New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26

| ence In his article he asks Can we devise
| any means that will help To attract our youth
| 60 our conference seminaries; that Will keep
them there sufficiently long Ia secure thorough
| training for the universities; that VIII attract
! the very best OF the scholars ia these institt-
tiOns 10 our universities, and will send them II
| 50 well prepared as necessarily 10 raise tIe
! standard of scholarship required for cent 'rny
| the universities considerably above the present
| average ?" To bring about these results he
! proposes "a plan of which the following IA an
outline Let there be established IN connection
| with each of the Methodist semlnarles number
! of scholarships which would secure To the
holder of one of them board, lodging and edu-
cation in the institution free OF charge. LET
! these scholarships be open Ia publIc cOmpeti-
ton on fixed conditions. THIS would place
thorough preparation for college within the
reach of any youth who could secure far
common school education, and had { he brains
and industry successfully To pursue the studies
of the seminary. 70 draw the students Ia tho
universities and 10 keep them there, thcro
should be founded IN each humber of "eXhl-
billions, the annual value Ot which would pay
all "A students expenses at the uBiNersity-Sy
about $3.50. These should bc open To youths
entering the university from one of these semi
narie> The examinations for these ~cNhtbl-
tionS should be held on n fixed day before tho
beginning of the college year and should be on
topics Land down 10y the faculties oil the unINcr-
stirs. To complete the arrangement there
should be- a small number OF irllOwshlp>, which
would enable a promising student 10 take ono
or two years of post graduate studies, Of per-
haps. 10 pursue some specially M n foreign uni-
Ycl,ity. DR.. Crook thinks that the effect Of
such q system W0uld soon be felt IN the enfiro
educational work of the Church. IL Wonld ill
the >cminaric, lac thinks with young PERSONS OF
zeal and ability who would easily have WITHIN
their reach the means of acquiring at compua.
lively small cost an education winch would
make them admirably fitrcd To I'LL important
positions IN The Church.
Some curious questions were discussed at the
annual convention Oi the Dunka:ds IA Ash
land, Ohio. In the course al the meeting Il
paper was read m which a request WAS mad0
that rule be adopted by the church "dcnounc-
ing the wearing Of plain haas by the ~l-ters,'
and even making such wearing OF hate u
forfeiture of church fellowship his pro-
position provoked - general discussion. ono
speaker made the 7omcw bat alarming prc.lc-
tlou that If sister bc allowed 20 wear a PLAIN
hat. before We know II there viii be feather
in it, The prevailing sentiment among the
members oi the convention. according 20 tho
correspondent OF The CicreiGd Ledder. WIS
that the more feathers sister had IN her lat
in this Wulhl the fewer would she Lave ili Ter
wing, in the next" The Troublesome question
WAS final, settled 10y Tie standing committee
Offering resolution. which va, adopted 10y
small majority. that Whereas 'lhi- COMMITTEES
las decided That 1t T. wrong tor sisters I'D tho
church 30 wear hats, We decade that elders and
Other officials, who ailo" members al their
soils and THEN course condrmncd.' Cond the
sisters themselves have y0fcd or even have
been heard on this question the issue would
probably have been different.
Bishop Hurst, Of Iowa, takes hopeful view
of the future of the Methodist Church in fhat
Stare. In the course of his address ~ The con-
yon'ion in De, Muiucs, hc said; w hYea
membership in Iowa of about 10000. ~
gather from one Oi the statistical reports. No
are binding church about every Two weeks.
! calculate that IN ten years more or ~ ! 81,
We ought 10 have If our ratio OF increase Do no
future is H. il hi. been ln the past. a member
ship of about 9p.>OO. That is the exact
figure ma ! calculatr, If oar increase for the
coming decade bc as it has been Tor the last
decade; and | calculate that when this
century run, ont and the twentieth begins,
We ought 10 have population ot lJpovo
Shall 10 bc sol The coming decade -
what orr hands and hearts are going -
nila. II. and the churches arr Ia be H~ nUiu.r-
o.- rs We have mind 10 say. think hri"fe
iic century conn. 20 a close We ought go Jo
able to hu,ld one church week; wc ou-ht not
to hc satisfied with one church every fortnight,
wc oIsni to Ice able TO build one every week
and pay tor % too.
A '7r-c number of persons attended the
.rflI-a .>oWhly at Onrnburs 81 tlr odd t1ih-
"'t congregation, iu.d unions ot the Grand
BG,Ay g.. Baden. 4 commission ua> APP.
r"uI'd ton tl, puIpD-c "f drawing 1872 Il nirnio-
Il.i Co. thr Minister oi Worship explaining some
oi fhr di-ld tanfd-'- under which ud tathollrS
~.tii,r. 10 aprai- ihlt th"rc are not merely
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