Word: baptiste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last strongholds of denominationalism fell a short time ago, when the University of Chicago decided that its future presidents should be chosen without the restriction that they belong to the Baptist Church. Moreover, the percentage of Baptists required on the Board of Trustees was lowered, and indication given of a more liberal policy in the future. Fortunately, this change was effected without any break with the Church party itself...
When Mr. Rockefeller gave the first million dollars toward the founding of what is now the University of Chicago, he stipulated that it should be affiliated with the Baptist Church. But since then many others have contributed to its support; and, in itself, the University has outgrown all narrow bounds. Now it is probably the foremost in the Middle West, and attracts students from all over the country. For this reason its chief executive should be chosen from among the best men of the country--whether he be the best Baptist, or not. The mere fact that in the past...
...Baptist Church, representing 7,000,000 members, has the congregational system of government, with each church a law unto itself. Last year, at Indianapolis, the Fundamentalists barely missed controlling the Northern Baptist Convention. This year the convention is being held in Atlantic City (May 23-29). The Fundamentalists held a meeting there on May 22. They may try to stampede the convention into an antievolution statement, such as the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting last week in Kansas City, has made. They may also seek by ballot to control the appointment of the Foreign Missions and the Home Missions committees, both...
Rochester--J. W. Johnson '05, Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, Berkeley...
...conservatives will probably nominate Dr. Clarence Macartney, " father " of the now famous Philadelphia overture, in which the General Assembly was petitioned to remove Dr. Fosdick as special preacher at the First Church. The Assembly meets on May 17. It cannot try Dr. Fosdick for heresy, because he is a Baptist, and not subject to Presbyterian discipline. But it might force his removal...