The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-01-05
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are mainly men who are afraid to
launch out and embrace q new and
growing spirit toward Methodist
Unity known to exist among many
| members of-the-M Methodist Church.
The Neglo leaders of the dcnom-
ination have made some mistakes.
They.a suffering from it. Perhaps
things will be better when the new
men pushing to the front are au-
Justed to their places. They are
trying hard to find them. Many or
these lnen are SO able and strong
that they Will no doubt reinforce
the workers in all phases Of the
Methodist Church life.
." Dr.. l.. II. King who is 10 nil the
English .Professorship at Clark and
Gammon under their reorganization
plan is perhaps the strongest
young. man of the entire connection.
He has the goodwill, respect and
confidence Of the Church to a re-
markable degree for a man Of his
years. He is a bright and scholarly
young minister, Of strong PERSONAL
ity and undou'bted ability. There are
many who believe that the mantle
OF nr. j. w. e. Bowen will yet fall
upon Dr.. King who was a former
pupil OF the scholarly ex-president
or Cannon Seminary. There is no
oetter man in the church to have it.
clark University, at Atlanta, is
gradually recovering itself under
the administration Of the new presi-
dent DR.. ldleman. The school hao
almost lost its power and the
change came at the time it was most
needed. Cannon is now under the
wing Of Clark University where it
ought to be. The friends Of the
combined schools expect to see the
inauguration of a new period OF
growth. :
The policy Of the NJ e. Church in
developing it's schools has been a
peculfari one anyway They have
been - constantly building more
schools without cquipping and sup
porting anyone Of them as a. good
school should be supported and
equipped by a large denomination.
Clatiin and Clark University are the
best schools of the denomination and
they are not what they ought to be.
Ihey have had plenty Of time but
not money with which to develop
their work.
There was time when the sal
aftes Of, either Of, the Secretaries Of
me Freedmens Aid Society almost
equalled the entire yearly contribu-
ton to Clark University, with a
faculty OF nearly twenty teachers.
There is a great deal Of work to
be done in the schools Of the church.
The courses should be, re-adjusted
more to the educational needs and
demands OF the times. in such
schools as Walden and Clark Uni
versity with the professional schools
attached, the college departments
VIII never make ANY remarkable
advancement until more is required
OF the Meharry and Cannon stu
dents. Clark University cannot ex,
pect its college students to remain
IN school unless more is required of
the men who desire to take up the
study Of Theology at Cannon. The
same can be said of Walden where
a similar change OF administration
would do the entire school good,
Heretofore the disposition TO make
the entrance Of the Meharry stu
dents slight matter has been a.
announcement to many bright
young men who desired and would
have remained to complete the COL
lege work but saw no need Of il.
throughout the entire South
there is a rapidly growing DISPOSE
ton among the people Of the race
to pay for Science and nothing else
when they want doctor Nfedi-
cine on it's allied branches Thev
are not paying for color ANYMORE
Jhey expect a race leader in Medi-
cine and nothing else. They are be-
ginning to employe and pay on1v
those men who study medicine and
practice medicine and letting the
Secret Society Quacks" and "Raco
Leaders In everything but Medicine"
alone. The men who study Science
and practice 1t ore getting In their
work and many Of the fellows who
are coming out half-Drepared OK.
pectlng to get rich quick" by the
Medicine Route are going to be dis
appointed./ It Ought to be so. The
higher the standard Of preparation
the better chance the race will final
~ have of contributing something
new to the Science Of Medicine
Clark will have to require morc
Of the men who want to study Theo-
logy because the entire church mem-