The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The university of Pennsylvania has
this year l.764 students, which makes il
fourth in the list Of great educational
institutions.
AT ST. Johns church lEpiscopall
Wilmington, Del. the Social Endeavor
club of over a hundred men maintains
q reading-room and gymnasium.
Three heroes of foreign missions
Alexander Duff, David Livingstone and
John q. Paton-were all liacai de-
scendAnts of the covenanters, says DIR.
Cuyler. and all belong 10 the old granite
formation
Rev. Wilton NJ Smith. ia xd-
dressing the Young Mems Christian as
sociation at its anniversary meeting IN
New York recently, reported that Of
the SOC, 600 young men in that city nos
moro than rs, 900 ever enter church.
"A special building for sunday
schools, costing fifty thousand dollars.
is TO he erected just outside the Chica-
go exposition grounds Its auditorium
will seat two thousand people. and IL
will contain all the modern appliances
for Sunday school work.
The Jewish Messenger. In weicori-
ing the Cathedral of ST. John the Di-
vine. says: 1--WE Israelites view gladly
such evidence OF denominational prog
ress, aud ardcntly trust that the new
cathedrars enlarged capacity for use
fulness will tend to human betterment'
The attendance Of women at this
Scotch un versities Is steadii inereas
ing. Glasgow and Edinburgh have
each about 100 lady students: St An
drew's has 10; Aberdeen has IL. In ad-
d.tion there is a medical school in Edin-
burgh, especially for women. which
has 43 students enrolled. These are on
graduation entitled to degrees
The report at the eighth annual
meeting Of the Boys' Brigade council
showed a marked increase in the brig
ade during the year The number %
companies has increased 20 40. These
com pa nies are connected with churches
and Sunday schools Of all dcnomlna-
tions The officers have increased aI7
in the year The boys have increased
5.74a.
The University OF the City Of New :
York has secured by purchase for s7.-
e05 the Paul de Lagarde library, tie
queathed 10 the Royal Society ofGot-
tingen. Prot Haupt, Of Johns Hop
kins university. declares that IL f. the
finest oriental library In America
The money 10 secure this collection
has been guaranteed by fifty citizen.
of New York
Rev Or. A T. Pierpon supplies the
following missionary statistics; Mia
sionary organizations, go; stations and
II 400: foreign laberers,
Z. .oOo tabout two bfths Of whom are
wornen); native workers, sT.oec tof
whom nearly one-tenth arc ordsinedii
making total working force Of 5000.
with nbou. soc. 0o9 commandments and
four times a. many sdhsrebts; and q
total contribution TO missions OF about
ei2. .o0o. 600 The most careful fnvssti-
gaticn sstisAes the writer that these
figures arc as near as may be ascsr-
tanned 70 the actual facts. and fnrnisa
q proper working basis
II the legal lore o. the Halifas
Herald ia well gronnded, Ar. WhitnsT
and mis- associates in the soss Seotis
coal deal will hereafter BE likely 10 feel
a new Interest IN the good health and
we'll being Of Queen Victoria. Accord
ing 20 that authority the title Of ths
province OF the mines ead miBsrsls of
Nova Scotia rsvsrts ~ the crown
eighteen mon ths after tse death Of the
reiSsing sovereign. That beiog tbs
-a.e. Hr whitney's tile IN tho Caps
Breton mine. can be 90 better than
.hzt Of n. province. .nd despite ,hs
long lease granted him, Il must expire
within a year and half after tie death
q the qaccn-