The sun., 1914-09-12

In giving constant oversight II such boys,
IN holding before them tho responsibilities
OF lie even to the extent OF regulating
the amount of pocket Mooney the boarding
schools are a positive agency in the
moulding Of character
The higher institutions which cmpha-
size cultural studies rs contrastod with
vocational studies look to tho private
boarding schools for the greater number
OF their students About 80 per cont
Of the boys who enter Princeton and Yale
and Harvard are prepared In private
boarding schools. Many OF our state uni-
vcrslties claim that Il Is their greatest
function to serve the citizens OF tho state
in a practical way and Therefore they arc
strong or tho vocational side. WlShn
the past year we have heard II said that
in the state OF Minnesota there Is not
"A single student of Greek either In the
public schools or IN the university, and
In the entire state Of Wisconsin there
were fewer than ten young people STUDY
ting Horace. Only recently meUher OF
the Princeton faculty said. There u not
a pub!ic school west %! the MISSISSIPPI
River that can prepare hoy Tor entrance
20 Princeton without doing subsidiary
work" 4 number OF teachers In one OF
those far Western states are graduates
OF Princeton and Vale. When ih-y TOOK
In the situation they made an eroit 10
have the Curricula ~ tic pubic ScnooI7
of that state changed so that IN" regular
courses would prepare boys for entrance
TO those two universities. After con-
siderable friction and much controversy
they gave up tho attempt
Here of cours" We touch the question
Of the value of the classics as compared
with the modern languages ana sciences
in educational training. TINS question
has been debated back and forth during
the past generation and IT VIII continue
TO be discussed as there are strong men
ON both sides The priNat. boarding
school while Il gives due attention 10
the sciences and other vocational subjects
stands largely for the teaching OF the
classics and other cultural studles' inc
/ hest distinction which We have hedrd
I oxpressed I'm a concrete way was IN a
/ conversation which the wrItor hdd Win
l the presldent Of one or our largest tech-
nIcal schools. lie was speaking OF Prince
/ ton and comparing II with other uhlVer'
! stiles where the technical studies are
/ amphaslzed lie said: II have visited
! Princeton many times can readily see
! that she has the finest buildings ana the
/ most beautiful campus IN America. hui
| I do not understand tho Princeton spirit
| have tried to analyze II and the best
! solution | can make II that the average
boy comes to me. rs the president OF a
! technical university. TO get jon hu'
! the average boy goes to Princeton to
| make life The institutions OF our land
| which emphasize tho cultural STUDIES VIII
always feel the need Of having first class
private boarding schools.
Tho private boarding schools or tht
best type always have stood for tho hghei
standards Of scholarship The late lar
Maclaron on his last visit to America II
| 1907. Just before his death, SAID 10 th'
! writer. ''You have one great weakness II
| American education. In the majority o.
your schools and colleges the man who
-. ..gH Ian 80 m lfal
ton. IN England one man teaches th'
class aud another man sets tho eNhmina
ton. I look upon your system or entrance
20 college bv certificate as being veal
and I am glad TO know that there arr
such institutions as Yale, harvard
Princeton, Columbia and tho MASSACHUSETTS,
Institute OF Technology which dcmanr
entrance examinations. That demand OF
their part bespeals higher st'Sdards o
scholarshp" At first IL may he littl'
difficult for the ordinary person to de
terinlnc what his statement has To d.
with the future Of the boarding school
II means that the private boarding schoo
IN nrernring No large a percentage of tn
, boys who entor these five institutions
Stands as a protest against the mediocrit'
and leNelling processes OF schools whicl
, prepare boys entirely for college entrance
hy certificate,
We havc no quarrel with the publ
schools nor 40 We argue NbhllFi AfI
existence or their forms OF work. W.
roalize that the work which the publ
, schools are doing Is one Of the very fines
agencies IN the moulding Of American
, citizenship. our argument Is that hotl
, types OF schools are needed Tn" pnhli
, schools must serve the masses. There ar
, thousands Of boys and girls who do no
aspire TO leadership In the professions -
: business and who do not expect to ent"
college. The public schools try To scrv
. these people, and I'm solving their ow
, school problems they can recognize IN
: force of our contention
= Tho boarding school will flourish ho
! cause OF the broader development whic
i IT gives It's students. The supervision q
tho boys during the entire day Is In tn
Lands OF the faculty Effort IL made nc
only to teach boys how 10 work but ais
I 10 employ their spare time In actvitie
4 that will broaden and strengthen them I
4 many ways. In this process litcrar
II spcrti,s oratory. debating. athletics, dra
mates and we,' regulated social life eac
Ia plays It's part The president of the publ
II school board IN u large town recent
said to = headmastsr. II am sending m