Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The California Legislature has passed
a bill abandoning tuition in languages
and music In the common schools The
two cost in San Francisco $50, 900 a year.
Resolutions have been adopted in the
Rhode Island Legislature, calling for in
formation as to the expedency Of giving
instruction in the industrial arts" in the
high schools.
"A convention of delegates from all
the Jewish congregations in the United
States will be held in New York city on
May "a, to take steps 10 found Hebrew
Theological University.
OF 232 Congregational Churches in
Connecticut, 127 allow tlfe female mem.
beers to vote in church affairs, and OF the
remaining l05 a large proportion allow
them 10 vote in calling or dsmissing pas
tors.
"A commission has recently been in
session in Berlin to consider and recon
mend "a purely phonetic system Of spell
ing; and it is understood that the Minis
ter Of Public Instruction is ready to intro
duce such system into the schools as
soon as it is perfected
The Indian Commission Of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church has issued an APP
peal for help The schools are full and
the religious services are yell attended
The school ut the Spottc. Tail Agency
has no pupils Unless subscriptions are
sent in, the embarrassment Of the Com
mission will render the withdrawal of the
ministers an teachers necessary.
The first Sunday in July has been set
apart in ,he Reformed lDutch) Church for
the celebration of the Centennial year.
In case an earlier day is desired by any
OF the churches, the third Sunday IN April
has been recommended by the General
Synod. The contributions upon these
days are to be formed into Centennial
Seminary Fund, - the interest of which Is
to be used for the support Of the theolog-
ical schools.
Virginia hns been doing something
for the cause oi education since the war
A correspondent Of the Richmond Engutrer
estimates that s. ,G50000 have been ap-
propriaIcd to educational purposes in the
state during the past ten years. In the
same period endowment schemes for the
benefit Of the colleges and theological in
stitultons in the State have bccS wholly
OF IN part carried ont, amounting in the
aggregate 10 81, 400 900.
Mrs Margaret +, Sullivan, in treat
ing in the National Teachers Wonthiy of
some cases of historical jealousy OF
woman toward woman. says "a school
superintendent assured me, the other day,
thai a certain lucrative school principal.
ship would be conferred upon woman,
capable and expert Aced, if the assistant
ieachers-all womeh-did not SO strenu-
ously object" Mrs. sullivan thinks that
the greatest obstacle in woman's way is
woman.
The Philadelphia Ledger says at
is. then, fatal mistake, in every point OF
view, to supply young man with large
sums of money while he is acquiring an
education 1t is an unkindness to hun,
Tor IL Is annulling the object in pursuit
and uniting him To become worthy and
useful citizen II is an unkindness to the
inmily, il their means are limited for
Their comforts must be curtailed for the
Indulgence OF one member Most of all
Is II an injury 10 the cause Of education
Itself, 10y converting 1t into an aristocracy,
which rcpels all talent, however pronis-
ing, that is not accompanied by the
credentials of wealth.