Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-09

of the most practical and philosophical
methods of teaching.
Besides these two leading summer schools
which are Offering special departments in
pedagogy, others younger, but promising, are
being formed in many and widely separated
localities Some are state schools as the
Connecticut one and that at Plymouth, N.
H., which is the only free one In the country.
The National Summer school at Glens Falls,
n. Y, is doing good work, while the Vir-
ginia one is on the same plan as the insti-
tute at Martha's Vineyard. The new school
at Ann Arbor. in connection with the Uni
versity of Michigan, has school of peda-
gogy. At the Agricultural college, in Lam
sing, Mich, whose botanical gardens are
noted, the summer students camp out. Har-
ward university has its summer school at
Cambridge, Mass. Even New Jersey lays
claim to one, the Avalon Summer assem-
bly,, at Avalon. including a school OF forestry,
while the Brooklyn institute has opened
summer school at Cold Springs, Long Island
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL.
The great and growing interest in and the
marvellous success of the Eastern Summer
school, which held its first session in New
London, Conn, in the summer OF 1892, and
its second and third sessions at Pattsburgh
N. " the last session having daily attend
ance Of from 800 to 1000 enthusiastic peu-
pie, but more particularly the permanent To-
cation Of that school in the extreme north
eastern part of New York, a site inconvenent
to the great multitude Of western Catholics,
| led to the establishment of the Western or
Columbian Catholic Summer school. This
action was hailed with delight; clergy and
! aty WED with one another in expressing
appreciation and the entire press, regardless
| of sectional or religious views, accorded II
| unstinted praise. As in the case of the
! Chautauqua movement everybody realized
! that II was merely a QUESTION Of time when
more than one Catholic summer school would
! be organized in the United States, and, i'm
! mediatey upon the permanent settlement OF
the site for the Eastern school, western
Catholic papers began to voice the senti-
ment OF their section for a Catholic Summer
assembly more conveniently located for west
! ern Catholics. Persuaded by this sentiment,
and in response TO an urgent invitation, a
number of Catholic clergymen and laymen
met at the Columbus club, Chicago on
March II, 1894, to consider the question OF
establishing a Western summer school. The
outcome OF the meeting was the establish
ment of Western summer school at Mad
| ison, Wis, the first session Of which will
begin July II and close August 4. The
officers Of the school are Rt Rev. S. G.
Messmer, president; II. ]. Desmond, vice
president; Charles A. Muir, treasurer; E. ID,
Mclaughlin, NJ. D., secretary, Fon du Lac,
| Wis.
HOW COLLEGES INVEST THEIR FUNDS.
II is OF special interest TO know in what
forms the property OF our colleges amount
ing to 500, 900, 900, is invested, says a writer
| In the Forum. In presenting the facts
make use OF reports sent to me from be-
tween 100 and 200 Of the representative
colleges, and also Of reports OF presidents
| and treasurers Of these colleges. From these
reports infer that at least four-ffths Of all
| the productive funds OF the colleges are In
vested In bonds and mortgages, Few colleges
and few only have q part Of their endow-
ment in stocks OF any sort. A few OF them
also. notably Columbia and Harvard, have
invested In real estate. The facts as &c
certain representative colleges are illustra-
tive; Cornell university has about "a ,000. .00t
In bonds and about 81, 000. 900 in mortgages
| Wabash has property Of 1862. 900. OF which