The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-01-24
N I OF
W06SIiR 4 Gives
TWO ADDRESSES
DR.. Charles F. Wishart
breaches AT Presby-
terian Church
| VESPER SERVICE
MOST INTERESTING
What's Wrong With The
World?' Subject Of A.
ternoon Sermon


given Sunday at the Presbyterian
church by DIR. Charles F. Wishart,
president of the College of Wooster.
Dr. Wishart is recognized as one of
the ablest of Ohio's distinguished ed
ucators and schoolmen and upon the
occasion of his first coming to Mt.
Vernon he was given the complement
of an attentive and interested hear
ing by large congregations at both
services.
At the morning sermon DIR. Wishart
spoke on Religious Education and
the Future of America" This dis
course was primarily an argument
and plea for the support Of the de-
nominational college as distinguished
from the state supported colleges and
universities. Incidentally the speak
er touched upon the campaign now in
progress to secure an endowment OF
81 900 900 for the College of Wooster.
The immediate effect, it was announc-
ed later by DR.. Shields, was the sub
scriptions by 16 persons of sums to-
taling $1,000.
At the vesper service, at p. m.
DR.. Wishart again spoke, his subject
being whats Wrong With the
World?" At this service the people
and chair of the Congregational
church joined with the Presbyterian
congregation, together with not a few
others from still other churches Of
the city. A most pleasing part Of
this service was contributed by Mrs.
David Pike and Mrs. Thomas Of the
Congregational choir. BY a happy CO.
incidence 1t happened that Mrs.
Thomas had been member of the
choir of the church DR.. Wishart form
erly has served In Pittsburg. Mrs
Thomas sang song that had beer
an especial favorite Of DR.. Wishart
and who did not fail to speak his ap-
probation at having the opportunity
of hearing Mrs. Thomas sing 1t again.
The subject taken by DR.. Wishart
for his sermon he said had been sug-
gested to him by G. X. Chesterton
the British writer, in one of his books
having that title, whats Wrong
With the World?" Many have at
tempted to answer the Briton's query
DR.. Wishart Offering the observation
that most of the critics seem to be
agreed that whatever is wrong will
the world Is because they are not run
ming it, "Chesterton indicated" said
DR.. Wishart, "the place you will have
to go to find out and to correct the
conditions. He put his finger on tn,
schools.
"Tiie world Is just now reeling back
from the brink of Il terrible catas
trophe. The most of us do not real
ize how near civilization was to ut
ter extinction. Lloyd-George says thu
next war will wipc out civilization ut
terly. No boy or girl now living vii
outlive the effects OF this war.
'The war is traceable to system
of wrong education. The catastroph,
came after so years of wrong educa
ton. 1t is our business to find ou
what were the conditions working II
this system of bad education and t,
change them In our country"
>, From this point DR.. Wishart die
cussed and analyzed the system o
Prussian education showing how |
had made possible the world catastro
phe.
! This Prussian system. the speake
maintained upon wrong center Q
authority; It has wrong recreation
nj environment; 1t maintained
wrong objective; II is efficient rathe
than character building. In the ds
velopment of his thought DR.. Wishar
revealed complete understandin
and appreciation OF the German O
Prussian system,
or the subject OF recreational ell