IN an article in the last Independent, entitled, "Bulgaria and Europe," George Washburn, D. D., President of Robert College, Constantinople, gives a summary of the Bulgarian question, showing how unsettled it is at the present time, and the advantage which Russia has gained in the case, and closes thus:—
"If the Greek question is settled, there is no reason why we should not anticipate at least one more year of peace in Europe. If war begins in earnest between Turkey and Greece, no one can say where or when it will end."
With no certainty of an amicable settlement of the difficulty, with the certainty of a terrible war in case it is not soon settled, and with no reason to anticipate more than a year of peace in case it is settled, it does not seem that the prospect for peace in Europe is very flattering.
Our Camp-Meetings.
By Editor
THE attention of our readers, especially in California and Nevada, is called to the change in the camp-meeting appointments. We have received word from Elder Haskell that, if our State meeting could be held Oct. 6-19 instead of in September, as before appointed, he would be able to be present during the whole of the meeting, and Elder Butler during at least the last half of the meeting. Of course with the promise that the President of our own Conference and the President of the General Conference will both be with us, the Committee had no hesitation in changing the date of its appointment, and we know that our brethren will heartily second the motion. With the help that is promised, we ought to have, and shall expect, the largest attendance at the Woodland camp-meeting that there has ever been at any meeting in this State. The change in this appointment made it necessary to change the time of the other meetings, except the one in Humboldt County, as will be seen by the camp-meeting list.
College Rowdyism.
By Editor
THE press dispatches of June 28, reported the serious results of a bar-room row raised by five students of Harvard College, on the night of June 19. Eight students had attended a champagne supper and, "after drinking much wine," these five started home together, and, already drunk, entered a bar-room and soon raised a free fight. The police stopped the fight and arrested three of the hoodlum students, but the proprietor refused to prefer any charges against them "for fear of injuring his business," although one of them had hit him on the head from behind with a loaded cane, cutting a gash in which seventeen stitches had to be taken. About midnight one of the gang was found in his room, wildly insane, and the chances are that he will forever remain so, as the latest report is that neither his death nor his recovery is probable. But we read no hint of any college discipline applied to the rowdy students. And this is Harvard College. This is "the leading institution of learning in America." And the worst of it is the lead is too closely followed by nearly every such institution in the country. The hoodlumism, the rowdyism, of college students is a disgrace to the nation. There are, however, honorable exceptions. There yet remain some colleges so old-fogyish as to inculcate upon the minds of young men the idea that they should have other ambition than to become educated brutes.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
By Editor
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