The daily sentinel., 1910-06-17

enough experienced hose men along
TO pull hose and make the couplings.
The city officials are quite willing
that the firemen go if substitutes who
are capable can be engaged to take
their places. 1t is to be regretted IL
Grand Junction is forced to drop out
as it is one of the most exciting
sports known and would be a good
advertisement to the city if we could
carry off the honors.
include the philanthropic desire to
promote the general welfare of the
/ people A minority does not agree
with this. holding that to suggest to
/ Christian educators the wagner phil
anthropic aim would be to direct
them upon path which their efforts
would lose in intensity, and the def
mite Christian motive would be weak
ened. The commissioners all agree,
| however that the most important of
all the ends which missionary edu-
cation ought to set itself to serve is
that of training those who are to be
the spiritual leaders and teachers OF
| the men of their own nation.
! 1T is the manifest course of wis
| DOM the commissioners say. for
the Christian forces of any country
to enter into cooperation with the
government system of education. in
so far as such cooperation does not
| involve sacrifice of Christian princi-
| Pile, or the end to which Christian ed
ucation is carried on.
There ought to be Christian col
leges in the great strategic centers-
in some instances possibly a Christian
university-where the education is
of the first-class kind. judged by ed
ucational no less than by religious
standards.
I'VE believe that Matchmaking of
religious teaching is one of those
things which not only ought to be
done but which must be done
The report calls attention to the
urgent needs for educational work in
many lands, especially in Japan. Chi
ma, India, Africa and the Mohamme-
dan world. and continues:
IF a worthy answer is to be made
to the call. both men and money
must be given for the promotion of
Christian education in for more
abundant measure than has been
done in the past. While it is to be
hoped that the church will provide
both workers and funds far in excess
of what so far has been given the
supply can never be equal to the
work that has to be done. 1t is es-
sential that the limited resources
should be employed to the utmost ad-
vantage. An obligation lies on those
responsible for the conduct of mis-
sionary work to consider, with more
precision and definiteness than per-
haps they have done in the past. the
aims they are pursuing and in par
ticuiar the end sought through the
instIumertafty Of education
The commission recommends union
of effort in the study of educational
problems 1t says that each great
division of the missionary field
shtu'd have a board of education in
which Christians of all denomina-
tions should unite for thorough
study of educational conditions and
tasks of that region.
Another ret ommendation is for un-
ion in the maintenance of educa ton
,al institutions. THE commission is
fdeeply impressed" the report SAYS,
with the conviction that in many
instances all the Christian bodies
| working in given region should
combine in the maintenance of in
stitut1ons for higher college educa-
ton"
third recommendation is that
missionary boards take more pains
than they have done in the past to
use their men and women in the
most effective way. This can be
achieved, for example," the commits
sioners say. 'by giving them the op-
portunity of obtaining a knowledge
OF the country of their adoption and
something of its traditions and its
capacities before they become i'm
mersed in their work. and by seeking
TO put men and women to the work
they are best qualified to do, and
not wasting those pre-eminently
qualified for one kind of much need
ed work on tasks which many others
could perform equally we'll.
we believe that much of the
work at present carried on is inef-
fective and almost valueless from the
missionary point of view because the
stan is insufficient to cope with the
demands made upon it. We venture
to urge upon the missionary boards
the necessity of adequate staining of
missionary educational institutions as
a matter that perhaps more than any
other needs immediate attention.
"On one point the commission. in
concluding its report. would lay spe-
cial emphasis-the necessity of keen
ing steadily in view from first to last
the ultimate end sought by mission
airy education. There is constant
temptation to rest content with the
lower and subordinate ends of edu-
cation. instead of seeking the high
est 1t is extraordinarily easy to slim
almost unconsciously into satisfaction
with a school that is serving with