Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-06
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Archbishop Blanchett. of Oregon.
is the Oldest Catholic prelate in the
| nlted states. being now over eighty
years of age, but still active in eccle-
slastical duties.
The British and Foreign Bible
Society received last year from gifts,
sales, etc, t206, 90S lis I'd spent e2t2..
4oS l2s lid, with further engagements
to the extent of el25, 1o2 IS cd. and
issued 1870, TAP copies of The Scrip
lures.
The Reformed Episcopalians, in
their General Council, which was held
recently in Philadelphia, decided that
their Bishops should not possess linn
tied territorial jurisdiction, hut gem
eral jurisdiction, like that exercised
by the Methodist Bishops.
AT Il recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Maryland Agric, l,ural
College this significant resolution was
passed: Resolced, That the Board
of Trustees be requested to make in
structicn IN practical and experiment.
al agriculture the leading feature in
the educational system at the earliest
possible moment"
The best teacher rarely uses the
rod. He has a thousand ways. even
with bad boys. by which he manages
to evade its use. The teacher who
finds it necessary to use it often is de-
lclent in governing power. or in due
regard for the rights and happiness of
his pupils. Still. he may be so placed
that it is absolutely necessary. and of
this he is the best judge. N. Y. School
Journal.
"A growing restiyeness of Method
lst Ministers and churches under the
operation of the itinerant system is
very perceptible. a Boston church,
failing to obtain, at the present session
of the Conference, a minister much
desired, refused to open its doors to
the pastor appointed by the Bishop.
At an interview of the members of the
church with the Bishop, there was
very little appearance of concession
on either side. Chicago Tribune.
The church Journal laments that
" there is a growing tendency in our
schools and colleges to give exclusive
attention to scientific studies. In
former times the classics were studied,
to the neglect of the sciences. Both
are needed, not only to tit cur Young
men for the ordinary pursuits of life,
but to supply them with the thorough
mental discipline that is required to
prepare them for the spiritual conflicts
peculiar to our times. Exclusive at
tention to scientific or to classical
studies gives a one-sided education"
The Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel, the older and larger
Missionary Society of the Church of
England, has, according TO its last re-
port, 81 colonial and missionary Bish-
oprics, in ~ of which 533 missionaries
were employed last year. Fifty-one
of the clergy in India are native Hin
docs, and 81 women teachers are en-
gagged in the special work for women
in India, Burmah, Japan, Africa and
Madagascar. The income of the So
ciety last year amounted to fl36, 900 10,
the largest sum ever received in one
year.
Senator John w. Johnston, of
Virginia, lately prepared tables show
ing that "only one State-the great
State of New York--had larger at
tendance of students at her colleges
than Virginia; while Virginia was far
ahead of all the other States in the
relative number of her own sons at
tending her colleges. The population
of Virginia in 1870 was 1925, 1853; the
number of whites being 7l2, 0S9, and
of colored 5l2,S4 Making the calcu-
lation on this basis, she had one of her
own citizens at her own universities
or colleges for every 634 white people,
and one for every l,015 OF all colors.