New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-06
Students at General TheO-
logical Chafe Under IN
tellectuaI Slavery
FACULTY BOUND, TOO;
THINKING DANGEROUS
Resentment at Ban on Liberal
Views Expected to Flare Up
at Election of Dean.

we are compelled to he phono-
graphs. and. being human. we arc hypo-
critical monographs or photographic
hypocrites!"
Within the old vine-clad walls Of the
General Theological Seminary Of the
Episcopal Church a small group OF stu
dents was yoicing the rebellion in its
hearts. They were calm. serious. ma
ture young men. who are studying TO
be clergymcn i'm the Protestant Episco-
nal Church They spoke oniy 10 men
whose confidence they trusted implicit
~. They call one another safe,
eve exist like Belgians in Belgium
under German rule. We may not raise
our voices 10 cry. Hail, Truth, any
more than they may cry, HAL. AloerN
Our thinking IS prescribed Tor us ana
We are kept in the most abJect intel
lectual slavery.
Faculty Must BE Careful.
ave are taught what to say and on
examination day we say IL Nhen We
first came We asked questions, but now
we have learned wisdom. The day
comes. however. on which we can speak
and on that day we will speak. We
place no blame. Some OF the iacuI'y
ere honestly trying 20 be liberal put
they must also be careful
Dissatisfaction with the seminarieS
is not confined 10 the students. In a
scathing denunciation Of what ne GsllS
"castration Of the intellect the fey'
DR.. Karl Reiland, rector OF -. Geofg'
Church-the largest free hpiscopni
church in the United states recehu!
preached sermon which rs being scat
N.-N
who heard IL and believe that u W.
have an unusual appeal to all thought
"Our theological students are seldom
encouraged 10 think" said DR., kelIanu;
"Tbeir thinking is done for them, anu
thew are expected = receive ana re-
rnember Last week a student showed
me his examination paper with a sec,
tion crossed ont and his mark loWereu
because he failed 20 answer the que
ton properly He said Jesus cast gu,
devils, and he should have said
demons. not devils for that is What
he was taught - .+
Theological students ior tne mos mos.
part cannot afford to tnlnK hoI L,.i5S
snd onenlv. IL they did they would
he in danger of cody admonition'
from their superiors or else find them
selves travelling in a land OF promise
,yitb many Of their professors, selt-re-
trained prisoners on the hither side OF
rdsn. constituting difficult situa-
ON. There are young college men
Who have told me frankly they could
not 90 into the ministry and keep 1alth
with their scientific and general KNOW
edge ~
all pu,i.ar DAVIS they awoke the
sleepers in the churches, but to-day
IL * a sign Of piety to sleep intellec-
tuallv. and bless ones self at not nav
ING a doubt or a question marx 70 dis
turb his seventeenth century nap.
A few DAYS after this sermon the
Rev. DR.. MILFORD L. Robbins, Hlgh
Churchman. resigned as dean OF the
General Theological Seminary because
of IN health. ,
Choice of a new dean is expected to
be stormy. Eleven thousand High
Churchmen gave a dinner last Nednes-
dav night. with the Rev. Dr. FREDERICK
]. Kinsman. Bishop Of Delaware, as
principal speaker. Bishop kinsman,
rbo recently said that Professionalism
leads to atheism" has been mentioned
in High Church circles as a candidate
for dean.
1.-THE Churchman," an organ Of the
Low Church. in a leading editorial TINS
morning will urge the Rev. DR.: CharIes
Henry Brent, Bishop Of the Philippines,
Is dean Of the seminary.
an another MONTH" says the edi-
torial. "some action will probably be
taken TO select a successor to Dean
Robbins. Not the least qualification
FOR the head of our one general theo-
logical institution is that he should be
above all partisan affiliations.
"There is an impression, more or less
idespread, that the General Seminary
has not been as free from partisan
bias as it should have been. We think
ol no man more obviously qualified TO
ml,et its demands 10 the satisfaction
all elements than the Bishop Of the
hilippines lie is not a party man."