The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24
BIBLE STUDY IN
OUR COLLEGES
Remarkable Growth in Sane, In
telligent Bible Class
Work.
GREEK LETTER SOCIETIES
WERE FIRST TO ADOPT 1T
COntinent-Wide Interest in the
Best Book of All by Frater-
nifty Men.

During the year 1904 seventy repre-
sentative members OF Greek letter fra
tsrnlties gathered In room at the mi
Sersity OF Michigan, says Clayton Sedg-
wick Cooper In an article on college
Men and the Bible In the May Century.
The meeting had been called by col
lege man Of that institution 10 consider
the relation Of the study OF the Bible TO
the fraternity house life OF the unlVer-
sity. After the nature and method OF the
study had been presented 10 the men,
this student. who was at that time cap
tain of both the football and baseball
teams OF the university. said:
II have been at the University OF
Michigan for more than three years. and
az you know. ! have engaged actively In
college lie. ! have never been known
particularly as religious man. yet
have come 10 appreciate that especially
In fraternity life some Of us must face
seriously the problems and the tempta-
tions OF our college days. II appears 20
me that these problems can be consid-
cred In connection with a sane and In
telliGent study OF the Bible. / confess
that ! know little Of the book myself.
but ! am determined TO begin its study.
and n there is no ono else 10 do IT, | viii
lead n group OF athletic men in my own
fraternity house"
The result was the formation Of groups
for the study Of the Bible in fourteen
Greek letter fraternties at the Unlver-
sity OF Michigan.
II is significant that from this begin
ming IN one institution there has grown
among fraternity men. Last year 1889
members OF Greek letter fraternitIcs were
studying the Bible with much interest
and seriousness In voluntary groups in
their chapter houses.
Surrounded by Temptation.
When Prof Henry Drnmmond made his
first visit 10 America he addressed the
yII Students ,ts,. In professional schools In New
YORK city He wrote home 10 n friend
In England that he had never seen a
n hn
driven by their daily schedules or men
who were surrounded by nercer tempta-
tlon OF every sort. AS this plan for the
study OF the Bible increased In its COM
prehcnsion OF different classes of stu
dents. II was said that professional men
would not he interested. nor would they
have time 70 engage in such study. But
IL is OF real interest TO note that I'm the
city OF New York a the present time ll5
professional students are meeting every
week In llttle groups using a series OF
teachings OF Christianity The interest
among this class OF students in New York
Is paralleled by aN similar awakeniug
among men In professional schools in
Last college year three hundred and
eishty-two North American institutions
reported the following. facts concerning
tnc popular standing of the Bible among
leaders In college life
Students Attending Bible Glasses.
Niia sup 80 SNJ
EDITORS OF college papers ......, 600
Glass presidents ,. Tab
Men1eoers OF college glce clubs. 1883
Members OF varsity baseball teams 127l
Members Of varsity football teams l4a5
Members Of varsity track teams e5S
Members OF varsity basketball teams $50
AZ the United States Naval academy
In Annapolis the chairman OF the Bible |
stucy committee is the first ranking mid |
shipman al the academy. Through his !
leadership $40 midshipmen arc meeting
weekly In Bible groups. while thirty five |
OF their number are acting as teachers |
receiving Instructions for their work from
an officer OF the faculty.
Who Leading Students Are.
At the University Of Wisconsin tho |
student who has been specially infu- |
entlal this year In the Bible campaign |
Is probably the leading student In the |
university. being one OF the most prolni- |
nsnt men In the Grew and on other ath- |
letic teams. An alumnus OF Cornell |
writing from Ithaca, recently remarked |
That last season in every Greek letter |
fraternity at Cornell there was a group |
OF men studying the English Bihle' He |
Bdded that this study was becoming "A |
popular and permanent interest OF 'un. |
dergraduaIe life. For two years an en- !