The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-12
~ C.. Baptist Contention
Will Be Opened Tuesday
Question Of College Merger
Will Be In Minds Of
Many Delegates

CHARLOTTE, Nov. II -tRA A
thousand or more representatives
of Baptist churches will assemble
here Tuesday for the annual North
Carolina Baptist state convention,
with the controversial question of
whether Wake Forest and Mere
dith colleges shall be merged up
permost in the minds of many of
them.
The proposal that Meredith col
llege for women at Raleigh be NOV
ed to Wake Forest and made a
part of a great Baptist university
has evoked considerable discussion
in recent weeks but Baptist leaders
indicated it might not reach the
floor of the convention. There were
reports that efforts were being
made to reach an agreement in
advance.
If the question does come up be-
fore the convention, it will prob
ably be at the Wednesday afternoon
session which has been set aside
for discussions on Christian educa-
ton, and which will be featured by
reports from the various education
al institutions operated by the de-
nomination.
The convention will meet Tues
day morning in the first Baptist
church where all sessions will be
held. Adjournment is scheduled for
Thursday midday, DR.. Ralph A..
Herring, of the first church at Wins
ton-Salem, is president OF the con-
vention.
After organization preliminaries
have been disposed Of the annual
convention sermon will be preach
ed by DR.. Sankey L. Blanton OF
Wilmington.
Tuesday afternoon will be devot-
ed to Christian literature session,
and Tuesday evening has been set
apart for foreign missions ses-
sion.
At the evening meeting, Mrs. j.
S. Farmer of Raleigh will report
upon the years activities OF the
women's missionary union, report
will be submitted for the American
Bible society, and missionaries
present will be presented to the
convention.
State missions will occupy the
messengers to the convention, as
the representatives are called, We'd
nesday morning, DR.. Zeno Wall OF
Shelby will submit report on the
Baptist orphanage, and M. A.Hug-
gins of Raleigh, general secretary.
will report on state missions.
DR.. Casper c. Warren, pastor OF
the Host church, is scheduled to
speak on 1.-THE imperative call for
Militant Evangelism" at this ses-
sion.
In the afternoon the colleges and
other educational agencies will
have their innings. In addition, the
report of the committee on consti-
tutional changes will be presented
by the Rev. William Harrison Will
lians of Charlotte.
A social, civic. and world service
program has been arranged for
Wednesday evening. At the same
session a report is scheduled from
the committee on nominations of
members Of the state general board
and the governing boards of the
denominations various institutions
and agencies.
At the final session Thursday, re-
ports and resolutions will be acted
upon, and officers for the coming
year will be elected. Among the
reports will be one dealing with
the Baptist hospital.
Two addressed by out of state
speakers are also on the program
for the concluding session.
DR.. S. F. Dowis of Atlanta, will
speak on ''City Missions in the
centennial crusade" and DR.. M.
E. Dodd of Shreveport, La, will
speak on Evangelism as Prepare
ton for the Postwar World
DR.. Dodd was granted leave of