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v. Dr. Thomas Gallaudet, the "apostle to the mutes," as Bishop Potter called him, was buried ust 29. The mourners at the funeral exercises were ly deaf-mutes, and to them the bishop's eulogistic s were translated in sign language by Rev. Mr. nberlain. The greater portion of Dr. Gallaudet's ty years of life was spent in the improvement of naterial and spiritual welfare of deaf-mutes, thus ling in the footsteps of his famous father. Graduated Trinity college, Hartford, in 1842 he became a her in the New York deaf and dumb institution. narried one of his pupils. In 1850 he was ordained acon, and in the next year priest, and became idenI with St. Ann's church. He founded the Church ion for Deaf Mutes, for the welfare of such after ng school, and later erected a home for aged and n deaf mutes. He made several trips abroad on : behalf, preaching in many of the cathedrals and 'ches in Great Britain.

e was an earnest worker as well as an eloquent er; even when preaching in the silent language, the ce of the eye, the expression of the mouth and the le radiancy of the face gave greater force and life le voice of the fingers.

r. Theodore F. Seward who was buried at Orange, ., on September 2, exerted a far-reaching influence is disinterested labors for the uplifting of humanity philanthropic spirit and brotherly love. To the g people of the land he is known chiefly thru his ol songs. His labors in the field of music are extenand have won him deserved fame. It is to him that we the preservation of many of the best religious dies of the ante-reconstruction period of the South, ompiled them for the use of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. edited several musical journals, introduced the tonic a system in this country, and was ever active in the motion of school singing. In his later years he gave h of his time and strength to the upbuilding of the herhood of Christian Unity, of which he was presi

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Sanitary Water Supply at C There is an epidemic of typhoid fever as a wise measure of precaution, the wa public schools has been shut off. The ch advised to bring boiled water with th purposes during school hours. As a r girls carrying cans, canteens, and bo are treated to the novel sight of thousa principal of one of the schools asked One newspaper writer reports or surmis write something on the water fami wrote:

If all the trees were bread and
If all the sea was ink,
If all the sky was apple pie,
What would I do for drink?

New B. A. Regulation

The University of Pennsylvania, fol has so re-arranged the order of studies may attain his degree in three years. based on the "Unit" system; that is, classes must be taken per week; thus, t courses are completed in three years. aid to poorer students, these sixty unit in their own time-three, six, or ten that will tend to more earnest work for mere capture of a B.A.

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suggestion has been endorsed by the executive comm
tee of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, by the Pres-
byterian General Assembly (North), the General Synod
of the Reformed church (German), and other ecclesias-
tical bodies. Leading men in many churches have sec-
onded the proposal.

Among the reasons assigned for this appeal is the
magnitude of the moral and spiritual interests involved
in the vast work of education. More than sixteen mil-

lions of pupils, or one-fifth of the whole nation, are in
the schools, and nearly four hundred thousand teachers
are employed in the work of instruction. This work is
molding the character and determining the destiny of
the nation. The Day of Prayer for colleges has been
observed for many years and with marked results for
good, but there are almost one hundred times as many
pupils in our schools as there are students in all our col-
leges, universities, and technical and professional schools
combined.

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The general observance of such a Day of Prayer will
deepen public interest in the whole work of education,
will exalt and dignify the vocation of the teacher, will
deepen in the mind of both teachers and pupils their
sense of the importance of their work, and will help to
call down on the vast work of education, both public and
private, the blessing of Him who is the Father of Light
and the Hearer of Prayer.
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As an Indian Sees It.

I know it is very hard for some people to believe, says John M. Lolorias in the September Southern Workman, that the Indians could have ever been able to advance any further than wandering over this great land scalping each other, but it is only right and proper that an Indian should, from time to time, repeat the white man's history to the white man; read to him the paragraph which tells that the Indians worked in the copper mines around Lake Superior, that they built mounds in different places in the United States, that they built houses in the cliffs of the southwest, that they built a city in Mexico and mined gold and silver. To-day Casa Grande, one of their buildings, still stands on the arid plains of Arizona, the best preserved and most genuine pre-historic remains of the Indian race.

A careful consideration of our history will show us the
the fact that, at the coming of the white man, we fell
from the steps we had taken toward civilization; we fell
from our manly character to some degrees below zero.

For a while we loved and respected the white man as
much as he loved and respected us. But "for a while"
came to an end and we met again our former friend and
customer to fight out the wrongs committed on both
sides. Bravely we faced the guns and the swords of the
civilized nation, a nation upon whose soil "the sun never
sets." If this was the case, the white man, fighting for-
ever in the light, was sure to conquer in the end.

Then we made a compromise. The Indian said: "Give
me a place which I can call my home, a place where I
may safely leave my wife and child while I go and hunt
the deer, and I will give you the rest of my land and my
problem." To this the white man agreed and this he
wrote upon the invisible paper and signed his name. The
Indian followed and made his mark. You know now

where the white man has placed us, how true he has
been to his word, how patiently and faithfully he is work-
ing day by day, month by month, and year by year try-
ing to solve the problem which he received as a com-
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News From the Philippines.

Several causes of the dissatisfaction that has been reported among the teachers in the Philippines are set forth seriatum by one of their number in a recent letter to the Manila Times. These in substance, are as follows:

(1) The teachers who went to the Philippines under contracts specifying the salary they were to receive are obliged to suffer the loss of a considerable per cent. of it thru the rates of money exchange, their payments being made in Filipino instead of American money.

2. An attempt has been made to induce the teachers to sign new contracts bearing a later date and agreeing to receive the Spanish money. By this they would lose the time they spent waiting for transportation after signing the old ones.

3. Circulars have been sent them from the department notifying them not to sell school supplies, or to be absent without permission and other commands highly insulting to a self-respecting body of people supposed to be honest and trustworthy.

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