St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

0CtSOOe AND CUOWOSvs
Bishop Haygood, Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, has refused
to continue Sam Jones as . regular
preacher. on the ground that evangel.
ism has NO place in the Methodist
polity.
Charles T. Yerkes, Of Chicago. the
owner of the cable-road system of that
city. has withdrawn his subscription Of
se.500 for prizes in the public schools,
with the terse remark that he could
find better use for the money else.
where.
To pass the time pleasantly in
church Morris Wilmington and James
Brow, of Baltimore, supplied them
selves with pocketfuls Of peanuts and
audibly munched them during the
service. They were requested to de-
sist, but without avail. Then they
were arrested and each fined ten dol
lars and costs by Justice Schenekel
Miss Katharine Conan, who has
charge of tho political-economy depart
ment of Wellesley, wants her pupils to
be practical stateswomen. To this end
she sends them into the Bureau Of As
sociated Charities in Boston. to labor
unions, to tenement houses and ia
manufactures. She hopes that such
methods will ultimately lead to . day
when women will study the great ques-
tions of their times
An important contribution which
America has made to Christianity, is
the solution which II has found Of the
problem Of church and state. Here we
touch the distinctive feature of our
American Christianity in its organized
form and in its relation to national
life. Our republic. Offering . home to
men of all creeds. declined to unite it
self organically to any church, while
protecting and encouraging every form
of religious faith and life. A free
church in . free state was for the nrst
time realized in America
The jubilee year Of the Young
Mems Christian association will occur
next summer. Fifty years ago. June Q.
1874, George Williams organized the
first association in London. The
Worlds conference committee has de-
cided to celebrate this jubilee by hold
ing the next triennial conference in
connection with that anniversary in
Exeter hall. London. Already steps
have been taken for an excursion party
from the associations of this country.
George A. Hall, state secretary of New
York, Is in charge Of these arrange
mentA tsp sfs q. g..
of the commercial benefits
Of missions. It is calculated that the
trade with heather lands opened up
directly by missionaries has exceeded
$50. 000. 900 net profit annually during
the past 100 years. making . total Of
q, 0O0, 900, 600. The amount given from
all sources for missions. during the
century aggregates about $500, ,o0O, 900.
Net profit, 81. TOO. .O00, 600. II pays fnan-
cially to save the world. During the
past Is years Europe and America have
spent go, 0OO, ,O0O, 900 to kill one another
enough to save and civili.e al the
world. Gospel in AL LandA e
The French government will pre-
sent to the state Of New York all, or
nearly all. Of its educational exhibit
which was ut the Worlds fair. The
exhibit consists Of the work Of pupils
in the primary. secondary and normal
schools There will slso be given 10
the state pedagoglc library. contain
ing textbooks used in the :DVblie
schools, books Of reference. etc. The
exhibit il now on its way to France.
On its arrival there. somo of the per-
sonal property belonging to teachers
will be taken ont, and the rest Of the
exhibit, containing the articles mem
toned, will be sent back to Albany.
Although there are moro students
attending higher institutions Of learn
ing in New York than any other city
Of the Union. student life makes no
marked outward impress upon the
city. It would be hard to define
student quarter in New York. although
regions lying near all the great
schools have each considerable stu
dent population. The Chelsea square
region. with its Gothic structures and
It's occasional professions Of figures
clad in gowns and mortar boards,
bears, perhaps. the strongest impress
Of student life, though the great cam
pus Of St. Johns college at Fordham is
from the presence Of similar
elements. fs-,