The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23
NIL LIAM AND MARY
DOING GREAT WORK
is Summer School Has Proved
Unique and Successful
Experiment.
Pulaski is ITS SCENE
Whole Faculty and Arpar@tus
Removed for Session in
Hot Months.
.uLASKI is ITS SCENE

i.aicat!ou Is l. matte % some i'm
o ;ance and what succeeds in cdu-
pa. ON should be made known a; large.
|. ,!ocs not follow that success can be
ni;..ted. In education any more than
b anything else. for success must de-
c;.d on who 1t IL that succeeds. 1t
k!l be OF interest. however, TO know
|o:ucthng Of what the ancicn; college
Il william and Mary is now doing
!;h two months of the good summer
mac. period no, generally very prof
able 70 the budding bachelor Of arts.
.. sciences. or Of pedagogy
What William and Mary has done.
ow the third summer has been just
his: 20 remove faculty and apparatus.
|;!th very little trouble indeed. from
williamsburg to Dublin. In the fine
railing county OF Pulaski. and TO as
emo!e there around faculty and ap-
|aratus Dody o: serious summer
|tudcnts who can, at The proper times
lance. &C fishing and play baseball as
';ell IS {: they had nothing else 10
The experiment, consisted in going
way from home, bidding only FOR
hale students. and finding out how 10
[iake such students feel convinced that
fney were not miseinploying their
3!me. Tho experiment. having Oecn
|orkcd BY capable man and his
( pa bic assistants, has now FOX the
bird summer proved 10 be absolutely
success. William and Mary. under
|nese auspices has demonstrated ,hat
can work in at least TWO atmos-
heres very near sea-lfVel. and twice
thousand feet above
What has been the organization?
cry little AZ all. SOUND common
tense needs q minimum Of red tapery
|mong its drapery. Director John W.
1itchie merely starts the machinery
,te IN June. and the simple machinery
1lns until miG-August The SUDDEN,
Iody manages Itself by the old william
Ind Mary plan. There are three dormi-
B1ries. and student committee Of
Ilree 10 represent tho dormitorics. with
5erhaps committeeman at large TO
i.pvesent the tents. for. IL a inatricu-
I,e wishes 10. he may sleep In a tent.
Heals served In Il central dining hall.
IN the instantcr pian--that is, the bell
Ings. the crowd nles Ia. each man
likes his tin waiter up 10 the side
oard ana passes Oh TO tho chair that
= ATS him best Exactly as they do in
retroit and other towns where the
automobile is made or used. High cf-
Cheney. great satisfaction.
As Tor tho library. ii is open all day.
YOU wan, u book you get II and
barge yoUrsel: with II on the library
lay book. You 20 10 bed when you
Lease and get UP in time FOR break
T. ,st There are no rules but common
.uss SO much for tho organization.
$ little as possible complex. and APP
oarently free entirely from friction
/ - of y.,N
&c old good custom. They know how
y use Saturday, because chey have
orked from Monday through FRIDAY.
Is an Interesting country o: noun
,ins. and pastures and woods. and
reams. There are besides girls in the
3eighhorhood strictly not co-eds). In
lese circumstances. any student will
now how TO make use OF the Saturday.
T. he SUNDAY also.
Most of the classes meet Ave times
week. The amount that can be
: arm ed from a teXt handled i've times
week. during eight weeks. is a thing
Extraordinary. almost passing belief.
, fun years work in any department
Hay thus be plished-full credit
signed for real work done. How
!um mating. Not bothered by college
,!itics. no trips TO be taken 10 distant
IN ph!theatres, plenty OF scenery con
ntrat!on upon few lines OF work
it'll these advantages how much may
e common-sense student not accom-
!sh. 10 put IL that way. The condi-
oncd student may work of his con-
lions. The applicant for entrance 10
6),lege anywhere may make sure OF
requirements. The teacher may
large his horizon. or secure a good
Iarantee of better pay Anybody may
me and learn during the eight weeks
nat he comes to learn. \ student.
= instance. remarked the other day
at he VIII begin the study OF Law
,Nt year. but intends TO enter this
hool two more summers for work in
nglish under Dr. Hall. with scme
o:k !r special phases of history. Is
). that q suGgestion'
There are many young men through
.; the State who would be glad Of a
anco, on one basis or another. 10
cnd eight weeks in such school
his