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upon what th think Iti l < Mid mi lu tide DI I I f be] nui indai I bus t«» ii »»e f dh inu PI modem " tho ai lltl f \ almilai aden hi n ol I u Ith the pn <j l j ,re r( mtlj bl been ravated b IU e the subj< t matter f thai en i in which even 1 men think them lv< ubjects t il organ) ition and n trucl So properly understood and dii 1 only bj th e * h | 1 k of the subj< . hiw b »me th< pi tiling of < rfl 1 writei ind the sp< us thinker, N I a little of tb breal if ( r

moral s t a n d a r d s , not a littb of t h e laxity of o u r li !, Is dm in :

opinion, to the fact that literary writer be! •••• vhom an u trl and unthinking public bow down, hai assumed the role of philosopher and prophets of cial progr . attempting to the life and purpose of lety without knowing much al i it without r asonin is fairly and h ally a such dis< u r

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of the | ople, young and old, in the past t\ mty y a h me fro the literature of the da> and not from tl i bin f the >lleg i\> be sure, some pi tonal social mtlst are equally guilty, it is no wonder that young pooplo have b n led astray by the light of < supposed authority, [f your teachei n the \\ y l un to do much od, they must command r< port as authoritl in th r subjects, as well as for the profundity and ton. Ity of their reli

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Since a state university cannot, under the constitution and laws, provide the religious training neces ary to a > >mi >te and w .1 rounded education, it must be provided in some other waj In tl past the churches in the locality where a university ei ited, mom' o\ the faculty o( the university and other citi >ns of the I ality intei d in such matters have always interested thorn >lv< in providing opportuniti 3 for religious study to the students of the unh This method was feasible when the numbers of students were ill but after all, local churches had their own constituent! and the uttei tion which pastors and members of these churches could Ive to Idi tional attendants or adherents from the university In the neighboi hood was mea r and certainly not adequate to promote tin n ligious v ire o( the young people themselves it wa wd y i that some special measures would be nec< sarj to moot the ation Thirl years a i or more i heard the subject discussed ,m

th proposal m a d e that the various d e n o m i n a t i o n s e s t a b l i s h t h e i r institutions or Institutes in localities w h e r e s t a t . u n i v e r s i t i . ex

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ofl of the denominations that spe a] provision wa m T that a i ii n I existed Too many of them were content t re a their dutj i dmio by acclaiming the alleged ( listen ess of the h tl