Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-14

line. the report declares. Only in
the work among the soldiers was
there a falling of. and that is ac-
counted for in largs rehabilitation
of troops. About a dozen Baptist
workers are still employed among the
Army camps of the south and south
west. where they visit the sick in the
hospitals. keep the men in touch with
their home folks and do religious
work. During the past year 500 con-
verts among the soldiers were bap-
tized by these workers.
Unusual In the work of the board
has been the employment of spe-
cial evangelist to deaf mutes of the
south. In addition there Is a STAN of
fifty general evangelists and singers
employed for general service. while
three are employed specially for work
were added to the churches during
the past year through the efforts of
these evangelists. For the fourteen
years since this department was or
ganized there has been an average of
468 converts per worker per year won
by the evangelists of the board.
Work Among Foreigners.
Evangelistic and educational work
among the peoples of foreign tongues
in the south has been carried on on
a large scale, eighty-two workers
being engaged in it and seven differ
ent languages being employed.
Work among the Indians has been
considerably enlarged with the re-
suit that the number of converts won
times as large as in any previous
year. This work is carried on among
the Cherokees of North Carolina:
Choctaws Of Mississippi. SeminoIes o!
Florida, the Pawnees. Otoes, Osages,
Pottawatomies, Shawnees anu 6 liz
lahoma. It Is claimed that more tnan
half the Indians of Oklahoma VINO are
identified with, any church are bap-
fists.
Other important departments OF inc
home mission work. all OF wn n,.a
have experienced rem s;arH w"rk
cessful year. include missionary wors
in Cuba and Panama; eyangehstlc anu
educational work among the negroes
building up weak churches IN the
rural districts, villages ana suDu1 70 ..s
of the cities; aiding congregailons III
building houses OF worsnlp. .m nhooIs.
duct of thirty-six mountain scnools,
cooperative work in all the states
with the state mission boards. anu
the operation at Ell Paso. Tex. OF inc
Southern Baptist Sanatorfum Ior "a
treatment of tubercular patien.s anu
waSing an educational campaign against
tuberculosis in the south.
Growth Reported in Institutions
In the 40 educational institutions
maintained by southern Baptfsts a
healthy growth along al! lines was
renorted by DR.. ]. E. Dtllard, actins
secretary Of the education board. IN
the first annual report of that nooy 70
the convention today the pnys,e s1 :
property of these institutions IS val
ued at SIS, 100000. and approximately
"a. 900 students are enrolled in them.
The board, organized year ago
with headquarters at Birmingham
Ala, is charged with the expendltu!5se :
Of 100000 among o. .ne 1 s"ai" in natl
tutions are cared for by their states
while the mountain schools are sup
ported by the home mission board.
During the first year. the report
says. the education board mas mace
program in setting up curricula and
standards for Baptist institutions
aiding them in raising their stand
ards, safeguarding the property OF
these institutions to the denomina-
ton. serving as clearing house on
all educational matters for southern
Baptists, inducing well trained young
men and women to offer their lives
for special Christian service, estaD-
fishing a teachers bureau for the aid
fishing articles of public interest in
behalf of Christian education. CO.
oneratine with all general denomina-
tional agencies in disseminating a
wider education and promoting the
development of rural public SCHOOLS.
The board has arranged to employ
a student secretary to conserve Bap-
lists interests In colleges and uniyer-
stiles throughout the south. and Is
lending its influence toward increas-
ing the attention given to religious
instructor in Baptist schools and col
Another effort OF the board is d.
rected toward encouraging men OF
means to make larger contributions
to current support and endowment OF
Christian schools and colleges
Tells How S75.O0o.oOe Was Raised.
How the Southern Baptists con-
ceiyed and carried out their $75.000,-
the members Of the local churches
pledged $92.630.s23 for the extension
Of the church's work, were told in a
report tothe convention yesterday
afternoon by Rev. DR.. L. r. Scarbor-
ough Of Fort Worth. Tex, general d.
Some additional subscriptions have
been received since the formal drive
was completed. DR.. Scarborough re-
ported. Payments In cash amount to
Sl2,2S9,S27. Expenses of the campaign
were ,s4s,3s2; The pledges are to DC
l ISOGSHcu
The campaign was great success
in the fade Of enormous difficulties
DR.. Scarborough said, and the fund
was raised despite the strikes which
beset the country. bad weather and
the number of money drives which
had preceded 1t. He paid tribute to
the cooperation of the various Or
ganizations Of the south which made
| the campaign possible.
| The use Of newspapers as means