The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Re~. DR.. r. A. Paterson, late presi
dent of the Binghau,toli college an<
| founder of the first Nomen's training
| college in America. is ABOUT to return
to Edinburg, Scotland, his native city
to resume the pastorate after forty
| years absebce in this country.
| A recent letter from Jat,an say.
churches in Japan rs are wholly Ane
200 are partially self-supporting. The
| additions during the year numbered
1886. The present membership is
1854. The larger part of these are
men.
E-fhefe are over 81. 100000 persons
| teachers and schO1ars-cnrolled as
members OF Protestant S,,ndav~schools
| in different parts of the world. Near1y
half Of these are in the United States,
more than one-siSth of our population
| while SO per cent. of the entire number
! speak the English language or are
domiciled in English-speaking coun-
tries.
Among the newer interesting con-
tributions to the Old Testament dis
cussions in Germany is translation
of Prof Green's Hebrew Feasts. It is
done by Otto Becher, pastor of the Ger
man Evangelical church in Elmira, n.
y, and is entitled ''D1e Feste der He
braer.' The publisher is 1sertheis-
mann, in Gutersloh, and price four
marks. 1t il exceedingly rare that an
American technical theological work
is translated into German.
A review of the work of the Saliva
ton army throughout the world gives
the following facts: Corps and outposts,
1897; training garrisons, Gs: slum posts,
81; rescue homes. 40; priSon-gate homes.
IL; homes of rest. "a: food and shelter
depots. SO; factories and labor bureaus.
81; farm colonies, 5; number of officers.
1O.S74; social officers, AS; rescue officers.
2SS; slum officers, 1856: farm colony Off
GERS, 81: War Crys sold weekly, $50, 53o:
Young Soldiers sold weekly, 7,5s2:
magazines monthly. 1890. The re-
port for the United States shows III
corps and outposts, II slum posts. )
rescue homes, food and shelf err depots
and ,634 officers.
This is the first year in the history
of Yale university that an entra nee pa
per in English has been among the re-
The list which has been
cludes the following subjects: Colridge,
1.-The Ancient Mariners" Scott. Ivan
hoe" and 1.-The Lady of the Lake." Irv-
ing. 1.-The Alba nbria;'' Macaulay. .'Es-
say on Byron" Essay on Clive:''
Byron. The Fourth Canto of Childe
harold: Hawthorne. 1.-The House of
Seven Cables" Thackeray. ''English
Humorists of the Eighteenth Century"
and Tennyson. The Princee.'' The
questions will be construed with the |
special view of testing the pupils |
of the subject natter.
The Harvard faculty have sat down |
upon a custom of much observance in !
hat university. They have expressly (
the reviews known as
seminars conducted before the rcgu-
ar examinations by clever students,
who thus make money for themselves
Ind coach up their backward fellows
N various courses. These reviews last
rom two to four hours, and are at
ended sometimes by many as a hun
[red students. who pay two or three
dollars each for the privilege of attend
ng. 1t has also been customary in the
more difficult courses for some one to
prepare ella borate notes for sale. which, |
n many cases, have been submitted to |
he instructors for their approval. This
ale of notes is also discountenanced