The Washington times., 1929-05-16

the internal controversy of the
to face in a hotel lobby today,
Mrs. Thomas T. Shields, wife Of
the president of the Bible Union,
arrived from Toronto today to join
in the rejoicing over the exonera-
ton of DIR. Shields and Edith Reb-
man, attractive secretary treasurer
of the Fundamentalist organization,
whose names were linked in a
whispering campaign"
Wife Is Delighted
Mrs. Shields, a tiny, sweet-faced,
middle aged woman with spectacles,
told International News Service that
she was delighted with her hus-
bands sweeping victory" over his
opponents.
"Of course I never thought for
minute that my husband would
not be exonerated," said Mrs.
Shields. II have known Miss Reb-
man for a long while and am as
fond of her as if she were my own
daughter. l know she is good
girl and always does her duty"
In an interview with International
News Service DR.. Shields today out
lined his plans for reorganizing the
university under an all-fundamental
regime, declared he would immedi-
ately begin a legal fight against the
injunction obtained by the dismissed
faculty which re-opened the univer-
sity, and went on record as oppos-
ing the return of Harry c. Wayman
to the presidency Of the institution.
No Compromise
"There Is nothing to compromise
or arbitrate," DR.. Shields added in
commenting upon the plan of Dean
=. c. Galloway, representing the ap-
parent lost cause Of the students and
faculty.
1.-THE explosion at Des Moines
marks the bursting OF the old bottle
as a result of the pouring into it
of the new wine Of evangelicalism
with all it's applications in the social
and academic life Of the institution" "
said DR.. Shields.
1--WE should have dismissed the
entire faculty and rebuilt from the
ground up. This must be done
from today forward"
With the Des Moines University
affair apparently under control,
speakers returned to the main OBJ
jective of the convention-the
bombardment of modernism and the
fortification of fundamentalism.
Modernism is a corrupting and
disintegrating principle wherever it
is found" said Dr. Shields. 1T
works havoc in the home, in the
school, in the church. and in the
state. Modernism in principle is a
reputation of all objective au-
thority and makes every man a law
unto himself.
Riot Is Illustration
1.-THE Des Moines riot is an illus
tration of the operations of this
philosophy of negation. We have
been informed that the Chicago
press reported that certain Chicago
University professors had congratu-
lated the students of their attitude
toward the trustees of Des Moines.
We are not surprised at this, for
modernism is sheer lawlessness."
DR.. Shields warned that unless
the country saw a real revival OF
religion that the riot of Des Moines
may be repeated on a larger scale
and with appalling results.
The scene at the Baptist Bible
Union convention during the pass
ing of the resolutions in support of
the trustees action and in reaffirm-
ing faith in DR.. Shields and the at
tractive Edith Rebman. secretary
treasurer. was suggestive of a re-
vival meeting.
Women and men delegates rocked
to and fro and shouted "amen" as
trustee after trustee took the ros-
trum and praised the integrity of
both Dr. Shields and Miss Redman.
The opponents of the Shields ad.
ministration were neither heard nor