The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-02-22

The Rev. A. Duff, of McGill Col
lege, Canada, has accepted the pro-
fessorship of Hebrew aud Old
Testament in Airsdsle Congrega-
tiOnal College, Bradford, England.
A Manchester (England) lady has
taken second honors in two cub
jects-MsthematIcs and Moral Sci
ence-at the Cambridge examine
tiOns. She is the fret woman to
accomplish this.
Mr.. Leander j. Mccormick has
proffered a telescope worth, $50, 600
TO the University of Virginia, on
the single condition that an observ-
atorY be erected for it at q cost of
$4,000. The telescope is one of
the largest in the world.
AT Peter Cooper's proposed in
stitute. near Spartanburg, S. c.,
tuition and all except board will be
free to any girl oyer fourteen. Mr..
Cooper hopes the institute "may do
something toward ending old fueds,
and cementing the Union
President Angel, of Michigan
University, has been praising the
high schools of his State. He says
that whatever success the Uniyersi-
ty is achieving is due in no small
degree to the excellence of the
schools, which give their pupils so
good foundation.
The whole circle of human knowl-
edge is now open TO women at
London University. A fortnight
ago the convOcation, by a majority
of ITO votes, expressed approval Of
the new supplementary charter, en-
abling women to take degrees in
the arts, sciences, medicine, etc.
Rev. Henry Blanchard says: ain
my Judgment, history, az study, is
better fitted than any other one
study to secure the elements of Gull
ture; and this Judgment, am hap
py to say, ls confirmed by the Rev.
Barnas Sears, D. d late of Brown
University, who taught history
more than twenty years"
DR.. Vnlpian, Dean of the Faculty
of Medicine, Paris, says that since
1865 thirty-two women students
have pursued medical studies un-
der its guidance, OF this number,
nine have received their doctor 6
diploma. He expresses himself as
satisfied with the conduct and as
siduous study of these ladies.
The Southern Educational Con.
vention held at Atlanta, last week
passed resolutions "favoring the
creation of a national educational
fund from the proceeds of wild.
land sales and other sources, to be
applied under the State laws
on the basis of illiteracy, and &
memorial was made to Congress tC
hasten such legislation"
T. B. Smithies, editor of the Brit
ish Workman and other valuable
illustrated publications, has for sew
eral years annually entertained tn,
missionaries of the London cit,
mission who labor among the 100,
900 foreigners in the metropolis. A
their recent social gathering, thanks
were returEed in English, Hebrew
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ger
man, Dutch, Italian, SWedish, Nor
wegisu, Gaelic, Bengalee, Russian
Hindostanee, aud Chinese.
j Memorial Hail, at Harvard, is tn
eating place of about 700 students
who bear tins cost proportionately
paying an average Of less than 81
week lately. The following is civ
en- as specimen bill of fare for
) breakfast: Beef steak, 800 pounds
; pigs feet, so lbs; sweet potatoes
four bushels white potatoes, tw
!, bushels; crushed wheat, forty-si
lbs hOmimy twenty lbs +; l, $50 roll
fifteen gallons griddle cake batter
! coffee, elk lbs. tea, three-f fourth
: h.; milk, bread and butter.
Hon. Eiihu Burritt of New Brit
: ain, Conn, who is just recoverin
from q severe illness, is said to hav
4 inaugurated, in the town wher
!, he lives, series of evening enter
r tainments for the people, consistin
of readings, recitations, dialogue
E essays, singing, etc, to which q
D admission fee of two cents is chare
+, ed, merely TO cover expenses, an
perhsps, to save . little self-respet
! on the part of such as attend. Sue
! q plan with features varied to su
the locality, is an excellent one, an
!. might well be initiated generally.
! In the opinion of Joseph Cook
> except the large culture of Ct
;. higher powers of the soul, there
i nothing we need more TO Insist uI
e on as remedy for skepiicism ths
sound scholarship. II students
s not care TO compete with each 9th,
Y from motives of ambition, let then
3 from the love of usefulness, pl
: themselves on the list Of those Wh
: by successful competition in colleg
: have given 8 prophecy OF their su
> Gee in the competitor of subsequeE
. life. Msccauley said once that th
4 general rule, beyond all doubt, vi
: that the men who are fret in Il
: competition of schools have bee
c fret in the competition of q
. world"
Mr.. Cooks prelude on Feb. 4
:, was upon our colleges. He said !:
II is q common and just con
/. plant that professional training
| our century is too often one side
# and narrow. Specialists all me
: must be who succeed, but they wi
d succeed best will be specialists a
= more. Much of our educatiC
, baiIds an arc, and not the who
, circumference, of culture. 90
't whole whesIs will roili Wherev
e we leave out an arc In our eDltu
e there is likely, as the wheel rolls.
= be q halt some day. If . great m
= versity thinks it may be wholly Sc
: uIar, and teach noihing coneernit
Z religious truth, Ignoring the iof
\ est faculties in man, then say Cd
a. university is not building circles
D culture, bus rockers. This ege Il
es bsbe that goes In 3 cradle on y nee
and no longer in one On rockers.