Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-16

oHAA EteAo ~ NOIeS
and News.
II IL pleasant for all patriotic Amer.
leans to contemplate the dOings of the
Society Of American Women In Lon.
don. II Is n fine loyal body OF women,
made up OF those whose hearts arc
still true TO the land OF their birth, no
matter where they may 20. The oh.
1ect OF the society Is to help the strand
ed or needy American and to finance !,
plan for providing American women
students with postgraduate scholar.
ships Ia European universities. 1t Is
hoped that fund OF S1O,O0O,OO0 may
BE- raised for this purpose. The FEEDER
alton Of Women's Clubs has slgnified
Its willingness to assist with the schol.
arship plan, and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
the wife Of the American ambassador
TO England, Is IN sympathy with the
movement. The society now has about
100 members, and many interesting go
cial features are planned. Once a
month the society gives big luncheon
at the fashionable Hotel Cecil In Lott
don. The officers represent almost
every city In the United States. Among
the chief ones are; President, Mrs.
Robert Royes Fairbanks, whose hus-
band - q cousin OF Vice President
Fairbanks; vice president Mrs. G. II.
q. M0ller; second vice president, Mrs.
Charles Roche; third vice president,
Miss Gertrude Grlswold; recording sec.
Rotary, Mrs. Haywood; assistant re.
cording secretary, Mrs. E. j. Ridge:
corresponding secretary. Mrs. H. J.
Woodruff; assistant corresponding see
rotary. Miss Florence Hodges: treas
urer, Miss L. Faithful; assistant treas
urer, Mrs. y. u. sheareF; auditor, Mrs.
William Edwin Hanshue.
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Professor Edgar James Swift Of
Washington university. 81. Louis, is
the author OF a book In which he do.
plorea the conditions In modern schools
where child duh In one particular Il
not. given an opportunity TO devotion
some special line OF cieverness. pro
feasor Swift thinks that the tendency
Of modern schools Is to destroy indlvld.
uality In the pupil, Professor Swift
would b. Interested In an educational
experiment being made at Fenwick
Hall, school for children at Ebens.
burg. Pa. The principal Is Miss Sarah
n. Gallaher, we'll known In educational
circles the holder OF degrees from Cor
nell, the University Of Pennsylvania
and special student at oxford. Eng
landi the sorhonne, Paris. aud Coffin.
gen, Germany. In her teaching Miss
Gallagher, who Il the editor Oh one OF
the best series Of text books IN use In
America. came 70 the same conclusion.
She Interested number Of people In
her Ideas. With the result that Fen,
wick Hall was opened, The lnstrue. |
tion Of the pupils Is Individual. no two |
pursuing exactly the same course Of |
study or following II IN exactly the
same way. Food suited to the phys.
ical and mental requirements OF the
pupils Is served, and great deal OF
their work Is done outdoors, nature
teaching forming feature OF the
school course, Tho arrangement Of the
vacations Is on novel plan. the school
being open In summer aud having its
longest vacation In the winter. Al
though Fenwick Hall has been open
only short time, some astonishing re-
suits have already been achieved In
the case Of supposedly duh children.
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Miss 8, Elvlra Hodges, a worker for
the Society For the Protection of ItaL
Ian Immigrants. with headquarters al
~ Pearl street. New York city, believes
that camp schools win transform the
crude Italian Immigrant into a loyal
and desirable citizen, Miss Hodges has
some experience with camp schools.
aud her opinion Is well worth consld.
erlng. She Is now In charge Of a
school Tor the italian workmen con.
nected with the camp at stoneco, N. Y.
The men attend It's session after the
days work IL done. and she finds them
both bright aud eager to learn. They
are especially fond Of music, and 10
encourage a spirit Of sociablllty and
keep them from cards and the saloon
me helped them 10 organize a club
JAILED the eocleta Garibaldi one OF
me men connected with the school has