The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

The woman's Foreign Miniosasy
eoci.tv Of the N. E. church. 1T il re-
cent meeting at St Psui. appropriated
os1y, 600 the coming year.
"A New South Wales society Ase "a
s.open air committee" which sonasHfs
An open air Gospel meeting every Sss-
day before church serT;ces.
The remarkable statement IN made
that tea Yale students Fave osso
stricken with appendicitis within .
wear. This looks as II some oietAey
probiem were involved in The case.
The Bridgman school fo- s,ris NJ
Peking. China, has recently determines
TO receive no more girls VITA eaoss
feet. The native Christians at feSsrgs
as the result of "a c-st,lGsiSs.ic neee-
inr. have formed an a:ti-fcot- o.s.dinS
society.
Nearly 1l.ooo women have reg.s-
tered in Boston, q substantial increase,
over last year. The women IN Deer.
field. Mass. who sued the assessors -nrl
refusing to register her has obtained
Sxs o. damages, and now all tLs otas:
peerfeld women are registering. School
suffrage in Massachusetts, is LOCKING -
When winifred of Devonshire teso.
r54 A. d. went to Germany TO con~e-l
the heather his first act was to fell ..
sacred oak which had bsen dedicated
to Thor. A great storm assisted him
in laying the giant prone upon the
earth. and the heather. regarding II as
a miracle, were converted by hundreds.
OF the 4,aS9 girls attending the
various high schools of Berlin 1,60S boz
long to Jewish families, that is, So per
cent. OF the s,Te5 pupils attending the
rymnasia tcollegesl 1909 are Jews, q
percentage of "a. While the total at
tendance of the Berlin gymnasia has
decreased, that Of Jewish pupils has in
creased.
Missionaries of the English church
engaged in itinerating in southern In
dia find numerous instances of edu-
Gated men and Brahmins who are con-
vinced of the truth of Christianity. In
one place whole Brahmin street was
found to be in state of dissatisfaction.
with Hindooism. their leader confess
ing: The more read Of it the less I
believe it.
One of the most picturesque ec-
clesiastical structures in New York is
ST. Johns German Evangelical Lu-
theran church in Christopher street Its
brown-stone front is ornamented with
quaint carvings in the colonial taste.
and it's low steeple bears for weather.
vane a giided arrow. that looksas il il
had been whitfield out of a shingle by
some choir boy in an idle hour. Ad-
Joining the church is n substantial
brick parish structure, having a look
that bespeaks handsome erdowment-
The executive committee of the
Western Reserve university has api
pointed Mrs. Mary Noyes Colvin pro-
fessor of romance languages in the col,
lege for women. Mrs. Colvin was
graduated from Mount Holyoke. and
after studying and teaching several
years she entered for degree mt the
university of Zurich. In February.
| 1888, that university bestowned upon
her the degree Of Ph. d., snIrma cum
laude, she having been the first woman
to receive the doctors degree from
| the institution.
The state of Michigan has taken an
important step in the treatment of con-
sumption by deciding TO quarantine the
disease The idea is that while every
thing should be done in the way of pro-
viding for those affected with the dis
ease. and are endeavoring to lessen
their sufferings, especial care should
be taken to isolate them. and thus di-
| minish the danger of their propagating
the disease among those who aro
healthful. Michigan will establish,
therefore. separate hospitals for cont
sumptives. The physicians of tAat
state declare further that quarantine
against consumption will give tho best
opportunity for prosecuting the study
Of this malady. New Orleans Tines
Democrat.