Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-07
METHODIST CENTENARY
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Will Raise S11O,OOO,OOO i'm Biggest
Campaign Ever Undertaken
by Church.
S1i,ooo,ooo FOR TEACHERS
These TO BE Used in Work Among
tntaught Children of World-Plan
Community Ccntcrs for Gplift Of
Negroes and Foreign Born.

N"'"uSnJ CntiOfcn Ol "0rlu-flhI
Community Ccntcrs for Gplift of
Negroes and Foreign Born.
sr MEW YORK ORR, April Grroibably the
being launched by the centenary
and Of n, the shSSs pseSpa
| church. South. which together plan 10
raise SliO.0o0.ooo for missionary work
o.pe,Go will be, spent on schools and
teachers for tho untaught children of
inc world. and instruction for grown
PEOPLE who had little or no schooling
IN their youth. OF this sum con
sidc,ab!c amount viii be spent in. cdu,
cational work in our own United
states
OF the foreign born white people in
this country more, than - per cent
arc tlliterate; OF the NEGROES, over 80
per cent. and Of the North american
Indians. over - per cent. In many
cases. especially in that OF the older
these people to speak English. to read
and write ana to understand American
customs and laws when the public
school does not reach them.
Hope 10 BENEFIT Aliens.
TO preserve family life. often so
Gu!ciIy disrupted when foreign born
parents nave American born children
and 10 make American citizenship 4
tangible and desirable thing, ar. Two
great tasks confronting both the church
ana the state. "ncre the !tnni L ia :
S,itutional churches Industrial mis-
s.ons. c9mm1nitE cen,ers, pastors and
lay workers who speak both English
and the foreign tongue. through classes
~ English and citizenship, through
nay nurseries and clinics. through
Icaching Of American history. Ideals
ana laws and through the preaching
aud practice OF Christian principles tho
Senienary prepares 10 tackle these two
such work viii be carried on among
fcOv.oOO Italians. the 1000, 600 Latin
Americans the 100000 slavic peoples,
the 10000 Chinese. the 1000. 600 Jap
ancsc and the hundreds of thousands
OF miscellaneous forcign-speak peo-
lics who have come to make the United
states their home.
For the negroes in the South the
centenary committee IS planning typi
,dl community ccntcrs in agricultural
districts. where modern farming meth
DDS viii tcacn the people how 10 raise
letter crops. while model parsonaGes
VIII serve as demonstrations OF ideal
home life, TO insure the success OF
these undertakings, organized move
ments are being inaueura,cd for the
education OF pastors and church OIL
erals and workers.
:,n0,O00 Negroes Crowd Cities.
Ia the North, where some 1000 900
negroes arc crowded into large cities.
rortunlty for instruction through lee
lures, and domestic science courses
Will be instituted. where 'rnaminies"
who worked IN ,he cotton fields OF the
Sonih may learn new means OF 1--we
ihood
In the southern mountains where
Scotch and Irish descent are practic-
ally cut off from the rest Of the ma
slpsrstition. and primitive living anii
moral conditions, tho Methodist Epis-
opal BOARD OF EdusAiion has a dozen
University of Chattanooga. The Cen
,,snarY Committee plans to send out
establish community ccnters OF educa-
ton and Christian principles
OF t the a'6"o' 5000" S SraS Am sa, In
saesak < !, English; While there arc ~
There are 1888 Indian children OF
school age who attend no school The
includes, higher education. for the ma
tive Indian preachers, which they in
their CONGREGATION. who are unable 10
attend government schools. Native In
dian, women are also 70 be trained
l.ygiene, and ,hen sent back 70 TIE
Indian reservations 10 bring TO the
hon}efs iherc a higher Siand ard or
returning from government schools
VII no., be SO discouraged by their
to the ways OF their fathers.
The necessity for trained leaders 10
carry out ;his Centenary program, had
led to the creation OF department for
the development Of Christian leader
JPN oo Thf ,bas A5 5S the vps anGe
normal conditions more than a thou
sand ministers are needed each year
AMI 10 provide for ihe normal cxpan-
SION which viii result from the work
Ing OF me Centenary program. thou
Increase Training Facilities.
50 far, the chief csnters for The
the ,''' Meethodst colleges. from ON which
more than go per cen, OF the ,churchs
tcrs have been drawn. one OF tho lead
ing aims OF the new Centenary de-
par,ment is TO educate the $4,000
Methodist students in attendance at
state universities and agricultural col
lcges. |; is planned TO strengthen the
near such student groups, and to pro-
Vide student building or Wesley
Foundation in state, and independent
her of Methodist students. These
student houses Will not only provide
OF the students while in college; bu,
viii train those specially gifted for
service as directors of rclig educa-
ton, women workers. rural and city
leaders. An appropriation OF Sl25.00O
vii he expended X in teiowships and
promse Of becoming efccStve I iead
other plans Of The department. for
the development OF Christian leader
ship include the provision OF special
conferences and limited. training for
ministers already IN the held, who can
not leave their pastorates: and the
establishment of training schools for
christian leadership in connection with
various state and city educational in
situations. reaching even TO Hawaii and
Porto Rico.
4 substantial beginning has already
been made in the way of providing
training for Christian leadership in
state INSTITUTIONS The Board of Home
Missions -, OF me Mss1n@ oan Episcopal
the University OF illinois; $4,000 for
the University Of Wisconsin,; $1,000
for the University OF Michigan. and
$4,000 for Iowa institutions. .An APP
Iropriation has also been made TO the
Baldwin Wallace College. Berea, Ohio,
for the training Of Slavonic workers.
ami to Albuquerque College, at Albu-
uucrquc, New Mexico. for the training
field.