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dent, b.cduC he is already that, but be-
cause Of the broad general DEVELOPMENT
Ereatrst preachers few years ago called
this development the three lis: The head.
tho health, the heart
The boarding school owes much of its
efficiency 10 tho regularity of the life OF
Its boys. They remind one of lIuck Finn,
who IN speaking ~ the widow said
We go 10 bed by the clock We get UP
hy the clock. We eat by the clock. we work
by the clock This regularity Of life
shows immediate results In the physical
upbuild!ng Of the students and IN a more
earnest application 70 the performance OF
duty II gets rid or distractions. 1t
teaches a boy. with some supervision on
the part OF the faculty. how to work
Even the athletic coaches testify to the
fact that IL makes their teams more
skilful IN every way.
The various courses OF study in our col
leges and universities during the past
tpeutv-nve er th!rty years have heou
g'eJlF enlarged aud enriched. The
; BOARDING school Is more able than
schools OF other types to meet
ana keep pace with these changes.
To certain extent this is due
To- tho fact that the boarding school is in
dependent Of politics. Some years ago
the writer was invited TO become the SUI
perin'endcut of schools I'm one Of our cities
OF tn" second class. The most prominent
man in that city. who was 2 national f,g-
uro, gave This advice: Don't accept this
imitation. The schools iu this city are
run by politics IL Is almost impossible 10
maintain high standards. and any one who
tries to bring our scholarship to a high
plane OF efficiency must first beat the poli-
tc!ans. IN order 10 do that he must go
down INTO the gutter with them" The
advice Of this man Was taken. the position
later was accepted by friend. lie tried
10 improve the schools. and he was beaten
Ia the very way that had been predicted.
There IL another way in which the
boarding school especially II It has en-
downcnt and can show its independence,
maintains IFS high standards of scholar
ship, and that is In the grades given in
the classroom. This point can he illus
tratcd by an incident which happened "A
Jew years ago. \ boy from the middle
West was "A student In one OF our larger
schools. When his class grades were sent
home the father wrote a strong protest.
The boy went direct to the headmaster
aud said with much feeling My father
thnks am loaiing ] am working harder
here than | ever worked before in my
lie. At homo my father Is president OF
the school board, and the teachers in
order to please him and thereby gain his
favor simply presented me Sith high
grades. Here must earn them
Sentiment and tradition play large
rolo in boarding schools OF the higher
class. II was these qualities OF spirit
that Mr. Bryce the late Ambassador
of Great Britain. had in mind when he
said that America needs more poets
What would our national life be without
It's songs and traditions? Some of our
boarding schools have long lists OF
alumni who have distinguished themselves
in the professions. In literature and III
great achievements of various kinds
This Is especially true OF English boa rd
ing schools At Rugby on commencement,
day or speech day" as the English call
II, along with tho regular commencement
programme Is published list Of the
honors which old Rugby boys have wor
throughout the world In the previous
YEAR In certain American schools n halt
holiday is declared when an alumnus OF
that school has won an honor In the
university or out I'm life. by its form oi
organization the boarding school IL vel
iittcd To- cherish these traditions and sen.
tments and they are an inspiration &c
every undergraduate that Is enrolled.
IN the public schools the instructors
see their students only during hours OF
recitation. In boarding school the in
structors live in tho dormltories with
the boys, being not only teachers but
also associates. Here we note one oi
the strongest forces IN education, namely
tho moulding power Of personality. The
= influence Of n number of college gradu'
ates. who have been selected on account
~ high scholarship, clean life and stronr
personality. upon r. lot of boys OF ths
imprcssionahle age cannot he anythine
hut superb, There II no short road to IN
education. The torch of learning has
> been carried down through all tho ages
? from hand to hand likewise In tho
moulding Of character. in the inspiration
r which comes with great visions of i'fe
r there il nothing SO potent AS the inhu,
= cnce OF personality on personality II
ls this Influence which makes the work
? Of tho honrding school 40 successful ant
~ desirable,
o Tho boarding schools OF America o
. the hest typc have "A future that is full
I ~ promise, Many persons already So
q this Within the next generation a grea
I many more people, even including III,
o philanthropists, will recognize their worth
g As pr Henry van DYKE said to tn,
n writer year or two ago, "Preparatur,
Y schools have not yet received due atten
. ton from the benefactors OF education
h In America, They are inst as necessar,
q rs colleges and universities. No wise
y use OF money could he made than L
y endow and equip such schools"