The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Vanderbilt University, at Nash
vile, Tenn, has received a bequest
from Mrs. Kinser, of Memphis, of
$40, 900 for its Biblical department.
Rev. DR.. Jessup, of Beyroot, re-
ports that numerous body of Moham-
medans in a Syrian city are reading the
Bible, have rejected the Koran and
profess belief in Christ
Read to the congregation at least
the first line of every hymn that is to
be sung. There is no other test so
severe as this in making sure that one
has the right place.-M Y. Examiner.
Church revenues have fallen off
very greatly in England, according to
$4,000 is reported in one case and
100000 in another, within the period
specified
-Four Cinnamon were lately bap-
TIED by the pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church, Kansas City, Rev. Dr.
T. Schley Schaff. They sought baptism
of their own accord and exhibited a
good understanding of the right and
the doctrines of Christianity.
In his address to the graduates of
the Eastern female high school in Bal
timore Mayor Hodges said: 81 believe
that you may make the nearest APP
proach to a happy life by living ac-
cording to these rules-have some
thing to love, something to do, and
something to believe"
With taxable valuation of $780,
100000 Arkansas expended last year
1929, 1913 for the salaries of teachers
and other current expenses of its free
public schools, built more than twenty
| new school houses at cost of from
$4,000 to $4,000 each, and then had
1863, 1897 left in the school fund.
The London Ragged School Union
is doing great work among the poor
children of London. Last years re-
port shows that in the 2l5 Sunday
afternoon and evening schools con-
nected with the union, there was an
average attendance of 42,304; in the
173 day and week night schools an
average of 1888.
--Archdeacon Farrar made an adj
dress before Presbyterian body in
London not long ago, in which he said:
81 am sincere and convinced Episco-
palian. You are sincere and convinced
Presbyterians. For my part, do not
believe that either the Episcopalian or
the Presbyterian organization is essen
tial to a church"
The President of the province OF
West Prussia has issued an order i'm
posing fine on parents and guardians
of school children for each day of the
latter's unjustifiable absence from
school. If the fine of ten pfennige to
one mark is not paid, Imprisonment of
from six hours to three days is the pun
ishment. Employers of children of the
school age during the hours of study
are subject to heavier penalties.
From mountain to seaboard, from
the Savannah to the Chattah0ochee.
Georgia is overrun with a multitude of
raw young men and immature young
women who are blindly laboring to i'm
part knowledge to which they are
strangers. The average teacher pos
sesses asmattering of ''spellin', readin',
'ritin', 'rithmetie and jography''-for
the rest he is the humbug of humbugs.
To him thoroughness is an unknown
word, In the language of member
of the Board of Education of South
west Georgia county: ''Mos' teachers
is pow'ful on show, but they busts on
thrashin' rarnin' into their scholars"
Let him who doubts the accuracy of
the estimate here placed upon the aver
age teacher investigate for himself
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