Excerpt from The Relations of Christian Denominations to Colleges: An Address Before the Conference on Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Atlanta, Ga;, May 20, 1908 In beginning a paper which concerns the relations of religious organizations to institutions of higher learning, I may perhaps be allowed a word in regard to the work and sco-pe of the Came gie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This new institution, but recently endowed by Mr. Andrew Carnegie with fifteen millions of dollars, is not a charitable institution, but an educational agency. It deals with colleges, universities, and technical schools in the United States, Canada, and Newfound land, and is the only institution at the present moment which is directly concerned with the educational interests of the whole of English-speaking North America. The purpose of the Foundation is the service of higher educa tion by strengthening and dignifying the calling of the teacher. It does this, directly, by the establishment of a retiring allowance system in such colleges and universities as may become eligible to its benefits. The professor in such an institution receives his re tired pay through his college just as he receives his salary, in accordance with definite rules, as a right, not as a favor. In case of his death, his widow receives as a pension the half of the retiring salary to which her husband was entitled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.