The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH..

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The Baptists of this county gave
s13, 90T AIS into the treasures of their
churches last year.
AT the university of Wisconsin, the
outline of the state has been adopted
as the official design for a university
pin. !.
One of the laws of a newly-formed
Zulu church in Africa is: mo member
shall be permitted to drink the white
mans grog."
The Free Baptists have in their
twelve denominational schools 2.115
students. $50 Of whom are studying for
the ministry.
Eight hundred Americans are said
to be pursuing studies at the university
of Berlin out of three thousand enrolled
at that institution.
There are now 1850 Christian con-
gregations in Madagascar. The Roman
Catholics began work there in 1916, but
not a trace is now left of their labors-
Mrs. Linden Kent, of Washington,
has given the university of Virginia
500, 900 TO endow q chair of English
literature. Her husband was a distin-
guished graduate of the university.
The Living Church says hat in the
Episcopal church out of a total num-
Der of communicates OF So, 054 in the
United States, less than 1000 take q
church journal giving general news of
the church's thought and work"
-Afghanistan has 5000, 900 of popu-
lation and no missionary; India, one
missionary to 275, 900; Persia, ! to 30O,-
600: Thibet, ! to 1000, 900. If 40, 200
missionaries were sen to India there
would still be only one to every so, 900.
The presidents Of the following
colleges are graduates of Yale: Yale
university. Johns Hopkins university,
Rutgers college, university Of Mime
sofa, Pennsylvania state college, Beloit
college, Atlanta university, Tulane uni
versity, Southern university and Doane
college.
Chicago University has abolished
the examination system in the gradu-
ate school and the university colleges
This is to take effect the present quar-
ter, and the deans have sent instruc-
tons to the teachers to that effect. An
instructor may or may not give an ex-
animation as he pleases; but the point
is that it is no longer required. Stu
dents are expected to attend the daily
recitations regularly.
The slang names applied to certain
New York churches twenty years or
more ago were thought then to be
rather smart, but one never hears low
of the church of the Holy Turtle, the
church of the Holy Zebra and the
church of the Holy Blowers. Perhaps
this indicates a little finer taste in the
general public. The Little Church
Around the Corner is about the only
n that keeps its ultra-religious title.
college marks, college honors, col
lege courses, college ~dsgrees-all these
things belong, with the college cap and
gown and laurel berries, to the baby
hood Of culture. They are part of our
inheritance from the past, from the
time when scholarship was not man
hood, when the life of the student had
no relation to the life of the world"
So says President Jordan of Leland
Stanford university.
An interesting report has recently
been published in reference to the cost
of new churches and the restoration OF
old churches in England during the
years 1s7s'91. During these eighteen
years England and Wales alone ex-
pended for this purpose $40, 500, 900. OF
this sum 81, $50, 900 have been put into
church buildings in London, and almost
the same amount in Manchester. The
enormous su m of nearly s17. 0O0, 900 was
given as volunteer offerings; the rest
was voted by the government.