The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-01
CHRISTIANS ARE
TULSA'S GUESTS
More Than 200 Delegates
Attend State Con-
vention Here

rIsrton Of state officers and the
.croint.rg Of committees comprised
be majority OF the work for the
-,.,,d day OF the state convention
.,be Disciples Of Christ, which CON
,opod Ip Tulsa Friday at the First
cbristla. church. More than 200
opt.of.town delegates are In the city
fe- tho convention.
DR. Meade Dutt. pastor OF the First
christian church Of Tulsa was
,,acted president Of the state con-
,eDtlon officers. and Roy r. Curtis
~ Durlnt was elected secretary.
Members OF the state board or the
christian church elected We're;
charles r.. Abbott, Durant; T.. A.
Davis cyril; w. A. NJ rill, Choro-
see. r 10 Mathison, T. -t. Dr. w. ).
Corbin Chickasha; {. q. CantrelL
Hooker
pr. T. y. McCash Of Enid, presi-
dsrt Of Phillips university and pres
idcnt Of he national board Of educa-
ZION was elected at a delegate to
the national convention.
Members Of the Bible school COM
mIttee appointed Saturday were w.
A Merrill. Cherokee; Prof Shirley.
Fnld. Abbot Book. oklahoma city;
Mrs Lena Fox, Cherokee, J. c.
Welch hugo.
NcCash Makes Address.
Amony the principal speakers the
rirst night Of the convention was DR..
L y. M,Cash. president OF Phillips
university. lie spoke on oklahoma
Problem Of Leadership In his ad-
dress. DR.. McCash said
The United states ranks ninth
in educational standards OF the ma
tlons Of he world. oklahoma ranks
seth In tho educational standing.
America has no federal system OF
education. jefferson proposed "A ma
,ional university and Washington
endorsed the proposal, but the prop
ostion was never put In effect.
"The church owes many things to
the colleges and universities, among
which Is equipment This must con-
.lst Of buildings that are sufficient
10 house and class every student that
comes To the doors for admission
There must be laboratories to in
sruct all preparing in science. and
there must be professors who are
educated and equipped to teach the
subjects to which they are assigned.
There must be Libraries with suffi-
Client volumes to meet the needs OF
every department of tho college OF
university.
Tho colleges and universities must
also have sufficient endowment. as
only % per cent of the cost of tut
ton can be charged to the student.
Sixty-eight per cent Of the cost OF
tuition must be obtained from some
other source.
THE churches must cooperate
with our church schools and send
their young people to us. Ten per
cent OF our people attend our schools
and we give SO per cent to the church
work Unless the churches give us
tho raw material, how can they ex-
pect the finished product.
The church that does not send
a young man or young woman to the
ministry, has no claim upon the coll
lege for preacher or missionary"
Call for Evangelists.
We are going to have more
evangelism in our churches during
The next five years than ever be-
''Ift Ndlu JtStN vi pdutI, IdllpIdl
secretary of evangelism, who spoke
during the afternoon session of the
state convention Of the Disciples Of
Christ. which opened Friday morn.
ing at the First Christian church.
I'VE haven't enough evangelists to
go around"
Mr.. Bader said that the Christian
church is planning TO hold training
classes In evangelist, - train the
Sunday school teachers in the art
OF soul winning. Groups OF teachers
are to be taught everywhere until
all the children from the largest to
the smallest Christian church are
won for Christ. 1T is better to form
them than to reform them" said Mr..
Bader.
One Of the principal speakers OF
the morning was Milo j. Smith, ma
tonal superintendent of the board
Of social welfare who spoke on
The responsibility OF the church to