New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
AS TO BOARDING SCHOOL
GOOD POINTS ABOUND
Choice Largely One Dependent
Upon Indi1idud Character.

The choice Of a private school once made. tney
will be found to fall naturally into seyeral ciaSSi-
fications and into two large groups. wnich are
further subdivided. The large groups, OF course.
are the day schools and the boarding Schools anu
between them many parents are hard put 20 IL to
make a choice Each has general advantages over
the other; each suffers. in some respects oy cOi-
parison with the other. Many schools, OF course
are a combination of the two groups, having botn
day and boarding pupils
The individual case. in the ultimate analysis mas
TO determine the choice between the two groups
Very often 1t is not desirable to send children
away from home For one reason or another II
may be deemed better to have them attend
school within easy reach of their homes. ana IN
this case the home supervision and training Will
go on coincidentIy with the educational and fInc-
tional work of the school. The reasons that make
this choice desirable may be of many sorts some
times in a small family, with single child the
parents may feel that they are sacrlnclnS TOO
much if it is sent away. while In other cases the
chds character may be such that it is felt unsafe
to leave ii to develop away from home influences,
which are of course. likely to be exercised In
the right way certain circumstances than those
of even the best boarding school
In other the boarding school IS plainly IN
dicated This is likely to be true particularly Of
boys Some lads of high spirit or turbulent and
somewhat unruiy manners. get beyond control OF
their mothers, their fathers being away a good
deal Of the time. and it is not particularly good
thing for the fathers influence TO become purely
corrective as is sometimes inevitable in such
case. Then a good boarding school. where the
discipline is firm but kind and intelligent, and
filed with definite purpose that will soon become
obvious in it's wisdom to the boy himself will do
the best work In turning the highly charged engine
to its best and most productive activity.
BOYS discipline each other in many ways enforce
adherence to certain standards of honor and man
illness the excellent traditions of the better
sort of boarding school, and often succeed in turn
ing a boy who was getting out of hand simply
because he had outlet for his healthy activities
into a we'll regulated young chap who goes to
college prepared to make real name for himself
and get good deal out of his education
The most successful boarding schools. modelled
more less, with proper allowance for American
conditions. upon the best English schools. the
resources at their command with a good
deal of skill. They harness the boy power make it
do good deal Of their work In such fashion that
the boy himself does not know that il is work he is
doing. 1t is like the electrical or hydraulic en-
gineer who makes stream a waterfall do the
work that used to require steam engines and the
of a great deal of fuel that can now
be saved for other uses
While really successful school allows itself to
ect tc for the physical development Of their
pupils Preparatory school athletics. on in
and with due regard for the undeyel- |
oped condition of the bodies OF the participants !
have done much to turn out healthy sane normal |
minded Youngsters. They know that they must ]