Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-16
GRAND PROGRESS
Reported to the Religious
Education Association
As TO Extent Of The Field and
The Work Accom-
Chancellor Kirkland Elected Presl-
dent Louis for 1912.

iro3idence, Il. l., Feb. l5-Chan-
ceiior James Fl. Kirkland Of Wander
nit University. Nashville Tenn, was
: CHOSEN as president to succeed Bishon
WilliGm Lawrence OF the Protestant
Episcopal church IF Massachusetts, at
todays business meeting ef the Re-
hgiouS Education Associations eighth
annual convention. st. Louis was
selected as the next convention place.
\ general session tonight, at which
clergym2n Of various faiths. Protest
ant Roman Catholic and Hebrew
spoke fer the extension of religious
education. closed the days program
which included six departmental meet
ilgs.
In addition to the election of pres
dent other officers were chosen as
ioilows:
First vice president. Rev. Charles
r. Brown. Oakland Calf; treasurer
Charles Lawrence Hutchinson, Chi
cago, Ill: recording secretary, Rev
William Pierson Morrill,, Chicago, ILL.,;
general secretary, Henry F. Cope, Chi
cago, Hi. vice pres idents, Rev. c. p.
Anderson. S. r. D.. Bishop Protestant
Episcopal church. Chicago, H.; Elmer
h. Brown, Phi. d. United States COM
missioner of education. Washington
4. c.; Charles w. Eliot, LII. D., pres
ident Q2meritus) Harvard University,
Cambridge. Mass; Dear George
Hodges. ID. ID. Episcopal Divinity
school. Cambridge. Mass; President
Jacob II. Schurman, LII. D., Cornell
University, Ithaca, y. Y: President
y. Rose Hill, LII. D. University OF
Missouri Columbia. Nc: Prof. A. Fl.
Mackay. PHI D.. Halifax, N s.: Flem-
ing II. Revell. and Robert c. Ogden.
New York; President William G.
Thompson, IL. D.. State University Of
Ohio. Columbus. Ohio; President Ben
jamin Ide Wheeler. Ill. D., University
of California, Berkeley, Calf; Presi-
dent Arthur T. Hadlcy. LII. D., Yale
University, New Haven. Conn; Miss
Grace Dodge. New York., Mrs. Fred
elick Schotf. president National Con-
gress of Mothers, Washington, D. c.;
President Robert A. Falcolner. Cniver-
sity of Toronto Canada; Bird s. Col
or, New York, y. y.
The second general session tonight
filled the largest hall in the city TO
it's capacity. The theme for the ses-
to the Life of Today" which was
discussed hy Rabbi David Philipson OF
Cincinnati. Rev. Teter F. Blessing,
speaking as the representative OF
Bishop Matthew Harkins of the Ro-
man Catholic Diocese OF Rhode Is
land. President Henry Churchill King
OF Oberln College and President Frank
X. Sanders OF Washburn College, To-
peka, kas.
At the business meeting this aft
ernoon, the annual survey of progress
was given By Prof. Clyde W. Vitaw
of the University of Chicago.
Tic best year of progress that the
Religious Education Association has
ever known was shown by the report
of the organizations general secretary.
Henry F. Cope of Chicago. which was
presented this afternoon. During the
year 552 new members were enrolled,
and more than 250 conferences were
held. At the present time. the total
membership OF the Association is
o592. During the year the secretary
has travelled more than $4,000 miles
and has delivered PA addresses,
Surveying the work of the Associa-
ton, Secretary Cope said:
In the history of the Association
the year 1910 will stand with a rec
ord OF definite, organized and directed
activity: it has witnessed the fulfil
ment of a program of positive ser
vice. The outstanding features have
been: Growth of membership, en-
largement of literature, development
of efficient departments. frmer estab-
lishment of earlier settled lines or
activity and greatly increased evil
dences of results of the Associations
work in other organizations and instt-
tutionS.
within a short time past nearly all
the great denominations. including the
Presbyterian. Episcopal. Congrega-
! tonal, Reformed. and Baptist, have
/ appointed boards or commissions on
religious education. special officers
, have been employed. new literature
has been created and many OF the
aims which seemed far off and irhpos-
sibIe when this association was or
ganized have been already reached.
other churches have taken up rel-
gious education in other ways, espe-
ciallv in the direction of training min
listers and Sunday school teachers
Turning 20 the opportunities of 1911.
Secretary Cope had several sugges-
tions, the more important being:
Especial attention to the development
of efficient departments: an assistant
for the general secretary; a campaign
for at least 1000 new members: and
placing the Association on a firm fl
nancial basis.