The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-11-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


Harvard is the oldest and one of the
most richly-endowed institutions Of
learning in the United States. 1t was
founded in 1896, and named after Rev.
John Harvard, who bequesthed it .
legacy of f7S0.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church at Saratoga adopted
the majority report of the committee on
theological seminaries, recommending
that the assembly assume control Of
those institutions.
Rev. John Cornell, for nearly
eighteen years rector of the American
Episcopal church, Nice, France, has
resigned. and will return to America to
live. The vestry have published q
handsome testimonial of his services
during those many years
Next to Harvard the Oldest college
was that of william and Mary 1T VIII
liamsburg. the capital of Virginia.
Yale college, in New Haven, was the
third in age. There was also during
colonial times a college in New York,
one in Philadelphia and another In
Princeton, n. J.
The American Sunday School Union
has received for its missionary work
during the past year $40, rs
against slO9, 9,23s for the previous year.
1t has employed 1873 men, organized !,
7s5 new Sunday schools. with 6s,273
teachers and scholars, reorganized +3o
schools and aided s,363.
The board of foreign missions Of
the Presbyterian church, which has ita
headquarters at 50 Fifth avenue, New
York, has recently sent to the king Of
Siam n beautifully engrossed letter OF
congratnlation upon his attaining the
twenty-fifth year of his reign, and
thanking him for his kindness to the
Presbyterian missionaries and missions
in his kingdom.
I'm certain female college the stu
dents have formed u council Of eti
quette, to which all disputed points Of
outward and visible conduct may be re
ferred. Representatives from each class
in the college compose the council, and
they look up the evidence of the best
authorities on manners and department
Fortnightly papers on various heads OF
the subject are read and discussed, and
the inward grace that dictates fine
manners is considered.
There are eight Protestant mis-
sions in the Congo region. These mis-
sions extend over an area of ,500, ,00'
square miles, containinga population
of 5O,OO0,OO0. The Swedish mission Is
at work on the lower Congo, and Bish
op Taylor, of the Methodist Episcopa
church, has missions in Congo and An
COLO. The Berlin Missionary societ,
has over 1000 church members II
south and east Africa, and the French
Protestant missions in Basutoland hav,
5000 children in school. The Zul,
mission of the American board is in
prosperous condition.-N. Y. Evangel
list.
-Of the first twenty-four classe
graduated at Vassar college, having 50
members, 315, or a little more than .
per cent, were in the year 1890 reporte'
as married, and 3O5 were reported .
engaged in teaching. OF the others,
, were described as literary workers;
rs physicians and medical students
ll6 were teachers of arts, wer
: artists, farmers, librarians and tn
others were enrolled as organists, sec
retaries, compilers, missionaries, actors
book-keepers, etc. Among them fai
to find single clergyman, or . singl
lawyer. These facts prove that co
lege training has not diverted wome
from vocations which they are specia
ly fitted by nature to follow. Nor
than a third of all the women wh
graduate marry. Indeed, it may b
said that statistics show that towar
one-half of all college women do maj
ry. They marry later than wome
who are not graduates, and also, it ma
be added, marry better. In marriag
they find their vocation. More than
third of college graduates become teacl
ers, and teaching is one of those grea
vocations which woman seems to be ol
dained of Heaven to follow. - Pro-
Thwing.