The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
SCHOOL Ar.0 CHURCH.


The jesuit order has total mem
bership Of 1890 divided into y prov
inces.
Yale college has become residuarT
legatee oi onc-tourt3 of the large estate
of Mrs. Miriam A. Osborne
The assets of the Baptist university
Of Chicago. founded by the society Hlth
ST., 200. 0Do. now amount to Sc, 900
Five lurhian students, whose ex'
penses will i,r betrayed by the sultan
have arrived at the university OF Berlin
-AIichigaa university at Ann Arbor,
proposes to Aave women professors and
lecturers, ana the legislature seems
quite willing that it should be 50.
Rev A. w. niaz the apostle OF
Cuba" reports churches with l,9l7
members; ba, tized the past year, 210;
Sunday -schco !. =; scholars have aver
aged attendance Of $50 every sunday.
There are B church buildings.
Arthur Latham Perry, tho veteran
political economist, has resigned from
his professor5hip a5 Williams college
where he was an instructor f3r thirty
eight years. Generations Of Williams
students haze kindly regard Tor the
old professor whose quaint classroom
methods are cherished among the rem
iniscences Of berkshire college life
The report for the year OF the Con-
necticut Bible society states that some
fifteen or more towns have been visited,
and many families destitute OF the Bible
supplied. Some Of the feeble churches
have been helped by being spirtually
revived and increased IN membership,
many in some places giving good evi-
dence Of having entered on Il Christian
life, Outside of legacies the society has
| received S4, 35T. more than from the same
source the preceding year.
1t is an interesting fact that of the
345 colleges and universities reporting
to the bureau OF education at Washing
ton 204 are co-educationai The same
may be said Of thirtyeight out of forty
eight schools Of science endowed by
Irrational land grants. Women at pres
ant constitute fifty-fye per cent. of the
undergraduates in this country Welles-
lev college has an endowment Of 81. 50O,-
300, Brvn Mawr Of 81, ,00o, 00o, Fassar of
81 200, coo and Smith of S400 900. Uni
versitv Magazine.
Harvard college will open school
Of pedagogy next year. Fifteen dis
| ttnct courses will be open 70 students
who comply with the requirements for
admission A newly-appointed pro-
lessor. Paul H. Hanus will have
charge of the school Prof. William
James will lecture on the psychological
problems involved. Harvard has just
opened its Semitic museum. which is
| probably the first distinctly SEMITIC
| museum in the world. 1t represc nts
| ,he liberalitv OF wealthy Hebrew of
| New York. Mr Jacob Scriff.
"A young MrssuImau girl was
brought into a missionary home in
Hamadan. Persia. rs seamstress. and,
| becoming interested in seeing other girls
read. appalled, herself for admission to
| The school. Her fanily and friends
nearing OF ii forced her 80 leave, but not
until the Isibic had become familiar to
ner. A Young man, who mad remained
unmarried because he coa4d not End n
Christian waSe heard CT her, and
through friends. according to Persian
ustOm mar~fage was arranged. The
ceremony was first performed in Persian
stvle, but attermard the coFple came to
he MISSIONARY home and were nr1t-
led in Christian fnrta.