St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-02-10

schcDL AND CHURCH.

Columbia college has six hundred
graduate students. the largest number
in attendance at any college in the
United States
in Count Tolstoi's school at Yesna-
70 Polyana all the children were per-
mitted. on principle. to do exactly as
they pleased, but only two arms were
broken.
-Chief-Jnstice Melville w. Fuller of
the supreme court is to deliver the ora
tion at the celebration of the CEN
tenary of Bowdoin college, Maine, in
June next.
Lord Aberdeen's requested addition
to Rideau hall proves to be q chapel
for family worship, and it is also re-
ported that he proposes to build it at
his own expense.
"A small scandal arises in British
church circles from the fact that there
were five hundred applicants for a
place as chaplain on . yacht, and only
five for curacy of hard work in the
slums.
Mr.. Gladstone has appointed Prof.
ingram Bywater to succeed the late
Prof. Jowett as master of Balliol col
lege, Oxford university. Prof. Bywater
was the highest European reputation
as Greek scholar.
AT the beginning of the century
the Bible was accessible to but one
fifth of the population of the world.
Now it may be read by nine-tenths Ol
the people Of the globe. SO rapidly has
its translation been carried on.
in the United States the Methodist
church stands first in point of num-
hers, having 1000 organizations and
4,59s, 600 communicates; the Baptists
are second, and have 43, 900 organiza-
tions and 3,743, 900 communicates; the
Presbyterians arc third. with IL, 500 or
ganizations,anl l, ,:.S7. 900 Ocommunicants
the Roman Catholic org anizations num-
Der 1O,a70, with 6..5s. 600 individuals
in them: the Lutherans have S,595 or
CARNATIONS and communicant mem
bership Of 1.as1, 900.
The annual report of the Yale cor
poration, recently submitted, shows
an addition of ea05,91 to the uni
versity during the last year, the largest
donation in any department being SIS.
600 in the theological school. One
new professorship has been founded in
the last year-the Washburne in the
theological school. for which Mrs.
Coroline Washburne gave $25. 900. Nc
aliusion is made to the new Wander
bilt dormitory, as the doner will pre-
sent the building when completed. in.
stead of advancing funds. A fund of
81. 900 has been presented by J. q. Ben
nett. of New York, for q prize for
excellence in English
ARABIA is q country that, notwith-
standing its sacred associations, has
been sadly neglected by the mod.
ern missionary churches. Organized
missionary work was begun by Ion
Keith Falconer, of the Free Church ol
Scotland, in 1885 The American mis-
sion was organized five years later.
Its headquarters are at Busrah, and il
has three ordained missionaries, with
three native helpers Altogether,
among the million of Arabians,; there
are only seven missionaries, and. four
native helpers These people are
rightly called the Anglo Saxons 81 the
orient, and in themselves, quite. Side
from the history of their county, $rs
well worth winning. @IA l..
The official regis tiers at Yale uni
versity show = presence of 2. 100 stu
dents-a gain of e34 over last year
The academic department gains LIS
Sheffield scientific school 102, Law
school II; theological and medical
schools each, while the art school
and department of philosophy and ths
arts show q small loss. Connecticut
sends 6sS students. New York sos
Pennsylvania 158, Massachusetts, 10
Illinois 100, Ohio %. and New Jersey
So. Thirty women have registered il
the post graduate department Las
year at this date there were twenty
three. OF the thirty who have regis
tered this year ten are from Smith
FIVE from Wellesley, six from vasssr
three from Cornell, six from Bates, AND
one each from six other institutions