Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-14

the workers from New York to State
College.
The variety of talent employed is
indicated by the names: John r.
Mott, the world student leader, was
the outstanding figure. Mrs. William
Borden, the mother of the young
millionaire, William Borden, who died
recently in Cairo while preparing for
mission service, was one of the women
workers. The Rev. John Douglas
Adam, preacher. philosopher and pro-
lessor, was present to deal with alb
struse speculative problems. William
f. Cochran, the wealthy young Chris
tan Socialist of Baltimore, presented
another viewpoint. A whole array of
distinguished college athletes were
prepared to talk from the sympathetic
understanding of student life.
These were all volunteers. The one
hundred and fifty workers represented
the sort of assistance which money
could not possibly employ. The lead
ers of men are interested in helping
youth in its vital problems. That con-
centration of forces at State College
was a twentieth century American
phenomenon worthy of fuller consid-
GRAFTON and analysis than perhaps it
will ever receive.
AS a result of the campaign, includ-
ing fraternity meetings and private in
terViews that lasted, on some occa-
sions. until nearly daylight in the
morning, there yer a thousand deci-
sion cards signed.
a Revival For the Faculty
While one should be prepared for
anything new and audacious in relig-
iouS work in these nconyentiona
times, yet it rather takes ones breath
away to learn that at State College
revival meetings exclusively for the
members of the faculty were held.
There were six nights of meetings at
tended by the hundred members Of
the faculty, n there were a number
of definite decisions on the part of
the teachers to unite with the Chris
tian church. Professor Wright of
Yale, was in charge Of this unique
campaign.
or course the faculty at State Col
lege, led by President Sparks, is al
ready dominantly Christian. else such
a conspicuous religious work as has
been done by the Christian forces UNI
der Frank Buchanan, would not have
been possible. Few distinctly denomi-
national institutions show the close
cooperation of faculty with the volun-
teer Christian workers that is found
in State College.
President Sparks says that this re-
vival campaign has ~perceptibly lifted
the college standards and class room
efficiency. In addition, it has cleaned
up the student life and promoted n
better college spirit. Fifteen hundred
of the State College students, by the
way, petitioned the B%ellefonte Judges
to prohibit the sale of liquor to stu
dents.
Into the UNCONVENTIONAL COLLEGES
Nowadays there is a new
ton between the Y. M. c. A.. forces
and the denominations that makes a
story of itself. The two have been
working together in such cases as the
College Visitation Work of the Joint
of the Presbyterian Boards
of Education and Evangelism. Meet
ings similar to those already outlined
Yale and Penn State have been held
In recent months in forty-eight Pres
byterian institutions. of learning scat
tered throughout the land. These
been real REVEALS; in some cases
radically making over the life of the
institution.
In certain instances, notably at
Wooster. Ohio, the meetings were
characterized by extraordinary peni-
tence and confessions on the part of
the students. At Wooster nearly two
hundred men publicly admitted to
their fellow students shameful sins
that were wholly unsupported by the
faculty. The characteristics of the.