Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-06-28
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


Archibald Farrar has been appoint
ed Dean of Canterbury, to succeed the
late Dean Payne Smith.
Out of $4,000 students matriculated
at German universities this semeter
2. $50 are foreigners, the largest num-
Der on record, and over rs yer cent. of
the total.
Miss Jane Harrison, an English la
dy who has been connected with
Newman College for the last twenty
years, is now an LII. d. by grace of the
University of Aberdeen.
1t may not generally be known
that Arch Deacon Farrar, of Westmin-
ster,who has just been appointed Dean
of Canterbury, has been, since 1890, the
chaplain of the House of Commons.
During the revolutionary era in
England both Catholics and Protest
ants used the dramatic form as means
of controversy, and the plays published
at that time contained as many argu-
ments as the sermons.
DIR. Edward j. James, of the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania, is about to re.
tire from the presidency of the Amer
lean Society for the Extension of Uni.
versity Teaching. He has been at the
head of the work in Philadelphia for
four years, or practically from its in
ception.
There are loose-tongued ministers
| In England also. At the Liverpool AS
sizes recently the vicar of st. Marga-
rets Anfield was sued for SANDER and
compelled to apologize for describing
the Liverpool Junior Reform club as
nothing but drinking-shop and a
gambling hell.
Pope Leo KILLS hands are nearly
useless and cause him much suffering.
When he writes he must hold his right
wrist with his left hand, and what he
writes is almost illegible. This is due
not to age, but to an attack of ague
twenty-five years ago, when he was
Bishop Of Perugia.
Cornell has tested the principle Of
co-education twenty years, and proved
it success. Ii is stated that the num-
Der of young women attending the
university has increased, SO that the
accommodations in Sage Hall, the WON
ems dormitory, have become INSULT
cient. The trustees have decided to
enlarge the dormitory at an expense Of
about $4,000
Great changes have been made in
the library of the convent on Mount
Sinai, where the newly discovered Syr
lac Gospels are kept. An addition ha.
been built. room fitted up for stu
dents, and the books and manuscripts
taken out of the baskets into which
they were thrown and arranged or
shelves and catalogued. Care is alst
taken that the manuscripts are no
stolen
The Diocese of Maryland of tn,
Protestant Episcopal church has re
ceived legacy of 500, 900 from the es
tate of Mrs. c. Spraight Keerl, mem
Der of Grace church, Baltimore, wht
died in Baltimore one year ago las
January. Mr.. Keerl was the widow o
Thomas M. Keerl, who was promi
nent lawyer of Baltimore. The legac,
will go toward the Baltimore endow
ment fund for the new diocese.
Another candidate for the ministr
in the Methodist church has refused t
answer the question, do you refuse t
abstain from the use of tobacco?" Tha
question is put to all seeking to ente
the ministry of the Methodist Episcc
pal church. This candidate, Mr.. Dillo
Bronson, refused to answer the sam
question year ago. He did say, how
ever, 81 have never been a user of tt
bacco in any form; neither do / e,
err expect to be-" and this answer wa
received instead of the pledge. Bisho
Merrill, in speaking of the matter
: plainly indicated his opinion that.th
question was one which had perhap
better be unasked.