Spartanburg journal. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1900-1906, 1906-09-06

rather than trying the small misde-
meanCr of their comrade. The high
est judiciary in the land could not
nave exceeded this gathering of COL
leGa girls for seriousness. No facul-
" member was present. The fairest
'pportunlty Ct defense was given to
me appellant. but the boards iudy-
ment was overwhelmingly affirmed.
ne outcome thoroughly established
lhat these young women were caDa-
Die CT making their own rules: of
compelling one another. wien need
iui. To keep The laws Of their d.moc-
facN; and Of living together under
mis- regime On such frank terms as
lnrhld prejudice either toward the
nnhc"rS OF their mutual organization.
VINO impose the penalties of violated
Jaw, or toward these quaSi-culprits
whom The mischief of girlhoOd some
times involves in delinquency. A fin
"r discipline in the great fundamen-
tai democratic virtue of self-control
could not he devised.
THE SENIORS.
The seniors as BODY are charged
under the plan with Il still iurtner
responsibility. Thy are censors of
dIninS-rOOm manners and out-Of-
door behavior, and IN tins capacity
learn still deeper lesson OF self-cOn
troll on the eve of active lfe-the
lesson CT making themselves examples
of the principles which they are ex-
pected TO inculcate.
In no other particular has the cp-
Grafton Of this new system had "A hap
pier effect than in the emancipation
Of The teachers. They are no longer
charS d with any duty CT espionage
even when they live IN rooms Oppn-
in% OF the student corridors. The
student pructOrS are responsible for
Whatever may happen amiSS. and the
teacher need look fer nothing nor
even see anything. There is there
!'IG no occasion Tor student cVuSiVc-
e>S ana nv myStification in presence
OF teacher, and the natural result
Is that wh"r" formal relations aggrcS-
Sive and defensive are abolished, there
spontaneously spring up the most
beautiful confidential relations or
friendship. Th" teachers have an
'ppcrmity, impossible before. of
getting down into the innrrmuSI Sc
CrctS Of "il'lish hearts. and the init
mate 1'uCh U'1 only gives new power
To personal influence, but brings about
a!m' 50 Huton!HIicaIIy u more individ-
nal aIuIlcaliCn of teaching mcIhUIS.
tn" pr-iDirG # Mrs. Howard tn,
MCthcItN AN. - parricuIurlr
strengthened. 30 lon",v is she com
PEELED to be- the grim Judge Ct de
merits, and her Young CHARGE, come
10 her fer advice now with = iilial
freedom which they could not feel
when Sh" was It judicial oracle. The
MULTIPLICATION Of cOnfidenceS be-
tween the dean and the students has
heen very noteworthy since Mrs.
Towards task was thus simpllad.
Another characteristic of unique pro-
greSS at Converse has been the de-
N"IOpm"nt Of a very practical protest
against the prevalent habit of tpach-
IN" music and painting i'm girls col
I'%"S as II with the intent to MAKE
every girl an artist NohUdy suppOsel
ihhi tn" literary courses in college
ar" solely or even primarily for TN"
training OF writer's; The conscious cI-
"mcu.lHN purpose is tn culture Cf a
'aSt" capahl" of apprrciatin" what
great writer's have already written.
II seems strang" thatrhc clear anln-
@N mas 50 far been scarcely applied
by TEACHERS in In" fine arts Every
body in thOs" lines persists ia work.
in% for shill. AT the pianO or with the
brush, as the dcsidr~uium to- be Sc
cured in tn clucafiOn Cf their stu
dents. Success fOI schools of brIh
music and pLinDin@ is measured Who'll
Iy. in public estimation ana i'm man
a%"rinI estimation as well. by the
numh"r Of graduates Of high cyccu-
tory talent which they turn out. II
would seem that il should have 0c-
CURED TO all of them long since that