The evening times., 1895-12-14
COLUMBIAN ACADEMY.

A course of Friday afternoon lectures is
being give, at the academy. The first OF
these, on "Self Culture" waS delivered on
November 22 by President Whitman. DR..
Lee Davis Lodge OF Columbian University
addressed the students December 6 on The
Organic Conception Of History" The next
lecture in this course will be given on De-
cember by Prof. o. I. Mason of the United
States National Museum on '.The Races of
Men," The loyal friends of the academy
have ga altered 10 It's support, and. AS i'll THIS
course of lectures, are contributing much
to the profit of its COURSES of instruction
and to the promise OF its future.
Prof. Harry King, chief of tue drafting
division OF the General Land Office has re-
Gently presented the Academy. of which he
is au alumnus, the Land Office map of the
United States, together with a set OF the
State aud Territorial maps issued by that
office.
Friends and patrons who wish to visit
the academy and attend the work OF the
classroom will be afforded every facility
for observing this work, and Will be well
| coined by the principal and faculty.
At the last meeting of the Baptist Minis
ters' Conference OF this city, Prof. James
Howard Gore. Phi. d., read an interesting
paper entitled. in the Wake of the Pill
grius." While in Holland last summer
Pilgrims had lived. He examined the
original authorities and documents to a seer
tain the causes that exiled the Pilgrims
from England. and studied the influence of
the Pilgrims on the Dutch. and that Of the
Dutch on the Pilgrims.
Elizabeth said DR.. Gore in this paper
was Protestant only politically, and her
attempts to secure conformity to that
church We're in reality attempts toward
restoration, which to the Puritans Were so
obnoxious that they left England. Holland
the fugitives." The Puritans first went to
Amsterdam, where the shipping gave en-
ploynent to unskilled labor, but because
| of church troubles the congregation. which
| subsequently came to America. removed
| to Leyden. This city was one of manu-
| factures. All trades were in the hands of
guilds and an apprenticeship was a pre-
| requisite TO employment.
The English exilcs found it almost I'M
| possible to support themselves and decided
to come to America. They left Leyden. not
| for freedom: that they had: not because of
| the lack of hospitality on the part of the
Dutch but chiefly, IL not solely. because of
the difficulties attending the procuring of
| employment. The route TO DelltSha ven
| was folio wed. and the history of each vii
| lage passed was given by DIR. Gore. The
| Dutch influence was completely lost a few
years after the Pilgrims came TO America.
| Pilgrims had faded from the memories of
the Dutch. The people of Leyden were
simply hosts OF the Pilgrims. who enjoyed
| hospitality. which: Judging from their
| future acts, they would never have recipro-
Gated. DR.. Cores paper. which was thor
oughly enjoyed by all present. is soon to be
President Whitman has taken cha rye of a
| Bible class in the Sunday school OF the
| Calvary Baptist Church. The ella IS num-
bers about 120 men. The influences of
Columbian's new president is thus being
felt along all the lines of .etluca tional life.
In January next MesSrs. CHM 4 Compa ny
will publish in the International Modern
Language series. volume entitled wis
senschafthche Vortraege Won Emil Du
Bois- Raymond" This is collcctio
of lectures of Du Bois Raymond. edited with
notes and introduction by Prof. James How
ard Gore. Phi. D. The lectures are so inter-
esting, the notes so coDiOus and the yocabu-
iary of the great psychologist is SO wide that
the volume cannot but prove an important
aid In the study Of technical Gsrman.