The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-17
KNOWLEDGE
 OF THE WORLD
BAPTIST MINISTER'S SHOULD BE- COME A LITTLE MORE WORLD.
 ", SAYS SPEAKER.
Southern Convention at Oklahoma City Takes Stand Against Central Press to Supplant Religious
 Publications.

Oklahoma City May i6.--Baptis. ministers should be just little bit more worldly, or more properly. they need a better understanding of econ. omic and sociological problems, ac- cordng to the views of PresidentE r. Mullins, of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, a. Louisville.
 That students of the seminary may gain such knowledge President Null lins and the board of trustees today pettloned tho convention to establish chair of sociology in the seminary
 According to their views, expressed before the convention today, it is as much the duty of church to help these outside the church to solve the prob- lem of earning living as we'll as in aiding them to live cleaner and better lives.
 The Rev. MT. Mullins explained to the convention that the institution is in need of permanent ministerial education fund. anu an authorized board for it's administration. He de- clared the seminary could have en- rolled more than 312 students last year had 1t had sufficient funds to aid those who made application.
 Dr. George F. Eager, member of the seminary faculty, pleaded for the es- tablishment of chair of sociology. He outlined certain sociological phe- nomena of the present day and con nected the same with the urgent need Of an educated ministry to cope with them. He discussed the movement of the urban population of the nation to- ward great cities and social centers.
 "The two vicious clements that flock to the city from the country" he said. "are first the indolent. wealthy class, and. second. the nit crate, ignorant class who, by the laws of heredity, are possessed Of criminal or semi-criminal tendencies. The ntpst obvious immediate step to take to meet this condition. Is to train up q Christian ministry capable, intellectt- ally as well as morally. to do it's part in the way of leadership and the way Ito do this is that the denomination should begin at once to provide suf- ficient means to effect this object. 7
 We have reached the age of prac- tical Christianity" sail pr, J L. White of Memphis, in discussing the propos- ed chair Of sociology in the seminary. The church can no longer divorce it. self from the social and economic problems that are brought forth for solution
 The recommendation of the com mittee appointing a board of journal ism to be named whose duty would be to publish d religious newspaper un. der the auspices of the Southern Bap- tist convention, was unanimously vot- cd down by the convention this aft ernoon The report was read by MIL ton Riggs. a Baptist editor of St. Louis. It provoked some warm discussion.
 Those opposing the establIshmenk N an official denominational publication pleaded earnestly for an independent religious press and independent edit DTS. There are now 19 Baptist publl- cations in this jurisdiction with cir culatlon aggregating f50.0o0. An of ficial organ. it was declared, might prove disastrous to some of them.
 Rev. Dr. R. T. Hanks, chairman, read the list of nominees to i'll the nine vacancies on the board of trus- tees of the Southern Baptist Theologi- cal seminary. For each vacancy three were nominated from the convention and from this number the trustees will select the required number.
 Those selected are: Alabama: Paul Bonner. W. ". Campbell, R. F. Pettus; Arkansas: Ben Cox. P. c. Barton. F. F. Gibson; Maryland and District of Columbia: John Roach Stratton, Charles T. Bagby. H. $. Pink. ham; Mississippi: James B. Levell. w E. Barton. Martin Ball; North Car olina: Livingston Johnson. W. C.s Tyree, w C. Farrell; Louisiana: T. E. Thomas. C. E. Jenkins, W. H. Bren- gle; Tennessee: J. W. billiard, W. H. Major, [. N. Penick. J. Pike Powers. I. j. Taylor, Spencer TunneIl, Nor man Smith. R. + Hunt. R. ". Weav- CT; Texas: Howard Ardery. 0. L. Hailey, S. J. Porter. F. c. Mcconnell. R T. Hanks and Forrest smith.