Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-01


| town terminus to the AGueduct bridge, and
| at the latter point erect union station fol
| the use of all roads that might tel inmate
| at that point. The charter of the Great
| Falls railroad was amended in several par
! tfculars, but the construction Of that road
| has not been begun. The reissue of street
railroad tickets was prohibited by law, and
| all companies were required to exchange
| tickets with the herdic companies and with
each other. Tests were made of number
| Of tenders by the street car companies
and Capt. Fiebeger has reported to the
Commissioners in favor of the adoption OF
| a car fender of q certain type Samuel j
Phillips was elected president Of the Metro
politan Company in place of the late w. J
Stephenson. In accordance with the pro
visions of the law passed by Congress the
road was equipped with new cars.
Public Schools.
The history Of the public schools foA the
past year demonstrates the lamentable
| fact that the facilities for the education
of the young at the national capital have
failed to keep pace with the ordinary pro-
gress Of events. The enrolment of pupils
| has increased from 1850 at the first of the
year to 4O67S at the date of the last en-
rollment, an Increase of 1919 pupils. NC
figures are needed, however, to show thai
| the school accommodations are entirely In
adequate for the greatly increased require
ments. Two new eight-room school build
| ings were opened during the past year
the Pierce building for white children, or
G street between 18th and 18th streets
east, and the Patterson building for colored
children, on Vermont avenue near U street
| west The former was opened In Marcf
and the latter in September. In order
to meet the demands of the times, the
school trustees have recommended an ap,
preparation Of $629,CO0, to be expended
during the next fiscal year, beginning July
l next, in the erection and furnishing 90 OF
mates include new buildings for the West
ern High School, for the Business High
School, for manual training school fol
ing school for the seventh and eighth d.
visions, for three eight-room buildings,
five four-room buildings two two,room
buildings and the reconstruction of the
Wallach and Stevens buildings.
The only change that has occurred In
the board of school trustees during the
year was the resignation OF Mr.. Paul i.
Bowen That action on his part was the
District committee. The vacancy thus oc-
casioned has not yet been filled. In the
force Of instructors the only change OF any
consequence was the retirement of MIR.
N. T. Cram. supervising principal of the
first division, his succession by MIR. q. 5.
Clark, formerly supervising principal OF
second division B. and the promotion OF
Mr.. w. B: Patterson, an eighth-grade
system has been improved in various ways
and the high standard Of education in the
District has been fully maintained.
The Columbia University.
The death of DR.. James c. yelling in the
summer left the Columbian University
without head. A committee was appoint
ed by the board of directors to select a
successor to the late president, but to the
present time NJ choice has been made.
Rev. DR.. Greene, pastor of Calvary Sap
fist Church, was elected president tempo
rarily by the board. and is still serving as
such.
In the Churches.
The year Of 1894 was auspiciously' COM
menced i'll the churches by a series OF great
revival meetings during the months OF teD-
ruary and March, under the leadership of
Moody and Sankey. Two services were
held in Convention Hall each day. In the
evening a Choir of over ouO mixed voices
rendered the music. "A number OF changes
have been made i'll the puIplls OF The city.
Rev. Dr.. John Chester Oh the Metropolitan
Presbyt terrain Church retired, anu MS place
was filled by the appoin inient oI Rev. Geo.
N. LuCcock, DID,, OF Bioom. lgton, Ind.
Rev. Adolos Alien accepted the CAN to the
assistant passionate oT me l. irSi PreSuy-
terrain Church, as did ftev. Nj loss tIsil-
burn to the vacant pulpit OF Tie III. Pleas
ant COngrega tlonai Church. lev. Das III
richards, after Serving "a short time as
L "a,
and Rev. Andrew araham Oh The diocese Oh
Minnesota was appointed to tAe Vacalicy.
In the early spring Rev. Luther Il. wilson,
ID, was appointed presiding eiuer vi tAe
Methodist kplsC opaI district Oi w ash .nS to:i,
and hev. W. =. BALDWIN Was appointed
i'll this city as pastor OF wesley NJ. T..
Chapel, MIR. " iisons 1orner charge. Arch
deacon Gilbert +. " iiiiaIns OF tue Protest.
ant Episcopal cOnvocatlon OF " asiIihs ION
resigned, anu Rev. Tnos. u. Cnlids, ID,
assistant rector of TRINITY F. =. Church,
was elected to the place. Rev. Suott r.
hershey resigned as pastor oil the sixth
PieSby terrain Church anu Succeeded III
September by Rev. Daniel W. oheiieuger OF
Scranton, Ia. Revs. George r. Dudley and
Howard Wilbur Ennis accepted calls 10 tie
vacant charges OF st. Stephen r. L. aI.u
the Western Presbyterian churches, re-
spectiveiy.
Early in the year the Protestant Eplsco-
pal diocese Of Nary land decided to form
Washington. in conjunction with the Mary
land counties of Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Charles and ST. Marys, into d
separate episcopate, and appointed COM
mittce, headed by Rev. Randolph ii. Mc-
Kim as chairman, to devise ways and
means for its proper support. tHty-nt
thousand dollars was decided upon as a
sufficient endowment, and of that amount
over $4,000 has been secured, thus practl-
cally assuring a bishop of " asnineton, the
committee having nearly eight montnS IN
which to raise the remainder. Several
meetings were held by the trustees OF the
Protestant Episcopal project for a cathe-
dral.
In the matter of the American University
funds in the neighLorhood of $75,0GU has
been raised for the building of the Asbury
Memorial Hail, and other large donations
and offers of scholarships have been re-
ceived.
In July the convention Of the Young Peo-
pies Society Of Christian EndearCr, tie
in session in Cleveland. selected Washing
ton as the rallying point for 96. To pre-
fnr. fhoi n
mittee was appointed in October and is
now at work.
At the Catholic University the MacMahon
Hall of Philosophy has been nearly COM
pleted and it's founder, the Rev. Father
MacMahon was raised to the rank of
monsignor by the pope.
Two divines, Rev. Dr. Alexander Crun1-
nell of St. Luke's p. E. Church and Rev.
William A. Bartlett, DID,, of the New York
Avenue Church, have retired permanently
from the ministry.
The synod of Baltimore the District Sun
day School Union and the Women's For
eign Missionary Society of the Methodist
Church held meetings here in the fall. In
the Methodist Church missionary contrlbu-
lions from the District have amounted to
nearly $4,000, a large gain over w. Revs.
7. B. Stitt J. NJ. Slarrow and j. A. Van
Arsdale, NJ E. preachers, have been trans
ferred to charges in this city.
Two Sunday school houses, those of Cal