New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-12
Broad Plan to
Aid Social
Service STUD
POST GRADUATE Via.
Federation of Churches c.
Endow Fifteen fellow,5;;,.
of $1,000 Zach.

N~fNNO 1<aNL.
The Federation OF Churob.,
which has done a vast arnount -
research work during the af,s.-
it's existence. has just fornuia,ss' g
prehensive plan 70 establish a..
service fellOwships. yielding "a
nually. These fslIoushlps ,,i,,
in an aggregate Of 1856 college, -
naries. denominaticnal and uus...
tlOnaI. in the United States ana.
but preference will be given. o,s.-
being equal. TO post-gradrats -.
students.
The students TO whom thee ~
will be awarded. after a compafi.i-.
nation, will spend one year y 49,.
graduate course IN New YORK -.
under the direction OF the fe!e-,.--
religious. moral, racial social ~
and economic conditions Or the me-
which is to-day the greatest soc,sf
tory in the world
The Rev. DR.. James p. WATSON. -
senior assistant Of ST. ThomaSs o..
this city. has been appointed extsr4.
rotary OF the federation, TO carr fr..
this plan. and he has begun by Sens
appeal for the establishments 90
estant Episcopal fellowship. which -
offered 20 students OF Hooart. Eens,
Trinity colleges. the CniversitP >
South and the following theJIosi,sf
narfes: Berkeley Divinity Schoes ",
town. Som; the Episcopal Tssel.-
School, Cambridge. Mass the Philaas
Divinity School, the Western Tbsal,,.
Seminary. Chicago; the Virginia Ts.i
cal Seminary. the Seabury School
Dault. Mimi. and the General Thsolo,,
Seminary. Of This city. Most corsal i
dorsements Of the plan have been Ten.
from leading bishops. rect0rs and ~
and seminary presidents Of the Epi.,.
Church and from such representafvs
as President Schurman Of Cornell I'm
s:ty, President Faunce Of Brown In
sity. Professor Francis Greenwood Pan
OF the department OF social ethics o.
ward University. and Professor samud
Cune Lindsay. director OF the New
School of Philanthropy.
President Schurman is especaly
thusiastic in MS Endorsement Of sur
training for men entering the ministry
In the Christian ministry he
the need OF educated Young men
oughly trained in the complex peE
economic and social problems Of or 4
and country is very great. and gouf
Of meeting this need by awarding 10 n
yates OF colleges, universities and
logical seminaries competitive felI0Es 4
which shall provide for a first hand 81
CT these problems AMI their intimate
teal relationships 20 the work Of the "a
tan churches seems TO me admiraGs /
MAGNIFICENT field Of service lies before
trained in the way you have outlined
Indeed, President SchuTman is so ID
interested IN the federation plan thai
intends TO bring up the question n
Cornell graduate school Of credliing
cone by Cornell men as federation 5
as part OF the requirements for postu
uate degree. II IS understood that
universities will also accept such EGf
part OF their postgraduate requirsrs
There is a widespread feeling n
Christian churches to-day that ne d
logical seminaFfes do not ade4daJsiE
young men to meet the problems Of n's
life. Professor L. P. Jacks the e-x
The HILBERT Journal after a rscs1
10 this country said:
There Is an element OF moral da
in society at large that goes on 70 rs
which the churches have 20 OveFtaAs
DR.. A. A. Berle, the editor Of The
otheca Sacra." Of Oberiin, Ohio. a ~
sentative religious journal. taxes
stronger ground. In a recent issue
cIares that the whole world o. thss
instruction has broken down IN me ~
the tremendous necessities Under
modern religious work is done.
adds that the schools present ne
pIteOus plight of all the religious =
20 meet the wants OF the new time
have not only not made the oeS
the materials which the churches hz's
to them but have destroyed the IND
the force, the natural power OF man
men who have been given 70 u'-
training and discipline.
As q result Of this defective traiAs
BerIe maintains that many Of ne
are failing to keep up with the ias
advance OF the times
TIE present writer" he says "a
a dozen impassiOned socialists. anu
audiences aggregating ten thousana >
make a finer. a more effective. nv.
matte and a more moral use OF tas .
the Illustrations and the moral 1eael-
the Gospels in q single evenDs
has heard from any dozen PfeaeI
month in the last twenty years
While these views have eeen
challenged by many rePresentass
leaders as gross OverStateIlsn.'
erauv admitted that theological -
courses often lack the elenenl "a
In some OF them most exceiisue
sociology have lately been es'aslsl
sociology as taught in the eia's,' Il.
never take the place OF
with flesh and blood men anu
the metropolis of the New WOW.
score or races and Creeds are %
of a new social and religious -
opporrunitv which the fslsia''-
ships will thus give 81 stuu!i9 =. =
lens OF real life. vibrant WIZ s..<
interest. pathos and tragic 49, 81
a complex civilization osins - - =
will. IL is believed. be Of me -,
teal advantage TO young men
the ministry. -..siys i
Or. WATSON viii be glad % 49, 80.
tribsltions toward the sndoNlii''-- - 3 i
trese fe!Iowships at the once y, y
Grafton. No. r1s East 18th stree" 80
ing the establishment OF I1e
fslIowships a temporary inii' '-,sss
five-year feIIowshiPs is pens ,-s =
order tina, the plan may be ~. =.
date operation As soon as - 49,
Of tHis temporary fund : = "a (
dent viii be appointed feiio"
put 20 work
EDEN WITHOUT TH-