The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-20
Princeton Rejects Billy Sunday.

DR.. Andrew F. West, dean of the
graduate school of Princeton Univer-
sity, has written letter to the Public
Ledger of Philadelphia setting forth
many reasons that Princeton UniVer-
sity declined to invite the Rev. Billy
Sunday to speak under university
auspices or in a university building.
Some of these reasons, according to
Dean West, are that Billy Sunday is
coarse, vulgar, blasphemous, irrever-
ent, abusive, disgusting and SANDER
GUS and that his teachings are traves-
ties of the teachings of Christ.
Dean West feels strongly upon the
subject of the Rev. Billy Sunday. He
was delegated to express his opinions
of the Princeton faculty concerning
Mr.. Sunday shortly before Mr.. Sun
day went to speak in Princeton sew
eral weeks ago on the invitation, not
of the university, but of the theolog-
ical seminary, which is not part OF
the university. The dean made
careful study of the authorized
transcripts of the sermons delivered
bv Mr.. Sunday in the course OF MS
nine weeks Philadelphia campaign,
and it is with extracts from these ser
mons that Dean West illustrates his
Characterization of Mr.. Sunday.
Take the following example, less
vulgar than many others, Deah
West writes to the Public Ledger:
." Mary was one of these sort OF
ITneeda biscuit, peanut butter, CELIA
tin and pimento sort OF women II
was Christ who said of Mary on that
occasion that one thing is needful,
and Mary hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from
her. Mr.. Sunday knows better and
has taken it away. Would not the
vulgarity have been enough without
faIsifving the teaching of Christi
Low and Flashy Language.
Commenting on Mr.. Sunday
warming to drinking men that the
Holy Spirit doesn't want to take a
hath in beer and swim around IN
nool of BOOZE" Dean West says.
Il pass over the description OF the
HOLY Spirit as it But what ABOUT
the gross coarseness of parts OF thlS
massage, Is such low and flaShy IAN
pnage or anything like it ever touno
in tbe mouth Of Christ or His apoS-
tles?" o,,o,
,ybo usn cosmetics that they spend
less on sdope pazaza and cold cream
and get down on their knees, coup
Ind with the promise that God WouIq
make them prettier if they prayed
moro. is termed very blasphemous py
Dean West. He quotes story told
hv Mr., Sunday about an lr1shmah
t6rottling a drowning Jew, forcing
him to turn Catholic and then hold
ing his head under water ana Keep
ing it there until he dled SO do -
keep the Jew a Catholic. ,n
'tThe horrible story of an lris4man
numbering a Jew!' writes Dean
West. "Do you approve OF TINS!
The dean quotes many examples %
what he terms Sundays ''irreveTehI
familiarity toward God, and OF sun
davis swa.gering impiety.
MANY of Mr.. Sundays remarks
are personally abusive or disgustl1ls
mr. sIanderous, he says. Take WIN
ont comment the following;
:" If a minister believes and teach
es evolution he is a sinking SKUNK
hypocrite and a liar To-.
"If a woman on the avenue plays
a game of cards in her home S 3 i; -
worse shan any blackleg gambler III
the Sums ,.o.,o,,+
They talk about the excitement
of a revival meeting being bad IN any
community. If you say that then you
are a dirty, rotten, sinking liar Dlo
you get it?'
'sOId Ginks-GOOd Night"
A fourth argument made by Dean
West as to why Mr.. Sunday Is lnpos-
sible is that some of his Statements
are indecent.
take the following instances anu