The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-12
Congregational Conference Will
Raise S25O,OOO by Drive.
To Topeka Institution, 100000
-FairmOunt to Get $15O,OOO.
|CONGEN|ALITY IS EVIDENCED
WaShburn Asks Trustee Change
and an Educational Board.
r. w. SandersOn Tells Meeting
Mayflower Defeated Germany.

The Kansas congregational confer
ence will work hand in hand with
Washburn and Fairmount colleges. it
was decided at the session this morn
ing Congregational forces thruout
the state will unite in the near future
in a campaign to raise s250,0o0 for
these two Congregational educational
Institutions. Of rhe amount, WASH
burn is to, receive 100000 and Fair
mount $150,00O, during a four year
period.
The plan was drawn Up Tuesday
night by Pres. p. p. Woinsr OF Wash
burn and Pres. W. H. Rollins of Fair
mount 1t was received by the entire
conference this mornin" with the
heartiest approval. Whether the
budget be under or over subscribed.
the money will be divided in ratio of
one to one and one-half.
Utmost Congeniaiity Evident.
The Washburn faculty also has re-
cuested the board of trustees 70 ask
annually, making a total of six cut or
the twenty-three. instead of four. as
present. The utmost congeniafity be-
tween the conference and the two col
Ieges was in evidence.
1t was also recommended that
board of seven on educational institu-
tions should be appointed by the con-
ference, to consist of two lay women,
two lay men and four ministers, whose
duty it shall be to pay an annual visit
to the institutions, study them with a
view of conserving financial, educa-
tional and religious interests from the
conference viewpoint and to make a
report of the institutions progress.
Washburn Slipping From Fold.
That Washburn has been slipping
from the Congregational fold was evil
denced by figures introduced showing
that there are only lis Congregational
students at Washburn as compared
with 800 at Kansas university.
R. w. Sanborn this morning de-
Hvered the annual address of the
| moderator choosing for his subject
The Pilgrim Spirit and the New Age"
He pointed out the sufferings and the
forward spirit of the Pilgrim Fathers,
tdeclaring that the present age has
passed beyond mere modernity.
"Mayflower Beats Huns"
"It was the Mayflower," he said,
| which made impossible the German
victory. How pitiably inefficient were
all the German Uoboats against the
| spiritual TINT that was stored in the
hold of that fragile little craft. Too
late, Admiral Won Tirpitz. 1t was not
the Lusitania you sunk, on the ground
| that it carried enemy ammunition.
You should have cabled your ances-
tors to scuttle the Mayflower before
she ever anchored under the lee of
| Cape Cod. The mischief was done
that long ago and all the strategy of
the G. H. @. and all the organization
of that famous gray army could not
catch up with the explosive effects
of those few scratches of a pen in the
| cabin of the Mayflower."
A. J. Cutler, of Mcpherson college,
! told of the present situation in Tur-
/ key, where he spent some time and
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church relief expeditions. America is
the one nation universally trusted and
looked up to in that country, he de-
clared. The Turks have the viewpoint
that America stands for justice and
right, he asserted.
Favors Armenia Mandate.
! Could a part of Armenia be set
aside under American mandate, Doc
tor Cutler asserted. it would practical
Turks would leave the territory and
the Armenians residing in Turkey
would move into II. he said. He de-
! clared the Armenians are a highly in
tellectual and progressive people. but
are in danger of losing their Christian
ity as the result of their persecution
at the hands of the Turks. Their new
religion, he said. was responsible for
their suffering, from their viewpoint
The Mohammedan power is slowly
slipping from the earth and already
many leading Turks have signified
their desire to become Christians. he
said.
Dr. Frank NJ Sheldon. of Boston.
gave a talk on Jesus and the Religion
of His Day. in which he pointed out
that many of the statements made by
Christ were misconstrued by the pres
! ent generation.
THE Problem of the Congregational
Student" was the subject of an address
by Prof. w. G. Mitchell. of Lawrence.
Reception at Washburn
| At o'clock this afternoon the dele
| gates were to be taken in automobiles
to Washburn college. where they were
! to be received by Mrs. p. p. Womer
and the ladies OF the institution in
Boswell hall complimentary sup-
per in the cafeteria was to follow.
The feature of the evening program
at the First church will be the ad-
dress by DR.. Leroy, of Natal. Africa.
Rev. Francis L. Hayes, of Chicago. will
Pilgrims
He F1ays Profiteers.
Profiteers were denounced by Dr.
Frank NJ. Sheldon, of Boston, in his
talk before the ministers attending
the sixty-sixth annual Congregational
conference at the First church Tues
day afternoon. He fayed both capital
and labor for the part they are play
ing in non-production and high prices.
| In Bible times those who preyed
upon the poor were thrown out of the
land This should be done with the
modern profiteer, Doctor Sheldon de-
clared. He charged that those who
took advantage of the war to make
millions of dollars profit were worse
than the slackers who lodged military
service.
A. L. Goudy. of Partridge. delivered
the conference sermon Tusday night.
Communion services were held in
charge of President P. P. Womer. Of
tWashburn, and the Rev. John Rice.
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