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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1884)
CHRISTIAN . I Educational Department. CONDUCTED BY PROP. J. D. HAWES. All matter intended for this department should be handed or sent to Prof. J. D. Hawes, Monmouth, Oregon. The Normal School. The Normal here is in a very prosperous condition. Students 111 p arts-qf the S t ate we h o re in Normal work preparing for teachers. About KO have entered during the year, and still more keep coming on as the fact gets better known that there is a real live Nor- fUlkwl li ntArV in AH a . AWe have also quite a number of ex cellent students from Washington Territory who will all make ex- f. cellent teachers. These, with many of the very best material we have in our own State, go to show that a Normal School is an actual ne cessity in the State and that Mon mouth is the place for it. The success this year, so far, is far beyond the most sanguine ex pectations of its most ardent friends, and has filled the rooms nearly I to overflowing with intelligent and industrious students, who will yet make their work felt in the educational field. Not the slight- " est discord, nor a case of insubor dination happening during the whole year so far. Monmouth is one of the most enlightened little boroughs it has been our pleasure to see since ar riving on this coast, something over four years ago ; the people all being intelligent, and noted for the in terest they take in all educational work. A high moral sentiment î prevails. And looking at the mat ter in all its bearings, the legisla ture certainly took a very sensible I view of the situation when they established the Normal School here. There is no liquor saloon nearer than Independence, two and a half ' miles away, the tempérance senti ment being so strong as not to allow a saloon license in the place. We hope the day is not far distant when larger buildings, and other conveniences will be here, and the Normal will be one of the leading institutions of its kind on the coast- VISITORS. We had the pleasure of a short visit from the Hon. E. B. McElroy last Tuesday at the Normal. He and Dr Stott, of Independence, spending the afternoon in visiting the different departments, and see ing the machinery of the institu tion in motion. Both expressed themselves as highly pleased w.ith ■ •f the way in which affairs were managed. These gentlemen are competent to judge. Dr. S. is an old and successful teacher, and a very successful student.* He is working up a good practice in In dependence. We would like to see him do well. The State Superin tendent needs no recommendation at our bands as an educator, as the people of the State know him by this time. Come again Bro. Me. and stay longer. Dr. S. ditto. . ----- ------- - • • • — ------------ \ The Columbia Commercial ; College. This waekwebave Mcathe re- çipient of one of those letters whose artistic chirography does a person’s eyes good to gaze upon. Our old friend, W. 8. James, of the C. C College, Cor. of Second and Salmon Streets, Portland, is still able to drive a nobby quill, and seems to be quite elevated over tho success of the Columbia. And why shouldn’t he ? We had the honor of helping to establish that institu tion two years ago the first of Sep tember, and began at that date with two Btudents. To-day it ranks among the leading institu tions of its kind on the^coast with students from all parts of Oregon and Washington Territory, keeping three teachers busily engaged. There is nothing like fair and square work in any business. Give an equivalent. The old Roman maxim of a quid pro quo is the text from which our friend James works, and no student graduates from his institution who is not just as his diploma says he is. The Columbia is rearing a reputation on a solid basis, and we are pleased to see the people of Portland ap preciate the labors of a good and substantial citizen like the Prof. Many thanks, W. S., for kindnesses received. Write again. It does us «rood to see your “ fist." —W * M I —.• • • «■ «h r«!» M e. “ The Grand Old Man.” The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has just completed the 74th..year of his age, and he is as hale hearty, and hopeful as if he were thirty years younger. His friends and admirers are not to be reckoned by legion*, but by millions, and no wonder that congratulations have poured in upon him like a flood. Mr. Gladstone can also reckon upon multitudes on this side of the At lantic who aie of opinion that, take him all in all, he is one of the great est men that England has ever pro duced, and the congratulations from HKRALD. here will be quite as hearty, and the hopes expressed quite as sanguine, as those with which the vigorous ’septuagenarian has been greeted on his own side of the water. - Ex. —----------- ------------------------------- -------- r Hold on, Boys 1 Hold on to your tongues when you are just’ ready to swear, lie, or jpaaLhardily... Hold on to your hands when you are on the point of punching, scratching, stealing, or doing any improper act. Hold on to your feet when you are on the point of kicking, run- < ning off from study, or pursueing the path of error, shame, or crime. Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited, or imposed upon, or others aré angrywith you. Hold on to your heart when evil associates seek your company, and invite you to join in their mirth, games, and revelry. Hold on to your good name at all times, for it is of more value than gold, high places, or fashonable at tire. ( Hold on to the truth, for it will serve you well and do you good throughout eternity. Hold on to virtue—it is above all price to you, at all times and places. Hold on to your character, for. it is and ever will be your best wealth. —Ex. ---------- „ • « » —,.J.. — — ... The Tendency of Scientific In quiry. Sir Henry Barkly, O. C. M. G..F. R S , took the chair at the annual meeting of the Victoria (Philoso phical) Institute at 7, Adelphi Ter race, London, in the last week in June. The honorary secretary, Captain F. Petrie, F. R. S. L, read the report, by which it appeared that the institute—founded to in vestigate all questions of philosophy and science, and more especially .any alleged to militate against the truth of revelation—had now risen to 1,020 members, of whom about dne-thirjl were foreign, colonial, and American, and new application to join were constantly coming in. An increaszng number of leading men of science had joined the ranks, and men of science, whether in its ranks or not, cooperated in its work. During the session a careful analy sis has been undertaken by Profes sor Stokes F. R. S., Sir J. R. Ben nett, Vice President R. S., Professor Beale, F. R. S., and others, of the various theories of evolution, and it was reported that, as yet, no scien y !) . tific evidence has been met with giving countenance to the theory that man had been evolved from a lower order in animals ; and Pro fessor Virchow had declared that there was a complete absence of any fossil type of a lower stage in the development of man ; and that any positive advance in the prov ince of prehistoric anthropology has aeUalUt jemaved us further from proofs of such connection—namely, with the rest of the animal king dom. In this Professor Barrande, the great palaeontologist, had con curred, declaring that in none of his investigations had he found any one fossil species develop into an other. In fact, it would seem that no scientific man had yet discover ed a link between man and the ape, between fish and frog, or between the vertebrate and the invertebrate animals; further, there was no evi dence of any one species, fossil or other, losing its peculiar character istics to acquire new ones belong ing to other species; for instance, however similar the dog to the wolf, there was no connecting link, and among extinct species the same was. the case; there was no gradual passage from one to another. ’ Moreover, the first animals that existed on the earth were by no means to be considered as inferior or degraded. Among other investi gations, one into the truth of tho argument from design in nature had been carried on, and had hitherto tended to fully confirm that doc trine. The question of the Assy rian inscriptions, and the recent Babylonian researches, had been under the leadership of Mr. Hor- muzd Rassam, who, on his arrival from Nineveh, had given a full re port of the extent of his new exca vations, which were of the highest interest. His discovery of Sephar- vaim, one of the first cities mention ed in Holy Writ, was most impor tant. Professor Delitsch and oth ers aided in the consideration of the discoveries and the inscriptions found. Two meetings had been held to cbnsider the questions rais ed in Mr. Herbert Spencer’s philos ophy, and Lord O’Neill and others had shown, by a careful analysis of his arguments, that a greater atten tion to accuracy in statements, would have kept Mr. Spencer from arriving at those hasty conclusions which had made his philosophy re markable. It was announced that the results of explorations now be ing carried on in Egypt would be laid before the Institute early in
