The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-21
BISHOP CANNON
 s TELLSOF NEED OF { CHURCH SCHOOLS
Mass Meeting at First Church in Interest of Christian Educational Movement
 Well Attended

The need of Christian education in the schools and colleges of the south was stressed by Bishop James Can non and former United States Sena- tor w. R. Webb of Tennessee at the mass meeting held at the First Meth odist church yesterday afternoon, in the interest of the Christian educa- tional movement of the Methodist Episcopal church.
 Large delegations from the 3S Metho- dist churches of the Birmingham dis trict were in attendance, filling the large auditorium of the church to it's capacity, and great interest was taken in the pro- ceedings pr. L. c. Branscomb presided.
 The Methodist of the south plan to raise 33.oOO,0Oo to endow schools and unl- versailles for the futherance of Christian education. The quota for the North Alabama conference is $1,s42,oo0 of this amount s3OO0 900 will go to the Birmingham Southern college.
 Bishop Cannon was the first speaker and spoke at length on the present lack of Christian education in the colleges and schools of the South. He cited a number of the leading universities stating they neglected the spiritual training Of the young students.
 "Take the University of Alabama and Auburn as an example near home. Said Bishop Cannon" In the last five years these two institutions have given to the state, five ministers. Birmingham Southern formely located at Greensboro, now in your city; gave to the state. in the last five years one hundred ministers. There is the comparison for you. Under stand 1 am not knocking the state in stitutions, l am merely showing you that they do not furnished the country vita preachers.
 The University of Virginia is recog- nized as one of the best institutions in the country and one which is said to teach what is best for a young man, yet 1t has given but three men to the Metho- dist conference in the last thirty-two years. Randolph Macon, a smaller col lege gave two hundred and fifty men to the conference in the same length of time. This proves that state institutions are not recruiting stations for preachers and for that reason we must build schools that will give us competent min isters."
 I've complain, said Senator Webb' that our preachers are not as efficient as they should be- that they are sometimes tiresome and dull Well the reason we haven't better preachers is because we have failed to establish the best theolosl- cal schools for them Why we fail to send the boys who are inclined to become preachers to our church schools, but in stead send them to state institutions and state institutions don't furnish christian workers"
 If making money and big estates were the biggest things in the world, .'the senator concluded" why l could have planned a better world It is the man who can help the other fellow and show him the way to go who really has a great mission in this worlds Friends you have to have a christian school III which to train such fellow. As for me, I had rather give my children good christian education and see them dclns something for the upnfting ot their te- low men, than give them millions or dollars Fabson says that human power is the least developed thing on the earth and what the human mind will do when properly developed is inconceivable. 10 have this we must build for ourselves bigger and better church schools.