Cedarville College Bulletin, October 1922

"World leadership has lost hope in its own ancient methods and processes, and has come now to believe that it is the spirit and motives, which it is the mission of the church to furnish to the whole of life, that is the one thing needful in this time of strain and un– certainty when foundations are shifting and the moral structure of ociety is tottering. * * * "But where shall we begin? What shall be the first point of attack? To do the task thoroughly and in the end successfully will require the seemingly slow processes of foundation-building, of careful and long preparation, of taking life at its source. The church, therefore, if it is wise to its opportunity, will recognize that its task now is chiefly an educational one. There is no other way of getting it done but by putting into all training the religious motive, the spirit and principles of Jesus Christ. If it lets the world continue training men and women primarily for materialistic, practical and selfish ends as it has been doing, it will be false to its duty to the world, itself, and will ultimately find its own leadership futile and limited." * * * "To answer the call of the world and adequately and efficiently to perform its tasks by striving to charge all education with the guidance of the religious motive, by training youth in an atmosphere' thoroughly congenial to a sound religious faith and vital with the religious spirit, by discovering and developing the leadership that is to carry forward all its activities- the church has at last come to see that it must depend chiefly upon its own schools, colleges, and universities."- . From the Paramount eed of Christian Education, an address to the church by the•------Educational Association. "I express the deep conviction that the church will make a mistake if it loosens its hold on its colleges, and the further conviction that there ought to be no .change of control dictated by the simple desire to get money. A control which conserves the things for which these institutions were founded and assures their loyalty to moral and religious ideals, seems . to me of the first importance."- President W. 0. Thompson of Ohio State University. College records of one denomination in 1921: "There are only 10 teachers out of a total of 1,294 who are not Christians-and these are instructors in purely technical branches like art, medicine, or com– mercial subjects. This is a better record than the Sunday school cah boast. 907 of them are actively engaged in some form of Christian work outside the classroom. In the student bodies, -l~---