Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH
The University Of Wisconsin has
graduated . larger number of women
than any other co-educational inssitu-
6on.
lin British India during the past
decade Christianity has advanced thirty
per cent; Mohammedanism only ten
per cent
What we give we get. What NO
make the church. that Il makes IA
The church life viii rise NO higher than
the life Of the individual that compose
it-Adrance.
Bishop Whitehead. Of the Episco-
pal diocese Of Pittsburgh. has declared
war on Easter howcra He says too
many people 60 to church on that day
just to see them.
Tho committee of the English Bap-
fist Missionary Society have arranged
to purchase for E1O. 900 the central
premises in Rome. at present partly
occupied BY Rev. James WALL -
chapel and residence.
The Roman Catholic church. by
the recent action Of the German Gov
ernment has been awarded exclusive
missionary jurisdiction over territory
OF soma two thousand square miles in
East Equatorial Africa
Michigan University has received
from the Legislature of the Stste $685.
600 in the past two years OF tho
!. 406 students. President Angel finds
that the parents of SOP were farmers
III merchants. 80 lawyers. IS physi-
clans. So manufacturers. 81 mechanics
and 81 clergymen-
One of this years graduating
classes.has decided to leave mortuary
memorial Of itself In sarcophagus
will be placed all sorts Of papers
relating to the class history. and these
will be left with the Injunction that
they are not to be opened until the
day Of graduation of the class of 1888
Queen Margaret college. Glasgow.
is the only woman's College in Scot
land. The college buildings. which
cost $50. 900. were purchased by Mrs.
Elder. widow of the well-known Clyde
ship-builder. but will not be absolutely
conveyed to the trustees of the college
ill the endowment fund reaches $780,
900
The project of church union in
Japan between Presbyterians and Con-
gregatiOnalists has advanced another
tep. A JOINT committee of seven mis-
sionaries and thirteen natives have
formed constitution, and the matter
now goes to the churches. If they de-
eide the case favorably. as is probable.
five denominations will have united to
form a Japanese church.-lndependent.
The headquarters of Mormon ac-
tivity in Europe have been at Berne in
Switzerland, in which city alone there
were 1856 converts last year. while in
Switzerland the year before there were
610 The Swiss Government is at last
reused to take measures against the
Mormon mission, believing that it is q
religious order dangerous to the State
as we'll as an unauthorized emigration
agency. Our Government also might
well throw restrictions around immi-
grafton SO as to keep out this undesir-
able element.
The Industrial Educational Asso-
citation of New York has opened class
rooms to the children who live near
its headquarters in University Place.
and pupils are received daily after
school bours. In this way about 1.4OO
children receive two hours instruction
every week. and it is to be observed
that they attend voluntarily. En-
progress is being made at
Springfield, O., with the new educa-
ton. and after experiment with an al
owance of 81, 900 the directors now ask
IS. 900 with which to continue the work.
Ne,Us.