The Forrest City times., 1894-04-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

land Missionary society of Sweden, that contribute s60,0OO year.
 There are seven colleges in the United States which maintain daily newspapers, namely: Harvard, Yale. Princeton, Brown, Cornell, the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and the Univer- sity of California.
 The publication of daily paper Tn France as an organ of the Pro- testant interests in that country will soon commence in Paris. The aim of the paper will be to bind France moro closely to the Protestant world out side of her borders,
 Bishop Henry c. Potter doesn't wish to have a throne built for him and his successors in that new cathe- dral on the west side of New York, preferring to sit in a simple stall. Dr. Morgan Dix says that the bishops preferences in the matter will un- doubtedly be respected.
 The philosophical faculty of the university of Heidelberg has resolved that women students can be admitted to the degree of doctor there. In Got tingen also similar facilities are per- mitted, and two English ladies, who have already studied mathematics at Cambridge, are attending lectures there.
 Fifty thousand dollars will be raised for the erection and maintenance of the new library of the Berkely Divinity school, Middletown, Conn, an institu- tion in which the venerable Bishop Williams has always taken such warm interest. The library will be a suit able memorial to the senior bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church.
 The nurses home of Johns Hop kins university has recently received photograph and statuette of Florence Nightingale. The statuette is of Pari- an marble, and it was modelled in 1860, when Miss Nightingales early fame was still fresh. The photograph was taken in 1892, at the wish of Miss Night ingales brother-in-law. Sir Harry Yer ney, and by him presented to the nurses home.
 There are few classes of foreign immigrants more difficult to reach than the Poles. In the city of Buffalo there are nearly 10000, and the only mission work among them is that un- dertaken by or through the Baptists. For several years Sunday-school and preaching service was held among them with varying success, but since 1891 the work has taken a new start under the lead of Polish minister. As a result of his abors a small church has been formed. and the audiences are increasing. Most of these people are chased as Roman Catholics, and there are five Polish Catholic churches.
 The friends of missions, who were greatly distressed by the interruption of the promising mission work on the island of Ponape, carried on by the American board, on account of the oc- cupation of that island by the Span- iards, will be glad to know, says the Religious Herald" of Hartford. that the Christian work on the island is go- ing on with considerable prosperity. One of the native chiefs of the island, who is an earnest Christian, is giving his time and energies gratuitously to supervising the Christian churches and encouraging the Christians to aggres- sive Christian work among the other natives.
 The clergymen of New York city have not been slow in recognizing the value of the best clubs. Among the members of the Century are Bishop Potter and Rev. Drs. Greer, Rainsford Brooks, Huntington, Brown, Paxton, Collyer, Booth, Terry and Henry van Dyke. In the University club are Rev Drs. Kittredge, Satterlee, Terry. Van Dyke, Rainsford, Brooks and Hunting ton. In the Colonial are Rev. Drs. Att terbury, Booth, Merle Smith. Peters. Townsend, Lloyd. Stoddard and Houghton. In the Aldine are Bish- op Potter and Rev. Drs. Lyman Abbott. Clapp. Hubbard Nelson, Gill man Drury. In the Metropolitan is Dr. Greer in the Union league, Dr. Bridg- man, and in the. Harlem, Dr. Van De Water. The Riding club numbers among it's members Drs. Greer, Rainsford and Brown, while at the Fencers' the herculean figure of the rector of St. Georges is often seen, foil in hand.