Dodge City times., 1879-09-06
school and Church.

school and Church.
The last sheets of the Bible trans
lated by Revs. Drs. Riggs and William
son into the Dakota language have pass
ed through the press.
In Paris q municipal college TO
girls, to which the best pupils Of tn,
common schools will be admitted, is Il
be founded shortly, on the same princi
Pile as the colleges already existing TO
boys.
Connecticut has 29O Congregations
churches, with a membership of 81, 5,S55
and Il ministry of 3S7. There are so 81,
children i'm the Sunday-schools, and tn,
amount raised for charities last year wa,
1914, ,061.
Ground has been broken for ROcka
feller Hall, the new building of tn,
Rochester Theological Seminary. Re
cent contributions to the Seminary fol
various purposes amount to nearly
S15O.OO0.
Mr.. Thomas Hughes has beer
dwelling in a short public speech on tht
advantages Of including modern Ian
guages and science in the curriculum o.
public schools in England. Sir Johr
Lubbock has moved in Parliament to ado
natural science to the extra subject,
taught in the elementary schools.
In II years the Primitive MethO
dists of England built 4s churches, which
are filled every week with congregations
aggregating over 5000 persons. Theil
Sunday-schOOls number &c, 222, with al
attendance of 365,O04 scholars. They
have four colleges and fifth building
Fifty young men offered themselves thi'
year for college as ministers.
In April last, Miss Anna Oliver
purchased a Methodist church in Brook.
lyn. the furniture of which was mort.
gagged for $500. She refused to buy
the furniture, but rented it for three
months. The lease having expired, the
mortgagee removed all the church fur
niture. Miss Oliver goes on with her
work, and the ladies of the congregation
used the opportunity to give the church
thorough cleansing.
The English public schools flourish
amazingly, if mere numbers are any in
dicatiOn of prosperity. At EtOn for
some years past there have been nearly
1000 boys--the figures during one term
reached 999. The numbers at Harrow
are between 800 and 600. DIR. Arnold
thought the extreme limit which head
master might do his duty thoroughly by
individual boys was $50: but most Of the
principal schools, including Rugby; are
greatly in excess of this figure.
The Congregationalists and Baptists
of New England are falling into the
habit of having only one preaching
service on Sunday. The Watchman ia
vors the innovation. 1t contends that a
single service furnishes, perhaps, as
much preaching as they need. One SER
mon well considered and well digested,
it thinks, is better than two which
awaken little thought; and if there were
but one. there would be more time and
more disposition to follow out its trains
of thoughts in private meditation.
The Colorado Agricultural College,
at Fort COllins-whOse ''leading OBJ
ject,r rs the law directs, is ''tO impart
a thorough and practical knowledge Of
all those branches and sciences that per-
tain to agriculture and the mechanic
arts''-is thoroughly equipped for the
reception of students. Tuition is free to
all within the State, and board and
lodging - to 80 per week. Unlike the
literary schools of the country, this in
stituti0n gives its long vacation in mid
winter, "instead of at period when
farm-work is most pressing and inn
portant."