St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-28

Richard G. Moulton, Of Cambedg>
University, England, il in this country
studying our institutions.
The average Wellesley College girl
weighs ll9H pounds, and b tribe owe,
five feet two inches in height.
Columbia College has landed estate
Of about twenty acres in the best part
Of New York City, worth now 90. ooo..
900. and likely TO double in value In the
next decade.
There is . Young Peoples Society
Of Christian Endeavor In the Wisconsin
State prison, which has moro than .
hundred members, and Is doing good
work.-Boston Journal.
The Board of Education Of Denver,
Col, has directed the school principals
Of that city to hy the Nstional dag on
the schools on fifteen days Of the year,
including the legal holidays
The fund voluntarily contributed
and bequeathed in the British Isles 70
the work of foreign missions for 1850
was q, 500, 900. Of which more than half
was given by the members Of the church
Of England.
The receipts Of the board Of foreign
missions Of the Presbyterian church for
the month ended the LIST of November,
amounts to ss00, ,194. . gain Of %, 7sS
over the receipts of the same period Of
the previous year.
We know personally, says the
Educational News, one county east Of
the Allegheny mountains in which
there are forty teachers ''boarding
and many of them receive not
more than &ls . month. OF those who
board themselves, many receive but S21
D month.
According to IN Official report the
of orthodox cloisters in Russia
is 67s, namely-4s9 monasteries and e04
The former control 90
Bishops houses, 4 cathedrals. 4o5 clois-
Ter buildings. The total number Of
monks Is $3.50; of nuns, $3.50; Of male
novices, All; of females, 16,6s5.
Mount Holyoke College has just e.
tablished . literary course, coordinate
with its classical and scientific courses.
Teachers students desiring to pursue
heir special branches are admitted 70
he regular werk in the study chosen.
There are already about seventy-five
in the college classes, though
{ is little more than two years since
he new charter was obtained.
Rev. DR.. e. p. Thwing, writing In
The University Magazine" on japanese
alludes to their wonderful
,ower Of memorizing. II heard of. one
Japanese student" he says, "who COM
nitted to memory seven chapters Of
ogarithms, and would have done moro
\ the same line II he had been allowed
o. The modern curriculum. while it
till gives up large portion Of time 10
he laborious memorizin9 Of Chinese
includes philosophy, mod
IN science and other studies that !
roaden all the faculties. It il said 5O,-
90 copies of American school books are |
1troduced into the government schools i
very year."
The Boston Journal Of Education
~ IN interesting article on the pro-
ortionatc number Of men and women
mployed ~ principals in city schools.
'oston heads the list with Afty-three
hen and one woman. Newark has If
zen men and no women. Cleveland
eads the other list with thirty women
nd no men. St. Louis II tho most
venly divided, with thirty-five men ana
wenty-three women. Chicago has forty
len and eight women. Minneapolis
to rival Cleveland, having but
,ur men and twenty-five women. New
[aven has eight men and two women;
'avenport, seven men 70 two women(
all River. two men to Ave women,
lille Portland, Me-. has three TO four