Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
THE EVANS SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

(From the New York Herald, Feb
 ruary ?, 190S.)
 A lofty, unobstructed brow "sickiied OCT with the pale cast of thought" or the shining face. creeping. snaillike. unwillingly to school are no longer the signs manual of those favored young Americans who are pursuing the studies, English, fashion. in the open.
 While several of the out of door schools, whose aim is to promote vigor of body along with mental growth have been opened in the last few years in California and Florida, the Evans Tent School, at Fl Rancho Ronito near Mesa City, Ariz.. is unique in it's methods and has certainly proved it's raisOn detre.
 Its students, drawn from some of the most cultured and wealthy families of Boston. Philadelphia. Chicago. De- troit. Washington and other large cit ies, let loose from the trammels of fine clothes. rich foods, late hours and the various social obligations and GUS toms that seem inseparable from the luxurious refinements of living in the East. have so quickly and joyously fit ted into their frontier environment that they have been taken again and again when on cross country runs for for genuine cowboys or forest rangers. until their speech of purest BoStonese or Philadelphian has betrayed them.
 A far cry are these school days where each young fellow possesses his own tent and horse, and even his own dog, if so inclined, and cares for them himself where study is punctuated with hunting end camping eXpedi- ticns. trips to the mountains. mines. Indian reservations, steer tying and branding contests; visits to prehistoric ruins. the big horse ranches. ostrich farms. almond orchards and orange groves that are marked features of the Salt River Valley. Arizona; far cry from the atmosphere of the average city preparatory school with its crowded class rooms. heavy air and all the artificialities that necessarily en- compass the dwellers in or near the great cities. Each boy is furnished with Q tent house. having board floor. shngled roof and canvas sides, which he takes care of himself.
 Boys temporarily disabled by over zeal in study or athletics, pale, weak and anemic. vet anxious to keep up their class work. have found in this al fresco school life. where develop ment of brawn keeps pace with that of brain. an attractive and delightful so- lutior of how to get strong and be happy in doing so.
 No set curriculum Is followed, but endeavOr is made to give each boy those studies and the particular train ing that will best fulfill his physical and intellectual needs.
 That this has proved eminentIy sue cessful is borne out by the fact that the students. without exception. have grown robust and vigorous. with never d call necessary for physician or nurse and that all who have taken their eX- aminations for Harvard and other uni versailles of like rank have entered without conditions.
 The outfit which pupils are advised to bring with them furnishes a clew to the kind of life they are to lead. Sweaters. flannel shirts. tennis shoes, riding clothes and rainproof coat are included in the outfit, and it is sug- gested that the proper everyday dress ioT lhe Sciiool idhch ls udIh plu' flannel shirt. with corduroy, khaki or blue denim trousers.
 Mir H. D. Evans. the head master. is an M. A.. and Lupton and Hebbleth- waite exhibitiOner of St. Johns Col lege, Cambridge University. England, and was for several years assistant master at Elsted, England, where coaching for the army and navy was d speciality. He is ably assisted by his wife. a New York woman of culture Nnd gracious personality.