Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . REV. JOHN C YOUNG, D D. DANVILLE movement for the founding of a theologi-cal seminary at Danville was made at the meet-ing of the General Assembly in 1853. The break-ing out of the war and other circumstances sadlyinterfered with its work, and from 1883 to 1886it was practically closed. In September 1886 anew opening was made with the assistance ofthe president and vice-president of the collegeas additional professors. In 1890 the trusteesordered the erection of a new and commodiousbuilding to be named Breckinridge affor
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . REV. JOHN C YOUNG, D D. DANVILLE movement for the founding of a theologi-cal seminary at Danville was made at the meet-ing of the General Assembly in 1853. The break-ing out of the war and other circumstances sadlyinterfered with its work, and from 1883 to 1886it was practically closed. In September 1886 anew opening was made with the assistance ofthe president and vice-president of the collegeas additional professors. In 1890 the trusteesordered the erection of a new and commodiousbuilding to be named Breckinridge affords accommodation for 42 is an able faculty of six professors. Thenumber of students has increased and the semi- 42« COLLEGE AND SEMINARY NOTES. [May,. BOYLE-HUMPHREY GYMNASIUM—CENTRE COLLEGE. nary seems to have entered on a new career ofprosperity. COLLEGE AND SEMINARY NOTES. Harvard.—The faculty of arts and sciencesdecided at a meeting od the 19th of March last toforbid all inter collegiate football contests inthat department of the college. Dartmouth College is passing through the126th year of its history. Its Freshman classnumbers more than a hundred. There is to be anew building in the quadrangle, and work onthe Butterfield Museum should by this time bein progress. Omaha Seminary has come, through theliberality of Mr. Thomas McDougall of Cincin-nati and of Mrs. Mary Thaw of Pittsburgh, intothe possession of a hotel building which willafford abundant room for the accommodation ofthe students and for necessary class rooms andother things required for the equipment of atheological seminary. Lafayette College has a total enrollmentthis year of 303. A feature in the department ofelocution is a series of lectures on such subjectsa
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