Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-18
EDUCATIONAL.

Wesleyan University is In hard luck. Its
president says that Its securities have depre-
cleted 5000, 600 in the past year. George 1.
Seney's failure did the business.
dwight l. Moody's seminary at Ncrthfield,
Mass. which he founded 10 1879, to promote
the christian education of young women, has
about 200 students, and as many more are
ready to enter as soon as there is room,
About $500, 600 has been expended in the
erection of permanent buildings.
The building of this new college for women
a. Bryn Maur, Pa, is nearly completed and
the formal opening will take p ace In Septem-
Der. TIL institution was founded by Dr. j..
w. Taylor, of Burlington, N. j., who en-
lowed it with a fund OF 5000, 0C0, and provid-
ed $500, 000 for the cost of the building.
The college built in Chicago by a donation
OF 100000 left for that purpose to the
Baptists of the United States thirteen years
ago by the late Senator Douglas, is in danger
of passing from the hands of that denomina-
tion. An amount equal to the original sum
has been raised, chiefly in the eastern states,
and applied to the wants of the institution,
yet a debt of $3.50, 000 against it brought the
condition of affairs to public notice in a most
ignominous manner, through the Reputation
of the debt by the college administration
The buildings are announced for sale on the
1st of May.
The trustees OF the university of Pennsyl-
vania, have determined to build a large hospi.
tai and stable in Philadelphia, for the treat
ment of diseases of dogs, horses, cows and
other domestic animals. A great deal of
preparation has already been made in the di-
rection Of founding a veterinary faculty, and
several professors have been in Europe fitting
themselves for this work. There are more
fancy cattle owned around Philadelphia, it is
said, than any other city except Boston, and
come of the finest animals die from want of
surgical attention. A special department is
to be devoted to the care of pet and sporting
dogs. we'll known Philadelphia lady pro-
poses endowlng q department for cats. The
society for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails and the Anti Viysection society, both
ppose the project.
A little boy in one Of the public schools of
this city dropped dead a few days sgo while
reciting his lesson. His death was attributed
to overwork and there the matter will proba-
ably end, but the question has been
raised whether it was overwor or
confinement. Miss Whiting, whose ex-
p~erience of fifty years as a teacher in
the public schools entities her opinion
on such matters to the utmost respect, says
that the children are never injured by what
they have to study, but by confinement in the
school room for lopg hours. The settlement
of this question should be an object of public
concern. In teaching children there are 9th
er things to be considered besides intellectual
advancement, yet there are many capable
teachers who do not seem to appreciate the
fact New York Tribune.
The returns just iss0ed show the expendi-
lures from the grant for public education in
England and Wales for the year 1884 upon
annual grants to elementary schools to have
been GO. Ito, 912 IS, an increase of e264, S55
3s I'd. Nearly the whole of this increase ap.
pears in the annual grants for day scholars.
The Church OF England school stand at the
head, with grants of II, 51S, 242 6s 90, an in,
crease of elO6, 1888 los I'D; Roman Catholic
schools received ESQ, 1916 los I'd, an increase
e12O, SOY Is Sd, more by &c, 1876 iss lid than
in 1888. Two classes of undenominational
schools with large grants are given = board
schools, e975, 91S 12s I'd, an increase of e117,
799 is I'd, and British undenominational, and
other schools, 9239 f12 3s Sd. 1t may be no
ticed that from 1889 to the end of last veal
the sum of e39, OH, 2S8 16s Cd has been spent
on education in England and Wales.