Only 39 of 1,115 Trinity College Students Are Not Church Members, Oct. 29, 1924

Trinity College Student Body Has But 39 Non-Church Members

Of the 1,115 students enrolled at Trinity College this semester there are only 39 who have no church affiliation, according to a survey made recently by the religious council of the college. This survey, probably the most complete ever made at Trinity, shows there are 17 denominations represented among the students, Methodists predominating. Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Christians, Reformed, Catholics, and Hebrews, with nine other faiths, complete the list.

The religious organizations of Trinity College are now, ore effectively than in some years, taking a vital part in the religious life of the community. Members of these organizations: The Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., ministerial band, volunteer band, council of religious interests, and others are getting their training along practical lines in filing church positions in Durham churches and Sunday schools.

The Y.M.C.A. has a large membership among the men students, probably more than 800. The association, cooperating with the women’s association, gives entertainments for students, takes charge of Sunday afternoon vesper services, Wednesday morning chapel exercises, secures prominent speakers to address the student body on subjects relating to life problems, and sends students to conference for college men held in various parts of the country. The Y.W.C.A. is taking a great part in the religious life of the women students, co-operating with the Y.M.C.A. in its activities.

There are approximately 70 students who have affiliated themselves with the ministerial band. These young men hold devotional meetings every Friday evening which serve not only to strengthen them in their spiritual lives, but binds them closely together in life purposes and labors. The volunteer band is made up of young men and women who have expressed a willingness to enter any field of missionary service that may seem most appealing when they finish their college courses.

The council of religious interests, composed of representatives of the four student organizations and three members of the faculty, is doing an effective work. The purpose of this organization is to correlate the activities of all the religious organizations and personal factors in the college, thus giving efficiency and unity to all that is done. It seeks to save overlapping of function and give a more general supervision which might serve to cover all the needs of one or other of the activities.

Those more especially interested in the religious life of Trinity College are of the opinion that this is to be one of the most successful years in the college’s history, insofar as religious progress and service is concerned.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1924

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