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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
THE LAwRENCEvuLE SCHOOL.

The Lawrenceville School. Lawrence.
willie. y. j.. 10 approaching the end OF Its
winter term in excellent general condition.
The shutin season. difficult in several
ways for scholastic communities. has
produced no epidemics OF illness. though
six weeks Of severe winter weather. prov
Ing the groundho9 true seer, succeeded
the two mild months OF early winter.
The spring recess extends from March
rs to April I. The general hope Ia that
the snow may disappear and leave the
ground firm for baseball BY the end OF
that period.
The iifth form il holding up its scholar.
ship successfully and expects to graduate
an unusually large proportion OF the
number that started In the form last Sep
TENDER. As usual u plurality OF the form
Is headed for Princeton, but \ large num-
Der are going to Yale. Dartmouth. Cor
nell. Williams and Amherst and two or
three to West Point These latter are
taking advantage OF the fact that. for the
first time. the Government school will
accept Lawrenceville certificates instead
OF the rigorous entrance examination
which has always been required.
The school basketball. swimming and
gyrinnsstic teams have had fairly success
full seasons. The PeriwiE Club gave the
best performance Of its career--an excel
lent presentation OF Goldsmith's comedy,
"She Stops to Conquer" The musical
clubs. under the direction Of Howard Roe
Wood, have given very satisfactory con-
certs. There are no soloists this year OF
as high class a. some OF recent years but
the ensemble work Of all the organizations
10 excellent. The humorous features OF
the concerts have been taken care Of by
the Scrap Iron Quartet, n melodious com
bination representing Brooklyn. Seattle,
Oklahoma and Alabama.
The annual debate between the Cal
iiopean and Philomathean societies was
held on Saturday evening March IL.
upon the question Of compulsory arbitra-
ton OF disputes between capital and labor.
The Caliiopean Society. opposing COM
pulsory arbitration. won the debate
First place was awarded to Benjamin
Franklin Moore. Jr.. Of Birmingham
Ala second place 70 Lee Darlington
bradley OF Birmingham. Ala. third place
to Frank Emerson Wood OF Wichita
Kan. During the deliberations OF tn,
Judges the audience was privileged to heal
a short programme Of tenor songs BY
| Mr.. Charles Howell shons. a master II
the school.
The chapel pulpit was occupied on Sun
day last by the Rev. Jonathan Day Of thu
Labor Temple, New York. He gave, a
vespers a very illuminating account o
the recent I. W. W. disturbances In New
York city, with which he had had SOM
personal experience.
During the spring recers Charles Har
low Raymond and Charles Henry Bree'
will visit the cities of the middle West
IecturinR upon the school before differen
alumni associations. Plans are unde
way for q big reunion Of the school alumni
association in May.
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BARNARD SCHOOL.

on the afternoon OF March 80. III. Ger.
man Club OF the Barnard School for
Girls will be entertained 10y Miss Gut,
Howell ut her residence. Miss Bella Bucn-
man will deliver "A short address on the life
and works OF shubert at this meeting
Among the members OF the German Club
are the Misses wiese. Reed. Bower. How.
ell Wurm. Yonge and Shaw.
The Y. NJ c. A. Building. 53i IVES;
155th street. will be the scene Of the
gymnasium exhibition, which will be held
on Thursday morning April .. at IL
o'clock
j. Jardine has had charge of the lower
and middle school gymnastics and dane
ing during the year. and Miss Isobei u
Watson has had the charge Of the upper
school Among the young ladies who viii
take part In the exercises are Tn. Misses
Shaw. Wurm. Howell. Hysiop, lynch
Flesh. Werner. Hackctt. Enuis, Osborn
and Pierce.
The evening Of May 10 will see tn.
alumne and the friends of tn. Baruaro
School for Girls ut the Waldorf. ON thl'
occasion King Rene's Daughter lyri
cal drama. will be presented by thu
alumne for their scholarship fund TIN,
play will be accomp, MED by Incidental
music and dances by the upper and mid
die schools.
To commemorate the S50th anniversary
Of the birth of Shakespeare tn. Junior
Dramatic Club of the Barnard School fol
Boys. New York city. will present a series
OF scenes from Shakespeare's plays In the
school gymnasium az FIeldston April 23
This II In keeping with the general piar
OF the Shakespeare Club OF New YORK.
city. TO be carried out AT that time
The following scenes will be staged
Throne scene from Hamlet" court scene
from "The Merchant OF Venice" and a
scene from THE Tanning of the Shrew'
and a second scene from Hamlet
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A T recent meeting OF the board OF
~ corporations Of Peddie Institute,
Hightstown. n. j.. II was decided
10 proceed with plans for the erection
Of thu second new hreproof dormitories
IN summer. the first Of which was built
in 1912. The new building now planned
vii accommodate twenty boys and a
master and will be built OF brick and
stone. with steel and concrete floor con-
.,ruction, fireplace In each study and
separate bedrooms for each boy. A
movement Is under way among the
alumni of the former South Jersey in
st,ute at Bridgeton. n. j.. which was
merged with the Peddie Institute Ave
ears ago to have this new building
,rec;ed as IA memorial to the late DR.. II.
X Trask. principal OF South Jersey In
.titute for nearly forty years.
Two lectures OF surprising interest
have recently been given at the school,
the first by HAMILTON Holt. whose sub
ect was The Federation of the World"
Mr. Hollis position as champion OF the
peace movement and as an editorial writer
made his lecture OF particular value to
the student body. This was emphasized
BY the fact that the interfraternity de-
hates recently held In the school have
been on the subject OF naval disarmA-
ment The second lecture was on THE
Orators and Oratory of Shakespeare" by
Henry Lawrence SouthwiclS. president OF
the Emerson College of Oratory. Boston.
Mr. Southwick has been on the lecture
s,Af at Peddie for the past fifteen years.
His lecture was illustrated with frequent
readings from Shakespeare and was both
scholarly. interesting and entertaining
The students gave the second annual
circus recently In the alumni gymna-
sim under the supervision OF Physical
Director John y. Plant and his assistant.
Val Af'erbach. The exhibition consisted
% work on the flying rings, parallel bars.
high and low horizontal bars. horse. buck.
tlmbling and mat work and the "ele-
phan,.' \ group OF clowns OF true cir
eu variety enlivened the proceedings.
NDic WAS furnished by the school band
gnder the director, Mark W. Swetland.
Nosc taking part In the exhibition were
Joseph Jackson. Webster Smith. Francis
Rich. William Bird. Jack Kelly. Robert
Higgins. New York city; Leroy Smith.
Trenton. y, j.: Parker Freeman. East
Milestone. y. j. Grant Jones, Baden. Pa.
Robert Ray. Francisco. Cuba Warren Do
remus. Jersey City: Paul Benedict. Sey.
nour, conn. Cortex Jennings. IOWA nds,
Pa, Frank brewer. Mexico: John Thomas
East orange. y. j.; Maurice Hubbard
Rdeewood y. J.. John Mann, Old West
bury, l.. l.: hXei Ueyne. Passaic, y. j.
George l.endrim Paterson, y. j.: Elliott
Cnderlill. Spotswood. y. j. Gordon Ives.
Upper Moutclair. y. J.: Walter Foskett,
Philadelphia. Pa. John Oest. Weehaw-
ken y j.. William Spiccr. Gloversyllle
Ny
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
HORACE MANN SCHOOL.

Fred II. Bair. Jr.. . graduate Of Grim
nell College. Iowa. has been appointed In
structor In English al the Horace Mann
school for Girls. In Juno Mr.. BAR will
receive an NJ. A. from Columbia Univer-
sity Mr.. Bsir has had ssve.a, years ex.
perience teaching At the Coronado Springs
High School.
This week the varsity baseball squad
viii begin practice in the Thompson gym.
Clarence Epstein has ARRANGED the sched-
ule. About six members OF last years
team will report
The roof has now been constructed over
the gym OF the new Boys School at 2tSth
street and Van Cortlandt Park. The
head masters homo IL also nearly oom-
plsted. One Of she interesting features OF
the curriculum will be the hour set aside
each week for the discussion Of school af-
fairs. student councils. assemblies clubs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
MoRRIsT0wN SCHOOL.

MoRRisrowS. y. J.. March ei---A bowl
ing tournament IL In progress IN which
Thsxt-r Wendell OF Boston, brother OF
Perry Wendell. who was captain OF the
1912 football team al Harvard. Is In tn.
lead for first place
The Gun Club is making arrangements
for a trapshooting match early IN the
spring term
The spring recess extends from Sstur-
day morning. March IS. TO Monday after
noon. April 8 The formal examins tons
FOR the winter term will he held the 23d.
cath and s5th of March.
The third basketball teams season
ended on the 10th with "A victory over
Carteret Academy of orange by score OF
20 to 10. The third team has played
seven match games, winning 1--WE Of them
The boys on this team average about Ia
years In age and ninety-fve pounds in
weight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
RIvERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

A series OF Lenten talks on the Lords
prayer are being given each Friday
morning at Riverdsle Country School.
Riverdale- on Hudson, BY Frank : Hac-
kett, head master. The universally OF
this prayer has proved interesting to the
boys
Last week was unusual In the school
work Of the boys. The largest number
OF boys thus FAR attained the weekly
honor list. out OF 70 in attendance II
made an average in studies alone of
90 per cent or moro the highest
90. The highest single mark was In
Cesar. where one boy attained 90 This
In the first time since the first year OF
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the school. six years ago. that this has
happened.
The Alumni Society has decided 70
present to the school a silver chRl-
lenge cup. to be competed for by the two
school clubs-ths Reds and the 0rays.
II will be held by the side scor-
ing the greatest number Of points In
scholarship and In athletics. Two OF the
alumni. Duncan Fraser and Bovine Mont
gomery. have also Joined in presenting a
gold medal. TO be awarded at the end
Of the year to the hest scholar-athlete.
One OF the parents, Theodore L. Schuls.
has also given silver cup for the
greatest Improvement IN physical develop
msnt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
CEDARCROFT SCHOOL.

The Dramatic Club OF Ccdarcroft
school, kennett square Penn. presented
THE Private Secretary" recently IN the
Hall In Kennett Square. IL was very
successfully done. all the parts being
well taken. and afforded plenty Of
amusement Edwin G. Wade. a gradual.
of Columbia. now teaching at the school.
directed the performance.
Last year a minstrel show was given
and was more successful only in "a fnsu-
cial way. $50 being cleared. while this
year only "A small amount was made for
the athletic association. The play was
given again in u neighborinv town. on
March 90. when a better clearance was
made
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school. u combines among other ad-
vantages the healthfuiness OF wearing a
minimum amount OF clothes through the
warm summer months. plenty OF sensible
exercise. including mastery of swimming.
the consumption OF AN exceedingly small
amount Of candy and pastry. and an OPP
portunity for the boy or girl who IL behind
In his or her studies to tutor under the
most delightful conditions.
Summer camps are under the direction
Of masters who are experts In outdoor &C.
tivities as well as in school work. All
parents who are able to give their children
a summer OF supervised camp life should
not fan to do 30. And the time to select
the summer camp for ones boy or girl,
az has been said. Is in the early sprinG
while a wide selection Is possible
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
MANL1Us SCHOOLS, MANLIUs. N. Y

The production OF Syracuse society,
"The College Hero" has been attended
with great success every night since the
curtain went up on the opening evening,
March lS. Much credit IL due Wade Davis
for the manner in which he has trained
the debutantes and college boys. Not the
least inspiring OF the many ensembles IN
the opera II the picked squad Of cadets
from the Manlius schools. Accompanied
by and to the martial music Of the cadet
band. the gayly dressed infantrymen
weave in and out behind the footlights.
come up on line and give a splendid e%-
hibltion OF the manual Of arms without
command 1.-The Manlius boys drill beau,i-
fully" wrote a critic. and to judge from
the tremendous ovation they received upon
marching on the stage this statement is
true
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
VERMONT ACADEMY.

sAxroSs RIVER. Vt. March 2i.-Base-
bail practice t. taking place daily In the
alumni gymnasium. The catchers posi-.
ton II being sough, BY Ballou, Devereux
Spear and Thompson. The hrst game
comes one week after the academy opens
for the. spring term.
The Junior prize speaking contest has
been postponed until after vacation.
The senior play, Lend Ne Five Shill-
lngs." will be presented this eve
ming in Fuller Hall. This performance
will undoubtedly prove the beginning OF
a custom OF producing one play each
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and Capt Grover. made fast time. winning
by over half q Jap.
Owing to the cancellation Of four sched-
uled games the basketball season has
come to an abrupt close. Abbott's record
In q very creditable one. being one OF
the best In the State Of Maine. The
team has scored . total Of lsl points to
lse by opponents. and has lost but one
game. A fact worthy Of mention ID the
splendid shooting Of Mcdowell. who has
Gagged - baskets from the floor. scoring
nearly as many points as the opponents.
To conclude the season q dinner AZ the
Falmouth Hotel In Portland has been
rendered to the squad by Capt. Hippach.
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SAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL.

GARDEN CITY, l. l.. March 2l.--The
piano pupils OF the middle and lower
school on Tuesday afternoon gave "A re-
cital in tn. drawing room under the
direction OF Mr.. Mckinney. the instructor
in music. Light refreshments were
served.
vice AZ the Cathedral Oh Wednesday /;
Rev Dr -, Clair Hester was the
preacher.
The spring vacation began on Friday
and extends to "wednesday. April l. The
first baseball game 10 scheduled for April
y, at Garden City. with Freeport High.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

DR. Carol OF the American Institute
of Archaeology gave a short lllustrat, l
talk to the National Cathedral School on
the excavations which have been made
in the Southwest by the society He ex-
planned the mode OF living OF the
Pueblo Indians. and showed numerous
pictures OF their peculiar type OF dwelling.
some OF which are still occupied by them.
He also exhibited several pictures of
the ancient homes OF the historic cave
men. and told of how they probably
spent their time and how they lived In
their peculiar dwellings, The talk was
very much enjoyed by the school
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garden. much to the delight OF the girls.
Rehearsals OF the "Chore Play" and for
THE Tempest have commenced and a
great deal of interest Is taken In both.
The ''Chore Play will be as usual a take
off on school life and OH the teachers.
This year II is to be musical comedy.
the lbretto and musical score of which
is being written by the girls.
President Schurmsn OF Cornell Univer-
si,y is to lecture to the whole school and
Invited guests on Thursday evening on
the situation In the Balkans
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tons. The ideals constantly expressed IN
the discussions OF these camp directors
and IN their administration of their
camps are lofty and the las, word -
approved modern methods in devclop.ag
the young IL excnp.ified.
The guest Of honor at the banquet was
Dan Beard. the we'll known head OF me
Camp Fire club and Boy Scouts of
America, who analysed and dissected boy
nature in an ininitsbIe manner and told
OF tests he had OF the powers OF observa-
ton OF the civilized boy and showed how
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
GUSHING ACADEMY.

The frst baseball practice Of the season
ut Gushing Academy, Ashburnham. Mass,
was held In the gym on Tuesday after
noon. March II About forty-seven cam
didates came out. Coach Hardy and Capt.
Deyo are confronted by the problem ~
choosing a whole new inffeld, az last year :
men were lost by graduation. The workout.
consisted Of tossing the ball around, held-
inR batted balls. and finished by FIVE
rnile run
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

live body and meets regularly In this
city each month outside OF the summer
camping season and each meeting IL a
snsppy one. with a full programme which
includes able papers on various phases
OF camp life BY expert authors which
are generally discussed. The meetings
are held At the Berkeley School and
members who reside in Philadelphia and
other distant cities prove their keen in
terest by generally attending Almost all
Of these camp directors are educators
In or connected with educat nal institu-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
PHELPS SCHOOL.

The mdy-ar dance Mt Phelps school.
Wallingford. Conn, was given two weeks
later than the nidyear date. The large
hall. dining room and library were
used for dancing and the rooms we're most
attractive with quantities OF pink roses
and pink carnations.
The Rev, Arthur P Greenleaf, rector Of
ST. Paul's begins this week his annual
series of talks to the students upon SUBJ
jects requested or suggested by the
students themselves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
IARyMoUNT. TARRYTowN. N. Y

The atausl retreat for the students
u Mari mount was held during the past
Week from Monday until Friday morning
y Ma eouducted by the Rev. ]. O'Rourks'
lo p.uy,dc liberal education FOR those
'ho do no Wish TO pursue college courss
has been arranged to give nj tho emo
III" lsh school course TWO year.
,o''g ,'. course. Besides music. ATT
atgla.,, philosophy and expression
o<cai attention will be given 10 domestic
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
SUMNER CANPs.

Now is tho time when parents should
o.,sc, the summer camps 10 which they
viii send their sons and daughters, u
IL hlghly desirable that THIS shouid oe
a.. riy in the spring. before the camps
. -" aiisd. 40 as TO have as wide choice
rhe summer camp 10 becoming ~ per-
u.nent an institution a. the private
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
ABBOTT SCHOOL.

Abbot School. Pennington, Me" inaes
r mf d.hr' he track by defeating the specuy
wilton Academy quartet In the relay INV.
At tta .,rcn, n. I !. meet. The Abbott
.s'''. ,on-istirx uf s;.;,s,, Ach!.-. E"rhisn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

PRIVATE SCHOOLS through.
out the country are invited 10
make use NJ the "~ws columns "f
this private school page. Al
dress all commu uications 10 The
school. COllese aad Camp Burssu.
The New York SsW. ITO Nassau
street, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
MASSACHUSETTS.
TN Inns" SCHOOL. ron GIRLS
SDrtns Arld, MsssAChusetts

city sch COL with coun Try sports. Open air sleep
Ing room. Certificate admits to Nassar, Smith
Wellesley. NJ iIoyoke, simmons. Grad uaiin .
and special courses Domestic science. Music.
MISS PORTER prlnciph
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

-HE ventilation Of new ideas for
the betterment OF camping for
boys ana girls was the keynote
OF the talkfest which followed the
fourth annual dinner of the Camp d.
rsctors Association OF America, held
saturday evening. March II. at the Hotel
McAlpin.
This association is composed. OF the
directors OF tho principal camps, for boys
"a girls In North America. IL is a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

Among the new ideas advanced By the
after dinner speakers was this--that all
camp life for boys ard girls would even,u-
ally be treated and considered as educa-
tional and that the schoo! year would be
more and more occupied by this line Of
work. which would be educational BY
example and induction as much as by tho
study Of text books. This phase was e.
peelally brought out in the sterling address
Of Assistant District Attorney Charles
Edwin Fox Of Phi,adelphls, whose beliefs
were strongly bolsrered with good reasons
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MUSICAL.
MUSICAL.
NEW YORR-New Hssk CITY.

El.INOR COMGTOCk AlsN SCaOOl..
This school cnd orsed BY the sreatcst musicians.
gyes uscal Cd ucA tion, together with home life
md osrs. Incen tive, slilsiio On vrong nsnt frc-
suent aesoos tioa With the grea.sss srts,. snd op-
S ; siisS Hs.rs,uss. Il. "a Is. tssosy q
a1Sy,. ssSo zsd!ssa AVN y. NV Yesi az,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
FEAR SPREAD OF DISEASE
University Calls Off Country Life Con-
ference and Other
Gatherings.

Madson.-Owing to the prevalence
Of the foot and mouth disease in Wis
cOnsn, the faculty of the University of
Wisconsin called off the annual coun-
try life conference, the ten day far
merS' course, and the ten day farmer
boys course.
The authorities feared if these gath
eipgs were held the chance of spread
ing the foot and mouth disease would
be greatly increased.
II the annual show Of the Wisconsin
Poultry and Pet Stock association is
held, it will be in the annex of the uni
Versity gymnasium instead of the live
stock auditorium where it generally
has been held. This will be a precau-
uOnary measure to protect the dairy
herd Of cattle at the university which
Is kept near the livestock auditorium.
The state veterinarian has tele-
gsphed Senator La Toilette urging
Aim to induce the federal animal bu-
eau to raise the quarantine so as to
permit the shipment of dairy cattle
out Of the state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
MRS. KAKER's SUIT DROPPED
Asked Order Restraining Governor
McGovern From Revolving Com
mission Following Charges.

Madison.-In circuit court when the
case of Mrs. Josephine Kaker, against
Gov. McGovern was called, there was
no appearance for the plaintiff and the
action was dismissed. Mrs. Kaker
sought an order to restrain Gov. Nc
Govern from cancelling her notarial
commission.
Mrs. Kaker is a notary public in
Milwaukee and charges have been pre-
ferred against her, alleging among
other things, improper use of the seal.
Last week she brought action in cir
cult court here, asking Judge Steven
to issue an order restraining the gov
ernor from ordering the revocation of
her commission.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-25
INCOME TAX NETS $4,000, 600
Sum to be Collected In Wisconsin IN
1919 Incomes, Shows Large
increase Over Last Year.

Madison.-An income tax of s414O.
o11.S6 will be collected in Wisconsin
on 1914 incomes under the state in.
come tax law, according to statements
finished by the state tax commission
This is an increase of $50. O74 46
over last year. The corporations will
pay tax of $2,716,657O4, which IS
slightly less than was collected from
the same source last year.
individuals will pay $1,423,914.S2. as
compared with $1,2S9,312 last wear.
The assessed income upon which the
tax is to be collected is SIPS, 979, $3.50. 70,
OF which $74,7S7O1S.7s is income Of
individuals.
Although Milwaukee city and coun.
ty have only 1856 per cent of the total
population of the state, they are re.
quired to pay 1885 per cent of the
total income tax.