The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
EDUCATIONAL BOARD
 MAKES BIRMINGHAM
 A BAPTIST CENTER

IA DAT plOl G[Nl[R
 Birmingham is one of the cities of the south that is considered a center of Baptist activities.
 Five principal boards located from Baltimore. Md. to Dallas. Tex, are em- braced in the Southern Baptist con- vention, the latest of which. the edu- cation board, Is located in Birming- ham.
 A visit to headquarters is happy ex- Lperience, especially if one happens to find that genial gentlemen. pr. w. C. James, who is the able corresponding secretary of the education board. in his office "between trains' or between busy hours.
 Dr. James work brings him into di- rect touch with the entire Baptist con- stituency of the south along educa- tional lines and so, it was gratifying I.tkat after talking things in general, he chose to speak of the subject near est his heart-of Baptists and cducaz tion, fin particular"
 BAPTISTS RANKS HIGH
 "Baptists are no longer poor and ig- norant and few in number" Dr. James stated.
 T mean by this. said he, that there was time when Baptists were classed as not having much financial and social standing in the comniuhity, and when their preachers were largely unedu cated men. But now Baptists rank well with any other denomination in the matter of money, social standing and interest in educatfon-
 The education board" continued Dr. James. twas created by the Southern Baptist convention May, 1919. to care for the growing interest in denomina- tional education
 UNCONVENTIONAL SCHOOLS I "Baptists have always been loyal to the state and civic institutions, saie pr. James. but they believe that there are certain Christian ideals that ought to enter the school life that cannot be emphasized by state school Civili- zation depends upon it's school ideals for It's worth and endurance. For ex- ample. everyone now knows that the | World war came because Germany long ago put the militaristic ideal into its school system.
 "Baptsts seek through their own denominational scnools to give their students general education equal to that of the state school, and at the same time develop the Christian ideal,
 This Is not a narrow and sectarian idea of education" commented the sec retary.
 Not more so than could be said Of the state school system. The function l of the state school is to produce com ps{ent citizenship, hence its curricula. The function of the church school is to produce Christian citizenship; hence US curricula. Neither Is more narrow than the other. It is simply a recor- milton of the special work of each.
 In speaking of the education board as i It related to the Baptist 5000 600 cam paign, Dr. James explained
 The education board is supposed to receive sS,0000o0 from the campaign to | the five-year period A part of thLs money~g goes into the expenses of the board and the other is distributed to what is known as the south-wide objects.
 These other objectives.' Dr. James | enumerated. "are the Southern Baptist Theological seminary and the Woman's MISSIONARY Training school Louisville, Ky; the Southwestern Baptist Theologi- cal seminary and the Southwestern Womans Training school, Fort Worth Tex; the Baptist Bible institute, New Orleans, La. In addition to these there are five states in which the Baptists are not strong enough to build strong col- ieges, and our board supplements the l'work for them
 SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
 Southern Baptists have 119 schools of various grades, of which B are classed as senior colleges, 23 junior colleges, 56 academies and Bible and theological schools. The total enrolment in 19l9-aU amounted to 3l,196. It is estimated that for the current year the enrolment will be increased fully 25 per cent. The bulld- ings and grounds of these institutions are valued at s20.sS3,647 and the endow- ments equal to $13,O00 900, making a grand total of s3S, ,944 300
 This compares with the school invest ment of other denominations in the south quite favorably,' Dt. James assured. We may say without boasting but with pride that Baptists in the United States have more money invested in schooIs than any other denomination, with the exception of the Catholics, and they con- duct schools of the grade of the public school system.
 PUBLICITY
 We also do large amount of pub- liicty york; stated Dr. James. We publish tracts, articles, etc., and issue q monthly education bulletin which is dis tributed free
 "Dr. Albert R. Bond is our efficient editorial secretary, who. among other things. looks after the publicity feature of our board. During the first year Of the DodfuS history LIT. J. F.. DlliEru, pastor of the Southside Baptist church, was the acting corresponding secretary. and to him belongs large part of tho credit for the wise plans that have all ready been made.
 'The education board.7' said pr. James, ''has recently inaugurated the teacher bureau, through which it brings teachers and schools into mutual touch. It makes no Acharge for this service"
 Enthusiastic in his faith that full pay ment to the s75,000,00o campaign will be made, Dr. James concluded.
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