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TAITH DRWY OHIO.
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TAITH DRWY OHIO. Gan Ellenor Williams, Castle Street. 0 Cleveland, Ohio, yr ysgrifenais ddiweddaf. Pan ar gychwyn oddiyno cefais y pleser mawr o gyfarfod a'r Parch. William R. Edwards, Gran- ville, N.Y., un o hen gyfeillion y dyddiau gynt, pan oedd yn fyfyriwr yn athrofa y Bala. 0 Cleveland aethum i Akron i wasanaethu yr eglwys Gymreig. Nid oes yno weinidog, ond mae gan y frawdoliaeth y capel bach mwyaf dymunol. Mae yn grwn fel theatre; mor hawdd siarad ag anadlu ynddo. Drwg oedd genyf weled can lleied o Gymry yn cymeryd dyddordeb yn yr achos mawr. Arosais am rai dyddiau yn y lie i weled y cleifion a'r hen bobl. Cefais groesaw calon i aros gyda Mr. a Mrs. Thomas Richards yn eu cartref hyfryd. Yno y treuliais y Fourth of July, a dyna dawel oedd yn yr ardd yn tynu y currants duon, cyn i'r robin goch helpu ei hunan a'i deulu a hwynt. Yn min yr hwyr aeth Carlo, y ci du mawr, a minnau i'r gwernydd coediog oedd gerllaw i chwilio am wningen wen, ond ni fedrai Carlo na minnau redeg yn ddigon buan i ddal yr un o breswylwyr y tyllau. Cefais groesaw mawr gan y blaenor Thomas Griffiths a'i briod ac eraill o deuluoedd yr eglwys fach. 0 Akron aethum ar ail ymweliad ag East Greenville. Dyna y diwrnod poethaf aeth dros fy mhen erioed, yn croesi y gwastad-dir i East Brookfield. Dyna falch oeddwn o weled y brawd Thomas Rees, a Harri, y ceffyl du, yn fy nghwrdd; yn lie bod raid i mi gerdded dwy filltir a haner drwy y gwres angerddol. Hyfryd o le i aros sydd gyda Mr. a Mrs. James Thomas, y Store. Da 3th y Sul, a dyna ddydd a gwlith y nefoedd arno—y ddwy eglwys Gymreig yn uno, a daeth llawer o Gymry Massillon a'r cylchoedd i gyn- orthwyo. Anerchqdd y Parch. Mr. Long a chanodd chwaer, nes oedd y gwrandawyr oedd wedi myned allan yn gorfod aros wrth y drysau i wrando. Credwn y bydd ol y Sul hwnw ar eneidiau yn East Greenville. Garw oedd genyf fod yr hen frawd Thomas Thomas yn rhy sal i fod yn y capel. Nid oes ei ffyddlonach ef a'r anwyl Mrs. Thomas. Gwelais golled yn y capel am bresenoldeb Mrs. Rees Harris, trwy afiechyd, a Mrs. William Thomas, yr hon oedd wedi myned i Gymru i weled ei mam oedranus. Mae yr hen frawd Thomas Lewis yn llawer gwell. Efe a'r brawd James Thomas ddarfu gychwyn yr achos Cymreig yn East Greenville. Nid oedd modd mesur nac amgyffred faint mae yr hen Gymry wedi wneyd i helpu gwareiddiad a Christionogaeth i gymeryd meddiant o'r wlad leuanc fawr hon, trwy gadw eu Berhelau bach yma ac acw. Drwg mawr y lie yw fod dim gwaith i bobl, ond gyda ffermwyr. Mae cnydau toreithiog ar y meusydd. Yr oedd yn gynauaf gwenith ar y brawd Rees Harris yn y Grove. Hyfryd oedd genym gwrdd a'r cyfreithiwr ieuanc addawol Tom Davies. Mae wedi pasio yr uchaf ar y rhestr yn Columbus ar derfyn y ieuanc crefyddol ac yn bregethwr cymeradwy gyda'r Bedyddwyr. Itymor. Heblaw hyn, mae Mr. Davies yn ddyn ieuanc crefyddol ac yn bregethwr cymeradwy gyda'r Bedyddwyr. I Sommerdale yr oeddwn i fyned o East Greenville, ac i mi gael diwrnod da wrth fyned, aeth y brodyr Thomas Rees a David Davies, gynt o Cefn Mawr, gyda mi i Massillon, er mwyn i mi gael gweled y dref brydferth hono, sydd yn cynyddu toor gyflym. Mae yr achos Cymreig wedi marw J"1* Sommerdale, ond mae yno ychydig deulu- pedd Cymreig. Ar gais Mr. a Mrs. J. H. Thomas, o East Greenville gynt, a Mrs.' ^ottomy, merch Mr. a Mrs. John James, o Alliance, yr aethum i Sommerdale am ddwy noson. Digwyddodd fod yn ystormus iawn y ddwy noson, er hyn daeth cynulliadau da. Seisnig oedd y cyrddau ag eithrio ambell i brofiad Cymreig gaem gan yr hen bobl. Can- wyd yno rai o emynau y diwygiad o dan ^rweiniad Mrs. Rottomy. Y wraig ragorol hono sydd yn arwain fwyaf y gwaith da, am nad oes gweinidog sefydlog yn y lie. Dyna drueni yw fyny. Cynhyrfwyd fy enaid y noson olaf wrth yr oeddwn i fyned o East Greenville, ac i mi gael diwrnod da wrth fyned, aeth y brodyr Thomas Rees a David Davies, gynt o Cefn Mawr, gyda mi i Massillon, er mwyn i mi gael gweled y dref brydferth hono, sydd yn cynyddu toor gyflym. Mae yr achos Cymreig wedi marw Yn Sommerdale, ond mae yno ychydig deulu- oedd Cymreig. Ar gais Mr. a Mrs. J. H. Thomas, o East Greenville gynt, a Mrs.- ^ottomy, merch Mr. a Mrs. John James, o Alliance, yr aethum i Sommerdale am ddwy noson. Digwyddodd fod yn ystormus iawn y ddwy noson, er hyn daeth cynulliadau da. Seisnig oedd y cyrddau ag eithrio ambell i brofiad Cymreig gaem gan yr hen bobl. Can- wyd yno rai o emynau y diwygiad o dan arweiniad Mrs. Rottomy. Y wraig ragorol hono sydd yn arwain fwyaf y gwaith da, am nad oes gweinidog sefydlog yn y lie. Dyna drueni yw hyny. Cynhyrfwyd fy enaid y noson olaf wrth weled tua dau ddwsin o ddynion ieuainc yn gadael y game o base-ball a dod i'r cwrdd i wrando yr hen stori am y groes, ac arosodd nifer fawr o honynt yn yr ail gyfarfod. Mae y meusydd yn wynion, ond pa le mae y medelwyr at y cynauaf mawr? Dyna gyfle i'r eglwysi cyfoethog i weithio fyddai helpu yr eglwysi bychain hyn i gael celadon da i ddysgu y genedl ieuanc sydd yn codi. Bu Mr. a Mrs. Thomas yn garedig iawn i mi er mwyn yr achos. Gadewais am Canton i gwrdd a Miss Ceridwen Thomas, i ni gael myned i weled y llanerch gyseredig hono lie gorwedd diweddar Lywydd America, William McKinley, ond yn lie myned yn mlaen dyna fi yn gorfod aros pedair awr a haner yn Navarre am drain, felly dyryswyd fy holl gynlluniau i gwrdd Miss Thomas. Ond cyrhaeddais Canton ryw dro, ac aethum am Westlawn Cemetery i weled bedd yr arwr. Yr oedd y lie yn dawel, neb ond y milwyr oedd yn gwylio y bedd, un o'r rhai hyny yn enedigol o Lundain, a dyna dirion fu y llanc hwnw i roddi pob hysbysrwydd allai i mi. Un o'r pethau cyntaf a ofynodd oedd am y diwygiad yn yr Hen Wlad. Cefais ganiatad i ymdroi gyhyd ag a fynwn o gwmpas y llanerch fydd yn gyrchfan cenedloedd sydd eto heb eu geni i'w gweled. Yr oedd rhyw swyn rhyfedd yn y lie i mi. Mae y fynwent fach wedi ei hamgylchu a choed tewion, a'r noson hono yr oedd yr haul fel pelen o aur yn ymgolli tros y gorwel pell, a'i belydrau euraidd yn ymwthio rhwng dail y coed ar y beddau tawel. Gwnai i mi feddwl mai dyna fel y nos- wyliodd yr arwr, gan daflu pelydrau ei gymeriad glan tros y byd, o goffadwriaeth fendigedig. (Tw barhau.)
THE WELSH UNIVERSITY PROBLEM.
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THE WELSH UNIVERSITY PROBLEM. A correspondent, who appears to have a pretty clear understanding of the Welsh Uni- versity problem, writes to the Manchester Guardian as follows:—"The question of the possible dissolution of the present alliance between the three Welsh University Colleges has latterly been freely discussed on the plat- form and in the press. Professor Henry Jones, of Glasgow, has openly declared his conviction that the ideal which the three colleges should hold before them is ultimate development into separate universities. Other educational leaders, anxious for the maintenance of unity in every sphere of Welsh educational organisation, advo- cate the preservation of the existing system at all costs, and are busy devising schemes for what Professor Jones would call 'strength- ening the centre' of the federal 'machinery.' Hence the proposal for an alteration of the Charter providing for the appointment of a new executive officer, to be called Principal, or, as some would prefer, Rector of the Uni- versity. The new officer would presumably supersede, or at least take over the main duties of, the present Vice Chancellor, and would be a kind of academic' metropolitan' exercising jurisdiction over the three college Principals, who now hold the Vice Chancellorship in turn. This proposal has a certain superficial attraction for those who are primarily concerned about machinery, and stands out for the moment as the chief feature in their programme of University Reform.' "It is not, however, the fact that the pro- posal to appoint a Principal is actually before the University Court at the present time. The Court at its last meeting declined to discuss the question, and there is no ground for supposing that a definite motion for the creation of such an office would command the support of a majority of its members. The present crisis in the affairs of the University is the sole and simple result of difficulties of administration which were hardly foreseen at the time of its incorporation. It remains yet to be proved that the appointment of a University Principal would satisfactorily solve any one of these difficulties, while it does not require much prescience to discover in the creation of an 'extra collegiate' academic head a serious menace to the welfare of the colleges, which, after all, are the University. The Uni- versity's administrative difficulties are due in the main to the unequal division of academic business between the respective offices of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar. It may be urged that this brings us at once to one of the root objections to the federal system. The Registrar's office is permanently located at Cardiff, while the Vice Chancellor's c'erk, with all his papers, is obliged to make a two years' sojourn at each of the two other colleges in turn. This difficulty is, of course, a serious one, and the Welsh federal system will always have to reckon with it. It is not, however, in itself so grave as to have brought about all but an impasse in the administration of the University thus early in its history. What has aggravated the difficulty in Wales is that, owing to the absence of an academic Registrar, the Vice Chancellor has had to deal with a vast amount of business which in other universities is trans- acted in the Registrar's office. The Vice Chancellor and his secretary have for some years past been solely responsible for the busi- ness of the Senate and for the conduct of the degree examinations, representing between them much the heaviest part of the administrative work of the University. As the Vice Chancel- lor in any year can .only partly detach himself from the executive work of his particular college, the accumulation of both University and Col- lege business has at certain periods of the year become almost too much for one man to deal with. It has resulted more than once in the breakdown of the Vice Chancellor, and it is a matter of common knowledge that the late Principal Viriamu Jones's untimely death was accelerated by the strain thus imposed upon him. The paramount requirement of the Uni- versity has thus for some time been the reorganisation of and the complete readjustment of the work in the offices of the Registrar and the Vice Chancellor. The University Court has just taken the first step in this direction by advertising for an 'academic' Registrar, who will be appointed at the Court's next meeting. Upon the efficiency of this officer much will depend. If he is able to relieve the Vice Chancellor to the extent which that official has a right to expect, the federal system may be trusted to continue to work smoothly for some years to come. For the present the University problem in Wales is solely a question of machinery. The colleges are not as yet in a position to discuss seriously the relative advantages and disadvant- ages of federation. They are forced either to preserve their federal union or to revert to their original position of independent local institu- tions engaged in inglorious preparation' for the examinations of some outside body. But. increased endowments and growth in internal power and prestige may enable them, even sooner than is generally expected, to consider with comparative security whether their present alliance is not a hindrance to their full and free development. Two things alone can, in the present condition of the constituent colleges, threaten the University with immediate disrup- tion. The first is the possibility, even under the new regime, of the failure of the Registrar's office to cope with the accumulation and com- plexity of University business. The conditions of the federal problem in Wales, owing to the distance between the colleges and the lack of adequate means of communication, are vastly different from what they were in the North of England, and it is idle to close one's eyes to the practical dangers which attend what may for the present be an imperative national expedient. The other menace to the future cohesion of the system lies in the proposal to create a University Principal, which, even though administrative machinery may work smoothly, some 'reformers in pursuit of a false ideal of unity may persist in forcing upon the colleges."