St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-15
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Clibborn, is accomplishing great things
in South America. The major pro-
poses opening in Chilli.
Women have flcckcd in such num-
hers to hear Prof. Froudc's lectures
on Erasmus at Oxford that the men
graduates and undergraduates were
fairly crowded out.
The chief justice of the supreme
court of japan is Christian. and en-
cages actively in Christian work in To-
kyo, where he lives. He is president Of
the Tokyo Y. NJ. c. A.
The senate Of Dublin university
has agreed to confer the degree of LID.
upon Lord Charles Russell, of England;
bishop Stevens, of Ohio, and Bishop
Walker, of Dakota
The Episcopal church reports for
its mission in Brazil four prcsbyte-s,
four catechists, four candidates for or
dcrs, ninety communicates, a05 in the
Sunday-schools, sixty-five in the paro-
chial schools, and contributions amount
ing to 2,::2i milreis.
There was an income in the Educa-
tional society Of the Methodist church
of Canada during the past year of over
$4,000. There are eleven educational
institutions under its direction. The
aggregate attendance of students at
the several colleges is about 1000. OF
these 200 are students of theology pre-
pairing for the ministry.
The amount received by the Amer
ican Sunday-School union for carrying
on their work during the last year was
SEQ. l5s, against s1Oo.e3s for the pre-
vious year. There have been in the
field lss men employed. As one result
of their labors 1..s5 new Sunday
schools were organized, having 6s,e
teachers and scholars: 439 were re-
organized, and aid was given to exist
ing schools s.363 times.
The following figures in reference
TO the Sunday schools in this country
and in the world were given at the re-
cent meeting of the international
Sunday School committee: Number of
schools in the United States l2l.977;
officers and teachers, 1905, ,254; scholars
o. .sss. sos: total II. 1855. In the whole
world there are: Schools, sei, ,563; OFF,
CCIS 0Hu lcdCuCTSs -,sOSs sJcs OCuOAOES,
20, 26s, ,es3; total, %, % 733a 224.
The United Presbyterian church
has the present year one more synod
and two more presbyterics than it had
last year. There are SS3 ministers, an
increase of a3: 20 students in theology,
q gain of 4: s39 congregations, which is
4 more than last year; and IL, ,27o mem-
hnr l.. nat ~
over 1000. There are l.096 Sunday
schools, with 1Ol.66 scholars. The
total contributions of the church were
81 sos, ,O64.
The most trustworthy figures make
the Church of England adherents in
Wales and Monmouthshire 1l7,90O, or
sc per cent. of the population. The
Nonconformists, not including Unita-
rians. Scotch Presbyterians, Plymouth
Brethren. Quakers, Salvationists and
several other bodies. number 367.571,
Or al.s per cent. of the whole popula-
tion. OF the whole number of COM
municants the English church has 23.4
per cent. and the great Nonconforming
bodies 76.6 per cent.-Boston Watch
man.
-Vassar graduated seventy-one
students this year, to sixteen of whom
honors were awarded. From the honor
students six were chosen by the faculty
as commencement speakers. The gradu-
ating gowns Mt Vassar are always pure
white and without gloves. Those who
listened were delighted with the clear
and natural delivery Of the speakers.
President Taylor announced that the
year had been an easy one financially,
Notwithstanding the general distress.
The endowment funds have paid good
income, and much of the debt &C
.umulated last year had been liquid
ated.