The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-25

.iladelphia now proposes to furnish
ie MONDAY lunch to the pupils in it.
dblic schools.
There are said to be 10, 900 children /,
Chicago unable to attend school becaust
OF insufficient clothing.
The New York Recorder saws Massn
chusetts proposes introducing the type
writer into the public schools.
The annual cost Of education in the
public schools Of the United States is
Slb,5l for each pupil in attendance.
In some Of our colleges number Of
young men are taking to study as a re.
llef from the monotony of athletics
Boston Transcript.
A Smith county. kan., school teacher
has been employed for an eight months
term on condition that she will not
marry during that time.
Oxford University, England, has ex.
pressed Its willingness to send an s Dared
crew to the Worlds Fair, provided a
competition can be arranged with Amer
lean college crews.
xissfe'---t--e isssnf 49, l,.ai, -
Club, under the instruction Of one of H. NJ,
sargents pupils, and New Orleans hos
q large gymnasium in conntction Will
its Woman's Club. "i'n
ne unnamed Eastern philantbro
p gwen $4,000 toward a library
fuah q the Colorado College at Colorado
Springs. OfNthis $50, 900 will he ax
pended on a building, and $4,000 for
books. 'e'
The school for the boys Of the Anacba
tribe, at Mount Vernon barracks IL
Alabama, is q success. The Anacha
boys theras,g.1e taught to sneak the
fngIiab ,tIr Iau,ra r'age and to give up all The M
ways OF savagery.
The new Chicago University on oNns rs,
and worth $2,000,o00, and has an en-
iowment OF ~ 100000, but little money
o put up buildings. The trustees have
ssled I call for subscriptions Of 81 ,O0O.-
100 for this purpose.
Advices have been received from
ietfe, Sweden, under date of November
itn, that the Parliament Of that coun-
ry has just passed temperance Edu-
alton law that in all the public schools {
! sweden instruction shall be given re- {
arding the nature and effects OF alcohol.
NO less eminent authority than Sir
William Gull Of Great Britain has said !
nat the benefit derived from univer- t
lty education, such as girls get at Newn-
am ana Glrt0n, makes them and their
nlldren stronger and healthier. Also 4
latthe percentage ofchildless marriages c
less with the educated women. and
le percentage Of children that survive n
lfancy is larger. !, i
Most satisfactory reports are to hand |
ON secretaries Of Chautauqua circles
different parts Of California, also from v
RECON and Nevada. The system OF Ii
,pular self-education outlined BY the h
euity at Chautaugua, N. Y, has be-
me pretty well understood by the peo. "
e, Il has brought happiness and in 4,
rest to many firesides in homes attn. n
ed tar from the centers Of population
IN the mountains, along the seashore :.
ID scattered through the farming Sec :
ons OF the coast. The studies during ~ ~
g present year are devoted almost ex- -
nslyely to American subjects, a fact
1ich popularizas it with many who 81
Ok little interest in the method before in
is well-reeognized fact that the peo. W
know too little about their own
untry. All those who pursue the
nrse this winter will find themselves ~ "
xt year in the possession OF informa- ~ y
N they never dreamed Of before. In ~
? Francisco the course Of free popular
tures inaugurated year ago has been re-
ltlnued, and every event draws out tn
&c audience. Recent information an
m the Eastern headquarters is to the tn
sct that more persons are pursuing
readings this year than ever before, Nj
that even in foreign countries there tn
growing interest in the Chautauqua rel
tenn uii