The Washington herald., 1912-06-29
The Trend OF Things

Il is said that Senator Kenyon's vic
tory IN Iowa, where he was recently UP
for reelection. indorses among other
things his outspoken stand on moral
questions in this city.
With the convening last Friday OF
hundreds Of young men from Eastern
institutions the round Of conferences at
Northfeld was begun and a season
which promises fully to equal in inter-
est any previous summers at Mortified
was happily inaugurated. DR.. John r.
Mott is in charge OF the student confer
ence Prof. Tweedy, OF Yale, and Prof.
Horne, OF New York, and other COM
petent teachers are giving instruction,
and the platform speaking Will be as
direct and inspiring as heretofore.
Payment Of $5S,74. It is announced,
has just been made by the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association, OF Washing
ton, on the new building site at the
southeast corner Of Thirteenth and I
streets northwest. and title to this prop
erty has been placed in the association.
With this payment made, the Y. W. c.
A. still owes q balance OF about $1,000
on the property, and this balance will
be divided into installments, 50 that the
entire purchase price OF S1Io,0OO probably
will be turned over before January !,
1914
Pacific Coast Papers, particularly.
have been giving prominence to a por-
ton Of the annual report from President
David Starr Jordan, OF Leland Stanford
University. In this document, just is
sued, DR.. Jordan notes with gratIfica-
ton a per cent advance in scholarship
averages. In his opinion It Is due to the
prohibited sale Of liquors in the vicinity
OF the institution. Students who find
alcoholism in any degree essential to
their enjoyment" he says, will not be
tolerated on che campus" His remarks.
taken in connection with recent COM
ment on college drunkenness, and their
wide quotation in the daily newspapers,
are significant
The committee on Christian work OF
the Boston Baptist Social Union has
just voted unanimously TO continue the
Ford Hall Sunday night meetings, de-
voted chiefly to the discussion OF social
problems and now one Of the most i'm
portant public forums in the country.
Opposition TO this special use Of money
given by the late Daniel s. Ford has ex-
pressed itself in various ways from
time to time, and this year the commit
tee listened for over an hour to a pre-
sentation OF the legal aspects OF the
case, out the decision to 60 on was unan-
imous and Will be followed. 1t is ex-
pected, by a similar vote OF the trus-
tees Of Ford Hall. Speakers Of national
reputation have already been secured
for the platform addresses next winter
And now it's the Rev. William A.
Sunday. D. D.! Westminster College q
little freshwater institution near Pitts
burg, has conferred the degree and Billy
has accepted. A staid Presbyterian
editor thinks II unlikely that this new
ID. D. will trim his speech or hamper
his platform gyrations." We suggest
that in the light OF this new dignity
given him, Billy should read DR.. Wash
ington Gladden's anthology in The Inde-
pendent of quotations from sermons OF
evangelists who pursue the notion that
coarse language is strong language, and
then clean up his speech. Vile and fool
Ish mouthings IN the name Of Jesus
Christ can never have the sanction OF
the Master, D. D. or no D. d. Between
slang and vulgarIty let the great gulf
be fixed.
The Missionary Educational Move
ment will celebrate its tenth anniver-
sary at Silver Bay, N. Y. July R-1. The
discovery and development OF the high
est type OF missionary leadership is the
ayowed purpose Of the conference Mis-
sion study classes will be the important
feature, under the direction Of DR.. T.
H. P. SaiIer. educational secretary OF
the Presbyterian Foreign Board. Rev.
W. E. Welter, Rev. Arthur R Gray,
Rev. John NJ. Moore, B. Carter MIllilxin,
Rev. H. X. England, the Misses Lucy C.
Sturgis. Grace Llndley, H. r. Holloway.
Anna B. Taft. and Rev. Herman F.
Swartz will form the faculty. Rev.
George F. Sutherland will serve as dean
Of the open parliament department, with
DR.. F. P. Haggard, Rev. J. NJ. Moore.
Rev. George H. Trull. ]. Campbell
White, Harry Wade Hicks, Harry S.
Meyers, Morris W. Ehnes, and Miss
Susan MendenhaI as associates.