The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-05
GENEROUS MEN AND WOMEN WEI COME
OF GREAT AND REAL. NEED
Problem Of
the 70 Says
President o

social conditions. The State colleges.
dependent as they have been upon
LEGISLATURES and public opinion for fl
nanciai support, have responded
promptly sometimes TOO promptly
70 the educational demands Of the
voters, rs a consequence we have
seen an unparalleled expa nsion OF
courses of Study and pervasiye mod
eruipation and democratizing of the
curriculum. There h. We been some
70 se moves and some waste. but on
the whole an evolution OF Institutions
that meet public demands remarkably
well. So completely do the tax
supported colleges adjust the mselves
T. the varied demands of the!f times
that a considerable num5er of chdrch-
men are ready today to abandon tbs 1
dcAominationai COLLEGE altogether
'fney feel not unkindlv 10 these old
Institutions which have come down to
- from the fathers, hut they believe
1ha UNCONVENTIONAL college has served
Ats day and generation. and should
now be treated a. a ye"mHorm APP
pendiX There would then, at any
rate, be few@T canpaierS ana coileC |
items and these soInnoeut saints could
listen undtstarbed TO a gospel VnmixeA
with SO many financial complications. f,
Perhaps # the deneminational col !
}eses had shown more liberia. and
- ponSive spirit they would nave re-
eeived greater gifts Their faculties
ara trustees must recognize that
Fhurch colleges have been too prone
~ follow IN the beaten paths TO get
out Of touch with their times, and TO
consider the reeds Of narrow rather
han broad constituency These may
he defects of their virtues, but they J
haga bindered the growth Of the col ,
iFffF- There ha4 som g &c bepfi dis |
eerniFlo tendency to forget that
Htl timer the college nor the denomina- I
tioa Is an end In itself hut that the
denom7ational college exists To de-
"elop Christian manhood and woman
hco" and TO prepare fof the highest ,
type Of good citizenship
Church Clnege Not an Innovator
The natural constituency or the de- |
fomiuatlonai college. half conscious
perhaps Of its own neglect to provide |
adequate support for the college, has
pot been as insistant in it's demands |
Il has the constituency OF the State /
c0ltse. The church college has been !
'cf' more to it's own devices. and 81
has not been an innovator. The most
vocal part Of its constituency has been
willing that orthodoxy should cover
7 any shortcomings, and the college
ras generally been content to do TO !
the old was Considering all the cir
cl3nstances. it has done these tasks
surprisingly we'll with limited ma
tetiat resources and restri ctea outlook.
bart wit snlerdid devotion, the de-
Is ninatieHai college has formed char
aeter and trained for unsnifish ser
vice, tt Graduates have been reia-
lively lew IN number but their aitTu~
lsfr metz simple manner OF life, and
3Aeir higc character have given them
Influence and commanding position
in church and state out of all pro
portion tn their mum Der II every de-
H8minationai college In America
should ciose It's doors toright never
'fo open thnn aeain, they would. al
ready have paid back to tina churches
ard to the world all. they have cost.
both principal and interest!
The fact remains, however, that the
denominational college apart from
its share In the training Of candidates
FOR the ministry. has no definite pros