Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The last census of New Zealand re-
veals the interesting fact of pro-
fession of religion on the part of no
less than 95 per cent of the whole popu.
lation.
According to the summary pre-.
sented to the general oassemblY at Sara
toga the Presbyterian church increased
its membership last year by more than
100000.
Northwestern University, at Evans
ton, Ill, has property to the net amount
of So, $50, 900. Over four hundred stu
dents have been enrolled during the
past year.
Harvard University is to provide
next year for systematic course of
lectures on the laws, the literature, the
CUSTOMS the life of the Hebrew people;
this is to say, course of lectures on
the Bible.
"A church was put up for sale the
other day by the French colony of
Madrid. All tho church decorations,
such as altar cloths, priests robes, and
Roiu anu oilNCl 'Ooocio, WSIo iholuuou
in the sale.
The University of Pennsylvania is
about to establish school of architect
ure. We presume it will be better
than any thing of the kind now existing
in this country, for if it is not there can
be no reason for starting it.
Christian Endeavor societies exist
in every State and Territory in the
Union, and in every English speaking
land in the world. In all there are
II, O13 societies with go, 900 members,
gain of q. 341 societies and 1856, 900 men,
bers in eleven months
In England, out of $4,000 certificat-
ed masters in elementary schools last
year, 1900 between $1,000 and $1,000.
Many have residences provided. OF 49,
600 ceruficated ladies, 1000 receive $500.
Twenty-eight thousand receive less
than $500; 49, 600 less than 1915 year,
and 10, 600 about $3.50 year.
The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety, during the eighty-one years of its
history, issued from it's London depos-
itory alone $4,000, 600 complete copies of
the Bible, SO, 100000 Testaments and
nearly IL, 600, 900 portions of the Bible;
total of $4,000, 900, or nearly 1000, 900
a year, or enough to furnish every
twentieth inhabitant Of the globe
The University of Berlin, with its
5000 students and scores of famous
professors, has capital of but $3.50, 600.
Its largest endowment that of the
Countess Bose, is only $3.50, 900. Never
theless, it is the seat of the highest
German learning, and claims to have
the ablest corps of instructors of all
the worlds schools. -Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The University of Trinity College,
Toronto has made a considerable SEN
sation in England by claiming the right
by its charter to grant degrees in all
parts of the British empire. There is
an indignant protest in the old country,
and demand that if the Toronto Uni
versity has shadow of right to such
power it should be deprived of it i'm
medately.
The Presbyterians of the United
Presbyterian church are voting on two
overtures, one allowing theological
students to be licensed at the end of the
second year, and the other refusing
licensure to any student and installa-
ton to any elder who uses tobacco in
anv form II ic snid that tho formar
overture has been answered over
whelmingly in the affirmative, and that
the presbyteries are nearly evenly di-
vided in regard to the second question.
Christian at Work.
The people of Boston have free ac-
cess to about 1000, 900 books in the diff
ferent public and semi-public libraries.
There are half million volumes in the
City Public Library and its branches,
another half a million volumes in the
Harvard, Athen@um and State libra
ries, and fully million in semi-public
and other libraries. 1t is estimated by
c. w, Ernst, Mayor Harris secretary,
that there is an average of fifty vol
umes to each occupied dwelling house
in the city, According to the census OF
1885, there were, in the libraries oil
| Massachusetts,, over A, 500, 900 bound vol
umes, about 1900. 600 pamphlets, and
$4,000 manuscripts.