TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9339, 13 February 1896, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Thb HurigarUn Ministor of Women Public Worship and Inalruo-' Students tion, Dr. Wlaesios, has juet

iv iaeued the regulations under Hungary, whioh the young women of Hungary are to be allowed to •; follow in the footsteps of their talented sisters in other countries. The movement for the higher education of women has pene* trated to Buda-Pesth and the demands of its advocates have, after some delay, been partly met by the authorities. The Universities will in future admit as etwlente any young women whose tastes lead them in that direction, and the amount • aud variety of kuotvledge whioh may be acquired by them is apparently unlimited. Uut lustrictiouß are placed upon the extent to whioh . the female student* may use tho knuwtedge thus gained. The Hniig-u-ian Government, wo are told, will have nothing to do with lady lawyers or preacher*, and there ecema to be no likelihood at present that University cbaire will be filled by young ladies who have come the examinations above the Hungarian equivalent for the Senior Wrangler, However brilliant a echolar a young lady may prove lo be her choice of a profession will £ lie between being a teacher, a chomisb, and a doctor, and even in these the extent to o which she. may act is limited. She • * may not as a teaoher rise above a \ position on the staff of a secondary" uchool for ffirle ; aa a chemist she in to ba .-„ restricted to acting as a dispenser under a properly qualified male chemist, and as a phyeictan ehe will be debarred from prescribing for male patients, her practice being confined to women and children, ■ ,whioh after all is the true work of a lady doctor. • It will be admitted that Dr. W'lassics exhibits considerable oaution in hie coucse* sions to the cry for female " eniauoip.itioa.' . He that many women are nowadays forced to enter into V tho struggle for existence, and that others who are uuder no ueoaesity to earn their own ltviug feel they, have as t«ood a right to university education as have their father a and brothers. He, therefore, makes provision whereby the former class ussy have a wider ephere ia which to work, and the Utter gam that; larger educatiou which has hitherto been deuied them. He probably reoognises that in time to'oorae the barriers which now prevent women from competing wilh men in all the professions will have to be removed, but in the moantiino he believes in the wieuum of hastening slowly.

Tujc Very Ray. Mon. The eiyt:or Michael Vcrdou, Now Catholic D.D., who has been apBishop. pointed to euooeeil tbe la to Dr. Moraa 03 Roman Catholic Bishop of Duncdiu, is, we are informed by the Rev. Father dimming*, » tnan of over fifty yeara of age. Hβ was

bora iii County Kilrture, Ireland, ami was e'luo&ted at the College of the Yiucentiaa Father* B«sr D.ibliu. Hβ reoeived hit training for the priesthood at the Prop* , ' . gaud*, Borne, and aubnequonlly became * r

member of the staff of Holy Cros3 College, Clonliffe. of which be was later on appointed Rector. In 18S0 ho wont to Rome to take the position of V ce-President of the inah CoUej,'.} in that ciiv, aud whila there received the tide of 'viuusigaor, which je conferred \>y the Pope ujen ecclesiastics who have rot attained to the episcopate, but who in*y have rendered eminent services, lo lf>B3 Verdon was invited by Cir-iin&l Mor.».n to come to New South Wolm to take charge of the ecdeii&uical which the iattor had erected at M.inly. A* vie rector of this seminary Jiousi'gnor Verdon made himself coa•picumiii by lm many üblo qualities, and is eftid t*> have displayed a great talent for At the recent Pleuary Council held iv Sydt ey he was deputed to coiivey liia decrees of tiie Council to Rome, anl was also appointed in tha place of the lat* Archbishop Kit by, who had filled thf ollice for many yeara, as tho permanent t»ele_'-ue of tho Irish and Australian Bishops in Ivjiiih. If c had eec out ou this mission when the news of hia appointment was cabled, and it is thought probable that he will continue hia journey, and after transacting hi-< business in Rome will receive consecration there. T!i<? iiiahop-elect, who, it may by mentioned, was a warm personal friend of Bishop Moran, is said to be »man of consi lei able power and learning, »nd will ftoly fill the pjat to which he has been appointed. i