The Flora MacDonald College and the

Scottish Society of America.

The interest in the movement inaugurated by Dr. James A. Macdonald, of the Toronto Globe, when he was president of The Scottish Society of America, and carried out by the society, that has resulted in the change of the name of the Southern Presbyterian College to Flora Macdonald College, is increasing greatly.

When as wise and well-informed a Scot

as Dr. Macdonald says, "this thing is good, let us do it," no Scot, matter not how canny he may be, need hesitate to follow.

Some are asking what manner of institution is that that commended itself as

being worthy to bear the name of Flora Macdonald? It is a great institution. From small beginnings, twenty years ago, in a little wooden building, it has developed into one of the notable colleges of the South. It is located in Red Springs, N. C., the center of the Flora Macdonald country. This is that part of North Carolina made famous for its wonderful winter climate by "Pinehurst," the great winter playground of the rich folk. The college buildings are brick-heated by steam and lighted by electricity-there is running water in all rooms, and the buildings are as comfortable as a modern hotel.

There is a faculty of thirty highly cultured and well-trained men and women. The student body numbers from 250 to 275, a fine body of young women gathered from a dozen States; 75 per cent. to 80 per cent. of them are of Scottish descent. This is a large and growing proposition, and the society is seeking an adequate endowment that will enable the college to do a yet greater work. They are calling to their aid their fellow Scots all over the world, and they are answering even from faraway India.

The work of gathering funds is in the hands of Colonel Benehan Cameron, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. James A. Macdonald, The Globe, Toronto, Canada, and Dr. C.

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Dr. J. Campbell White, for ten years head of the layman's missionary movement in the United States and Canada, was inaugurated President of Wooster College, May 12th. Dr. White is the first alumnus of Wooster to become its head. He was graduated in 1890.

More than fifty war relief organizations will participate in the Allied Bazar which will be held in the Grand Central Palace, New York, from June 3rd to June 14th. The bazar is held under the joint auspices of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the National Allied Relief Committee, and the War Relief Clearing House for France and her Allies. Cash and merchandise have been received from all over the United States.

The Clark amendment giving complete independence to the Philippines in four years, hailed generally as a "scuttle" on the part of the party in power, was decisively defeated in the House of Representatives, May 1st, by 213 to 165, thirty Democrats voting against it. The bill had previously passed the Senate.

Chauncey M. Depew, the veteran ex-Senator of New York, celebrated his eightysecond birthday, April 23rd. In an interview at that time he said he was convinced not only of the victory of the Allies, but of the overthrow of imperialism in Germany by popular revolution, and that the benefits to the world that will follow will be as great as those of America from the Civil War.

Memorial services for Americans who lost their lives by the sinking of the Lusitania, torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7th of last year, were held throughout the United States. The meeting that was to have been held in Carnegie Hall, New York, under the auspices of the American Rights Committee, was postponed at the request of Mayor Mitchel on account of the delicate international situation. It was held, however, on May 19th.

At the annual election of officers of the New York Stock Exchange, May 8th, Mr. Herbert G. S. Noble was elected President for the third consecutive time. Mr. Noble, who is a member of the St. Andrew's Society, merits this honor for the distinguished service to the organization in his former terms, which have embraced the trving period of the great war. His book. The New York Stock Exchange in th› Crisis of 1915, was reviewed in the August, 1915, CALEDONIAN.

An address of sympathy with the Allies has been signed by 500 of the most prominent people of the United States.

Major Thomas R. Fleming, son of David Brown Fleming, was marshal of the Hide and Leather Division of the great Preparedness parade in New York City, May 13th.

Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, widow of the late Colonial Secretary of Great Britain, returned May 12th to the United States on the White Star liner Adriatic, after an absence of seventeen years, to visit her family in Boston. Mrs. Chamberlain is a daughter of the late William C. Endicott, Secretary of War under President Cleveland.

Among the relics of the British Revolutionary camp recently unearthed at Broadway and 203rd street, New York City, are buttons and belt-buckles of the 28th and 42nd Black Watch and the 71st Fraser Highlanders, who were in garrison there in the winter of 1776 and 1777.

Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian, who has toured the United States and Canada since November, sailed May 10th on the American liner Finland. While in Canada he sang at several concerts for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers in the war.

Captain Fritz Duquesne, of New York, noted adventurer and soldier of fortune, a well-known figure in the Boer war, has been killed in a battle with Indians while exploring the Bolivian frontier. His expedition was looted by the attacking band.

Complete plans have been made for the improvement of the Hudson River shore of Manhattan, New York city, which will remove all railroad tracks from Riverside Drive Park and place them in tunnels. Also in all commercial sections the street tracks will be elevated.

The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, at its spring meeting, recognized fifty-two acts of heroism in various parts of the country.

Second Lieutenant Arnold Whitridge. Yale, '14, son of F. W. Whitridge, of New York, President of the Third Avenue Railway Company, has received the British Military Cross. The decoration is bestowed for having directed the fire of his battery during a hot period of the recent fighting from a forward observing station. with the German trenches only 100 yards away.

The House of Representatives put aside its partisanship and its legislative program for two hours and paid respect to its former Speaker, Joseph G. Cannon, who was eighty years old on May 7th. Mr. Cannon entered the House forty-three years ago. He has served continuously, except two terms, since that time. No other man ever served that length of time in the lower chamber. Only two members of Congress-Mr. Morrill of Vermont and Mr. Allison of Iowa-served for a longer period, and then only if the years they spent in the Senate and House are added together.

"Baby Week" was celebrated in New York City the week of May 6-13. Nearly 3,000 persons took part in the parade on May 11th. Prizes were awarded and great interest was shown in educational lectures, etc., given throughout the city.

Secretary of the Navy Hon. Josephus Daniels spoke, May 14th, in the Metropolitan Temple, Fourteenth street, New York. An enthusiastic audience applauded his eloquent address on "Preparedness."

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Lieutenant "Robert Fay," convicted in New York in the plot to destroy ships carrying supplies to the Allies, was sentenced May 9th to serve eight years in the Federal prison and his two associates were tenced to two and four years respectively. In sentencing the men, Judge Howe, of the United States Court, said: "Men such as you, who have no respect for human life, should know that the laws of this country are not suspended, even though there is a war in Europe."

Flora Macdonald College, Red Springs, N. C., was formally dedicated May 24, in connection with the annual commencement of the college, and the annual meeting of the Scottish Society of America. The principal address was delivered by Dr. James A. Macdonald, editor of the Toronto Globe. Others who took part were Rev. Dr. C. G. Vardell, the president of the college, Rev. Dr. T. W. Sloane, Rev. Dr. A. D. McClure, Rev. Dr. H. C. Hill and Hon. Locke Craig, President of the Scottish Society America.

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Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis, President of Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, now in session at Atlantic City, N. J. The various boards of the church reported larger contributions than usual. The College Board, under the able management of the Secretary, Rev. D. Robert Mackenzie, a native of Cromarty, has been particularly fortunate. The Permanent Fund now amounts to $1,672,420 against $140,000 in 1911, when Dr. Mackenzie became Secretary, and has been largely augmented this year.

The United States Supreme Court has denied the appeal of Ignatius T. Trebitsch

Lincoln, the self-confessed German spy, against his extradition to Great Britain. The British Government has asked his return on charges of forgery preferred against him by creditors in London.

The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Newark, N. J., by Robert Treat in 1666, was opened by parades, a historic pageant and other exercises, May 1st. Governor Fielder, ex-Governor Murphy and many notables from outside the State were the speakers. The Industrial Exposition was opened May 13th by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and represents the contribution of 2,200 factories in Newark manufacturing 352 distinct lines of goods, with an annual output of more than $250,000,000 value.

In a note to the United States, published May 10th, the German Government officially admitted that the channel steamer Sussex was torpedoed without warning by one of her submarines in violation of assurances given to the United States last September following the destruction of the liner Arabic. Regret is expressed for “the deplorable accident," an offer to pay "an adequate indemnity" to the American citizens is extended and announcement is made that the conduct of the responsible submarine commander has been disapproved and he has been "appropriately" punished.

The one hundred and fourth commencement of the Princeton Theological Seminary took place May 9th, thirty-nine members of the graduating class being registered as members of the Presbyterian ministry. In addition, President Stevenson conferred the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity on twentyone special students and announced six fellowships and five prizes.

Union Theological Seminary, New York, graduated fifty-one men at its annual commencement, May 16th. Tablets were unveiled to the memory of the Rev. Horace T. Pitkin, who was killed in the Boxer rebellion in China, and to the Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Hastings, one-time President of the sem. inary.

Mr. Walter Scott, New York, is on his annual fishing trip in Maine and will remain until about June 1. He reports that the fishing is good. Among other trophies, on the second day he caught a seven-pound sal

mon.

Mrs. D. Willis James. New York, who recently died, bequeathed to the ministerial relief funds of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches, $750,000 each. What a wonderful gift from one person to such a cause-two and one-quarter million dollars.

Prof. John Douglas Adam, of Hartford Theological Seminary, has sailed for London, where he will supply the City Temple, May 28 and June 4, and other British churches during the summer.

Canadian

Announcement was made, May 9th, of the safe arrival in England of four troop ships which sailed from Canada late in April with 14,504 men of all ranks.

The $250,000,000 war aid bill was passed by Parliament, May 6th.

The annual excursion from Eastern Canada brought 2,100 Canadians in several trains to New York city for the Easter holidays, or 300 more than last year.

Sixty-five strong, well-drilled Walpole Island Indians form a part of Lambton County's (Ont.) 149th Battalion for overseas service.

South and north of Regina, and between that city and Winnipeg, floods from melting snow have been the worst experienced in Saskatchewan and Manitoba since 1904. The waters in the Red and Assiniboine Rivers were twenty-four feet above normal. All industries, warehouses and residences along the river banks were flooded and the property loss is placed at millions of dollars.

Tons of old paper and rags collected by school children in Hamilton, Ont., under the direction of the Rotary Club, brought in more than $2,000 for the Red Cross.

Mrs. Charles Harris, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has six brothers serving their king and country. They are Charles, Alfred, George, Frank, James and Will Gleed, stalwart sons of Charles Gleed, of London West, Ont. Four of the above are in the Canadian army, and two are munitions makers, one in London and one in Toronto. The five sons of Mrs. J. Harrington, Brantford, Ont., are also in khaki. One has been wounded at the front.

It has been announced in the House of Commons that a through train service will be put into operation on the National Transcontinental Railway from Halifax and St. John to Winnipeg, and thence to Prince Rupert, on or about June 1st.

Trooper Douglas Waugh, son of Mayor R. D. Waugh, of Winnipeg, L. S H. (R. C.), who made a remarkable recovery from serious wounds received in the battle of Festubert, May 24, 1915, has returned from the front. He was met by relatives and friends and given a sympathetic welcome by a huge crowd of citizens.

The Postmasters' Association of Canada has turned in $6,000 as a second subscription from the Postmasters to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Last year they gave $5,000. A new military decoration for award to the rank and file of the army has been instituted by the King, known as the Military Medal, ranking after the D. C. M. and before all war medals. The first Military Medal was bestowed on a Canadian soldier, Corporal Miller, First Battalion.

The British Government has awarded a contract for 600,000,000 one-pound cans of beef stew for use as army rations. The value is placed at $91,000,000, and the contract will be distributed amongst Canadian and United States firms. This contract means about 300,000,000 pounds of beef. 1,500,000 bags of rice and millions of pounds of white beans, carrots and onions.

William Young, thirty-four years old, of Dunnville, Ont., has an honorable discharge from the Princess Patricia regiment and a pension from the Canadian Government to offset the twenty-two shrapnel wounds and the effect of chlorine on his internal organs. He received all his hurts in the famous fight at Hill No. 60 about a year ago when the Princess Patricia regiment was almost annihilated and when asphyxiating gases were used for the first time.

Twelve hundred Canadians recently paraded to service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, London.

The 97th Battalion (senior battalion of the American Legion) is complete and will soon leave for service overseas. Late reports from the west indicate that the 211th and 212th Battalions, located at Vancouver and Winnipeg, respectively, are growing rapidly and that it will not be long until these units, too, are at full strength, 1,150 men. A fourth battalion the 213th, is being formed.

Canadian troops made another great stand at St. Eloi the week of April 30th. For seven days one brigade held successfully this section under the heaviest fire of this section. Highest praise is given the men in the official reports and many men are mentioned for individual bravery.

British and Foreign

The Prince of Wales visited the Italian war zone during May as the guest of King Victor Emmanuel, with whom he is at the front. The Prince was reported to have arrived in Egypt in March, as a captain on the staff of the British commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean.

Prince Albert, second son of King George, who has been under treatment for a gastric disorder since August, 1914, has completely recovered, and will shortly resume his duties as a midshipman in the navy.

A pastor, writing to The Presbyterian from Northern France says: "One day I read the De Profundis to a dying German Catholic as the priest was away. We have only one religion, that of Pity, which is saving us from hatred and despair."

In response to the Master Cutler's appeal for disused razors for soldiers at the front, 160,000 razors were received, of which 135,000 have been sent to the troops after having been put in order by workmen at the Cutler's Hall, Sheffield.

No tourist tickets are issued on any of the Scottish or English railways since April 30th. During the winter, tourist tickets were available from Scotland to certain towns in England, but now ordinary fares are charged for all railway journeys.

The Rev. Dr. Hodgson has resigned the principalship of the Theological Hall of the Scottish Congregational Union, which he has occupied for twenty-two years.

Board of Trade returns for April show that imports of Great Britain increased about $10,230,000, while exports increased $23,240,000. Imports of food and chemicals show increases, but cotton imports show a decrease of $12,500,000. There were increased exports of manufactured articles, of which iron and cotton textile products show increases of $6,250,000 each.

The largest demonstration by women ever held in Scotland occurred in Glasgow, May 13th, when, as a protest against the manufacture and sale of liquor during the war, 30,000 women, headed by bands, marched to the Green, where speeches were made demanding prohibition.

Premier Asquith, addressing a delegation of members of the Russian Duma visiting London, said: "The allies know that victory is certain. We will stand together, no matter how long and severe the test of endurance, until we have beaten to the ground the forces which have withstood us, and can begin in peace to rebuild the shaken fabric of European civilization."

Colonel the Hon. Charles John Coventry, previously reported missing, it is now ascertained, is a prisoner at Damascus with twenty officers and 230 men of the Worcestershire Yeomanry. They were captured by the Turks at Qatia on Easter Sunday.

The Rev. James MacGibbon, B. D., of the second charge of the parish of Hamilton, was recently elected minister of Glasgow Cathedral.

Lady Kelvin made a notable bequest of $25,000 to Glasgow University to be applied for promoting research and the teaching of She also bequeathed all physical science. the decorations and medals conferred upon her husband, the late Lord Kelvin. This is a unique collection and will prove a valuable addition to the University Museum.

John Maclean, who until his dismissal a few months ago was a school teacher at Govan, Scotland, on conviction before the High Court of Judiciary on four counts of using language likely to prejudice recruiting and cause sedition, mutiny and disaffection among the civil population, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. He was one of the agitators in the recent Clyde workers' strike.

Officers' casualty lists show that during March the British army lost 372 killed, 690 wounded and 44 missing-a total of 1,106. The losses in officers since the beginning of hostilities total 25,033. Of these, 7,792 were killed or died of wounds, 15,438 were wounded and 1,803 are missing. Two brigadier-generals and two major-generals were wounded, and one colonel and eleven lieutenant-colonels killed during the month.

The plan of saving daylight by advancing all clocks one hour a day from May 15th to September 30th, already adopted in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, has again been introduced in the House of Commons and passed its first reading.

Miss Jessie Macleod, who died at Oban, May 10th, was the last surviving daughter of the famous Highland divine, the Rev. Roderick Macleod, Free Church minister of Snizort, Skye. Her brother, Dr. Roderick Macleod, Raasay Lodge, Oban, is the present head of the Raasay family.

General Townshend, who was forced to surrender Kut-el-Amara to the Turks after 133 days of heroic defense, April 29th, was in command of the garrison at Chitral during the famous siege of 1895. He entered the service in 1881.

The serious revolt in Dublin which began April 24th has been entirely suppressed and the leaders punished, fourteen shot and some two score sentenced to terms of penal servitude. Cabinet Minister Birrell and LordLieutenant Winborne have resigned and for the time being a large part of the south of Ireland is under martial law. The fighting in Dublin between the Sinn Feiners and the troop did incalculable damage to property and many lives were forfeited. This is the result, not counting the damage to Irish reform, of an ill-advised revolution of a few hot-heads, financed with German money for the immediate benefit, but to the everlasting discredit of the Germans and their Irish sympathizers.

Chiefs and people of Eastern Krobo, Gold Coast and the head chief, chiefs, and people of the New Juaben Settlement, Gold Coast, have each subscribed £1,500 for two aeroplanes for the Royal Flying Corps through the Overseas Aircraft Fund. This is the seventh aeroplane from the Gold Coast.