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Turning his attention to the problems
Of the future, Head Master Farrand said /:
"One Of the big questions which are going
TO come up In the very near future Is that
of the study Of history In the schools
The American Historical Association sew
eral years ago framed requirements In
history which were adopted by the Col
lege Entrance Examination Board and
most Of the colleges. But the results have
been most unsatisfactory and investiga.
ton shows that the schools are not doing
the work called for by their requirements
Heads Of many of the best schools say
that the load the school already has to
carry Ii 90 great that they cannot do the
required work.
1.-THE question will have to be settled
very soon whether We shall continue the
requirement In the hope Of forcing the
schools up to II or OF reducing the re.
quirement to point which the schools
can meet. Another vexed point In how
much time shall be devoted TO the study
OF algebra.
There Is a strong tendency to modify
the method OF admitting by examination
by requiring from each student a detailed
statement of his school work and by siv-
ing considerable weight TO that In deter
mining his fitness to enter college" This
plan meets with Mr.. Farrand's approval
and he believes that II II the coming
method.
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VIEW OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
THROUGHOUT STUDENT WORLD

IT HE next meeting of the Schoolmas-
ters' Association OF New York
city and vicinity will be held ut
tho Yale Club. 80 West Forty. fourth
street. on Friday. January 16. The asso-
citation will continue Its unique and
laudable custom Of sitting down to din
ner at $3.50 o'clock promptly and finish
ing the speaking at exactly 80 o'clock.
The principal speaker will be DR.. Row
land Godfrey Freeman, adjunct professor
OF pediatrics at the University and
Bellevue Hospital Medical School. DR..
Freeman Is "a children's specialist, q
father and a keen student Of our schools,
public and private. day and boarding
pr. Charles L. Dana, neurologist will
also read a paper.
our profession is advanced" says the
announcement, by all who share in thee 9
meetings, which prove stimulating as well
as delightful 1t Is furthered the more
by those who spread the good word.
Since the last meeting one principal. not
on the executive committee. has proposed
six OF his stan. No set forum of pro-
posal is necessary: any man in second
AIRY school work Is eligible"
The remaining meetings Of the season
Will take place on the third Fridays In
February, March and April. The Febru-
AIRY meeting will be held at the Princeton
club. The topic will be THE Teacher
and the Life OF the Spirit" and the prn-
cipal speaker will be the Rev. DIR. Charles
Alexander Richmond. president OF Union
College
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.

ORoNo Me, Jan. 3.--Short winter
courses. designed to give practical train
ing to those able TO avail themselves OF
the regular work In general agriculture
and dairying, will be offered at the Uni
varsity OF Maine for four weeks, begin
ming January g. The course In general
agriculture will consist OF lectures and
demonstrations in the growing and I'M
proving OF farm crops. seed testing and
selection. grain judging. soils and fer
tilizers. Lectures will also be given on
various types OF farm machinery and
modern methods of farm management.
The course In dairying will consist OF
brief study of the breeding. feeding and
management of dairy cattle together with
animal nutrition, diseases OF farm animals.
stock Judging and dairy manufactures
Short courses In horticulture and poul-
try management will also be given for
three weeks beginning Monday. February
2 The courses In horticulture Will discuss
orchard management. small fruits. home
and commercial gardening. Horticulture
landscape gardening. plant diseases ana
insect pests. The work In poultry man
sgement will include lectures on breed
Ing. brooding. feeding. diseases. incubs.
ton, judging, care and management, ana
the nutrition of various kinds Of poultry
Following the custom instituted seven
years ago the College OF Agriculture will
also hold farmers week next March
The exact date has not yet been set. but
g will probably be the second week
Lectures and demonstrations In the
various branches of agriculture arc de-
signed 10 give practical training to those
who cannot avail themselves Of tho full
course. Speakers will include men promi-
nent In agriculture in the State, together
with the members of the agricultural
faculty.
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to South Orange on New Years Eve.
But when Mr.. Farrand spoke Of President
Pritchett Of the Carnegie Foundation and
President Butler of Columbia University
as though they were ordinary people and
unwittingly disclosed the fact that not
only had he consulted with them, but they
had consulted with him, then the inter-
viewer perceived that he had found the
right person to tell THE SUMS readers of
the Immediate future Of tho private
schools Of the country and Of the interest
Ing questions they will be called upon to
solve In this year 1914 and In the other
years just beyond. And II the result ia
not satisfactory to every one Il will not
have been Mr.. Farrand's fault, but his
ntervtewer's, who must In that case have
been the wrong person.
Avoiding all mention Of South Orange
except to say that there are no sign posts
on the street corners and no numbers on
tho houses. one arrives at 1877 Ralston
avenue In an almost straight limo II one
Is a psychic, otherwise one Is misdirected
two or three times until one reaches
finally the house next door. and then It's
easy to reach as there IL no fence be-
tween. Let W draw a curtain over the
New Years Eve scene of a departing
family and a host expected at a party
elsewhere, but paying a tribute at the
same time to the spirit of hospitality
which remained with Mr.. Farrand even
under these trying circumstances, and let
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VERMONT ACADEMY.

SAxroN's RIVER, W.. Jan. Sired e.
Harris OF Brattleboso. the well known
tennis player who has gained o wide
reputation through his efforts in found
ing the outing Club at Dartmouth Col
lrge, Is TO give an illustrated talk on
winter sports At the Vermont Academy
on the evening Of January 10. Mr.. Har-
r!s is receiving wide comment In the
press for his success In arousing enthu-
siasm in winter sports at Dartmouth.
which have now become a distinctive
feature OF the college life. Mr.. Harris's
visit 20 the academy Is significant. for
the academy boys have for many years
been doing unique work In this field Of
athletics.
The new dam IA the brook pasture has
given tie academy a large pond which
affords excellent facilities for ice hockey.
skating and a supply Of ice The pond
has been named Bowles's Pond. in honor
OF Henry L. Bowles Of Springfield Mass.
who paid for the construction OF the
Dam.
The academy opens for the winter
term for dinner January 8. With Ave,
AID possibly seven, new students en-
rolled for the new term, the academy
faces the unique situation OF worrying
about accommodation. However. room
en- be made for the new students by
doubling up: but It Is clear that the
need OF new dormtory Is growing more
and more imperative.
Warren b. Brown and Arthur w. Bray
Icy Of the academy Office. spent the holt
day at their homes. Clarence b. Hill.
q former Instructor at the academy, Wis.,
tied the Hill Tuesday and was much In
terested In the various improvements.
Mr.. Hill Is now teaching in the Boston
schools.
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Home Life Undisturbed by Country Day Schools
Where the Pupils Go Back and
Forth Every Day

masters OF country day schools that only
sons Of thoughtful parents were sent to
schools OF that type. Therefore, II the
teachers get the boy on q wrong tack
his parents notify the headmaster. and II
he IL on the right track they send forth
their approval.
Every one who lives in q large CITY,"
continued Mr.. Hackett. els familiar With
the warning to keep the children OF the
streets II Is the country day school and
its equipment which offer the best solu
ton OF where to keep them---better Oh
viously than out OF the way parks, In
door gyfrfnasums museums, moving pic
lures, or vaudeville shows.
Schools now aim for the whole de-
velopment of the boy and headmasters
and teachers have seen the light and
recognize the folly OF sending forth a
very highly developed BRAIN in an ex-
tremely emaciated body. They perceive
also that II will not do to send forth n
well equipped mind and body without
the will to devote Il to the highest good.
In advancing the new standard ! believe
that the country day schools stand In the
front rank. Not bound down by the rou-
tine Of the day school In the city or OF
the boarding school in the distant coun-
try. country day schools are In a posi-
ton to have in their programmes what
Is best In each.
I'm closing. let me point out that there
are now over twenty country day schools
located as follows: Three near Boston
one near New Haven. three outside OF
Mann School; two outside OF Buffalo.
three outside OF Philadelphia. and one
near Richmond, two near Baltimore, one
Cleveland, one Louisville. one Kansas
| City. Mo. one Minnea polls. one Pittsburg
and one near Columbus.
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by the new method Of admission at
Harvard adopted a couple OF years ago
one can either enter by the old &c points
way or submit . statement Of work done
at school. and II this 10 Of satisfactorily
high grade he 10 examined then In simply
four subjects and admitted without con-
ditions if he passes them
Harvard mod fed It's method because 4,
made the discovery that some of the very
able boys In high schools had not taken
the subjects required but had had a very
satisfactory school course. The authori-
ties at Harvard then sent to the 100 best
high schools Of the country and requested
that the course Of study taken by the
best student Of each school be- sent to
them. They found that only a very small
percentage OF these students had studied
the subjects required at Harvard. by in
vestigating further II was found that
nearly all Of these hundred best high
school students were we'll enough pre-
pared to enter Harvard except that they
had not studied all Of the required SUBJ
jects. And that was how Harvard came
70 let down the bars a little by modi-
flying her entrance examination condi-
lions.
'"That Harvard plan." said Mr.. Farrsnd
In nclusion. Twill probably not he fol lowed
absolutely by the other colleges. but there
are indications that certain Of the other
colleges are preparing to move in the same
general direction"
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DR.. FINLEY INAUGURATED.
state COmmissiOner Of Educatiou
Formally Installed.

The Inauguration OF DR. John ". Fin
ley as president OF the University Of the
State OF New York and State Commits
sioner Of Education on January brought
TO Albany a group OF famous educators:
Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus OF
Harvard; Calvin y. Kendall. Commits
sloner OF Education in New Jersey; DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, president OF CO.
lumbia University; pr. 81 clair Nickel
way. Principal Frank H. Fosd!ck OF Buf-
fslo, Il. II. BruDacher. superintendent OF
tho Schenectady schools. and del. gates
from practically every American inst!tu-
ton OF learning.
The ceremonies in the Education Build.
ing were opened by Bishop Richard ".
Nelson OF the Episcopal diocese of Albany
with an Invocation, followed by the adj
dress OF Or. Mckelway. chancellor OF the
University Of the state OF New York.
Or, Nicholas Murray Butler addressed
the gathering on behalf OF the univer-
stiles and colleges. Principal Fosdick on
behalf OF the secondary schools and
Supt. Brubacher OF the Schenectady
schools on behalf OF the elementary
schools. while the educational depart
ments OF other States and the citizens of
this State were represented by Commits
sicner Kendall OF New Jersey and Will
lam Church Osborn respectively.
IN ms inaugural auuTtss br' r'nley
declared that he was being invested with
''one OF the most sacred responsibilities
this State can put upon a man, the care.
under its laws. OF its most precious pos
session"
When Or. Finley concluded he received
the greetings OF the delegates and the
programme for the afternoon session
came TO n close with the benediction by
Bishop Burke OF the Roman Catholic
diocese OF Albany.
Chancellor McKelway presided at the
exercises In the evening. when addresses
were made by Gov Glynn. Secretary Of
the Interior Lane, NJ. Jusserand. French
Amba ssador, and Or. Charles w. Eliot
A reception In the rotunda OF the Edu-
cation Building followed the evening ex-
ercses.
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WILBRAHAM ACADEMY.

WILRRAHAM, Mass, Jan. 3.--The friends
of wilbraham Academy are jubilant over
the completion OF the $4,000 reorganiza-
ton fund. Alumni and other loyal sup
porters Of the old academy have con-
tributed sums varying from 81 to $4,000
each. The first step in the reorganization
was taken after Gaylord W. Douglass was
elected headmaster about two years ago.
There was no regular campaign, but
the constant endeavors Of the trustees and
the headmaster brought the raising Of the
fund to a successful conclusion. Two
weeks ago the Methodist education board
offered $3.50 on condition that tho
academy raise $4,000 by December 81.
The condition was compiled with by the
academy The townsmen and towns
women Of Wilbraham contributed volun-
tarily $4,000 to the fund.
The money has not been boarded. but
has been spent during the past eighteen
months nearly a. rapidly as II came In in
improving the school plant. As a result of
an actual expenditure OF over $4,000 the
old. widely known dormitory. Rich Hall.
is now ono OF the most up to date school
dormitories In New England.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Jan. 3-Roger
Pierce, '0+, general secretary OF the Har-
yard Alumni Association, Is making New
Years calls on various Harvard clubs In
the Eastern and Central States. He will
be back In Boston on January IL The
cities that he will visit include Rochester.
bunalo, New York. Cleveland. Detroit
and Chicago.
Prof. K!rksopp Lake OF the University
or Leyden. Holland. will deliver on Mon
day afternoon at $50 o'clock. under the
auspices OF the Harvard divinity school.
in Kings Chapel. Boston. the second lee
ture on 1.-The Growth OF Christianity"
The special topic In THE Jesus OF His
tory and the Christ Of Religion"
Tomorrow afternoon at I o'clock at
the Harvard medical school. Longwood
avenue, Boston, DIR. W. II. Cannon will
give a lecture on Recent Studies Of the
Bodily Effects Of Fear and Rage" Prof
Edward Scribner Ames OF the University
Of Chicago will be the university preacher
at Appleton Chapel tomorrow morning.
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tai breaks the next highest freshman
.ecord by nineteen students.

tai breaks the next highest freshman
record by nineteen students.
President Wilson's personal transcript
ton from his own shorthand notes or
his Inauguration address, written In the
university library at Princeton. N. j.. has
been placed In the library archives along
with the original OF the inaugural address
Of President Madison. who was also
Princeton graduate. President wilson's
ortginal shorthand notes have been lost
The latest news concerning the move
ment by the senior council to do away
with drinking at Princeton Is the de-
c!sion Of the senior cla.J not 10 have beer
at the senior dinner Strength to the
movement has been given by Dean Nc
Clenahan's announceme nj that the uni
versity authorities would hold 20 strict
account the proprietor OF any drinking
place In the town OF Princeton. who sold
liquor to minors.
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where they have facilities for athletic
exercise In immediate proximity to the
school buildings.
'"The private school meets . genuine
demand. since II Ia able. II II has tho
proper financial backing, to supply con-
tinuous course from the early years up
to the time OF entrance to college. There
IL no awkward break and change OF
schools at a critical age such as there
are In the public schools The private
school has also opportunities to study
the Individual pupil more closely and
to adapt the work to his needs.
zone Of the greatest advantages which
a private school has," continued Mr.. Far
rand, sis that the head Of 1t can lay
out a plan of preparation for college
from the earliest years. This " In
marked contrast with the public schools.
where the course Ia planned with espe-
cial reference to the IS per cent OF the
pupils not going to college
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES
and Years Following Will Be Prosperous for High
Class Private Schools Propheies Headnater Wilson

W YlLsoN FARRAND predicts in.
\A creasing prosperity for high
w class private schools throughout
the country this year and next
year and the year after that. and so on
rs long as you like. Mr.. Farrand ought
TO know II anybody does. Here Is part
~ his pedigree: Wilson Farrand, head
master Of Newark Academy since 1901,
IS trustee OF Princeton University, 10
president OF the National Conference
Conmittoe on Standards OF Colleges and
Secondary Schools. secretary OF the Con-
ference on Uniform Entrance Require
ments In English, member Of the College
Entrance Board since It's organization
eleven years ago. member and president
IN 1902 VI the Middle States Association
~ Colleges and Secondary Schools, menu
Der and president In 1911 Of the Head
Masters Association OF the United States
an active member OF the Schoolmasters
Association of New York City and men,
10 OF hundred or more minor COM
ri!ttccs formed TO consider different mat
ters of school management and school
curriculum. All OF which was culled care
fully from who's Who" without Mr.
Farrand's permission.
TO tell the truth. the representative of
THE SUNS School. College and Camp
Bureau did not realize what an important
parsonage in the scholastic world he was
about TO interview when he sailed forth
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II feel very strongly that there is a
decided future for the private schools.
This Is proved by the expansion Of num-
Der Of the best boarding and day schools.
Certain schools have Of course suffered.
The private city school has suffered to
some degree from the competition Of the
boarding schools. But city schools that
have passed beyond the tentative stage
have prospered, especially those schools
tunties for outdoor exercise. Boarding
schools are more prosperous to-day than
they have ever been before. a number
Of boarding schools. both schools for
boys and schools for girls, have increased
their scale Of tuition and at the sam.
time have had large waiting list. !
could mention ofhand by name "A half
dozen OF such schools and there are
doubtless many more. One OF the very
noticeable things has been the growth
OF schools In the suburbs Of large cities
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some thousands OF workers this Will be
unavoidable. The injured one will be
rushed to the frst aid room, where the as
sistant. already warned by telephone. will
be prepared and. II necessary. will have
called already the hospital ambulance.
This 10 4, bit Of work at the critical mo-
ment that Ia OF great Importance.
With reference to the fire department
there Is already laid along vassar street
near the storage shed a water main OF
several hundred feet In length. Five out
lets are provided for and each one Is fitted
with 100 feet Of standard fire hose with
nozzle ready for instant action. As the
constructions develop the system will be
extended.
1t Is interesting to note that the resi-
dent engineer. who occupies sort OF Sis
ter Anne tower In the central Office at the
site. is a Tech boy. G. r. Green. '03. He
Is so placed that while at his desk he can
view any portion Of the grounds through
large single pane windows.
The loss Of Frank II. Rand. bursar Of
the Massac husetts Institute of Technology,
has been keenly felt at the school. He
was born In Vermont nifty odd years ago
and had been at Technology for twelve
years. during which time he reorgan!zed
the systems OF accounting. adapted ef-
ficiency methods and standards In pur-
chases OF supplies. established banking
conveniences for the students and was a
pilot through rather troublesome financial
times. He passed away at Pinehurst from
heart weakness induced by indigestion.
Services were held at his home In Brook
line and also at Lowell. where the inter-
ment took place.
Another bequest from one who was not
publicly identified with the institute or
known to Its officers IL that Of the late
Seth X. Sweetser of Brookline. amounting
to $4,000. Mr.. Sweetser left sums to
various educational and charitable insti-
tutions to the amount OF $4,000. The
beauest to Technology 10 to be added to
the permanent fund.
President r. c. Maclaurin through
Lieut.. Jerome c. Hunsaker. L. 2. N.
makes public the plans OF tho institute
toward courses In aeronautics. Special
studies are offered already to the United
States naval constructors and members
OF the senior class, and q laboratory Is
to be established at once. A post grad =
uate course Ia suggested for next year.
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MASSACHUSETTS TECH.

Work on the new technology buildings
which are In course OF erection at Boston
on the Cambridge side OF the Charles
River IL being pushed rapidly. Great care
s. taken of the army OF workmen and
their safety IL well looked after.
Two preventive features OF tho tech
nt'ogy equipment are the Are department
and the first aid room. Tho latter ID a
section of the great storage house. Here
a room has been lifted up having hot ana
cold water and simple medical and surgi-
oaI appliances. A young man here with
,ncdicai knowledge Ia ready to respond to
calls at any time. There II . stretcher at
every section headquarters and q tele-
yhone connected into the already large
&! stem. In case Of any accident. and with
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WEST SIDE Y. N. G. A.

Tho West Side Y. NJ. c. A. at 3ls West
street kept open house to
its friends on New Years Day. William
Kingsley, chairman OF the reception COM
mittee, and others received the guests
from to o'clock There were
checker exhibition given by
Capt. Dalumi and exhibition Of paintings
and of rare Philippine stamps. Prof.
board as you passed through the lobby.
There was also an athletic exhibition In
the gymnasium. which included a basket
ball game and swimming races. At the
same time there was an entertainment OF
bass and soprano solos and motion pic
lures In the auditorium. In the evening
there was a ladies' night entertainment,
furnished by Francis Rogers. barytone,
assisted by Bruno HUM at the piano |;
Minnie Marshall Smith. impersonator. and
the Orpheus Male Quartet.