New Britain herald., 1920-03-15

America, the speaker said, inclUled Porto Rico (which, although u1Ider the United States flag, is still as Spanish speaking territory with 60 per cent. of it's inha bitants illiterate,) El Salvador, Nicaragua and Hondu- ras, three Central American countries which were made d Baptist charge by the Panama conference in 1916.
 In Porto Rico there are already 49 Baptist churches, 49 outstationS and a Baptist church membership of a.30O. The speaker pointed out the beautiful building known as the Grace Conway Institute where stu dents at the Insular University at Rio Piedras receive their Christian training, and also the Baptist hos pital for young women that has re- gently been opened at that point
 At Santa Ana, Fl Salvador, the Baptist missionaries are carrying on school work among the children and are planning normal and theological schools for the training of native workers. At Managua, Nicaragua, such schools are already established.
 Work Done ill Mexico.
 The lecturer also touched upon the work that is being done in MeAlco ana CuDd ana Sdlu lndl llic 1C" PAo gram of the Baptists calls for million and a half dollars for en- larged equipment in Latin America and proportionate increase or teachers and missionaries.
 The problem of reaching the mill lion Latin Americans in the United States proper, and giving them the Americanizing influences of free church and English schools has by no means been fully solved, the lecturer said, but great progress has been made in the last decade.
 He sketchcd with skill some of the efforts that the church is making ln the lum Der country of the Northwest
 Cities are suffering on account or the lack of adequate wholesome re- ligious and social life. For example at Powers. Oregon, tho Raptists have provided a community center. along the lines of the '. M. C. A. hut, where fathers and mothers may meet on d common footing and where, moving pictures, a cantcen, open hre- place, reading and rest rooms, game tables and space for basketball ana kindred games, banquet hall, com- munity kitchen, a stage for amateur theatricals, debates and lectures, ot- fer to the people some of the good things that the town would other wise lack.
 The work of the colporter mis- sionaries who travel by wagon, auto mobile and boat through the sparse ly settled sections of the country bringing the gospel message to those who would not otherwise receive it will be increased, the appropriation for their budget having been raised for the next five year period from S40,00O to- $15O,000. The speaker also told of the chapel cars of which the denomination operates seven and of the missionary boats which cruise along the coast touching at points where absolute pioneer conditions exist.
 Work Among Indians.
 In outlining the proposals for the extension of missionary effort among the American Indians the lecturer declared that 60 per cent of the Indians were still utterly uncNanSel- ized and that but 20 per cent are members of Protestant churches. To furnish the Indians with educated leaders of their own race the bap- lists maintain Bacone college in OK lahoma where all the buildings are overcrowded and where the students 16 tribes. Half a million dollars is needed there for additional buildings, teachers and endowment.
 The work among the negroes by the denomination, which already sup ports several schools and colleges for that race in the South is to be If the North is to con- tinue to receive thousands Of these people" said the speaker. We shall be deeply concerned as to whether or not they have had any education. He summa rized the five year pro- gram of the church for negro edu- cation by saying that s2,S66,000 was needed of which $1,000.000 was for cndowments, $S25,0oO for new build ings, s175.ooo for repairs and equip ment, $866,0O0 for salaries.
 Educational Items.
 The largest single item in the pro- gram for the extension of the work of the Baptist church, the speaker said, was the one for general edu- cation in Baptist schools and colleges. There are some forty institutions of this character provided for in the recent survey and their combined re- total s2S,000,OOe.
 Another new and important phase of the work of the church is the Am of the coming Am ericans The Baptists already are cooperating with other agencies in this endeavor. developing training schools, establishing community cen- ters and providing new missionaries to minister to the foreign speaking elements of the population. English classes, baby clinics, day nurseries,