Word: baptiste
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Baptist...
...been offered for the founding of a Baptist College in West Virginia...
...asked to sign, at the time of their registering, slips stating the religious denomination toward which they inclined or of which they were members. The two hundred and thirty-four slips which were filled out, are divided as follows: Protestant Episcopal, seventy-two; Unitarian, sixty-two; Congregationalist, forty-two; Baptist, fifteen; Presbyterian, seven; Methodist Episcopal seven; Universalist, five; Jewish, four; Roman Catholic, three; Lutheran, two; Friends, one; Mohammedan, one; "Christian," one. Twelve men were neither members of any denomination nor inclined to favor any one in particular...
...University will teach almost everything and will stand for the broadest principles of truth and education. It is not to be sectarian in the sense of promothing the principles of the Baptist faith. It is merely to be governed by Baptists and to stand for their contribution to the learning of the world...
Professor Harper of Yale has at last made a public announcement about the new Baptist University at Chicago of which he is to be the first president. The University expects to be opened, he says, on October 1, 1892. It is to be, in a way, an experiment, and it is hoped that the experiment will prove so successful that other colleges will follow the example set by this new University of Chicago...