Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-11-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

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300 boys are given bath once week.
There are 100, 39l children enrolled
in the city schools and an average OF
114017 of these attended school daily
during September, who were taught by
2,790 teachers. Chicago Tribune.
In Berlin schoolmistress receives
$500 annually during the first years OF
! her service; schoolmaster, $500. After
forty-two years of unbroken service the
schoolmistress' maximum salary is
$780, the schoolmaster's $500
The number of missionary stations
in Africa now exceeds 500 There are
400, 900 converts, and the number is in.
creasing at the rate of about 5000
year. Within five years more than 200
natives have suffered martyrdom for
their faith,
! AS the result of recent revival
meetings at Cleveland, Tenn, $50 con-
verts have joined the churches of their
choice, as follows: Methodist Episcopal
South, 101; Methodist Episcopal, rs;
cumberland Presby rs; Presby-
terian, Al; Baptist, "a; the Disciples of
Christ, 20.
! The Northwestern University has
registered over 46O students in the Pre-
paratory School against about 400 last
year. In the Freshmen class over $50
are registered. To provide for increased
number of students the university has
DnnnoJ nd itinnol rani 70 III nm
rooms, and added to its teaching force.
1t is stated that the report of the
late royal commission on the blind and
deaf has produced very favorable effect
in India, and that voluntary contribu-
tions are forthcoming for the erection
in Calcutta of an educational institu-
ton for the deaf Baber Girindra NatE
Bose, native gentleman, promises 2, 400
rupees per annum for three years and
1000 rupees at once. These contribu-
tions the Bengal Government will sup
plement by grant from public funds,
and under it's auspices inquiries are
j. being made in England for competent
= oral teacher.
Prof Arthur Dodel, of the Uni
yersity of Zurich, says that he has OBJ
served, of his students in botanic
microscopy, that the average of those
from America drew better than those
from Europe of the same age who COM
peted with them. To this he would add
ing the past two years, the technique OF
reproduction has made more progress
than in any other part of the world.
For the cause of this excellence, Prof.
Dodel refers to the method of the in
struction in drawing in the primary and
intermediate schools.
Principal Grant, of Queens Univer'
sity, Kingston, Ont, does not believe
that the union of the Protestant churches
in Canada is at all impossible. Tho frs
step, he thinks, is to unto the Meth.
odist and Presbyterian denominations
The union of these two churches would
he says, give united Protestant church
including 1,500, 900 Of the population
"and such spirit of union would b,
generated all over the land that W,
should very soon SEQ fresh triumphs.
The difficulties in the way Of such
; union may be summed up in one word
historic. The first step, he thinks to b.
taken, is the appointment of commit
tees by the supreme courts of the tw
bodies to consider and report on tn
matter.
"A university extension system /
about to be projected in Philadelphia
modelled upon plan which has bee
in vogue in England for some years
the object of which is to bring universe
ty teachers within the reach of person
! of all classes and both sexes in cit
and suburbs by the establishment c
branches for the disseminating {
i, knowledge as now taught in the co
leges and universities, to those who ar
otherwise unable to secure such aC
vantages. The institution will
e thrown open to mechanics, laborer'
II professional men and people of a
grades and occupations who desire
4 avail themselves of the benefits.
trifling yearly fee will be charged, I'll
best instructors to be had will be s.
II cured for the work. At Cambridge
b England, the university branches hay
u ten thousand students, and Oxford h;
= eleven thousand.