The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
MINISTRY IS
NOT ATTRACTIVE
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Remarkable Decline In the Number Of
Preachers Graduated From the
Universities Of the
Country.
THE NEW SEA SCOUTS
Leaders of Movement Are Trying to
Interest Navy Department In
the Work OF orsanl-
cation.
rUnited Press Special Service. !

UNITED Press Special Service.l
WASHINGTON, October IA re-
markable decline in the number OF
protestant ministers graduated from
the universities of the country Is
shown in current report of the y.
i s. Bureau of Education
ut is plain" says the report, that
educated men no longer seek the
cloth as they did when the nation
was younger. 1t may mean much or
! little that the percentage of minis
tiers among the graduates of typical
colleges has declined from 60 to 10
! percent to less than 10 percent
An examination of the figures colec-
ted at the close of the nineteenth cen
fury from thirty-seven representative
colleges discloses the fact that the min
istry takes between 5 and 6 percent
of the university graduates, which
marks the lowest point for that pro-
! fession during the two and one-half
centuries of American college history.
Between the years of 1896 and 1900,
only S65 students were graduated
i from thirty-seven representative col
4 leges and universities, or SO per cent
of the total number graduated, which
was over 14,478.
). A strenuous hike of seventy-six
miles at stretch without sleep or
. extended rest, and every man and
horse in perfect condition, was the
: rare feat which Troop G. OF the 9Th
U. S. cavalry, on duty in Honolulu,
p. /. recently accomplished. War de-
partment officials here say theirs is
, the record for the army in the islands
and it has caused much favorable
comment in service circles.
The troopers marched all night,
being halted only at intervals OF
, about three hours to allow the horses
, to Craze for about fifteen minutes.
, The men, who were on the journey
nineteen hours, took only two sand.
wiches apiece and a canteen of cold
coffee. The results Of the march
show, officials in charge OF the
forces on the islands say, that the
soldiers are in the best Of condition
, and are fit for the hardest test should
, they be called on to make it.
u Leaders in a new movement known
!. as the Sea Scouts" are trying to in
terest navy department officials III
/ the work of the organization which
q originated in Boston thus summer
y The idea of the sea scouts as ex.
T planned to the department Is closely
$ allied with the boy scout movement
|. but teaches and practices at sea man
ly traits that are taught the boy
= scouts in the field In effect the or
;, ganization forms the maritime section
v of the boy scouts of America, and IL
a under the charge Of Capt. Dewitt
Coffman, U. S. N, commandant of the
a Furlong, U. S. N, commanding thu
! u. S. S.. Chicago, and A. A, Carey o
: Boston.
q An officer of the navy connected
i, with the new movement says that b.
q reason of the life the sea scouts
II they must perform, together with thu
J. pleasures the water offers, the move
ment is expected to afford in SOM
n respects a much better opportunit
n for imparting and practicing the mar
r. ly virtues than even the boy scou
a movement does. Organizers of tn
.. sea scouts except the activities to e1
a tend to other cities along the Altar
20 tic coast In the course of few years
n At Boston a schooner has been FL
r. ted UP with berths for twenty boy
a. for cruises of two weeks for each 10
"a The lads are from IA to 16 years c
il age, and it is they who man tn
- schooner and sail her. A responsible
i, man of excellent character and Sc
i manlike qualities is the captain Di
= cipline. cleanliness and etiquette a,
- attained by conducting the routine c
board the schooner in strictly ma
o'-war fashion.
is
e. Reports of new record in exc
le waiting have just been received at Il
ed Isthmian canal commission, shown
On the highest monthly steam-shoy
IN record since the beginning Of Amel
at can operations on the tsthmus. f
Id gineer j H. LaRowe. of steam-shov