The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-10

great forward step among Southern Baptists will be the outcome of a meet ing scheduled for 10 o'clock this morning at the First Baptist church.
 It will not be great as to numbers, but in its significance to Birmingham is in the fact that the education board brought into being at the recent session of the Southern Baptist convention at Atlanta IS to have it's headquarters here. The board is the legitimate outcome of four years of hard and faithful work put in by the education commission, and one of the much looked for matters to be | brought before the meeting is the re- port of it's past labors with an outline of the scope of the work to be undertak- en by the new board
 Dr. J. W. Cammack, the secretary of the education committee, was asked to prepare such data and to make such suggestions as he thought might be help full in launching the education board. Dr.
 
 itor of the Religious World, the herald of the Baptists of the Old Dominion state and recognized expert in denominational education.
 While the meeting today Is to perfect the organization of the education board, the personnel had already been deter | mined. Dr. Jas. E. Dillard says: "Np | nobler and more consecrated and eff cient body of men was ever put on a denominational board than compose the | one assembling in Birmingham to launch an enterprise of far reaching importance 1 to the Baptists of the south
 The local members of the board are: A. K. Wright, W. P. Price, c. Ross Baker. H. H. Hibbs, E. S. Moore, D. H. Brown, G. W. Connors, J. R. Hobbs, W. H. Manly, | F. s. White, E L. Thomas, L. o. Daw- son. Carter Wright, W. A Davis, J. A Davison, w. c. Davis, J. M. Shelburne, J. E. Dirlard
 | The state members are as follows: C. B. Waller, Arkansas; F. W. Barnett, Alaba- ma; E. H. Jackson, District of Columbia w L. c. Mahon, Florida; C. W. Daniel, Georgia; R. H. Thorpe, Illinois; E. Q. Solomon. Louisiana; W. V. McChesney, Kentucky; H. s. Mccormick, Maryland; w. B. Sumter, Mississippi; D. D. Munro, Missouri J. F. Measles, New Mexico; R. l Tennessee; T. V. Neal, Texas; J. W. Cam mack, Virginia.
 A provisional organization of the board was called into being at a called meet ing in Atlanta. pr. R. T. Yam, of North chairman, and Frank Willis Barnett sec retary. The meeting today was in re- sponse to call sent out by pr. Yam, and one of the first things to come before the body will be the selection of a sec- retary made necessary from the fact that Dr. J. w. McGlothin, elected by the con vention, declined the honor
 It was matter of genuine regret, not merely to the board but to the rank and file of Southern Baptists when pr. Mo Glothlin resigned the chair of church his. tory. and put aside the secretaryship, to assume the presidency of Furman univer- sity, at Greenville, s. C. Not that his work at the head of a great denomina- tional school is not worthy of his talents but because somehow the brotherhood had fixed their minds on him as the ed ucational Moses, who was to lead ir putting our church schools on the hearts south.
 This board, like our other four boards must feel it's way and gradually worl out its own programme and policies. Some things, however, we may be reasonably sure of:
 l. The board will maintain an office which will be clearing house on Bap tist education Here will be gathered tho literature from all the schools, reports O. all similar boards and commissions, ques tionnaires, revealing the exact status O institutions of learning, and such an as Isemblage of materials as will enable ont to become conversant with conditions il the educational world.
 2, The board will make surveys of thu
 educational conditions existing in tn various states, the needs of the various ] schools, whether more schools are needed whether certain courses of studies shoult be added or dropped, whether school should attempt junior or senior colleg work, and in general to standardize, co
 ordinate and correlate our schools.
 g. The board will consider and mak . recommendations on such problems a
 how to improve rural schools, how to re late state and denominational schools; tn
 relations to be sustained between acad emies, colleges, universities and semin
 aries; how to relate our schools nor , closely to the churches, etc.
 II f. Tho board will assist the variou
 states in their educational campaigns fo
 funds and students; provide or prepare
 suitable educational literature and in gen .. eraI use every legitimate means to in 3 crease the interests of our people in Chris
 tian education.
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 feelings of the Baptists but those of oth | L.. 1tv.<x <h~ 1sctfv