The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Methodists are jubilant over
the fact that their missionary society is
free from debt for the first time in
twenty-five years.
Rigid examination OF the applicants
for certificates TO teach in Willis, Tex.
has resulted in the idleness OF half the
schools Of the county.
Railway schools for children OF
railway employees are maintained by
the railway companies in India, at
very small expense to the pupils.
"A census Of church goers in Liver
pool shows q falling of in ten years,
though churches providing $4,000 new
sittings have been built in that time.
There is at Baltimore, Ireland. q
fishing school where boys receive in
struction in all branches Of sea fisher
mans work. and in such allied indus
tries as net-making. bodybuilding.
cooperage and sail-making.
Spencer Trask, of Brooklyn. gives
10 Princeton $4,000, the interest upon
which is to be used in securing at
Princeton the presence Of men distin-
guished in art and letters. Sir Edwin
Arnold will inaugurate the series of
lectures.
A project for the introduction Of q
university course in Boston's public
school system is before the Boston
board OF aldermen. It provides that
the course shall be free to such scholars
IS exhibit the necessary proficiency.
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borne by the city. 1t is not unlike edu-
:ational schemes that exist in France
and Germany.
The Modern Language club is per-
haps the youngest, but by no means the
least, important organization at Yale.
It was formed through the efforts Of
Prof. Gruener, and has for its OBJ
iect the convention Of persons inter-
ested in the study Of modern languages
Yale men and male residents Of New
Haven interested in such work are
eligible to membership.
bishop Brooks. of Massachusetts,,
Il appears, has had more predecessors
than any other bishop in America II
Is said that the Catholic Bishop Eric. Of
Greenland. resigned his see in that
.ountry in the year 1871 to come to
the Morse settlement at Boston and
minister to the people, who were Cath
Dlics, and of considerable number. Other
priests and missionaries followed him
long before Christopher Columbus saw
America.
According to the Journal Of the pro.
seedlings Of the Thirteenth general
.ouncil Of the Reformed Episcopal
church, recently issued by Mr.. Charles
D. Kellogg. its efficient secretary. the
present status Of the church is: Par.
shes and missions, Ill; communicates.
1859; bishops and clergy. lis; Sunday
school teachers and scholars. 12.820;
Sunday-school contributions. SO, 467;
total contributions for one year. $l92.-
1877; total value of property and cndow-
nents. si,2s4.7is.
Prince Damrong, the brother Of the
king Of Siam, who Is at present in Paris
says he thinks the missionaries in his
country put the cart before the horse.
They begin, he says, by preaching that
al the Siamese know and all their be-
lief in buddhism are entirely false, and
hat the only truth il the faith which
:hey profound. Then. after prejudicing
The people against them in this way.
hey establish schools and do some good
work. He thinks they ought to begin
By opening schools and performing
,ther helpful service which the people
.an appreciate, and then enlighten the
public as to their tenets; and while ex-
planning their faith they should not ut
erly condemn buddhism. but should
teach what is good in Christianity with
,ut condemning what is good in the
native faith