Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-26
RUMoRS OF ATTACKS ON PRES.
= lDENT HoDGMAN OF MAC N
~ ALEsTER.
DR.. SWEARINGEN A SPEAKER
Ministers and Laynen Consider Re.
Iigious Surroundings Of Stu
dents in State
Colleges.

a clash which indicates that the oppo-
nents to the administration Of DR.. T.
M. Hodgman of Manchester, who were
expected to carry the fight against Dr..
Hodgman before the synod, decided
that the interest of the school will be
benefited by withholding action.
i Sixty-three years Of service in the
pulpit forty years of which were spent
at Sing Sing prison, is the record of
DR.. Wilson Phraner, pastor of Mime
sofa Avenue Presbyterian church of
Orange, N. j., who addressed the Min
nesota synod. DR. Phraner is the dele
gate to the board of home missions.
Rev. H. c. Swearingen of st. Paul,
in speaking as representative of the
board of education, told of the objects
of the formation Of the school board.
"A fallacious impression is held as to
the reason for the creation of the
board" he said. 1T is not intended
as a provider of money for young men
to enter the ministry. It occupies a
broader field. It furnishes funds and
provides a paternal influence that
guides the student through his course
and watches his moral as we'll as his
financial welfare"
The board, the speaker said, main
tains bureau at Philadelphia where
thousands of names of eligible young
men are kept to whom literature is
sent to draw to study of theology
youths displaying strength of char
acter and qualifications that show
their adaptability.
Elder c. T. Thompson led a discus
sion on educational matters following
the addresses on the university.
The failure of the churches to fol-
low the students after entering college
was deplored by the speaker and stress
laid on the attempt of the national or
ganization to increase the care Of stu.
dents by ministers.
Charles A. Clark of Seoul, Korea,
and Stanley White and Warren H.
Wilson, both OF New York, are attend
ing the synod.
The registration contains state rep
resentatives as follows: G. p. Bates,
Hibbing; J. A. Lagerstrom, Delhi; J.
F. Mcleod, Two Harbors; J. H. Sci
Ter, Buffalo; J. G. Robinson, White
Bear; G.. Verbuse, Appleton; H. Nc
Henry, Kerkhoven; F. c. Bailey,
Houston; L. F. Badger, Mankato;
James Watt, Carlton; w. o. Garret,
Coleraine; G. A. Wickwire, Candy;
James Wray, Western; George STAN
ley, Rushford; c.. r. G.. Fisher, For
est Lake; S. F. Sharpless, Fergus
Falls; J. H. Mark, Sedan; I. Wood
cock, Watkins: D. X. Laurie, Thief
River Falls; D. B. Spencer, Willmar;
Evert SHIFTS, LIE Roy; J. B. Lyle, AL
bert Lea; S. M. Marsh, Wabasso; E.
Loen, Cottonwood; B. Hitchings, Lake
Crystal; R. F. Chambers, Jackson;
W. R. Reynolds, Chatfeld; J. E. Ran
kin, st. James; G. McKibbin, Mar
shall; J. D. Glib, Rushmore; F. F.
Dobson, Tracy; F. H. Postulka, Bea-
yer Creek; H. Snyder, Woodstock; j.
M. Balm, Mankato; w. F. Jones, Pipe
stone: w. Mcmillan, Presly: M. r.
Meyers, Delhi; r. T.. Vance, Balaton;
L. Colyn, Alpha; A. H. Carver, Lu-
verne; William M. Jennings, Blue
Earth; H. G. Gaunt, Wheaton; r. NJ.
Williams, Winona; G. M. Donehoo,
Owatonna; H. A. Noyes, Stephen; T.
M. Findley, Spicer; L. l.. Smythe; lie
Sueur; H. c. Baskerville, Royalton; T.
Ross Paden, Mankatu; S. A. Jameson,
Duluth; J. H. slaney, Eden, Prairie;
R: K. Wharton, Rochester,. F. Zim-
norman, Rochester; J. P. Davis, Aus
tin; H. B. Sutherland, Duluth; G. E.
Fulton, Mora; N. L. Upham, Duluth;
c. w. Lowrie, Cloquet; H. J. Poison,
Albert Lea; D. A. Schwarz, Eveleth,
and N. A. Gilchrist, Thief River Falls.