The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-14


AT large board school In England
800 boys are given bath once week
There arc leo. sol children cnrollc,
IN the city schools and an average o
I llAol7 Of these attended school DALI
during September. who were taught b.
2.7v0 teachers Chicago Tribune.
In Berlin schoolmistress receive,
$500 annually during the first years o.
her service; . schoolmaster, $500 After
forty-two years OF unbroken service the
schoolmistress' maximum salary IL
t49o. the schoclmaster's $500
The number Of missionary stations
IN Africa now exceeds 500 There are
t00 900 converts, and the number Il in.
creasing ~ the rate Of about 25. 600 4
year. Within five years more than zoe
natives have suffered martyrdom for
their faith.
As tho result OF recent revival
meetings At Cleveland. Tenn. $50 con-
verts have joined the churches OF their
choice. as follows: Methodist Episcopal
South. 1oi; Methodist Episcopal, IS;
Cumberland Presbyterian. Is; Presby-
terrain. ~; Baptist "a; the Disciples Of
Christ, 20.
Tho Northwestern University has
registered over $50 students in the Pre-
paratory School against about 400 last
year. In the Freshmen class over $50
are registered. Toprovide for increased
number Of stu dents the university has
opened three additional recitation
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 favorab effect
in India, and that voluntary contribu-
tions are forthcoming for the erection
In Calcutta OF an educational institu-
tion for the deaf Baber G;rindra Nath
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 its auspices inquiries are
being made in England for competent
oral teacher.
Prof Arthur Dodel, OF the Uni
versity 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
the circumstance that in America. dur
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. The first
step he thinks, Is TO unto the Meth
odist and Presbyterian denominations
The union Of these two churches would.
be says give united Protestant church,
including 1.500. 900 Of the population;
and such spirit Of union would be
all over the land that We
should very soon sec fresh -triumpha"
The difficulties in the way Of such .
union may b summed up in one word
historic. The drst step he thinks 70 be
taken. - the appointment Of commit
lees BY the supreme courts Of the two
bodies 70 consider and report on the |
natter.
"A university extension system IL
bout TO BE- projected in Philadelphia. /
modelled upon . plan which has been
n vogue in England for some years,
he object Of which Is 70 bring UNIVERSE
y teachers within the reach Of persons
{ AL classes and both sexes in city
nd suburbs By the establishment Of
ranches for the disseminating of
nowledge. IS now taught in the col
eges and universities, 70 those who are
therwise unable TO secure such ad-
antages. The institution will be
brown open TO mechanics. laborers.
Professional men and people OF all
rades and occupations who desire TO
vail themselves Of the benefits. A
'ifiing yearly fee will be charged. The
est instructors TO be had will be Sc
ared for the work. At Cambridge.
ngland, the university branches have
N thousand students, and Oxford has
~ ran tInucurI