The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

-Amcricn hno tu euucati0 maj lhHfi'
susions with the right " conier de.
grees
Vienna university had ] last term
4 Sog regular and ISL irrcg uar stn-
dents: rae young men were there 70
study medicine. and 2l0 70 study the
oiogy.
Mrs. Charlotte H. Richn rdson IA al
left thirty thousand dollars To the NJ zas
sachusctts Instit nte ~ Technology, he
income 10 60 to the departm ent Of in
dustrial chemistry
Herman pro fcssors and uniyersi ~
their great dissa tisiaction At tn q kaiss- RS
ridiculous advocacy OF dueling in Z he
large increase OF duels-
The university Of Upsala- IN S,~e.
den. during the present term hasan at
tendance Of i,05S. OF these :e54 are in
the theological department . 40 in he
philosophical. 443 in the law, sand III in
the medical.
harvard has decided 10 count We rk
done in the sum rner schools a : wgul ar
term work for thea. IL. degree This
makes the summer scho ols am integral
part Of the universal This cpnccssi on
makes il easier to get "A degree in three
years
There are forty-fye lutheran
churches in Ih iladel phia. Only one
other city in the country has more tn al
i Chicago. with sxty-three Next saf-
ter Philadelphia comes Baltin ore, y III
thirty-three. while New York has on ~
twenty-five.
"A Baptist m visionary tells Of .37l
persons being baptized in one place, Bc
tween the hours OF $50 and q p M. by
three ministers. This is an a verage Of
more than one n undred TO the hour Tor
each officiating baptizcr-mor tn an
three in every two min utes.
The university OF Pen nsylva n ia
talks Of lengthe ming its medical con r-Se
10 four years This ca lis for s.nendo w
nent fund Of two hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars. TO " hich on ccrts in
conditions. Provost William Pepper is
willing to subscr ibc fifty thou sand q ol.
lars.
Harvard has enriched its RESOURCES
by addition Of "a Semitic mr1 scum. It's
collection the gift Of Jacob >chf. Of
New York. II is composed Of orgina Is
photographs and plaster casts Among
the originals are clay tablets With
records dating "a far back as .aoO u. o..
Babylonian and Assyrian seal ; curio ms
ly carved. and manuscripts Syriac
Arabic and Hebrew
The London board Of education IN
appointed six women. at sala ny Of fsou
hundred dollars each. 20 visI schools
Heretofore lady visitors have been reg
ularly employed. but without cmuner
alton, the position being honorary. II he
visitors will BE- expected to put in as
many hours work as the teac hers "A nd
70 furnish weekly reports to The boa rd
accounting for every hour of serv j &C
during the scssion.-SchoolJ o urnal.
The Catholic missions i'm BENGAL
under the conduct Of the Belgian Jesn its
have been very successful Commanding
in 1881, the first year for which, We havc
exact figures. We find the converts
Amounted 70 10. No. In 1855 their mum
hers And increaned 10 2O,0oo, andin 4 8se
these hnd advanc& To 5s,?s1- In ISL
. bapxkp}s numbered 35sy in 1854 they
"A ktreased to s,s71. while i'm 1855 tlhey
ached The total Of $1,000 Chicago
lines
Prof. Harper states that The bui nd
ing fund Of the new Chicago university
has been enlarged recently by 500. ooo'
making y total Of 81. 100000. In at1di-
tion 70 its building fund is I me endpw.
ment fund Of 81. 100000 for tine support
81 professors scholarships. etc. a he
trustees have decided 70 pure hasc addi-
tional land. The Morgan park theo.
logical school is-tobc rnadca f,ar Of The
university. The erection Of buildings
for the acadcmical dcpartme mt will be
begun at once. ssnd the classical, SCI cn-
tific and theolog zeal de- partmc ntswiil b
open in 1892.