Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Washington and Lee university has graduated thirty-seven governors, eight United States senators and thirty-one college presidents.
 pr. E. P. Goodwin, of Chicago, who has recently had his quarter century anniversary, has received in twenty five years 1,6s3 members by letter and 1,6S2 by confession, 3,S65 in all.
 Mrs. Lyme Stephens is the only woman who has ever presented ca thedral to religious community. It stands at Cambridge, England, is dedi- cated to Roman Catholic worship and cost S400,000.
 President Gilman, of the Johns Hop kins university, makes plea for en- dowments for medical and electricity schools, and funds for the erection of building in which to store the geolog- ical and mineralogical collection and for scholarships.
 The Presbyterians have contributed toward the establishment of the Meth odist university at Washington as much as the Methodists have, while the total contributions from all other denomina- tions is not equal to that received from the Presbyterians.
 The Newark and New Jersey Meth odist conferences have adopted strong resolutions with reference to the race track bills, branding with ''infamy those members of the legislature who voted for those most infamous laws" and promising support only to those candidates next fall who pledge them selves to repeal those laws.
 Rev. Hiram Brigham, who for thir ty-four years has been laboring among the natives of the Gilbert islands, had the satisfaction of seeing the printing of Bible, in the language of the Gil bert islanders, in the composing and press rooms of the American Bible so- cietY. He began the translation of the Bible for the benefit of the people in 1853.
 -Congregationalists and Presbyteri- ans in Canada are earnestly considering proposals which look toward an ulti- mate union of the two churches. The proposition comes from the Congrega- tionalists in Ontario, and was presented to the Toronto presbytery. The paper was signed by eleven representatives of the Congregational churches. It con- templates corporate union, and is ex- ceedingly friendly in tone. Yale, in the new revision of its course, has added very greatly to it's list of electives. The number of courses offered in the prospectus of 1893 and 1894 is 147, against :12s last year and 12O the year before. Of these are IS in phi losophy, in political science and law, 10 in history, 24 in modern languages, 12 in English literature, % in ancient languages, 10 in biblical literature, in the fine arts, 20 in physical science, 8 in music. The longest increase is in the natural and physical sciences.
 It is reported from Rome that the pope has just completed an examina- tion of the question of the study of the Scriptures, having devoted inquiry es- pecially to the diverse opinions of sa- wants on great biblical questions. It is said that he will indite letter to bishops requesting them to enjoin upon | their focks a more profound study of the Scriptures and a larger place in the schools for the study and critical ex- planation of hermeneutics. He urges the necessity of keeping in the track of modern progress and discovery in order to adapt Catholicism to the needs of the | lay.
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