Evening star., 1928-10-13

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convention by Bishop John Ward of
Erie, Pa, who presented a resolution
to the House of Bishops, reaffirming the
! action of the New Orleans convention,
on this subject.
The previous action, which it is pro-
posed to reindorse, is expressed as fol-
lows: Resolved, That facing the dam
ger of the spirit of lawlessness in Ameri-
can life, we welcome renewed efforts of
the Government to enforce strictly and
impartially the prohibition and anti
narcotic law, which are SO widely and
cynically disregarded, and recall upon
example of that obedience to law with
out which no democracy can endure"
Immediate debate on the resolution
was forestalled by its reference to the
committee on social service.
S1,OO0,OO0 for Hospital.
The General Conference yesterday
voted to raise $1000,000 for ST. Luke'S
International Hospital, Toxic, following
plea by DR.. Rudolph Teusler, who is
seeking a $2,650,000 rebuilding fund
and an appeal to the conscience of the
church by Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor
of st. Johns Church here.
The remainder of the joint session
Of the two Houses yesterday afternoon
was passed in discussion of the grad
uated system of assessing dioceSes by
the General Council by which the rate
of assessment. is increased upwards in
accordance with the expenditures of the
dioceSeS themselves. The system is
based on the principle of the Federal
income tax.
Objections we're voiced by Bishop
william T. Manning of New York,
Bishop Thomas j. Garland of Pennsyl
vania, and Bishop Charles L. Slattery
of Massachusetts, whose dioceSes include
many city parishes which are expensive
to maintain and which consequently
are assessed at the higher rates. The
method was defended by bishops from
the South and West
Bishop Blames Seminaries.
Fifty per cent of the ministers now
at. work are victims of mild melan-
cholia," Rev. Leslie Glenn, national
field secretary for college work, told
the Conference on Commission of the
Ministry which met at the Washington
Hotel yesterday. The church, he said,
has been forced to fill its ranks with
inferior material. He declared that
church colleges do not present a suffi-
cient urge to their. students to enter
the ministry and that one-third of the
Episcopal seminary students at present
are recruits from other churches
Right Rev. Paul Mathews Bishop of
New Jersey, laid the blame for the
type of ministers being produced in this
generation to the SeminarieS themselves.
They are, he said, ""solely concerned
with the intellectual progress of their
men and neglect their moral and spiri-
tual side He claimed that bishops
are too anxious to get any type of
candidate and fail to- discriminate be-
tween men. tfk
In replying to this charge DR.. Wal
lace r. Rollins, professor of church
history at the Virginia Theological
Seminary, said that bishops frequently
accept and ordain men who have been
discharged from the seminaries on in
tellectual and moral grounds.
Rev. Austin Perry, Pacific Coast
student worker, said: "The Standard
Oil and other secular concerns make
regular high pressure pilgrimages to the
campus in search of the best men, and
the church must be more regular and
energetic If it expects to attract men
School of Applied Religion.
The National Training and Institute
classes started in the Y M. C. A. Build
ing yesterday afternoon
This school of applied religion has
been organized by the National Council
with the object of affording an opportu-
nifty for those in attendance to the con-
vention to familiariZe themselves with
the aims, objects of the church, its
worldwide program, the methods of
financing a great missionary enterprise
and how the funds are collected and
applied.
In addition to courses in organiza-
ton and administration those who en-
roll in the classes will have at their
disposal, periods in church, the Bible,
the life of Jesus, studies in the lives
of the prophets, prayer, social service
community relationship, work among
children and adults, rural work, re-
ligion in the colleges and similar pro-
blems which are engaging the attention
of church leaders. There will also be a
thorough course on church unity-one
of the most important problems which
the convention will discuss, which will
embrace lecture on the causes of dis
unity, the history of the various move
and the present trend in that direction.
Deals With Missions.
One of the most interesting courses
in this convention school will deal with
work in the mission fields. There will
be present at the convention Bishops
and missionaries from all parts of the
world, and representative Bishop or
mission worker from each field will dis
cuss the habits and customs of the
people among whom he or she works.
their attitude toward the Christian
religion, the progress which has been
made and the outlook for the future. A
large enrolment for this course, with
its sidelights on the disturbed situation
in China is also indicated.
The entire national staff of the coun-
cil including the executive secretaries
and heads of divisions and the mis-
Sionary staff, have been enlisted as
members of the faculty of the school, of
which Very Rev. Robert S. Chalmers
of Dallas, Tex, who has had wide ex-
perience in directing Summer confer
ences and in church educational affairs,
will be the dean.
Convention Program