St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-02-14
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

We learn from ''The Alfred Uni.
versity" that tho class Of 1890 Is the
largest in tho history Of that institu.
t1on. 1t now numbers over forty.
Although only i've years In exist
ence, tho Teachers Mutual Benefit As
sociation Of New York Is already pa =.
ing annuities to forty-soven OF its mem
bers from . fund Of $50 900. collected
BY contributions and the laying OF
eighty per cent Of the dues Of the mem
bers.
I'm connection with the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church at Fort Worth,
Tex. is maintained "Bethel." Rooms
arc kept open night and day with plenty
Of good reading matter. and Sunday
school. made up Of waits and others
gathered from tho street. numbers from
eighty to one hundred.
Tho nrst gymnasium or college for
women in Rome ID TO be opened the Arst
of April. 1891. This IL in accordance
with the order Of the Cultus Minister
Boselli Tho grade and character Of
the new institution Is to that OF the
technical schools. and the object is to
enable young women to prepare them-
selves to enter the universities
Colonel Ingersoll predicted ton years
ago that BY this time two theatsrs would
bc built for one churah. Chaplain Nc
Cabe, Of the Methodist persuasion. 70
minded him Of It the other day. saying:
''The time is up. The Methodists are
now building four churches every day,
one every six hours Please venture IN.
other prediction for the year 1900"
Tho "Chronicle-Argonau Of Ann
Arbor University, makes note Of the
tact that % lilo per cont Of al tho
students in the literary department OF
that institution last year were women,
and that they formed II lilo per cont
Of the whole number Of students on
rolled in the university. Coeducation
is manifcstly success in the University
of Michigan.
The teacher Of English" says the
Journal Of Education, has two things
70 do-to teach his pupils to read and
to write their native tongue. This 10
true OF all grades from the primary
school to the university" This may
seem like very commonplace remark.
but IL is not in view Of certain recent
in this country. tho utter
Ance is full Of significance.
The English Church Missionary So
:iety is showing an awakened. aggres-
live spirit One Of the aims 1t has set
before IL is the sending out Of ono thou
Band now missionaries In the next i've
,r six yeara The proposal involves the
Of new kinds Of lsborers
into the work: (D That evangelists
,hould be sent into the mission folds In
groups each group being associated
andera leader. (2) That the services Of
ay-workers should be used much moro
han hitherto. (S) That mechanics and
men and women whose hearts
God has touched should form parts OF
.hese groups.
MIR. Henry NJ Stanley. who is - !
authority as any other, says
Il Mohammedanism in Africa: Il |
,hould say that Mohammedanism Is de- |
.reasing very fast ] do not think there |!
. any possibility Of Mohammedanism J
,ver raising its head again in East Cen |
raj Africa, and. IS for the west Of J
Africa-well. know enough Of what is
there. only can not tell 1t
n public. But can tell you sufficient
y this: I will guarantee there will not
70 Mohammedan south Of the equator
n the whole of Central Africa within
I've years from now. That is something
Iained surely II We can drive them north
4 the equator"