Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
AT THE GLEN SCHOOL
National Park Seminary Has
Exceptional Advantages.
ITS LOCATION Is IDEAL
Nature at Her Best Is All
Around It.
BROAD TRAINING INSURED
Carefully Managed Social Events
Are a Feature of Girls
Lives There.

National Park Seminary for Young
Women-popular!y known as THE Glen
Schoor'-is so named because of its rroN-
unity to the Rock Creek Park The whole
region is strikinsly beautiful and pic
turesque. with its combination of forest,
stream. hill and dale. Acres of sunny
slopes and wild ravines, towering trees
| and winding paths, babbling brooks and
tangled dells go TO form site seldom
riValed in varied and enchanting scenery.
| The dream Of Bacon's New Atlantis,
perfect college, where parks. gardens.
! statues, fountains and streams all contain
suggestions for scientific culture, and
where the beautiful is used TO develop
character, can largely be realized at this
/ school, tbs said. Art in Landscape gar
| dening has been employed wherever pos
| sible to enhance tho natural. Five
| bridges-t1e Glen bridge and the Ivy,
/ Laurel Honeysuckle and Pergola bridges
| carry roadway that sweeps around the
| grounds from hill to Hill. over glade and
brook and tree top, now plunging the
Wanderer into the wilderness Of Drimeval
| peautl1ul symmetry of the gardeners art.
Appreciation of Nature.
| One of the most valuable things which
the girl gains at the seminary, 1t is said,
| lis that true appreciation of nature which
| comes from living near to her heart This
was voiced not So long ago by one Of the
| girls of the seminary when she said to
her visiting mother:
.! shall never he satisfied with bricks
and mortar again..
| The main building crowns the highest
| nil, which is separated from the adjoin-
Ing hill, upon which stands the railroad
| station. by ravine sixt, feet deep
| spanned by steel four-foot bridge. 30
| feet long. also by the Pergola bridge and
!, by the Laurel and Honeysuckle bridges
Tor drlVeWays. Within short walking dis
lance the general plateau ends abruptly
| In q rugged and precipitous incline of
eighty feet at the base OF which tumble
the miniature rapids 'of Rock creek
The social side of the seminary apart
from it's thorough curriculum. is espe-
cially wholesome. The faculty plans for
the pleasure OF the girls believing that
the desire for pleasure is natural and
should, within reason. be gratified Al
| most every week an entertainment is
given. not merely for social pleasure. but
because the members of the faculty be-
iieve that social training is quite as i'm
portant as mental training. It is the pur-
pose of the school to celebrate historic
days, to become an agent as far as posi-
bic in fostering the beautiful traditions of
! the race. and in developing in the student
reverence for significant customs and
festivals, for in SO doing it Is claimed
not only is the mind enriched. but fancy
and the inventive talents are tested and
/ sharpened.
Social Side.
| All entertainments are conducted with
the aid and under the supervision of the
| faculty and the parts are assigned with
| the view OF developing the social instincts
OF the diffdent and directing into right
channels the overlooking spirits OF the self
assertive.
| The faculty of the seminary recognizing
that II is In the province of woman to
throw herself heartily into the pursuits
| OF others, rather than to have pursuits of
her own, 1t is desirable to give her a
sympathetic insight into many realms of
| thought, rather than a few The course
| OF study is therefore planned to give some
| knowledge of the chief fields of thought,
while, by means of electives it enables
| the student to carry one particular
| line of work in which she may wish to
become proficient. with view to the cul-
| tivat!on Of a special talent, or preparation
for self support Large scope has there
| fore been left for work in such studies
as music, elocution, art and domestic
science.
| The branches of study forming the
| groundwork for high school and prepara-
| tory school study have been found made
Quate for the needs Of the girls of the
seminary, who are, for the most part ma
ture young women, seeking the broadcast
training and equipment for their life
work. Many courses have, therefore, been
added, some found only in college curric-
ula, some only in special schools and
others originated by the faculty of the
seminary. 1t has been sought to give spe-
cial attention to the needs of womanly
/ life and to give preparation which will
best serve the girls when they are con-
| fronted by actual responsibilities.
Those OF the students who have found
/ il desirable to utilize their training at
the seminary for college entrance or ad-
vanced standing in college have proved, 1t
| Is said. the work they did at the semi
nary to have been thorough and sound
and effective.
| Advantages of Capital.
| In speaking of the advantages to be in
| close proximity of the nations capital
| the faculty Of the seminary points out
| that ii is liberal education TO live in
Washington. Any city is a great uni
versity, it is explained but Washington
Is pre-eminently rich in educational in
fiuences Here are vast piles Of magnlf-
cent architecture, beautiful streets and
i artistic circles, adorned with grea; works
| Of art; here are parks. fountains and
| gardens: social advantages and public
functions incident 10 the conduct of the
government; inexhahstlble riches in libra
| ries, art treasures, museums and Scien-
tific appliances Here is the acknowl-
| edged center of the scientific world and
with its established and proposed uni
| educational world.
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