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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, NOVEMBER 29, 1907 ' ... ioliday Toy DeanST?TnSe-d: west wishes ior your Hobday Opening whifch I know will be the biggest you ever had. I have tionrofthcorntrv todav Sd prospects eeted me everywhere. The South and Southwest are The slight stringency in the money market means that thinking people will buy more prudently; or three prices for an article just for the sake of sDending money. They will go to the Kress stores where they can get the articles ?t 10c to 25c that they've been .-v, .. : "i T Vt - iL,,. j. uuoii Even at Kress" you able to offer Ullia 111 f ujo ing ana to tne m The Kress Santa Claus stock includes the choicest Toys, Candies, Dolls, Books, Dainty China and Glassware, Jewelry, Novelties, Post Cards, etc. There are gift suggestions for the whole family. Buy Early and Shop in Comfort Don't Miss the T6y Opening Tomorrow "WATCH KRESS' WINDOWS" 1 West Trade Street Too Much Greek And Hebrew Time Devoted To These Dead Languages at Bid die Could Better Be . " T ' eilT On lOngrese, mates Mr. Curtis. -ir. William E. Curtis writes the. t mcago Kecord-Herald that he found ; friend of Biddle University who -'insiders that too much time is spent '.!: -re on Greek and Hebrew. He says: In visiting Biddle University of this city, an institution that was founded l' the Freedmen's bureau, shortly af-i-! i be war for the education cf young '"iored men and is supported bv the ef-dmen's board of the Presbyterian MT-1 .1 . . J. T-Aii nv.li, nua iitriiuv.iuuii.eis ill nets- ",;rg, I was struck by the fact that ii!"ie than half of the time of the :-i.;idents in the theological department uewjieu to tne study ot Hebrew ii'i uieeK. .-inu tne catalogue says i at. "Such members cf the middle and ''nicy classes as are qualified for .it ;.ay make a beginning in comparative !-; rnitic grammar by reading the first f ,:;:jtor of Genesis in Hebrew, Ara--Ktic, Syriac and Arabic." A gentle man -vlio is deeply interested in the iii.-iiitution declared this time might '' ' ''" be devoted to the study of the signages of the Congo Valley and' of ri irnhuctoo. Biddle University has four depart- -''-industrial, classical normal audi (.ioL'ica!; and has an alumni num-1 -i vi invov. t Lj uac VVT-li ' adnated from the industrial and nor- schools, 270 from the classical de ai'in(.nt and .117 from the school of ' ;'i"oIfjgy. During the last twelve years ''i" classes have averaged twenty-one ?'radii!:tes, making a total of 254. Of ;';(' fifty-two have become ministers, fy-thiee teachers, twenty-eight doc 's, and the remainder, 123 in number, ' ' engaged in other occupations. For the first twenty-five years Biddle 'liversity had a faculty of white pro- '-Ois. About fifteen voars ' nr it "as i nought advisable to substitute ' " oif d professors as vacancies occur- i, fi, and today all of the faculty are! ' -rf'''S. The office of president for 1 ; years was filled bv the late R.ev.1 !1 Sanders, D. D., UL. D., who, ac "crding to universal testimony, was a Jaan of great learning and ability, and , far the trustees have not been K find any colored man compe 1 a' 10 fill his place. Rev. H. U. Mc ' ,Ji"y, professor of Hebrew and ' i "' k, and dean of the theological de J '- 'nient, is acting president. By the latest catalogue there are ;n' '"'-n students in the theological a lament, with a senior class of four. -u of them came from British ..''!'! rU!- 'hree from Virginia, six from - ' i ih Carolina, six from South. Caro 'Ui and two from Georgia, and they Next Best r ing goes as tar ON Lllc nigral wnoiesaie jou tiers m the a very Deautiiul new yellow i kuuw, uul i spec mama got it a can't buy a $10.00 coat for 25c, but the fUIl Hie OlgeeSt Kind fit SllPPPCa in vrm folks who do the buying. Open r TTTk rp&. mcs obtained their academic education chiefly in the mission schools of those states. So far as I could ascertain they are all worthy and earnest young men, full of zeal and piety, who intend to devote their lives to pastoral work among the members of their race in the south, and desire as well as re quire a practical suitable preparation. But the instruction provided for them i is based upon the old-fashioned curricu I lum of the days of Jonathan Edwards . - . i .) 4 1, .3 : t 1 ! 1 uauiuuuai courses 01 siuay 'that prevailed in theological seminaries J a century ago, and has been gradually modified or discarded by progressive institutions. The study of Hebrew is now elective and is not required in a majority of theological institutions. At Yale it has been almost entirely discarded for a practical course in Christian sociology, ethics and modern methods of Chris tian activity. Chicago Theological Seminary lias made a similar change. I Hebrew and Greek have been made al- !, S 1 -1 J-i Jl J., "lubi t'iiuieiv eiecuve, anu uie lime formerly given to the languages is now devoted to courses in the English Bible, evangelism, missions and Chris tian . sociology and to the practical work of the ministry. In Garret Biblical Institute, North western University, Hebrew is taught during the second and third years as an elective course' "intended for those who desire to read and understand the scriptures in the original." At Colgate Hebrew is elective; at Union and at Andover it is required the first year and is elective for the rest of the course. At. Biddle University more Hebrew and Greek are required than at any other, theological institution in this country, and it would seem that its ! o"iuuica iierou iras vji il limit muse of all other divinity schools. They go from here into the plantation vil lages of the south. Their congrega tions are humble and in many cases illiterate farmers; they require a great deal from their ministers, but it is diffi cult to imagine how a knowledge cf Hebrew or Greek can be made useful in either preaching or pastoral work. Neither language would seem neces sary for the instruction in righteous ness of a log cabin congregation. All colored preachers ought to have a thorough knowledge of the Bible, but I cannot find in the curriculum of Biddle University any evidence of Bible study except two recitations a week for two terms in Biblical history. ' Out of a total of seventy-eight reci tations as given in the course, of in structions the work is divided as fol lows : Hebrew Theology ....... :..." . Church History Biblical History . Christian Ethics Greek Homiletics Church Government Evidences of Christianity . .18 .12 ;. 8 . 4 . 1 .18 .11 .. 5 .. 1 Homiletics is the method of prepar ing and delivering sermons and should, of course, receive special attention. Tomorrow, Saturday ! OMORROW we welcoms the children of Charlotte. We want to see everv one of em and we want every one of 'em to see our Holiday stock of Toys, Toys. Toys more toys and more kinds of toys than you ever dreamt of before. A Christmas Fairyland. The Santa Claus spirit is here, and there 11 be Christmas goodies interesting, beautiful and useful gifts to choose from without number. Besides fun for the little ones, it will be a chance for parents to get Started right in Christmas buying. The big saying gained by buying at Kress' means a lot in these times. Read the personal letter on this subject from Mr. R. H. Kress to the manager. It shows why a quarter here t 111 11 T 11 m as a dollar elsewhere. It tells or your chance SAVE MONEY CHRISTMAS PURCHASES South told me last week that a few days shaded hat and coat and when asked at Kress', she lliivs most pvprvthino- thrp " exceptional bargains in imported and thp hicrproct linH n.r cotiofotmn to Yours sincerely, But it receives only one-third of the time that is given to Greek and He brew, and there is no evidence that any instruction whatever is given in pastoral work. It would be a great deal better if the courst of instruction given at Mr. Moody's school at North neid in. practical Christian work and the English Bible should be substituted for the antiquated curriculum at Biddle University. The catalogue of the theological de partment of Howard University, which is also intended for the education of colored men for the ministry, says: "The work of this school centers upon the English Bible. The varied lines of instruction and training con verge on the effective use of the Bible in meeting, prayer, pulpit, family and personal work. While Hebrew and Greek are offered as necessary to criti cal scholarship, it is the English Bible that the preachers and pastors and Christian workers will chiefly use; and it is this that is to be chiefly used in their training. At the same time, there is full instruction in church historv and theology, in evangelizing, in mission ary activities, in the .theory and prac tice of preaching, and in church ad ministration." Several white clergymen of experi ence to whom I have spoken, agree that so much attention to Greek and Hebrew is not only useless, .but harm ful to colored pastors, because their preliminary preparation is so limited and defective that they can never get more than a superficial acquaintance with either and we all know that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A North Carolina clergyman told me that one of the colored preachers in his neighborhood came to him one day to ask for several sentences in Hebrew, Greek, "or any other foreign language" that he could use in his sermons, be cause a rival preacher who had studied Hebrew at Biddle University was get ting the advantage of him in the popu lar estimation by quoting the Bible in the original tongue. The students who come to Biddle University are poorly prepared to un dertake such difficult studies as Greek and Hebrew, and Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic are preposterous. They, might as well be put into Sanskrit. And it would be difficult for anyone to explain what possible use a plantation preach er could make of the comparative Se metic grammar. I asked one of the professors how many of the students mastered Hebrew! He replied that dur ing his entire experience with the in stitution he had never known but two who showed anv m-oficiemcv in thnti " x- ml . . i language. He expressed it as his indi - viauai opinion mat it was more dim-1 cult for the members of his race to ! acquire foreign languages than fpr whitemen. It could not be expected that young men from the cotton fields, whose parents were illiterate and whose ancestors were entirely without culture, would show a proficiency in the dead languages. Furthermore, their preparation was defective and insufficient. Most of them came from academies and other schools supported by the missionary societies, in which to New York, Nov. 25th, 1907 just perscnallv visited 34 the most prosperous sec- thev will not pay two paying 50c to $1.00 for. previously, her five year where it come from domestic toys you are the little folks who do the It. H. KRESS. 17 West Trade Street mum 1 ' i ' .j i .. . , I : . - V ' the instructors, -however zealous and faithful, were not so competent as they might be. He did not wish to criticise the man agement of his own institution. On the contrary, he heartily approved of wnatever the trustees proposed for the good of the students. He realized that they were wiser than he. At the same time he admitted that the demand for practical common sense and a knowl edge of the English Bible among the colored clergy of the south was much greater than for a knowledge of the dead languages. Professor George E. Davis, dean of the faculty, explained that the reasons for teaching Hebrew and Greek were first, a desire on the part of the stu dents to be able to read the Holy Scriptures in the original; and, sec ondly, the need of educating a few members of his race to be leaders in thought and action. He did not advo cate general instruction in the dead languages, but it would do no harm and he believed it would do a great deal of good to have a few scholars and linguists among the colored race. Rev. J. E. Moorland, D. D., a col ored man, a graduate of Howard Uni versity, and one of the international secretaries, of the general Y. M. C. A1, recently delivered an address on "The Practical Training of the Negro Minis ter," in which he gives the results cf the observations of many years' trav eling among the colored churches of the south! "The average course of study in the theological seminaries provided for both white and colored men is not cal culated to bring young clergymen into touch with the problems which are to confront them, as it should," he says. "There is not very much in their cours es of instruction that inspires men witli the gravity of the problem of .human society. Too many times men in our j seminaries speculate about theories of salvation and various other doctrines which are of little or no value. It is unfortunate that many of our minis: ters haYl no systematic training at all! and it is surprising that so much has been accomplished with such poorly, equipped men as many of them have been. Usually the theological semi? naries have been very slow in utilizing the most improved educational methf ods and have been very strong in mainf taining the old order of things. What we need today for our ministry is a training that will put them in posses sidn of the knowledge of human so ciety, just as it is; a training that will do for the minister what our medical or.'h wvilVVIO Ul V- tUC JILJ OlidllO W it will bring them in daily contact with thp enndit ons which he must meet in the world. Thorough instruc uon in sociology win maKe it possible for the young men in our theological seminaries to get a practical knowlt edge of human relations and condif tions. Greater care will be taken of tW poor and the orphans and more energy, will be spent in building up the moral character of the young men and young women of the community. , , y 'It is encouraging to note a new de i parture in two leading theological sem inaries, me Yale Divinity School has changed its course very much. It has strengthened the old course, leading to the degree of bachelor of divinity, known as historical; also adding a phil esophical and a practical course, both of which lead to the B. D. degree. The practical course will emphasize the re lation of the minister to the problems cf modern society, giving special atten tion to Christian sociology, ethics and methods of Christian activity. "The Chicago Theological Seminary has made a similar change, and says, m its latest catalogue: "The subjects nii uution are mose directly relat ing to the work of the ministry, and courses in the English Bible, the psy chology of Christian living, religious pedagogy, evangelism, missions, Chris tian sociology and citizenship are-in both the prescribed and elective work.' Hebrew and Greek have been made almost entirely elective, and much that is traditional in systematic theolosrv. church history and other departments has had to make room for new sub jects. This is most encouraging, and, no doubt, before a great while other seminaries will follow th same course." : Prof. Holt Confident Of Being Nominated Special to The News. Greensboro, Nov. ' 29 Prof. J. Allen Holt, senator from Guilford, president of Oak Ridge Institute, and prominent candidate for the democratic nomina tion for congressman from the fifth district, was here yesterday on his way to Durham to make a public address at a Junior Order celebration. Sen ator Holt said that his nephew, Har vey Holt, son of Hon. M. H. Ho'lt, who has been critically ill for several weeks was improving and would in all proba bility recover. This news will be glad news to the many friends of Harvey all over the state. Senator Holt talked unreservedly about his "prospects" politically. He is extremely optimistic, and if his infor mation is correct, reasonably so, he says he expects to carry Guilford coun ty, his home county, where his record as a working democrat and a public officer for many years is known to all men by a "decided majority." A $40,000 Fire at Charlottesville. Charlottesville, Va. Ifov. 28. The Jefferson Auditorium, Charlottesville's only opera house, and a colored Bap tist church in the rear, were de stroyed by. fire last night. The Hotel Gleason was saved after a hard fight. The loss was $40,000; insur ance $10,000. WONDERFUL ECZEMA CURE. "Our -little boy had eczema for five years," writes N. A. Adams. Henrietta, Pa. "Two of our home doctors said the i case was hopeless, his lungs being auButeu. we men empioyea otner doc tors, but not benefit resulted. By chance we read about Electric-Bitters; bought a bottle and soon noticed im provement. We continued this medicine until several bottles were used, when our boy was completely cured." Best of all blood medicines and body build ing health tonics. Guaranteed at Wood all & Sheppard's Drup stora. 50c. Lester Concealed Player Piano It is at your imme diate service at any minute. 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