St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The university Of Pennsylvania ha'
this year 1,784 students, which makes ]
fourth in the list of great educationa
institutions
AT St Johns church episcopal
Wilmington, Del, the Social Endeavo
club Of over handred men maintain.
. reading-room and gymnasium.
Three heroes of foreign missions-
Alexander Dun, David Livingstone and
John G. Paton-were all iineal de
scendants Of the covenanters. says DR.
Cuyler. and all belong to the old granite
formation.
Rev. Wilton NJ. Smith. in nd.
dressing the Young Mems Christian as
sociation At its anniversary meeting in
New York recently, reported that OF
the 500. 600 young men In that city moi
more than Is. 00O ever enter church.
"A special building for Sunday
schools. costing fifty thousand dollars.
il to be erected just outside the Chica-
60 exposition grounds Its auditorium
will seat two thousand people. and it
will contain all the modern appliances
for Sunday y-school work.
The Jewish Messenger. in wclcom-
ing the Cathedral Of St. John the Di-
vine. says: I'VE Israelites view gladly
such evidence Of UNCONVENTIONAL prog
ress, and ardently trust that the new
catheslrals enlarged capacity for use
fulnesawill tend to human bcttermcnt" I"
The attendance of women at the
Scotch universities is steadil y increas
ing. Glasgow and Edinburgh have
each about 100 lady students; St. An
drew's has 10; Aberdeen has II. In sd-
dition there is medical school in Edin-
burgh, especially for women. which
has - students enrolled. These are on
graduation entitled to degreeA
The report at the eighth annual
Of the Boys Brigade council
showed . marked increase in the brig
ade during the year. The number Of
has increased to 400. These
are connected with churches
and Sunday schools Of all denomina-
tiona The officers have increased SIT
in the year. The boys have increased
8, 7lS.
The University Of the City of New
York has secured by purchase for ST.
EOS the Paul de Lagarde library, be-
queathed to the Royal Society Of Cot
tingen. Prof lIaupt, Of Johns Hop
kins university. declares that It is tho
linest oriental library in America
The money to secure this collection
has been guaranteed by fifty citizens
Df New York.
Rev. DR.. A. 7. P;crson supplies the
missionary statistics: Mis-
,ionary organizations, ESQ; stations and
1l.40O; foreign lsboreys.
!, 200 (about two-Rfths of whom are
native workers, 1900 (of
whom nearly one-tenth are ordained);
making . total working force of S. 900,
with about 900. 600 communicants and
lour times rs many adherents; and .
.otal contribution to missions Of abOut
|le, ,O0O, 900. The most careful investi-
ration satisfies the writer that these
figures are ~ near as may be ascer-
aimed to the actual facts, and furnish
} proper working basis.
If the legal lore Of the Halifax
Herald is we'll grounded. Mr.. whitney
md his associates in the Nova Scotia
,oal deal will hereafter be likely to feel
! new interest in the good health and
vell- being of Queen victoria. Accord
ng to that authority the title Of the
of the mines and minerals Of
lOva Scotia rcverts tn the crown
eighteen months after the death of the
sovereign That being the
ase, Mr.. whitney's title tn the Cape
sreton mines can be no better than
hat of the province. and despite the
ong lease granted him, It must expire
within . year and . half after the death
4 the queen.