Evening star., 1947-05-10
Baptist Convention
Told Of Enrolment
Record in Colleges
By Cospor Nonnes
Star Ssoff Correspondent

Southern Baptist Convention semi
naries, colleges and academies have
a record breaking enrolment of
47,763 students, Charles D. johnson,
chairman of the education commits
sion, told the final business meeting
of the annual convention today.
Mr. johnson, pointing out that
1885 of the present student body
in these institutions are veterans,
predicted the 1948 enrolment will
be even greater than that for this
year. He urged that the various
campaigns now being conducted by
the Southern Baptist Convention
for increased funds for these schools
be literally supported.
Coy. Kerr of Oklahoma will ad-
dress the convention tonight. A
Mothers Day observance tomorrow
afternoon will complete the activ-
tiles Of the denomination l02d
annual meeting.
Stassen Doubts War Near.
A firm conviction that the peoples
of war-torn Europe want peace so
strongly that they will prevent any
war in the near future was one of
the major points stressed by Harold
E. Stassen, aspirant for the 1948
Republican presidential nomination,
in his talk before the convention
yesterday.
Peoples of all nations know the
colossal cost OF war, and they have
a determined yearning for peace
that will be powerful restraint
upon the leaders of all countries,
Notwithstanding the variations in
forms of governments" Mr.. Stassen
declared. At press conference later,
he asserted this was true in Russia
as well as in other countries.
The former Governor OF Minnesota
also told the gathering, Il wish to
state simply and directly that do
not agree with the two resolutions
which the press reports that you
have passed ON the questions of
diplomatic representation at the
Vatican and the Supreme Court
decision on school buses" Asked to
elaborate on this statement at the
press meeting, Mr.. Stassen said he
did not wish to go further at this
time, but would explain his reasons
"at the appropriate time"
Urged Taylor's Recall.
The convention this week urged
President Truman to recall Myron
s. Taylor as his personal represent
ative at the Vatican and also
denounced the Supreme Court de-
cision permitting the use of public
school funds to pay for the trans
portation of children to Catholic
parochial schools.
A more sympathetic attitude to-
ward Negroes was recommended in q
report before the convention today.
The committee on race relations
introduced for consideration by the
convention list of principles of
conduct toward Negroes and said
observance of the code was impelled
by every conscience"
1t included these points:
Eve shall think of the Negro as a
person and treat him accordingly. {"
We shall continually strive as in
dividuals to conquer all prejudice
and eliminate from our speech terms
of contempt, and from our conduct
actions of i'll will
I'VE shall protest against injustice
and indignities against Negroes, as
We do in the case of people of our
own race, whenever and wherever
We meet them"
The convention yesterday rejected
proposed resolution which would
have put Southern Baptists on rec
ord in support of universal military
training under civilian direction.
Memphis, Tenn, was selected as
the site of the 1948 annual meeting
after hard fight to win the session
for Oakland, Calf. The date was
set for May 1923.
An increase of 213,614 students in
the denominations Sunday schools
in 1946 brought the enrolment to a
record high of 3,738,924 pupils, a
Sunday School Board report yester-
day stated. There are Is, ABS con-
vention Sunday schools in the 19
States and the District of Columbia.
The meeting also approved reso-
luton urging Congress to pass emer-
gency legislation permitting 4O0, 600
displaced persons in Europe to enter
the United States within the next
four years, at the rate of 100000 a
year. The resolution was introduced
by DR.. Walter o. Lewis of Wash
ington executive secretary of the