
good friend outside invites us to his
'spook party We are not afraid of
spooks. We are like old Governor
Brown was about the introduction of
some new variety of goats into Geor-
GA for which his aid was sought as
governor. He said, I've had goats
we Baptists have had 'spooks' of our
own. We are emerging beautifully
from the spook period of anti-board.
EXPERIMENTATION, authorization agita-
uon, but our memories are fresh with
the misguided appeals to prei,1dice
ana passion which resisted the mis-
s1onary and educational enlargement
70 200 aptlsts OF the south from 1888
The Real Danger.
rise are now charged, however. TO