Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-26
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Central Presbyterian Conference
Of the Evangelical Association reports
IL ,1T members, eighty itineiant
preachers, 156 churches, valued at 1851,
975, and seventeen parsonages, valued at
$27 $50.
The standing committee of the diocese
of Michigan protestant EpiscopaD has
declined to admit Mr. A. w Mann, an ell
cient deaf mute lay reader, as candidate
for holy orders, on the ground that the
canons OF the Church do not authorize the
admission OF person SO far insapacitated
for general work as such person must
necessarily be.
The practice Of requiring candidates
in the Methodist Episcopal Church to
serve six months probation will be one
OF the important subjects tor cOnsidera-
ton before the General Conference. 1t
has already been abolished in the South
ern Church, and its longer continuance
is considered by MANY as OF doubtful
utility.
The Moravians report up to Deem
Der 81, 1870, the following statistics III
the United States: Northern Province,
1865 members, 62 churches and 60 min
listers; in the Southern Province, l ,165
members, ID churches and II ministers.
The commandments number $500 non
COMMITMENTS over Is years OF age, $40,
children, 5,lS6. The largest church is in
Bethlehem, Pa, the denominational head
quarters, numbering | ,150
The following pertinent assertions
come from the National Teachers NoRthiy:
Teachers are apt to talk toe much in
conducting Rotations. Teachers too
often neglect to teach their pupils how to
study. The use of IL dictionary or other
| book OF reference should be taught \
good plan is to have children find, write
and define ten words, giving credit to
the one who is done first. 1t is bad to
qrell disorder in disorderly manner,
such as by jingling bell furiously, OF
tapping with pencil, or stamping with
the foot, or whacking the table with a
stick-the table is not to blame. We
would advise teachers not to question
children by throwing books at THEN
heads; the children would he justified in
replying by means of flying states and dis
engaged ink-wellS. SchCol-rooms should
be seated SO that the light shall strike in
| over the left shoulder"
- Chancellor Eliot of Washington Uni
vcrsity, st. Louis, says concerning the
education of woman: 10 speak from
| our own very limited experience, l can
most confidently say that it has thus far
developed no insuperabie difficulty to the
admission of young women, when prop
erly prepared to the regular classes
either OF college, or scientific or law.
We have observed no indications of in
telcctual inieriority, of divided attention,
of careless habits OF study, Of inability to
meet all reasonable requirements of a
strict curriculum. | sincerely wish that
we could have more of them in every
clsss from tins time forward, with this
one condition, that the courses OF study
should not be lowered in any respect, but
held to the full standard OF scholarly edu-
cation, so that young women graduates
should stand upon the same level OF
scholarship with the young men. There
was a time when | should have hest
tated to say this; but my skepticism
has departed, and my only fear now is
| that very few young women can be SO
inspired with the love of learning as to
desire the highest education, or who
are so fortunately situated as to have
the opportunity and choice given to
them"