The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
I SCHOOL AND CHURCH. W1


The declared Wesleyans In the En-
glish army and navy number 1928.
The church membership is 1882.
The Methodists are jubiant over
the fact that their missionary society Is
free from debt for tho first time In
twenty-five years.
Rigid examination of the applicants
for certificates to teach in Willis. Tex,
has resulted in the idIeness of half the
schools Of the county.
Railway schools for children Of
railway employees are maintained by
Che railway companies In India, at q
very small expense 10 the pupils
"A census Of church goers in Liver
pool shows q falling off in ten years,
though churches providing 1900 new
sittings have been built IN that time.
There is at Baltimore. Ireland, a
fishing school where boys receive in
Btruction 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
TO Princeton $40, oo0 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
university course in Boston's public
school system is before the Boston
board of aldermen. 1t provides that
the course shall be free to such scholars
as exhibit the necessary proficiency
and that all the expense of it shall be
borne by the city. 1t is not unlike edu-
cational 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.
1t was formed through the efforts OF
Prof. Gruener, and has for its OBJ.
ject the convention of persons inter-
ested ia 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,
St appears, has had more predecessors
than any other bishop in America. 1t
is said that the Catholic Bishop Eric, of
Greenland, resigned his see in that
country In the year 1921 to come to
the Morse settlement az Boston and
minister to the people, who were Cath
elics, and of considerable num!eer. Other
priests and missionaries followed him
long before Christopher Columbus saw
America
According to the Journal of the pro-
ceedings of the Thirteenth general
council of the Reformed Episcopal
church, recently issued by Mr.. Charles
d. Kellogg, its efficient secretary, the
present status of the church iss Par
shes and missions, lii; communicates,
a,96s; bishops and clergy, lis; Sunday
school teachers and scholars, IL, $40;
6unday-school contributions, $40, 467;
total contributions for one year, S199..
1877; total value of property and endow.
ments, s1.954712
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
all the Siamese know and all their be-
lief in buddhism are entirely false, and
that the only truth is the faith which
bhey profound Then, after prejudicing
the people against them in this way,
they establish schools and do some good
work. He thinks they ought to begin
by opening schools and performing
DtheF helpful service which the people
ran appreciate, and then enlighten the
public as to their tenets; and while ex-
planning their faith they should not ut
terly condemn buddhism, but should
teach what is good in Christianity with
put condemning what is good in the
native faith.