[107] _Report of Public Schools of Mo._, 1916, p. 290.

[108] _Ibid._

[109] _Report of Board of Dir. of Schools_, Kansas City, 1911, p. 243.

[110] _Report of Supt. of Schools_, 1916, p. 286.

[111] _Ibid._, p. 292.

[112] _Ann. Cat. Lincoln Inst._, 1916, p. 6.

[113] _Laws of Mo._, 1915, p. 69.

[114] _Report of Commissioner of Education_, 1916, p. 586.

[115] _Negro Year Book_, 1917, pp. 234-241.

[116] _Ibid._, pp. 234-240.

[117] _Ibid._

[118] Missouri had 174 illiterate out of every one thousand, and
Oklahoma and West Virginia had 177 and 203 respectively.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN NEGRO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES[1]

Within the last few decades a deepening sense of responsibility for
the religious direction of the American College and University
students has arisen. The problem of religious education has become a
part of our national consciousness. The term "religious education" has
come into general circulation respecting every grade of education. And
in every instance it seems to be more or less a characterization of an
ideal type of education and a method of realizing that type. Evidence
of this is presented in the numerous religious, semi-religious and
educational periodicals, as well as in the reports and published
statements of educational institutions and organizations since 1903.

There is a new conscience for character and social usefulness in the
college and university. It manifests itself in topics under discussion
in conferences of educators, in their personal inquiries, and in the
hearty cooperation given agencies for the higher life. In the whole
range of education there is a growing recognition of the religious and
moral elements inherent in all education. The former emphasis on the
difference between religious education and secular education is
passing. The foundation of teaching is being lifted into the religious
realm. Education is aiming to develop men and women to their highest
possibilities for their own sakes and for the sake of their
contribution to the welfare and progress of society. The National
Educational Association is a potent factor in establishing a strong
belief in the worth of religion in education.

The Religious Education Association, organized in 1903, is one of the
chief, if not the chiefest, agencies in hastening this new era. The
secretary has said: "The leadership of this new crusade seemed
successful in directing a passion for religious education b