New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
THE TRIBUNE'S
EDUCATION BUREAU
Special Services Rendered to
Schools, to Parents and
to Pupils.

Private school items of general educa-
'tionat interest will hereafter find ready
expression through the columns of The
Tribune, for, with the advent oil the sum
rner season. the Educational Bureau Will
conduct school page. This page VIII be
/ devoted 70 discussions of IMPORTANT ipri-
/ yate school problems by the School Editor
and by private school leaders and TO spe-
icial information In regard TO certain pri-
vate schools OF highest type.
! In these DAYS OF keen competition. aca-
demio institutions are by no means jeX-
enpt. In fact, II too often happens that
1 the largest and most successful schools
that Is. speaking from financial point
are by no means the schools which are
best. when measured from an educational
standpoint. OF course this IS but a
corollary OF the fact that very seldom
are great scholastic ability and excellent
business management united In one per-
son. Therefore. IL Is necessary for schools
of the highest type, schools which de'ote
( their energies exclusively 10 the improve
ment OF their pupils. 10 constantly Keep
themselves before the public in order to
Offset the successful advertising CAM
paigns so frequently conducted by less
! meritorious schools at the expense OF the
! real interest of their pupils.
Thus, 1t has come to pass that there
has arisen the need OF some well-in-
! formed, unbiased, educational editorial
work in order to keep the parents OF
prospective pupils well-informed in re-
4 gard to the especial merits Of each and
every school, II Is TO satisfy this need
] that The Tribune has opened its Educa-
tlonal Bureau-a bureau absolutely un-
prejudiced in every way. and thus OF
great advantage not only TO the schools
themselves, but also to each and every
parent whose child is prospective pri-
ya;e school pupil
The greatest problem in the life of any
parent is the education Of his children. In
the face OF this fact, it is strange-but
oh, so true!-that the average parent rare
Is chooses his chld's school from the
standpoint of highest pedagogic efficiency.
Tins condition of affairs is probably due
90 several reasons. the chief of which is
perhaps the difficulty of the problem
which confronts the parent in his choice
of school. Even when catalogues of vari-
Gus institutions are at the disposal Of the
parent, the task which confronts the par
ent is by no means easy. nor would one
expect such a task to be slight one.
Even the educational expert finds 1t fire.
quently very difficult to decide between
the merits of several schools of seemingly
equal excellence.
Then, too, when the catalogues OF sew
eral schools are placed side by side it is
no trihing matter TO compare the merits
OF certain schools. This is due 10 the fact
that the arrangement Of no two school
catalogues is ever ordered in the same
sequence, and also 70 the fact that the
different makers Of school catalogues are
OF varied skill and Of different opinions
as to what constitute the important
characteristics Of a meritorious school,
During the summer months The Trib-
une will place before its readers a plan
Of presentation Of numerous high class
private schools, which will obviate many
Of the serious difficulties which confront
parents IN making a choice OF schools.
In snort, the Educational Bureau OF
The Tribune stands ready to perform any
and all educational service Tor either
parent or school Visiting Of schools, rec