The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-16
EDUCATION COMMISSION !
MAKES ANNUAL, REPORT
Graed To Note That Year By Year Virginia Baptist Brother
hood Is Coming More and More TO Realize Inestiable
Value Of Christian Education.


Value Of Chris
The Baptist Education Commission.
DR.. r. n. Pitt, chairman. which has
under It's supervision all the Baptist
institutions Of learning in Virginia
made the following report. showing
the situation in that department:
In view of the fact that an error
occurs In former minutes, In regard TO
the year on which the term of service
OF certain members OF the Education
Commission should expire. and In
order to correct this error. NO request
thc association TO CONFIRM, by the
adoption OF this report, the following
schedule with reference to members
OF the commission and their terms
* service:
verms to expire In 1916: r. H. Pitt
.nlian Broaddus. w. G. James and E.
M. Long.
Terms to expire in 1917: W w.
Moffett, Robert Frazer. L. n. Walton
and william NJ. Rucker.
Terms to expire in 1918: W. T.
Barksdale, J. 70. Hicks and @. B,
West.
If this Ii done Il will be necessary
4 20 rthe general association to name
this year two persons for each of the
following: r. H. Pitt. Julian Broad
dua W. c. James and e. NJ. Long.
The attention Of the general associa-
Zion Ii respectfully directed to the fact
< that increasing interaft 10 paid In our
Baptist State Organizations N the
South and in the Southern Baptist
Convention to Christian education as
q recognized and essential part of the
denominationai program. State after
State has organized It's own Educa-
ton Commission, and now the South
ern Baptist Convention has created a
similar body. with Rev. j. L. Kesler,
b. D., OF Waco. Texas, chairman, and
Rev. J. ". Cammack. D. D.. Rich
mond. secretary and treasurer. This
convention commission has already
proven its usefulness by gathering
and tabulating. and publishing facts
and figures OF great Importance con-
corning all the Baptist educational
work OF the South. AS part of the
work Of this commission. we submit
ut the conclusion OF the report a table
which gives all the vital facts con-
nected with the institutions of learn
ing in Virginia owned by the denomi-
nation.
Situation As TO Schools.
In addition we ought TO state that
the situation at all Of our schools with
respect to student attendance and the
WORK In the tNS1itn8toflSs SO Adt IN
the sessions have developed, Is very
satisfactory and full of promise,
At Roanoke Female Institute IN
panville there were 1865 enroll
ed as of October s2s; at Ftr-
sinia Intermont College on the
same date the numb Der was zoe: at the
Chatham Training School on the
same dat the number was 100,
and at Fork Union Military Academy
On November the number was seven
ty-one Property values of the
secondary schools in general are as
fo'iow.: Virginia lutermont college,
tlsS.i3e.ss. with no Indebtedness.
Roanoke Female Institute Figures
nt the close of last SESSION.. 100000
IN property and $4,000 endowment.
w;a $32,ooe of debt and campaign
roe proceeding which has resulted
bus far in raising subscriptions OF
about S4o zoe. and. in an effort now
proceeding to make this $4,000.
Twenty-Five Thousand OF this amount.
II ii is secured will he used To dis
charge debts and equip the school,
Willie $4,000 will be set aside for en-
apv meut
Chatham Training School property
f. valued at 5000 They have re-
Gently purchased an athletic field cost
hrs ss,500. The institution has debt
o 500 800, which II being gradually
veduced.
,ta property OF Fork Union Military
/. a adeply, with the new building now
rapidly approaching completion. may
he fairly estimated at $4,000. On this
there will be large Indebtedness.
proha bly, reaching $4,000. This Is due
I'm some considerable measure to the
fact that Fork Union came to the COM
mission already heavily hurdened with
debt. and that considerable part of
its equity In the amount secured for
the secondary school fund has to be
used in the discharge of these ohlfga-
tons, Arrangements have been made
for carrying the bulk OF the debt on
the building through three years. and
we have reason to hope that ere they
have passed, we may have the school
6rrnly established with lite. Ii any.
debt
Pcrmeated with Christian Spirit.
The religious features of our Sec
nndary schools destrve especial notice.
OF Virginia Intermont. DIR. Mcdaniel
wrote In the Religious Herald. April
IS. 1916: Every girl in the boarding
department. Is now 4 protesting Chris
tian. The atmosphere 10 permeated
with the Christian spirit"
At the Roanoke Female Institute
there is a two years Bible course. n
Young Women's Christian Association
~snd mission study classes, The past
two years have seen every boarding.
pupil a processing Christian
At Chatham there are fifteen
students for the ministry. At tho close
OF the last session. every student wa
q protesting Christian. More than one
hundred conversions in this school
during the six sessions of Its history
At Fork Union there arc six students
for the ministry. There is Y. NJ. c.
A. york of great interest. and volun-
teet, Students are maintaining two
mlssion Sunday School. All studenti
arc required to attend Sunday School
and Church. unless the parents send
written requests To the contrary.
As 10 Richmond College.
President Boatwright. will submit q
full report of conditions and prospects
n the institutions owned and operated
NJ tae Richmond College Corporation
and his report will form an addition
tosthe regular report of the commits
sion His report will treat also OF the
Tremendously important enterprise Of
raising million dollars for our great
central colleges. We need only pause