The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-04

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been converted into State Nor
NAL School. -
Bishop Bowman has had his
portrait painted for Asbury In
diana) University.
Cornell University has received
from Prof. A. d. White, during
his connection with it, 100000.
The next contest OF. the. North
western Inter State Collegiate
Convention will be held in Chica-
go.
The commencement exercises of
Baker University, Baldwin City,
Kansas, will take place jane Is-1
I6.
We learn that President Nc
Vicar of Washbufn College, Tope-
ka has raised $4,000 for that in
stitution. as
At the 18th anniversary of In
ion Theological Seminary in New
York, May 10, 4 gift of SOS. GOO
from Mr.. Frederick Marqnand was
announced. ~
President Chamberlain would
have us know that the graduates of
Bowdoin college are characterized
by "manliness and an absence of
sioppiness.
The will of the late o. 5. Ell
bridge, of Hancock, Mass, POUNDS
$1,000 sc holarship for the
studentsenterin g Williams Col
lege from that town.
Rev. James G. Dougherty, late
pastor of the Congregational
church at Wyandotte, Kansas, has
accepted a call to the presidency
of Colorado College.
President Eliot, not satisfied
with introducing military exercis-
es at Harvard, has headed u petit
ton for similar innovation in the
Cambridge High Schools.
The new Lay College at Boston,
founded by Charles Cults, NJ. D.,
was dedicated last month. The
founder, Charles Cnllis, NJ. D., is
the President, and Professor of
Christian Work.
The present total value of the
endowment and property of the
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical
College is said to be more than ST.
100000. 1t maintsins twelve de-
partments of study and has &C
students.
President Eliot of Harvar Col
lege, has an article in the June At
lantic "on Wise and Unwise Econ
omy in Schools" in which he
makes some useful suggestions for
improvements and passes some
pungent structures on points of
prevailing scool economy.
The Roman Catholics in Aus
tralia are making great disturb
ance respecting the system of cdu-
cation. In all the state schools of
Australia the Bible is retained and
read by law of the country, and
the Romanists are of course great
ly dissatisfied and are doing all
they can to break down the pres
ent system of education.
Hon. David Joy of Northamton,
Mass, recently deceased, leaves
about 1886, 900 to Antioch College,
at Yellow Springs, Ohio. 1t is
given on the ground that the col
lege makes no distinction in the
admission of students "on &C
count of the accident of sex or
color" and is to be held as fund
for the benefit of INDECENT students
under the name of the "Joy
Fund"
The exercises of the Thirty
sixth annual Commencement OF
Indiana Asbury University will
take place June Is to June "a.
The Baccalaureate discourse by
President Andrus, will be given on
Sunday, June 90, and the Annual
Lecture will be delivered in the at
ternoon of the same day by Rev.
BENZ. st. James Fry, ID. d. AID
dresses will be delivered before
the various societies of the Uni
versity by Hon. d. w. Voorhees,, NJ.
A, Hon. Mark L. De Motto, A. NJ,
and Francis NJ. Dice A. NJ.
DR.. Elliott Coues and Mr.. j. A.
Alien are engaged upon a treatise
on the Rodentia of the world,
which will be published under the
auspicies of the United States
Geological Survey and deposited
in the Smithsonian Institution.
DIR, Coues has contributed i'm
portant papers on mice, during
the past year, to the Proceedings
of the Philadelphia Academy OF
Science; and Mr.. Aliens able
study of squirrels, rabbits and
beavers are nearly ready for pub
LEGATION. The treatise will be an
important addition to the excel
lent works on our fauna and flora
which Prof Hayden is rapidly pab-
fishing, and for which he is re-
ceiving the thanks of all natural
lists.
We have already spoken of the
proposal made a few weeks since
by wealthy citizen of New York
City to found and endow an
American College of Music. It's
founder propose to devote about
81 100000 to start the College.
The trustees are men of eminent
business experience and ability.
The site for the building will be
near where the new Museum of
Art Is building, the Lenox Libra
ry being close by. Payment for
lessons, board, DC, win be de-
handed of all who can afford it.
But pupils who show capacity, but
are without means will receive les
sons free of charge. This provis-
ion is only for the advantage of
children of American parentage.
Another gentleman has made q
gift of 100000 to the general
fund of the College, and still later
a gentleman otferered 800, 900 as
a loan to be repaid to him as soon
as the College should be in such a