The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07

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springing up all over the country.
many of them under church direction
or influence Thus, among the more
favorably situated classes. to send the
boys away TO a large boarding school
of this type became the established
custom.
There is no question. according to
the United States Bureau of Educa-
tons publication, that a large board
II ing school offers great educational
advantages TO these boys whose faith
j ers can afford to pay for them. But
ii has one serious drawback. says DR..
+ Myers. 1t cuts of the boy from home
when twelve or fifteen years old, the
1 very age of all Others when he needs
the influences centering around home
and family, which are of greater i'm
j portance than any other in the life OF
a normal, well-trained, healthy child.
/ The influence OF teacher is iremend-
GUS. but at best it can only supplement
ard add to that of a conscientious
ing this difficulty, the country school
was founded. and ii bids fair TO make
on the educational history of our time
] a still greater mark than 1t has al
ready made in the comparatively
short time it has been in existence
/ The whole movement began at Bal
/ timore. Md, through the efforts of
Mrs. Francis x. Carey. wife of a
prominent attorney of that city.
! Prompted by the wish for proper
school for her own child without sep
arating him from the influences OF
home, Mrs. Carey worked out the
Idea of an all-day country school for
city boys. perhaps combined with a
boarding school, which would furnish
/ the routine of an entire day in the
country with study and sports alike
under the teachers direction She
| discussed the matter with Mrs. VII.
liam Cabefl Bruce, and finally enlisted
the interest of DR.. Daniel Colt Gill
man. the lamented president of Johns
| Hopkins University. who together
with Francis K Carey. William Cabell
i Bruce and the late Hon. William A
Fisher were so convinced of the adj
vantages and sound common sense of
the idea that they felt themselves
! justified in making a definite at
tempt to establish such a school
1 Twenty-seyen of the leading citi.
zens of Baltimore raised $4,000 with
which to start the venture and from
small beginnings the school grew
rapidly, until today it is in possession
of finely equipped plant. situated on
four miles from the center of the
| city. This school was established in
/ 1897 and rapidly demonstrated It's fit
/ ness to cope with the problem which
brought It into being. In 1907, an ev-
en- ten years later, another school of
the same type was established for
New York City boys by Frank S.
| Hackett. who. however. knew nothing
of the Baltimore experiment Since
then similar schools have sprung up
in Newton, Mass; Bronxville, \. Y:
Buffalo, n. Y; Kansas City, Mo-;
Richmond. Va. Columbus, Ohio;
Minneapolis, Mimi: and Louisville,
AAss n oCtplh NOuAiis ESAOoi HOS al
SO been established near Baltimore.
With the mere establishment o.
these country schools for city boys
. the effects of the movement, surpris
ling as they have been, have by M
means reached their limit. A change
. of attitude is noticed in many of tn
, old boarding schools located near thu
. cities. Their faculties are impresse,
. by the wisdom and growth of the ney
q idea, and feeling it's Influence. the.
!. are welcoming day pupils from tn
i. nearby cities. They are finding tina
n the old fear that boarding and da
pupils will not get along well togetf
# er is groundless.
r All the schools in question ar
o owned either BY individuals or by col
a porations. In fact the latter is tn
o general rule. even in case of indiyidl
v al ownership, there are boards of az
Il visers or trustees. In many cases tn
: idea of financial return is absent fror
n the ownership, all profits being use
v to increase the scope or efficiency O
n the school. The stockholders, j
" there are any, look upon their invest
n ment as being in reality an endoI
e. ment for the advancement OF educa
II ton.
g The schools are easily accessible
n from the city. They vary in distanc
Il from TWO TO fifteen miles and in tim
e needful for the journey from fftee
s to forty minutes 1t has been foun
IF that it is difficult 70 draw patronag
d from distance requiring more of
s trip taan may be made in half q
% hour- The grounds. which rary in e,
: tent from three or four acres, to III
4 seFeaty Ct the Gilman school. contai
facilities for football. baseball. tennis
e and oshe- sports. IN aggregate g
+ snoEs twenty-ave forms Of which ar
:. carried On
y TIE Bureau Of Education's mone
:. gzpn notes tnas these schools nav
+ nza9e hesIsAy fight against a ba
= tszcereF common 70 most school