Tappan Hall's Course

Last Thursday night, in the parlors of the Presbyterian church, Revs. Dr. Radcliffe and Dr. Difkie, of Detroit, held their promised conference with the students and members of the Tappan association, concerning the future work of that society. Dr. Radcliffe began by saying that the meeting was held lor the purpose of interesting the sludents of the University, and especially those of Presbyterian tendencies in church work. It had been decided to inaugúrate a series of lectures, to begin sometime in November, devoted to a study of the creeds and doctrines of the Presbyterian church, how to become successful Sunday-school teachers, how to study the Bible intelligently, and the study of some particular subjects in the Bible would probably be taken up. These lectures would be free to all who chose to come, and would be held once a week, taking probably an hour's time, and would be conducted by those connected with the church in Detroit. " This work will be simply a preliminary one, as we intend, aa soon as possible, to make Tappan hall a reality, and have our lecture room, and our reading room, and make it a home for Presbyterians. A course of religious study will be established, after finishing which the student will be ent'tled to admission to a theological semiaary. But this is in the future, and for the present we mu9t engage in the work of building up Presbyteriaoism, and inducing the young people to join us." Dr. Dickie expressed about the same views, and the opinión of the forty or fifty present was to the effect that such a course of lectures or talks would beery beneficial.