Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-14
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


 resident in the State of Minnesota
 A Protestant Episcopal Church cost Ing S4OO, 900 Is to be built at Philadel- phia as a memorial of the late George w. Smith.
 A new chair has been established in Dickinson College-that of Bible study. Its professor will be Dr. Rogers, a grad uate of John Hopkins.
 The Freshmen of the Northwestern University this year sent their cast-ofi books away in a balloon, instead of burning them as ia the custom.
 The public schools are the bulwarlx of our liberties; and whosoever is an enemy of the public schools is an enemy of tho Republic. c.-Western Rural.
 Wing Lee and his cousin, Joe Ice, Flint (Mich.) laundrymen, were con- verted to Christianity recently, and they feel so good that they placed $6O memorial window in the Baptist Church there.
 Boston, since 1880, has increased in population about 400 per cent During that time Congregationalism has i'm creased 250 per cent, the Baptists 475 per cent and the Episcopalians 1000 per cent
 At some of the ceremonies of com mencement week at Bryn Mawr College tho students wore academic costumes, the blondes choosing Q white gown and mortar board and the brunettes yellow. The college colors are white and yell low.
 At the late commencement exer- cises of the graduating class of forty four students from the Chicago Theolog- ical Seminary (CongregationaN, of the ten orations delivered one was in Danish, one in Swedish and one in | German.
 Bishop Hurst of the Methodist church, intends making a trip to Europe for the purpose of visiting the principal universities of Great Britain and the continent, and the securing of plans and ideas for the proposed Methodist University at Washington. The United Presbyterian church | has conformed its statistical inquiry this year to the schedule of the Census Office. It reports s65 congregations, lo8. 931 church-members, S15 churches with seating capacity of 263, sos, and | valued at S5, 036, 764.
 A clergyman in Somerville, Mass, has come to understand the misfortune of prosperity. His church recently re- ceived fine homestead by will and de- manded that he should occupy it. On his part he explained that on his salary he couldn't live up to the level of such an establishment, and the upshot of it Is that he has resigned and is looking | for a poorer church where he can afford | to live.-Iartford Courant The minister is not to ignore social questions; neither is he called upon to solve them. He is simply called upon to elucidate clearly and apply fearless ly these great moral principles which and which, applied, will solve all problems and bring at last the organiza- ton of society and industry into con formity with the principles of righteous ness, justice and brotherly love- Christian Union.
 An interesting contest has taken place in a north London collegiate school for girls between two factions which have been actively divided on the question of corset-wearing. Argu- ments and discussions simply added fuel to the flame, and it was finally decided | to settle the discussion by an athletic | contest, consisting of a high leap, a | tug-of-war and foot-race. There were sixteen competitors, eight of whom were laced into whalebone girdles, and eight wore simple blouses. The non- corset faction were easily victors, their l champion distancing all rivals with a l leap of twelve feet.