The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Mr.. David Pcll Secor, OF Fridge.
port, Conn, has purchased for The Lee
land Stanford, Jr., university, Cal,
the large and celebrated hcrbarium OF
the late distinguished botanis.. Prof.
William Henry Harvey. of Trinity col
lege, Dublin.
The perambulating chapel which
the Eartists lave had built Is great
success. II il attended not only by the
jewellers Of the prairie towns in the
northwest, but Ivy the train hands and
passengers upon trains To which, it is
attached.
Charles j. Carcn. now master OF the
Boston Latin school. and for forty years
teacher there, says that in the days
when Phillips Brooks and Edward
Everett Hale were pupils there boys
had to commit to memory the entire
Greek and Latin granmais.
Twenty five years ago the study OF
perspective was thought by the large
majority 10 be entirely beyond the
strength of the feminine mind. To.
day perspective is taught 10 children in
the public schools. without stopping to
discuss the difference in mind.
The population of the Fiji islands
is estimated at 1885, 900. OF these 1903. IT'S
attend the services OF the Wesleyan
churches, and about 10000 are Ca.ho.
lies. There are 10000 children in the
schools under the care Of 1905 teach.
ers; and there are 10 European mission
aries. ~ native ministers, 10 catechists.
1,s3s local preachers.
In 1852 Harvard graduated a elias.
OF nine members. A hundred years later
the graduating class numbered twenty
four. A century later yet the mum Der
had doubled again. and in 1860 Harvard
graduated her first-class OF 100 MEM
bers. Twenty years later the classes
had more than doubled again. and now
the entering class of this year more
than quadruplcs that number.
Mrs. Leila Robinson Sawtelle. au-
thor Of Law Made Easy and Law
OF Husband and Wife," provided by her
will that in case her husband should
not survive her, and she left no kin
within the statutes of distribution of
Massachusetts. her entire property
should 60 to establish free scholarships
for women at the Boston University
law school.
The German emperor in his c;.pac-
i,y as Summus Episcopns of the
Evangelical church of Prussia has
sent each Of the provincial supcrin-
tendcnts of the Protestant church Of
the state. OF which there are twelve, a
golden cross with the orders that these
shall be worn attached to black rib
bon. rs an insignia Of their office, on all
official occasions, especially when they
appear at court or conduct services in
the presence Of the emperor or men,
beers of the royal house.
The list of October brought with
ii a most radical innovation in the edu-
cational policy of France. namely, the
secularization of the boys
The law of 1885 DEGREES that
within five years from October. 1856,
this must be accomplished. Steady ef-
forts have been made in this direction
Nil along, and in 1890 of So, 900 teachers
in these schools only l,ala were Of the
clerical orders. The law of 1856 de-
crees that similar change must be
made in the girls schools as sufficient
number Of secular lady teachers can be
secured to take the place of the sisters.
As yet of the $4,000 lady teachers in
France II 900 are sisters