New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-09
ROUND LAKE WORK.
IMPORTANT NEW FEATURES ADDED.


MINISTER'S INsTITUTE-ART scHooL-rHE MAN
AGEMENT.
Round Lake, Aug (Speciar.-One important
| growth of the present session of the theological
schools here been the permanent establishment of
a Minister'S Institute. Until this summer ministers
institute has been sort Of annex to the Sunday
School Assembly. but under the dominant influence 81
Bishop Newman this gear and by his personal exer-
lions the Ministers Institute has become q chief
feature which bis discourse on practical homletics
has even rendered popular and interesting TO laymen
as well as students and ministers. Probably fifty
morn students and ministers have been accustomed to
attend here during two or three weeks vacation to
hear disquisltlons Hebrew Greek and the English
translation Of tho Bible but not until this year have
they encountered the very practical lessons which the
Bishop has instituted 1t was out CT these that grew
the desire for an extension of the system. and on
| Wednesday the Bishop, Drs. ButtZ and Strong, the
eminent Greek and Hebrew scholars; DR.. Griffin, the
president of Round Lake, and Others Of the ministers
among the trustees, got together and drew mp plan
Of permanent Minister'S Institute. 1t is 10 be called
the Drew Minister'S Institute, in honor Of the theo-
| logical seminary from which Drs. BUTTE and Strong
came and 1t Will include eight departments including
the study Of the sacred languages sacred archaeology
sacred law sacred elOqumoe and practical hometics,
and will IN future be a regular annual feature Of the
| Round Lake summer school 1t Is proposed to OBJ
tain the most thorough instruction in these depart
mens. Bishop Foster is expected TO take part in the
| general scheme, and Bishop Newman will conduct
the department of ecclesiastical law Another part Of
this programme is a system of honors TO the young
J ministers attending under which those highest in
their studies shall be chosen for what Is deemed q
| very great honor as well A very ordeal-to
| deliver a sermon in the auditorium.
| Bishop John p. Newman is well known throughout
the Nation, but those only who have sat under his
mInistrations or have had the pleasure Of his per
| soDa kpoNU
of the man, the learning, the zeal, the executive
ability In a meeting Last Sunday he brought an
immense congregation and fully fifty ministers TO their
feet while the ministers alone were required To sing
the impressive old hymn. Is II Well with My Soul :"
and to express in Scrptural text how they feel 1t to
be with them.
Another feature of Round Lake which viii be i'm
proved next season, although It Is in admirable
condition. will be the art school, Professor William j.
Baer, of New York. closed his term here for this year
On Friday. lie will visit Munich during tba winter
and return TO his school here again next summer, with
the purpose, heartily seconded by the trustees Of
making this centre of summer art instruction. The
natural scenery in the neghborhood is of the most
varied character and full Of historical interest," and
next year system OF straw rides and blackboard con-
veyances will be established 70 convey the art students
wherever necessary TO find some especially desired
cogn OF vantage The head winters OF the Hudson
present their dashing currents, tortured into foam by
OF IOChy lSldnus, CdpcS
on one hand and the calm sislver ribbon of the Erie
Canal, esteemed wrongly the most prosac Of artf-
cia Institutions, winds In beauty through most delicious
wales under archlng oaks and Gins and along the
edges Of delightful little hamlets the other hand
and each but a few miles away Professor Daer is
himself engaged at present canal scene, which he
is TO cntit!e Dolce far nicnte' which denenates one
of the most picturesque paris OF the Erie Canal In
addition To these natural advantages. the West Mu
scum with art gallery that IS second In equipment
only to those in the greatest cities, and with spacious
verandng Offering shelter and view IN stormy weather.
presents chance at indoor or rainy-day study That
cannot be surpassed IN any summer school In lle
state. larger lis OF art lectures Will also DO ar
ranged for although there number Of excellent
discOurses by such technical masters as Louis Frazer
Mrs H. O. FaTrar, and Professor Ijacr himself dnrlug
the session Just passed. Among the pupils In Mr.
Baer's class this summer were q number from New
York and Brooklyn; were advanced and some
only vet I'm the rudiments, but all Showed great
Improvement and expressed themselves as anxious
10 continue their studies next year. 49, - ,,
The executive management OF TINS large uoUIdlni
with population IN II OF $500, Is In the hands OF
John d. Rogers-9 captain who earned honors at
1Tctfvsburp-Who has been superintendent for over
seventeen years, from the time the grounds were 9-
cupied only by c9mp-meeting tents Ills duties are
diversified lie Keeps the peace superintendS repairs,
cleaning LAYING out Of new parks and lots, enforces
the regulations prepares the halls for coming exercises
and IS nothing lOath 10 lead In hymn or To- eXhort
The captains efficiency In the school on the ponce,
having served as q police officer IN Troy for number
bv rendering it unknown thing 10 find tramp or
n disrsputable character In Round Lake. 70 MN Is
dine also the cleanliness of the grounds which with
tho excellent sewage and drainage system approved
Somr pnes-trces Of healing" has made the place so
heathfnl that in two years except by accident there
have been only six deaths, and of these ali were OF very
old people.