The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-10
School and Church.

The Indiana yearly meeting of the
Orthodox Society of Friends was held at
Richmond recently, and $4,000 people
were present, among them several prom
inent English ministers.
Miss Belle Caldwell, a graduate of
the Wheeling Female College, class of
1877, and a teacher for the last year in
that institution, has just gone out as a
missionary to Bangkok, Siam.
The recent election in 10 wards of
st. Louis involving the question of
teaching the German language in the
public schools, resulted in a choice of
five of each party for the 10 Directors
of the School board. This is a gain of
two anti German Directors in the
Board. % rTt'
The Rev. Phoebe Hannaford,, after
being admitted among the masculine
preachers of New Jersey, Immediately
opposing the ordination of young men
who use tobacco, and the resolution was
adopted in a modified form. 5000
In New York City, in some of the
most successful public schools, the sys-
tenn of rewards is substituted for that of
punishment. The perfect scholars in
the class are dismissed, it may be, some
minutes earlier than the rest, or get an
occasional half-hOliday as the reward of
their diligence and exactness. ''fFc -
The General Conference of Cana
dian Methodist Clergymen in a three
days discussion of whether pastorates
should be long or short, at length de-
cided by small majority in favor of the
short term. Those who favored five
years of continual service in one church
urged that pastors first year was lost
because his time must be occupied in
becoming acquainted with his flock.
The other side argued that where the
clergyman was not efficient, or made
himself disagreeable, it were better to
keep him going. . d.
The Sunday-SchoOI Times says that
Mr.. Sankey will probably locate for the
present in London, "not assoeiating
himself with any evangelist, but assist
ing ministers and churches throughout
the country, so far as he can, for atleast
a year. 1t is possible that Mr.. Moody
will also 90 to England when he has
prepared his new sermons, in which
case Mr.. Sankey thinks that, with Gods
blessing, better work may be done
than during the great British revival of
1878 and 1874" --si-..
The annual report of the Trustees
of the Peabody Educational Fund says
the year Just closed has been one of I'M
usual pecuniary embarrassment to all
schools of the South, and while every
department of education has been af-
fected, that relating to the employment
of teachers and public officers has suf-
fered most. Cheapening the labors of
men on whom the vitality of the system
depends is more dangerous expert
ment than is generally supposed. The
scholarships established last year have
had an excellent effect in the Peabody
Normal Seminary of Louisiana. One
fourth of all the female teachers of New
Orleans during many years have been
educated there. The following figures
show the distribution of the income of
the fund during the year: Virginia,
SIS, $50; North Carolina, $4,000; South
Carollha, So,oOOi Ueol SIa, 9o,UVV,
Florida, $4,000; Alabama, $4,000 Tex
as, $3.50; Arkansas, $4,000; Tennes-
see, 81 400; West Virginia, $1,000.
The case of Rev. Dr. Z. T. Baird.
ex-Secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Publication, charged with appropri-
ating funds of the church and using the
name and credit of Committee of Pub.
LEGATION in borrowing and raising money
for private purposes, by giving notes
signed by him as Secretary, has been
disposed of by the East Hanover Pres
bytery. DR.. Baird is reinstated in COM
mission of the church, but suspended
from the ministry.