The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-09-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

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The Methodist church will have a
new university in Washington, D. c., ii
present plans are realized.
The Supreme Court of California
mas decided that colored children can
not be excluded from the public schools
OF that State on account OF their color.
The Alumni Association of Howard
University. Washington, has assumed
the support of new chair in mathemat-
les, to which one OF their number has
been elected, young man OF high at.
tsinment.
The building Of the new Protestant
church at Bethlehem. in Palestine,
which was interrupted in 1888, has now
been resumed by permission of the Sui
tan, at the special wish of the German
Empress.
Prof. Noah K. Davis, Of the Uniyer-
sity OF Virginia, says: 'Those who
speak OF State universities as IL they
ware necessarily or even generally per-
vaded by skepticism and irreligion re.
mind me of sounding brass or a tink-
ling cymbal Simply, is not true. The
~RRScAsO 40 AhOAO uodTly Iru6.
The attendance at Marietta Col
lege, Marietta, O., is increasing year
by year. There are ninety-fve In
The college classes-more than ever
before in the flfty-four years Of its
history, Fifty-six are members of
churches, of whom twenty-five are look
Ing to the ministry. One is Persian,
ntting to teach in the mission college,
Two Indians, active, religious men, are
ntting for higher service among their
people.
"A church which desired to get rid of
an aged pastor who had long served it
held . meeting to consider the matter.
After considerable discussion, one of
the deacons who had hitherto said moth
ing. getting impatient, arose and eaid:
"Mr. .Cheerman, Imove that Mr.. H--'s
usefulness in this ERE field come to an
eend arter tonight" The motion was
carried. Churches sometimes bring a
pastors usefulness to an end" without
eformal vote. 1t is easily done when
lew people set themselves to it.-Chris-
tan Inquirer.
Amherst College is making move
which will be watched with great in
terest by the other colleges. The stu
dents have placed their athletics in the
hands Of an advisory board consisting
OF ten members, made up of the profess
sors of physical education; the presi-
dents of the base ball, foot ball and ath-
letic associations; three alumni not
members Of the faculty and Frederick
b. Pratt. The two member of the fac
ulty and three alumni members will be
z apnointed by the college senate. The
athletic policy of the college and the
finances connected Herewith will be
completely controlled by the new board.
One feature which the city and the
school system should have and which
both need quite as much as they do new
schools, is school building which shall
be the center and distributing point of
all information on school matters As
there is no city in the country which has
SO great number of pupils, teachers
and school buildings, there is also no
large city which has more inadequate
means of reaching, directing or accom-
modating its teachers; Of furnishing
them with desired information on school
subjects, Of instructing them in the his
tory Of education itself, an instruction
which has become part of the necessary
4 studies Of the teacher to-day who desires
to become fully abreast with the latest
educational movements.-School.