Evening star., 1926-05-26
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I'VE wish we might by some words
Of ours inspire new faith In many
h3arts abou, our college students. We
read now and then In our yellow press
AL kinds OF stories about our boys
and girls which would go to indicate q
thai many. IL not most. OF them are
nounG AtraIght fa" :.n.e bad. We read
about the great amount Of drinking,
he immortality and he dishonesty. II
dozen students in a great uni.
versity. in the spirit of college ranks.
orga nize Society of Damned Souls
one would think from the comment
If pulpit and press. that all our stu
dents are becoming atheists
There are -four members of our
staff who spend nearly their entire
time in the colleges. We think We
know whai the situation is. what Is
actually going on. II We do not. no
one does. We do not wish TO make
claim that our students are already
made perfect but we do assert that
The overwhelming ma jority Of them
are worthy of our confidence. We be-
'ieve that the conditions in our col
eGes today are better than they have
aver been. 1t Is true that there is
drinking. but there is vastly less of
il than there was 10 or % wears ago.
There is immortality, but the students
IRE much cleaner In their living than
heH were generation ago. There Is
40 atheism. but there is a great daa
~ idealism. Students are not as much
interested in denominat tional divisions
AZ some OF their parents are. but they
are deeply interested in seeing the
kingdom of God established on this
earth. The danger line in American
NJ fSf ffnE Haof L.,
the high schools, where the children
ara supposed TO he under the watch.
care of parents and the influence Of
the home. That is where We need 10
De guarding our fences
DIR. John W. Million. Des fMoines
university. reporting on the denOmi.
national college. brought TO the sur.
tact the frSt display of dissension
when he declared simon pure Bap.
fists everywhere today believe in
practice of ba ptism by imme, sion
scattering applause came from funda.
mentslists throughout The auditorium.
Dr. Million moment later. however,
Won appreciation of he modernists
when he pleaded for 'intellectual
liberty in our colleges" He denounc.
ed the proposal to create Federal de
partment of education as an attempt
TO Prussia nize The America system
Of education" which might some dav
produce repetition here Of what II
d1d in Germany
We must insist upon individual
freedom and resulting universal nd
comprehensive variety of thought
throughout the entire reach of the
educational system he said We
must he willing 10 have the basis Of
our faith checked up nv scholarship
sno The best place TO do this Ia in
sNmpa thetic denominationa colleges"
Christiap Teaching Stressed.
All speakers reporting on education
emphasized the importa nee Of a dis
tlnctly Christian education as op-
posed to merely secular training.
of1cerS elected for the ensuing wear
we're j. W. Wilbur Of Philadelphia.
president: j. NJ. Wells Of Nebraska.
vice president. and r. A. Asworth Of
New York. recording secretary.
\ plea for greater mutual under
standing between the church and Or
sanized Dor was made in an ad-
dress by President William Green OF
ne American EedeVation Of Labor.
He urged that labor and the church
unite In campaign Of education for
adoption OF a. child labor amendment
20 the Federal CONSTITUTIONS
The first division of the conven-
'lon occurred when il was voted to
'aN before The delegates the Sues-
'loh OF the financial orga MIA ton Of
he church. The question was on the
adoption Of the report Of the COM
mittee of nine appointed 10 consider
he earlier report of the advisory
committee on 6na nciaJ reorsa nization.
Opposition tn the advisory commit
tees reporl has been evidenced
among the fundamentalists on the
ground that it might set up more
rigid and autocratic church organi-
1ation. The committee OF nine sub
mitted report of progress with
request for opportunity for further
study. hut the convention. by vote
of about TO 2. ordered il discharged
q nd its report pla ced on the calendar
for action later by the convention.
The main task for social service
in the church was described by the
report Of the committee on Socia
service as orga nizing the world for
peace.
"'rhe Nation confronts the fempta-
lion Of power" the report said. in
manner new to lis experience and
has NOT vet learned how to resist
fnal tempta tior. Over large areas ~
rhe world nationalism threatens to
become the religion OF the peOnle.