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coo for the purpose of charging and
strengthening these institutions which
include universities, standard colleges,
junior colleges, industrial schools, mis-
sionary training schools and acaden-
les.
DR.. R. H. Bennett, secretary of life
service says, "The necessity for pre-
paratcry schools under church control
lies IN the fact that life work decisions
are made IN the secondary educational
period. Seventeen is the average age
at which the ministers of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, selected
their calling.
Twenty-Five of the 81 Southern
Methodist schools, which will share in
the big educational fund are high
schools and academies They are:
Carlisle school, Bambery, S. c.; Down
ing Industrial school, Brewton, Ala:
Ferrum Training school, Ferrum, Va:
Flat Rock High School, Horny Indus
trial school; jefferson school, Jeffer-
son, N. c.; John Locke school, Elkton.
Ky; John c. Mayo school, PaintsviIle.
n.y.; Llndsay-Wilson Training school,
Columbia, KY; Marvin University.
CLINTON, KY; McFerrin school, Martin.
Tenn; McTyeire school, Mckenzie.
Tenn; Mississippi Conference Train
ing school, Montrose, Miss; Randolph
Macon Academy, Bedford Citv. Va.
Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Row
al, Va; Randolph-Macon Intitute. Dan
vile, Va; Seashore Campground
school, Biloxi, Miss. Sloan-Hendrix
Academy, Imboden, Ark; Textile In
dustrial Institute, Spartanburg, S. c.;
Thomas Industrial Institute, De Fun
lax Springs, Fla; Trinity Park school,
Durham n. c.; Weatherford Training
school, Weatherford, Tex; Wedding
ton industrial institute, Matthews,
n. c.; Wofford Fitting school, Spar
tanburg, S. C.
The success of the Christian move
ment will mean 1856, 900 spent in the
enlargement and improvement of
these schools.
Nashville, Tenn.-One of the oh
Jectives CT the Christian Education
Movement of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South is to raise funds for its
schools, colleges and universities. S33
100000, which churchmen claim is the
minimum sum necessary to enable
them to send out the constantly in
creaslng stream of educated christian
leaders required TO carry forward the
Christian work of the world, and to
secure 100000 to aid worthy stu
dents who are looking to some form
OF Christian service as a life work.
1t IS also planned to lead at least
5,OOO young men and women to pledge
themselves to devote their lives to the
ministry, to missions or to some other
form of Christian service, and to seek
Christian education as a preparation
for effective life service.
DR.. j. H. Reynolds, director general
OF the Christian education commits
sion, says: "The Christian Education
movements financial objective of $685.
OOO,OOO for the endowment and equip
nent of the 81 educational institutions
I belonging to the Southern Methodist
church is not an attempt to try out
an experiment or promote a wild
scheme of some enthusiast The cam
palgn is launched in obedience to the
expressed will and command of the
general conference Of 1915, the SUI
preme authority in the church. The
Methodist Episcopal church, South
maintains schools and colleges which
are thoroughly Christian. They be
lleve that the soul of education is the
education of the soul"
DIR. Henry Nelson Snyder. president
Ct Wofford college, Spartanbure, N.
Z, and associate director of the move
nent, IN speaking of what the Chris
tlan education movement seeks to ac-
compllsh, says: whatever other
KINDS of education the world particu-
larly needs now, it does need in a gen
erous measure what is understood nv
religious education. And this orr
movement must seek to have the
church realize as an obligation which
1t owes to troubled and confused
world, real gospel which it is the
business Of the church to preach and
supply" ''''O