The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-22


OF education OF the Virginia Confer
ence submitted by Or, James Cannon
Jr.. at yesterday afternoons session
are the resolutions and statistic:
showing conference educational IN
situations to be in splendid condi
I uon, and commanding them to tbs
| members of the conference and the
! church mbers in the conference
/ that their value may be further ex-
I tended. The report was spoken &c
! by DR.. r. T.. Blackwell OF Randolph
Macon, president of the board, and
, BY Drs Cannon, w. A. Christian and
I II. H Bennett. Tho report was APP
| proved and the resolutions adopted.
blackwell hailed the action OF the
| state Board of Education in prepar-
1 ing an official course of Bible study
! which. when satisfactorily complet-
ed. will receive credits in lieu OF a
/ regular high school elective as a de-
cidea advance step. DR.. Blackwell
| explained the syllabus prepared by a
| committee representing the several
| church organizations that requested
| the State board to permit such Bible
| study and allow credits therefor, and
| heartily commended 1t to the confer
| ence. He asked the ministers to urge
| this course of study be taken
! Dr. Cannon spoke on the purpose of
+ the trustees of Blackstone College for
/ Girls to raise a fund of 500, 900 for
! the equipment and development of
that institution, and urged the people
OF the Virginia Conference to aid in
raising that amount. DR. Cannon
spoke of tho steadily growing neccs-
sity for a Junior college In the Viz
gtn!a Conference He told Of the
action Of the General Conference in
Oklahoma city in recognizing the
Value OF the junior college He ex-
planned how many young women un-
able 70 take the full four years
course Mt standard college for
financial or other reasons. may take
advantage of the two years course.
the freshman and sophomore years.
in the Junior college and receive Ger
ttcate TO teach in the public schools
from high school grades down. He
explained that the lower cost Dor
the two years at a Junior school often
enables student to take the final
two years In a standard college Dr.
Cannon spoke for closer co-opera-
! ton between Blackstone College, n
Junior college. and Randolph Ma aeon
| Woman's College, one of the greatest
standard women's colleges in the
county, ana iSSHT Ihfi tIlAI SlpG CO.
operation is being brought about
DIR. Christian On Emory'S Work.
DIR, Christian spoke Of the work Of
the General Conference in establish
ing in Dallas. Tex. the Southern
Methodist University and In Atlanta
Ga, Emory University the latter the
only theological institution of the
Methodist Church. South, east of the
mississippi River. Explaining that
the part the Virginia Coference
$ expected to take In establishing
Emory University is the raising Of
S5e coo to endow the department of
modern missions DIR. Christian said It
is eminentiy fitting that this assign
ment has been given the Virginia Con-
ference. tho foremost conference in
the forwarding OF missions in the
Southern Methodist Church. He urged
that the people Of Virginia Methodism
be liberal in their contributions. that
the sum might quickly be raised. DR..
christian said that since the loss of
Vanderbilt University the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, Is without
an institution for higher learning,
and he declared II to be important
that such an institution be soon &C
CURED. "One," he added, 80 closely
tied up with the church that the
Supreme Court Will never he able to
take II away from the church."
DR.. Bennett spoke Of educating
young men for the ministry, strcesing
the Importance OF their receiving
thorough training. Or Bennett de-
clared the ministers must exalt the
ministry and he advised the preach
ing OF a special sermon on the min
tstry on the day designated by the
General Conference as Vocation
Day" He SPOKE of the need of mora
ministers and better trained ministers
and he commended the correspond-
ence course OF the General Confer
ence board Of education tn ALI those
seeking TO enter the ministry who
cannot take the preparation IN q the
illogical institution
The board IN us renort recor-
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