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TYPEwRIT1NG CONTEST.

Secretary David OKeefe OF the con-
est committee desires to announce that
arrangements have been completed for
he fourth annual typewriilng contest
or the school championship Of New York.
will be held on Saturday afternoon,
\pril 25. 1914, at o'clock. Prof. william
Bagneli Of the South Brooklyn Evening
Il lgh school will be chairman OF the con-
EST committee again this year Sug-
'estions locking 20 the improvements OF
he rules should he sent as soon as posst-
lie to Mr. Bagnell at 433 Forty-seventh
treet. Brooklyn. Entry blanks and all
Information may be had Of Mr.. O'Keefe
It l19 Marcy avenue. Brooklyn.
In few respects this years contest
will be different from the contests Of
ormer years. In the first place no paid
demonstrators for typewriter companies
viii be permitted to enter and carry away
he best prizes. Only bona hde scholars
who have received all their instruction In
the schools from which they are entered
will be allowed TO compete. Again. In
Their years the banner went 70 the school
which entered the most accurate typist
This year II will be awarded to the school
making tie best general average. that is
he school whose pupils accuracy per-
ientages totalled give the highest amount
will be declared the banner school. thus
the school having the highest total will
he declared winner OF the school cham
pionship for 1914.
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for novice, senior and junior. There are
many prizes offered, including gold. sill.
Yer and bronze medals and silver cups.
a special silver trophy will be awarded
TO the school scoring the greatest num-
her Of points. and all events will count
In the competition for this prize. incluo
ing the relays. Entries close February
2s, with w. ". Dubreuil. Barnard School,
West 242d street. New York. Public
Schools Athletic League entries dose On
the same cay with DR.. c. Ward Cramp-
ton. 500 Park avenue. New York. Ofiicial
entry blanks furnished on application 10
Mr. Dubfeuil or DR.. c Ward Champion.
Exercises were held In the assembly
hall of the school In commemoration Of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The pro-
gramme consisted OF the singing Of pa
triotic songs. the reading OF Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech and an address by
William Kistler Hun OF Harvard Uni
versity.
The band Of Public School 81. Man
haitian. has offered to give a concert be-
fore the opening OF Barnards meet and
furnish music between the events.
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their life work. The vocation bureaus
are attempting to supply the need. but II
10 clear that they are attempting to do
In few hours what should be the study
OF years What 10 needed 10 q Systematic
development from the time . child begins
to reason.
in the education OF most Of us there
probably has been a. much neglect In
Graduating our undesirable tendencies ~
there haa been failure In singing out
and encouraging those which make foi
Individual fitness.
Every teacher has seen In many other.
wise promising young men uneradicated
tendencies Of secretivensss. shyness and
dlnidence. Of too great assertiveness Ant
OF other tendencies which produce . lack
OF balance In the Individual. and he 10 At
a disadvantage In competition with others
AT present children are grouped and
taught In classes from the beginning IL
the end Of their educational career. Yearly
or oftener each child passes into the hands
OF a new teacher. This teacher 10 In en-.
tire Ignorance Of the temperament or 60.
vironment Of the Individual members com.
posing the new class.
The average teacher has not been
taught to watch and check incipi.nt ten
denotes. such a. exaggerated opinions o.
ones own capabilities: OF tendency to-
ward seclusion or toward the appropria
ton OF the property OF others: and. what
Is all important, to detect and develop that
type OF pupil who ID not natural student
whose whole nature opposes academic
work. This worker the cole Ges have not
recognized. and yet 10 one who becomes u
successful business man and takes COM
prehensve delight in association with all
sorts and conditions OF n'en.
Lack Of knowledge Of these tendencies
makes vocation bureau incomplete and
weak What 10 required. 10 . competent
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NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY.

The newly formed Mems Club Of the
New England Conservatory Of Music at
meeting recently listened to an inter-
tS,ing talk on college Athletics" by
william F. Garcelon. former graduate
treasurer OF the Harvard Athletic As
ISOLATION.
Mr. Gurcelon described In considerable
dela!l and with many amusing Incidents
the work Of managing a series OF sports
whose annual business at Harvard Is In
the nelghborhood Of 3250,000 He made
strong plea for recognition among music
students Of the value of bodily training
and the physical poise and stamina WIFI
i bfiugs. HIS talk was seconded ny
Director George w. Chadwick Of the con-
seryatory. who was present and who
urged the young men to take advantage
o. athletic opportunities now easily avail
able at the adjacent Y. NJ. C. A. building.
Mr. Chadwick also urged that steps be
taken toward forming mems choral
similar 10 the women's choral, already
active. Informal singing was led BY
("er.s' T.. nett Of the faculty.
no wotdy pupils recital on Februsry
- Was given by the following students !:
yrrnt Ford Excelsior Springs. Mo-, Ora
lar'nard. Maiden; Alice Il. Whitehouss.
Newton Mary shackford. Chelsea Ger
rude e, Burlington. Lynn: II. Read Will
Rms Portsmouth,. Va. Gladys Thayer.
hoNolY Samuel Diamond. Maiden. and
Ado.ph Vogel. Jr.. West Orange. N. J.
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Annual Alumna Dance
at Delmonico's Of Col.
lege Of New Rochelle
q Brilliant Success
II HE third annual dance Of the alum.
M Of the College Of New Rochelle.
which waa haid laat Friday Ava

IT HE third annual dance Of the alum.
M Of the College Of New Rochelle.
which was held last Friday ave-
ming 1t Delmonico's. was . marked suc-.
cess. The large ballroom. decorated IN
the college colors Of blue and white. was
well nlled Supper vac served In the
dining room ~ midnight
Among the patronesses were the Mines.
william J. Birmingham. John J. Brady.
John v. Cossey. Edward Cuddihy. Law
renee r Ellis. Thomas H. Hamilton. John
c. Hannah. John r. Hyian, Charles 3.
Mclaughlin. John J. Mclaughlin. J. will
lam McManus. John c. McNamArA,
Thomas Manning and Louise +. Tucker.
The dance committee was composed OF
the Mlsses Rose Mclaughlin, chairman:
Asnes Allan, william J. Birmingham.
Agnes Heating. Marie Leahy, Mary Mo-
Donnell and Helen Patton.
Some Of those present were the Misses
Eleanor Brady. Lottie Penny. Anne HAM
ilton. Elsie and Ellen Cuddihy. vinA
stark. Adelaide Mcnamara, Frances
Petty. Louise and Ruth Seymour. Mvrts1
Mendes. Grace eastman and Mary keat-
ing. and the Messrs. Charles J. Kelsher.
Edward Chapman. Walter Mcclure.
George Dsnnenberg. George Hollings-
worth. John Macdonald. Joseph Cuneen,
Charles b. Mclaughlin. James ByrnsA
D. 8. Hardenbers and John Castelli.
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Of. PAULS SCHOOL.

CAMDEN CrrY, L. l.. Feb. 2i.-The Sat-
urday night entertainment 10 looked for
ward to with considerable pleasure. and
interesting discussions among the boys
may be overheard on all sides from the
moment the weeks announcement APP
pears on the bulletin board until the at.
traction has come and gone and lie actual
merits have been settled to their satisfac-
ton Tonight the boys had the g, eat
pleasure Of hearing P,asr MacQueens lee
lure on Mexico and her present political
situation. The talk was illustrated by the
stereopticon and some good pictures Of the
Pa ma Canal were included
This week the pchooi has seen for the
FIRST time In several years hne sleighing
and several sieighing parties have been
organized. The sixth form set the pace
on Monday evening Although II was
very cold the boys reported q jolly good
time and they came back with appetites
that did ful, justice to the chafing dish
supper which Mrs Marsh had waiting for
hem. On succeeding evenings some OF
the other forms followed the example Of
the sixth.
Great interest 10 being taken In the
Sunday night meetings Of the st. Paul's
Society. Although attendance at these
meetings 10 not compulsory every boy IL
present. Some helpful subject 10 discussed
each week under the leadership OF a senior
The frequent return OF graduates TO-
the games. entertainments and othe
school activities 10 gratifying both to tn
boys and to the mastera During tn
last week the following have been bacN
renewing their youth: 3 T. Babbiu
Hyde, IS. Moses Ely. " 6. Swift New
ton, ~: Edgar n. Carroll. rs. and
Gary Spencer. rs.
Coach Blake started baseball practice
Early this month and the battery can
didates have been working In the car
every day. The position behind the ba
% well provided for with veteran material.
but the pitchers are all without varsity
experience. There 10 a wealth OF new
material for the box and the early com.
petition for the position 10 keen.
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View of Various Throughout the Student World

r HE Junior prom" at Kingsley
School. Essex Fells. ". j.. WHICH
. took place last Friday evening
proved to be one of the most delightful
dances ever held at the school. Many OF
the young ladies remained over until Sat
uriay afternoon rs the guests OF Mrs.
Campbell to witness the Kingsley. Hack.
ley basketball games on Saturday after
noon
ey's old basketball stars. who are now IN
game last Saturday morning. The Sec
ond team mad an easy time Of II during
The latter part OF the game because OF
their better physical condition. due to the
regular practice and training which sew.
e-al OF the alumni had not had. Those
who composed the alumni i've were Al.
gustus Maxwell Of Wesleyan, Harold
Covperthwaite OF Williams. Manuel Bar
rios OF Cornell. Robert q. Seymour Of the
University Of Pennsylvania and Ell OFT
Fox who 10 nov In business In New
York c'tv. In the afternoon the varsity
-car rlayed wonderful game. easily de-
icating the Hackley School Ave by a score
u Alb.
Next Friday evening Mr.. Charles H.
Underwood will entertain the school with
. recital Mr.. Underhill has been an an
nual Wis tor at Kingsley for n number OF
years and his entertainments are very
popular with the boys.
Julian Campbell. who In In charge Of
The gymnasium team. IL planning for a
gymnasium exhibition to take place at
some recent date. Mr.. Campbell. who
vas member Of the Yale gymnasium
team last year. will have one OF Yale's
best all around gymnasium men take part
IN the exhibition.
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vealins the importance Of the explorations
by Prof Bingham OF Yale and unfolding
the wonders of the Inca civilization. The
boys were Intensely interested. Mrs
Brewster 10 to render on Tuesday, March
8. the Inca drama, "Ollantay." which she
has translated.
A recital was given on Thursday after
noon by Lawrence Adler and Francis
Stetson Humphrey. The vocal programme
included songs by sidney Homer and
Walter Damrosch and old Scotch and Old
English melodies Mr.. Adler also played
from Chopin. Strauss, Debussy and isc.ai-
kowsky. The boys enjoyed the music.
but they particularly welcomed Mr.. Adler.
who established in the school several years
ago the course In musical appreciation
which 10 now being carried on By Forbes
Fancher.
On Saturday afternoon the school at
tended . performance OF Faversham's
Julius Cesar" The boys are themselves
In the spring to make this their annual
open air Shakesperian production.
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NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SCHOOL.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. 2o.-Track
work has been strenuous at Cathedral
ror the last week in preparation for the
Richmond College indoor meet on Satur-
day night at Richmond, when an attempt
will be made to improve the showing made
week ago at Baltimore. In this meet
Carter in the mile ran by far the best
race Of any OF the squad. In winning his
event he made a remarkable showing. es-
pecially when the class OF the Held 10
taken into consideration.
Cathedrars baseball schedule VIII be
announced In the course OF week or
So II Ia very extensive and includes sew
eral out of town trips. The most impor-
tn mt OF these Ia probably the one to Phila-
delphia, where several different teams will
be played The reason opens the latter
-,art Of March and consists OF two or
three games a week until the last OF May.
Prospects for having a successful team
are exceedingly bright. There 10 some
very promising material from which to
pick the successors of last years pitchers,
who graduated. Third base and two
fields, all that remain to be hlled by new
men, have several strong bidders.
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VERMONT ACADEMY.

sASroNs RIVER, VT. Feb. 2l.-The Yer
mont Academy Alumni Association OF
Boston will hold Its annual dinner Mt
Hotel Westminster Wednesday evening.
March Is. Effort il being made to Sc
cure large attendance Of graduates and
former students from all over New Eng
land
The winter carnival. which has be-
come permanent feature Of academy
life was held last Monday. Interest GEN.
tered chiefly In the athletic events. The
seniors won the meet with <6 points.
TIE other classes scored as follows: 1915.
~, 1917. l4L 1915. lch. The highest
Individual point winner was Everett Low
ering Devereux OF Ludlow. VT, who TO-
eeived ~ points.
The events consisted OF 100 yard dash
Oh snowshoes. 100 yard dash on skis, coast
and climb on snowshoes coast and climb
IN skis obstacle race on snowshoes. OBJ
stacle race on skis, ski jump. ski coasting
Tor form, and class relay race.
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1.-THE mental stress enacted NJ
~ students 10 Intense" writes
II. Manning Carpenter, head
master OF Carpenter School,
New York city. In an essay on THE Trend
A. education" printed In pamphlet form,
s.nd though they conscientiously respor
me main result arrived at 10 to give W Q
sody OF respectable young men and women
conforming rather closely to . common
.,sndard OF attainment and behavior, but
iscklng in individuality and relatively at
va as TO how to attack the problems OF
NE
"A present." continues Mr.. Carpenter.
We value the social life Of college rather
han the education they offer, even though
ate graduation and impractical training
"a ser Gus handicap.
Colleges. prep and secondary schools
have undertaken untried schemes from
lime to time because Of popular clamor
,or them The demand for athletics
moderated a few years ago only after
many students had been seriously injured
and several killed. The demand for mill.
AIRY training which followed the civil
var produced innumerable military
schools Every school basement was
once filled with wheels: much valuable
time was wasted In meets OF various
kinds and the serious results from over
srertion will never be known.
The Immense increase Of country and
boarding schools Ii the product OF the
automobile: II has developed such keen
appetite for outdoor life that they have
sprung up In immense numbers Children
are sent away from home and placed In
Inc care OF men who meet the demand,
bu, who do not understand all types Of
children.
The demand for these schemes 10 not
only met but encouraged and fostered |:
and II IL made to appear a. though an
e'ucation could not be complete without
recourse to the prevailing hobby. Even
now children are being sent from homo
when they need care and consideration
that cannot be purchased and which 10
PARTICULARLY valuable In times OF sickness.
The Impression that Il 10 the vogue
induces faith In the prevailing and we'll
advertised novelty In education until
another novelty takes it, place. Mean
while the fact remains that fundamental
princes Of education cannot b changed.
even though parents have come to be-
leve otherwise.
Two or three years ago I was In
Algeria. and came upon q native school.
Ths antiQuatsd schoolmaster was teach.
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%HE schoolmasters Association Of
New YORK. and the Vicinity pre-
served intact It's reputation OF
being safe and sane diners BY
sitting down to dinner In the picturesque
grill room OF the Princeton Club. stanford
Whites old studio. promptly at $3.50
O'Clock last Friday evening. There were
100 present Many OF the guests were
headnasters from New England who had
come to New York to attend the annual
convention Of the Headnasteis Associs-
ton. Instead VI eating this time with
just table talk a. an accompa nineni there
were songs sung by Francis Stetson Hum.
phreys, with Lawrence Adler A. accom-.
PIANIST
The topic Of the evening was The
Spiritual Element In Teaching and while
fasting rather than eating might have
seemed a better preliminary to the dis
cussion OF such q subtle theme no one was
disturbed and every speaker tackled the
subject manfuly. The much beloved John
Howard Van Amr.nge. former dean or
Columbia College. who was scheduled -
one OF the more formal speakers, was III
and his place was taken BY Prof. John
Erskine. President Charles Alexander
Richmond OF Union College. the other
speaker, was on hand and Horace d.
Taft Of Taft School, WATERFOWL. Conn.
also spoke before the round table short
alks began.
The feeling during the dinner that
every one was having "a bully time" was
heightened after the speaking began. and
when the meeting broke UP II was the
feeling generally that II had been one OF
The best II not the best OF an unusually
successful season.
Among those present were w. r. Little,
Il. W Heigwin, r. r. Wilson, Columbia
Grammar School A. r. Warren. Coliegi.
ate School c. 8. Ingham. Newburyport
High School +. L. Brown, Brown Tutor
.ng School DIR. Gallagher. Thayer Acad-
my q. II. Browne. Browne and Nichols
School. Cambridge. Mass. B. 8. Sand
lord. Redding, Conn. W. J. Vets. Belts
Academy the Rev. q. y Quaile. Sails
School. Ridgeneld. Conn. ID. o. 9. LOWELL.
Roxbury Latin School. Boston. Mass /: r.
O. Hspgood. Girls Latin School. Boston
Mass. Charles F. Harper. c. c. Hyde,
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HORACE MANN SCHOOL.

Theresa Wol,enschlager, Harriet Nc
Council. Hattie Weyener, Caroline Browne.
Hildegar6e Ross and Helen Bil kett have
been appointed by the various classes
Of Horace Mann school to manage the
swimming meets which will be held on
Tuesday, February "a. at 2 r. NJ; Thurs.
day, February 20, at 1910 = NJ. and
Tuesday. March 3, and Thursday. March
s, at 2 r. NJ. A great many girls have
already entered for the meet.
On Friday the Femton Club In tho
alumni room presented the "Ghost of
Jerry Bundles before large audience.
]. c. Brown OF the mathematics DEPART
ment will lecture tomorrow In Richmond,
Va.
There was large attendance at the
sophomore senior-Ju Junior dance. which WAS
held In the Thompson gymnasium yeeter-
day afternoon.
The Horace Mann hockey team suffered
its first defeat this season at the hands
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the work OF an expert artist and illus
trate the latest models.
The Finch School Day Nursery, one Of
he various phlanthf opies of the school.
Is conducted by the alumna. Officers and
committees OF the alumnS have entire
charge of finances and are responsible for
the maintenance OF the nursery. They are
assisted by the pupils OF the school. who
are greatly interested in the duties that
they will later assume. Instead OF the
play given yearly by the alumne some
other form OF entertainment will this
year be substituted.
on Friday evening next. Mrs. Jessica
Garet:son Cosgrave. principal Of the
school. viii give her annual dance to the
older girls OF the school.
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nov taking the farmers winter course n
agriculture, tho largest number In the
history OF the school.
Pyofs. W. X. Brainerd and W. q. Chris
man are attending the State Dairymen's
Association In Lynchourg this week. DR..
9. w. Fletcher spoke at the Farmers II
stitute In Winchester and Prof. q. G.
Starcher left Tuesday for the national
corn show at Dallas, Tex.
BY defeating Washington and Lee at
basketball last Saturday the Techs put
an end to the claims Ct the latter for the
championship OF the South Atlantis
League In contest with the University Of
virginia. Until that time the W. and L.
team had an unbroken record Of victories.
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TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP.

The National Society OF French Teach.
ers IN America organized last year. for
the fret time, a competition for a travel
ling scnolai ship 10 France. The winner
OF the contest, a student Of the Norm Al
College. Is now studying at the Sorbonne
similar contest will take place April
2, 1914. The composition IL open only to
college students In their senior year. pro-
vtded French In not Their mother tongue
and they have never studied In France
or In country the language OF which 10
French. Any college professor may en-
ter In the contes. one or several OF his
students. For circular OF Information APP
ply to Prof. WE'LL, College OF the City OF
New YORK.
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ST. JOHNS SCHOOL, MAN1IUs, NY.

Honors were even during the past week
In basketball at St. Johns. on Friday
Lafayette High School took the Red and
Black Into camp by the score OF "a to Is,
while on Saturday the Manlius Ave was
returned the winner over Gloversville
High School. IS to II. Capt. Bretz Is
back In the game after an enforced alb.
sence and his presence holsters up the
team considerably.
The work Of the rine team has been con-
stantly improving and some fine scores
were made during the week In matches
against other schools.
On Friday evening the band. with Cadet
Guilles welding the baton. rendered an
enjoyable concert at Verbeck Hall. Guiies
Ia filling Capt. Kimball's place In great
style.
Work In connection with the picked
company which II drilling for the coming
military competition In New York city Is
going forward rapidly and satisfactorily.
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Of the Stevens school team last Tuesday
afternoon In St. Nicholas Rink. Tn.
score was 7 to 2.
The schedule OF the girls interclass
basketball games has been arranged
follows: February "a. seniors VI Juniors
26. freshmen VS. sub freshmen March 8
seniors vs.. sub-freshmen. juniors W.
sophomores s. sophomores VS.. sub.
freshmen; 10. seniors vs.. freshmen.
juniors W. sub-freshmen ~. seniors va.
sophomores. juniors vs.. freshmen. II,
sophomores vs.. freshmen.
The track team viii enter the track
meet to be held at Dickinson. Trenton.
~ j.. on Monday.
Evelyn Flowers and Adeline Trojan
have been admitted members of the
Dramatic Club. The next play given by
the society will be "A Kiss In the Dark"
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BROWN UNIVERSITY.

PROVIDENCE. Feb 2l.-During me second
semester Brown University offers a course
In Industrial organization and manage
ment Problems In industrial efficiency
md scientific management will he uis.
cusssd. the purpose being to give students
m insight into some practical business
methods The course. which must be taken
- an extra and will not count toward .
desree. meets on Mondays and Thurs
days at 6 r. VI.
Eight or ten lectures In the course will
he given by prominent business men and
manag gers.
Visiting day for 1854 has been set
for Wednesday, March II. The advisory
hoard OF the alumni association will meet
on ~ evsnlnS Il March ~.
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THE RIVERSIDE SCHOOL.

On Saturday, February ~. an evening
recital was given nj the school, $50 West
rrH avenue Cor the benefit OF the school
paper, 1.-THE Arrow"
.. very ENJOY abe programme was fur
nished by Mary Campbell Monroe. dra-
matte reader. and Mrs. Robert Lalng Me-
Cam, lyric soprano. assisted by Aurelia
Seward, pianist, Florence r. Cunningham,
whlstling soloist. and Miss Lazans, mon
ologue reader.