Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
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BY the will of the late Robert y. Car
son of Philadelphia, his fortune, amount
ing to S5.500000 will, after the death OF
his widow, be devoted to the establish
ment of college for orphan girls. simi-
Tar to the Girard college for orphan boys.
Girard'S benevolence was Carson's inspir-
alton, and in thus disposing Of his fortune
Mr. Carson took satisfaction in the
thought that no man would live in idle
ness as a gentleman of leisure on the
Carson wealth The college thus provided
for will be known as the Carson College,
and will be erected on his estate IN
Montgomery county, near Philadelphia
1t will be non-sectarian in character, al
though clergymen will be allowed to talk
within the limits of fundamental Chris
tan principles.
Two more cities have joined in the
popular chorus against the secret fraterni-
ties in the public high schools namely
Washington d. c. and Denver Colo. In
the former city Supt. Chancellor holds
that the presence of secret societies is
the sign of a decayng or very young
civilization and that where the proper
spirit prevails there is a LOYALTY to the
school as whole" In Denver, Mrs.
Margaret T. True, president of the Board
of Education, is leading the opposition as
chairman of the committee appointed TO
investigate the matter. She says: The
board feels that the existence of these
societies is an injustice to all the pupils,
as it creates false ideas o; social status
and wrongs those children who become
outcasts through not being admitted to the
societies.
Trouble is reported at Sumrall, Miss,
growing out OF the opposition OF the part
of the natives to Italian children attend
ing the white public schools. The en-
deayor TO shut the Italians out began
some weeks ago The State superintend
ent of education and the Attorney Gen
eral were appealed to and they decided
that the constitution provided for whites
and negroes and did not catalogue ltai
ians as a separate race One OF the lead
ers of the Italians who insisted on the
rights of his people was taken beyond the
town limits, sonndly thrashcd and ordered
to desist in. his efforts TO get Italian chit
dren into the white schools. The anti
Italian sentiment is strong in Missis-
sippi and one Of the candidates for Gov
ernor made il the chief plank in his plat
form.
Discomfort with the public school sys-
tenn has crystallized into war cry Tor
neighborhood schools, says the Literary
Digest, and this war cry is raised by the
friends and not the enemies OF the public
schools. who believe That concentration
has reached a limit in schools as well vs.
in other departments of civic activity
Boston has had the subject brought to
it's attention by observing that over 3D.
600 of its children. or over one-third OF
its school population. are attending pri-
vate schools 4 writer in the Boston
Transcript says there is among parents
a growing dread of the big public school,
where little children are herded together
by the hundreds. They are afraid Of 1t
physically. mentally and morally. Year
after year these public schools have been
growing bigger and bigger. until ut pres
ent il is common in the larger cities to-
see from 1000 to 1900 little tots crowded
together into the same building, which
is in consequence just much further
from the homes Of many. Machine moth
inevitable. and il is difficult to give any
kind of elasticity to such a system. and
the writer believes that the growth og
the private schools marks a revolt against
this kind of public school. lie thinks
the remedy will be the Development ee
neiehborhood schools under central ssF-
pervision.
The limit OF pay for grade teachers IN.
Minneapolis has been raised from $500
to $1,000 after lively campaign in wbice
a committee Of citizens took part, tlS
Board of Tax Levy approplfating tbe
necessary amount
The National Academy Of Design Of
New York has decided TO separate the
men and women art classes. Heretofore,
with the exception of those devoted TO
work from living models, the classes have
been mixed. The management has the
impression that flirfations have distracted
the attention of the students from their
work,
The report Of the United States COM
missioner OF education for 1905. just is
sued. shows the number Of students in tho
medical schools Of the country 10 be Dr.
S35 a decrease Of Lila from the preced-
ing year. Dr. J. ri. Long. writing n
Science said that fully one-half Of these
are fully prepared in schools that exist
merely as commercial ventures"
Woodstock College the philosophical
and theological training school for the
Jesuit scholssties, which has been locat-
ed at Woodstock. near Baltimore, since
1899 is soon 10 be moved to New York
City and made part Of the university az
Fordham.
The senior class Of the University of
North Carolina has adopted a resolution
the sophomore class for the
in which the hitter body has turn
cd its face resoluteIy against the tradition
Of hazing. Since the students of this
institution have taken the matter in hand
hazing has become thing Of the past.
Al Cuthbert, Ga, all the public schools
in Randolph county were represented in
d contest for the best corn. cotton and
poultry produced by the pupils in connec-
ton with their agricultural courses.
Presbyterian synod at Milwaukee peti-