The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Germany reports $50 instances of
suicide among school children during
the last six years.
"A Winnebago Indian girl from Ne
braska is onee of the brightest pupils
at Smith college, Northampton, Mass.
Rev. w. Il. Hall, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Lynch
burg. Va, has accepted an appoint
ment to the chair of theology at the
Columbia Is. CO. Theological seminary.
Rev. Mr.. Downing, pastor of a col
ored Presbyterian church in Roanoke,
Va, intends to place in his church q
handsome window in memory of Stone
wall jackson and Col. j. Il. l.. Preston.
The Week of Prayer was originally
instituted in behalf of foreign missions.
1t was thought that the first week of
the new year could not be better spent
than in prayer by the church for the
conversion of the world.
Schools of stenography and type
writing turn their pupils to use by do
ing at rather low rates typewriting
for lawyers and others. The copying
makes good practice for the pupil, and
incidentally brings in considerable rev.
enue to the school.
Rev. ID. G. Birnic, pastor of the ALL
ston Congregational Church society of
Boston, one of the wealthiest churches
in the Brighton district, has resigned
his charge to accept call extended to
him by the Central Union Congrega-
tional church at Honolulu.
President Eliot.of Harvard univer-
sity, in his annual report speaks with
commendable plainness concerning
football. 1T has become perfectly
clear" he says, that the game as now
played is unfit for college use" This
opinion comedies with that of all clear
headed observers of recent inter-colle-
giate contests.
well-known Indiana journalist, has ac-
cepted a call to the pastorate of the
Christian church of WalSarusa. She is
credited with possessing rare oratorical
powers, and enjoys the unique distinc-
tion of being the only woman pastor in
the state. She is a frequent contributor
to standard periodicals.
Pope Leo's physician, DIR. Lapponi,
says that the pope's health at the pres
ent time is perfect, as it has been for
nearly the whole of his long life; his
eyesight is so good that he can read
without glasses; he looks fragile, but
is stronger than might be imagined;
he needs but little sleep, not more than
three or four hours night; his mind
and memory are in the best conditions;
he is an interchangeable worker, attend
ing to the details of his worldwide
duties every day of the year.
The election of Rev. DIR. Stephen
II. Tying as president of the American
chamber of commerce at Paris recalls
his aggressive religious work in New
York when he was rec tor of the Holy
Trinity church. He is remembered
best, however, as the central figure in
the famous Stubs and Boggs trial of
twenty years ago. He surprised every
body by suddenly laying aside the
clerical habit and accepting position
with an insurance company and set
ting sail for Paris. In that city he
established his bureau of values and
has controlled large business interests.
There was gift from the Wander
bits, Cornelius, w. X, Frederick and
q. W., of $3.50, 900 for extensions to the
of the college of physicians
and surgeons of New York recently.
An addition is to be built to the Van
derbilt clinic, on Amsterdam avenue
and SiXtieth street, of fifty by one hun
dred feet and five stories high; also
building for the department of anato-
my on Fifty-ninth street, fifty by
eighty feet and five stories high.
When this building is completed it is
believed that the anatomical depart
ment will be the finest in the country.
The two buildings are intended by the
rs memorial to their IA
ther