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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE ADVANCEMENT or SCIENCE

The American Association for the
Advancement of Science will hold its
next convocation week meeting in Phil
adelphia from December %, 1914, to
January o, 1915. under the presidency
Of DR.. Charles William Eliot. president
emeritus of Harvard University.
The annual meetings are usually at
tended By two thousand or more Of
scientific men and women, and IL is
expected that the coming meeting Will
surpass previous meetings in the inn
portance OF its scientific programme.
These meetings of the association
have been a clearing house to which
men Of science of the whole country
have brought the results of their work,
and from which they have returned
with a renewed interest in research.
The migratory meetings in widely sep
arated places have extended an intelli-
gent interest in science, and have led to
greater appreciation Of its import
ance. As an organization competent
20 represent the consensus of expert
opinion, it has been an important fac
tor in guiding the scientific activity of
the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
Public School Policies, Plans and Accom-
plishments will be set forth here weekly.
Vocational Theories of Educators Fail
TO Agree with Practical Beliefs of
Capitalists and Labor Leaders.

from which the people Of the United
States do not yet suffer? The German
Empire could be placed in an area
equivalent TO the State of Texas minus
the area Of all the New England states.
and there would still be plenty Of room
left
Without clouding the lustre Of Ger
man achievements along vocational
lines, educators should carefully con
slider whether or not the United States
can advantsgeously adopt the same
model. Germany does not seem 10 pay
as high wages as prevail here, notwith-
standing its seeming advantages in re-
spect 10 vocational education. Have
the rich grown richer or have the poor
grown poorer in Germany, or has the
cost of militarism absorbed the sur
plus arising from the efforts Of the
workers?
A method of gauging the trade eff
cheney of Germany is by comparing our
imports from that country with those
of other countries; for instance. these
figures taken from the committee re-
port show as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
THE COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL

mark them "penny-a-day" relief fund
Ask the committee to send you Bel
gian barrel.
In general, for the stricken in Europe
and in particular for the immediate
and continuous relief of the suffering
i'm Belgium, pledge myself TO con
tribute 10 the penny-a-day relief
fund each school day Of the current
school year or until the need thereof
may cease as many pennies as is in
dicated by the number following my
name.
The above form Of letter is being
sent from Manlius School TO a great
many preparatory schools and colleges
in order 20 stimulate the idea that
small offerings made daily on the part
of school children throughout the coun-
try will afford a continuous source Of
revenue TO the Belgian Fund besides
teaching the valuable lesson Of sacri-
dcing small unnecessary trifes for
charitable purposes. This idea has the
support of General William Berbeck,
president % these schools. The cadets
among whom the fund started ask that
10 be given such publicity as YOU can
see fit 20 give il, in the hope that it
may grow to be a national school move
ment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

Students at the University Of Wash
ington have been prone TO decry the
vanishing of college spirit" this Sc
mester, broadly intimating that the
cause is the abolition of hazing. The
only wrinkles their criticism brings in
the face Of President Landes form
themselves into a smile.
"The faculty isn't worrying very
much about the so-called loss of college
spirit" he told the members Of the Uni
versity Press Club when quizzed by
them at the weekly conference. "Schol-
arship has never been so good. Con-
ditions and warnings never have been
proportionately so few. The instruc-
tors themselves are continually testi-
flying TO the general increase in class
room efficiency"
President Landes asserted that the
surplus energies of the students were
being used up in the innumerable
campus activities of a legitimate char
Gcter, and that there was no occasion
whatever to return to the oldtime idea
of college life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Monday morning at her New forH SUI
40 180 Madison av., near 34th ST. LOT
voice trials and for those who desire 70
consult her in regard to their voices:
Mrs Beveridge makes II specially OF
tone PRODUCTION. Where voices are
mall or have been made harsh ana
unmusical by lack Of proper training
under her care they may develop Clear J
resonant tones. Years Of study ana
ovnerience as a teacher enable her 70
recognize what a voice needs, ana heIp
her TO perfect and beautlfy the tone
and increase the volume.
Gland Warford is now arranging, a
serics Of studio rec tails in when ne
ard his artist students will present
songs by American song writer's
Next week an hour of songs by Mr..
Warford and w. Ralph Coz. VIII De
GIVEN AT their studio, in the Metropoh-
tan Opera House Building; the follow
ING week songs by A. Walter Kramer
and Hallett Gilberte.
The special auxiliary classes IN
English diction, etc, at the Anne Ste
yenson studios, Carnegie Hall, have
started with an unusually large aLIeHu-
ance. The privileges of these classes
under most competent instructors IS
enjoyed by Miss Stevenson's pupils
without extra charge.
Laura L. Morrill,, the vocal teacher,
has been very busy since the opening
of her studio in Aeolian Hall, New
York, preparing her professional pupl!s
for the concert season.
Among these may be mentioned
BERTHA Kinzel, soprano, who is at pres
emit in the Middle West, where she has
n number of concerts booked for the
month of November. Miss Kinzel, who
is the soprano soloist at the West
Park Presbyterian Church, New YORK
having succeeded Anna Case IN TINS
position. and who is also soloist at
a New York synagogue, has recently
appeared with great success with the
following orchestras and societies: The
Boston Festival Orchestra, Cornell
University May Festival. Albany Phil.
harmonic Orchestra, York Pa Choral
Society. Lawrence (Mass.) Choral So
ciety. Providence RID Arion Club. etc.
She has a voice which is of excellent
quality. and musicians who have re-
Gently heard her sing say that she mas
made great progress in her art.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

taught a little district school, ac-
quired the habit of bringing every
days activities into relation with our
school work. In arithmetic we worked
out such problems as IF you deliver
certain loaves of bread TO certain fam
lilies, how many loaves will it take 70
deliver" IN making a c Ike for six
people. certain ingredients are required
and the cost of the cake was carefully
reckoned up.
There are many parts of the city
where the children ~ not 90 farther
han from fourth 10 the sixth year; the
work should be very practical and con-
crete.
Particularly DO l desire to draw the
attention Of the principals to-day to
the needs of the Americana born chill
dren of foreign-born parents. The men
go out TO work and so pick up the
American customs. The children learn
these ways from the public schools,
but the women cling close 20 the home
and 10 domestic life and do not learn
English. Very early in life these
children begin TO realize that their
mothers are not American in their
ways Oftentmes, when | have said to
girl at Bedford, Didn't your mother
ever tell you that young girls ought
not to 90 out alone with young men
whom they do not know very well p
| would receive the reply, Yes, my
mother said it was wrong, but that was
in the old country. | thought that
this was a free country and that every
body did as they pleased here"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
PENNY A DAY FOR RELIEF IN BEL
CHM

The ManIius schools, at Manlius, ~
Y, have organized a movement among
the cadets for penny-a-day reliet
fund for the Belgians.
Each cadet and each teacher has
promised to give each school day n
penny COR more, collectable weekly,
until the war is ended, the school year
closed or further relief unnecessary.
A penny-a-day relief from all the
students in preparatory schools and
colleges in the United States will help
a multitude of Belgians through the
winter. Won't you help to start the
movement at your school or college,
We are now directing our assistance
toward Belgian relief as seeming TO be
more urgent "a penny-a-day'; help
US spread the slogan.
A penny you can spare anybody
can spare it, Start something for the
fund in your fraternity, your club, your
class or your school publication. Give
"penny-a day" boost.
Send your contributions to the Bel
gian Relief Committee, Belgian Bureau,
s and 10 Bridge ST., New York, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

ro.ais. tl4 $4,000 So 900 flV0'VVV 'I''V''0''

The report devotes whole chap-el
90 .sVocational Education IN Germany,
civic CHILLED from edwin y. Cooley
l-l,,orf Commercial Club OF chicago
1910 extolling the German system an
inferentially, its Applicability 70 tn9
conditions prevaluhs J" INV
States of America. a. .vd
preservation of our resources anu
deveIopment Of our energies are III
Eeening with the spirit OF progress
- p,,bicb this country and its people
La,.e been famous. Observation OF our
.o;,,bbors' affairs. for the purpose OF
o(,,sr,a,;son with our own, Is wise ana
edyisable. Self-analysis should become
- ,,oseible q natural function How
a,er there is sometimes disposition
~ swallow whole the example OF otnSr
coun+ries irrespective of the possibly
;rGioestibIe nature Of the foreign deh-
cacv. The theorist is frequently, II not
coreraUv. the one to swallow the NOR
sell ,....- e Cor.
many have been greatly improved Dy
ia educational policy, IL. would be wen
escertain whether its system is APP
nlicable TO conditions IN the Cnlteo
States. Is the German system of com
pulsorv attendance at the Industrial
and commercial schools and the pracu-
cally arbitrary choice Of trade or OF
profession for the child more produc-
tive Of good than is our own eiasllc
form Of education? Is 10 not TACT
that the German policy was born De
cause Of the dire necessities OF a peo-
pie territorially cramped-a condltloh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
THE BARNARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

The Barnard School for Girls or
gained on Tuesday the gymnasium
work for the winter. Basketball will
form a large part of school activities.
The players have been divided into
the "Purples" and the "Whites"; the
respective teams will play a series of
ten games for the school champion
ship, and from these teams viii be
chosen the representative team of the
school Miss French and Miss Hoving
were chosen as captains of the "Pur-
pies" and the whites" respectively.
The annual Thanksgiving donations
this year will be received as in the
past, each child bringing some arti-
Gle of food, in single package and Of
small cost. In the aggregate, twenty
five Thanksgiving dinners are distrib-
uted. The names Of needy families
are supplied by the ministers Of the
nciChborhood.
Written tests were announced on
Wednesday. These tests are given in
the various subjects of study with
out previous notice 20 the pupils or
teachers. The results give a fairly
accurate line on the thoroughness Of
the work done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
Katharine %. Davis
Addresses School
Heads.

On Thursday afternoon Katharine
Bcment Davis, Commissioner OF Cor
rection. addressed the principals OF
tho public schools OF the lower Last
Side. She told them how the CITY
schools could 80 direct their scholas-
tic and social efforts as TO prevent inc
entrance of their pupils into the GRIM
inal classes. ar -,
Miss Davis said, in part: " desire
TO call the attention Of you principals
10 the fact that 80 per cent OF the
cases at the Bedford Reformatory are
sentenced from New York CITY. VI
this number, per cent only gradu-
atcd from elementary schools, 80 10
per cent did not attend school turther
than the fourth year; II per cent can .
not read or write in any language. IL
ia not an uncommon occurrence TOT
the institution 10 receive girls OF
sixteen years Of age who have been
born i'm New York City and who nave
never been inside Of either school or
a church. But, Of course, It must De
remembered that the girls that are
sent there are the failures OF Ire.
"Of course" continued Miss DAVIS,
81 realize that the object Of the pup
lie schools is not 10 teach any par
ticular facts, but 10 fit children Tor
life. In these girls that reach Bed
ford there seems to be no connection
between what they learned at schooi
and what are the needs Of city Ire.
Whatever remnants Of girls educa-
ton is left when she arrives at Bed
ford are irrelated facts. They seem
TO have no reasoning power; they act
on impulse and they do not seem 10
think Of what is coming; they do not
seem TO understand the law Of cause
and effect.
at seems to me that the point upon
which we should concentrate our et-
forts is the power Of realization that
consequences follow acts. II IS not
possible 10 teach in the schools great
number of trades or vocations. Az any
rate, the trades are very much special
lied these days, and one person per
forms only one very small operation IN
the manufacturing process. If we con
fine ourselves to the teaching of tins
one thing only, then our vocatlonai
teaching has no educational value.
Moreover, the expensive plants neces-
sarv for the teachin" of many trades
as carried on in these times require
the maintenance Of expensive plants.
We should not aim 10 teach trades as
a means of earning a living, but as
means Of child-tralnng.
twenty-five years ago, when L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
TILE TOME SCHOOL.

Pelham Walden, Of Passaic, n. j..
who is playing a successful game as
guard on the Yale football team this
year is a graduate of the Tome School
and received his football training under
the Tome coaches. As a schoolboy
player Walden was one Of the best
linemen who has ever been at the Port
Deposit school. He is over six feet tall
and weighs considerably over 200
pounds. lie is very aggressive and
very active for a man Of his size. H.
was a member of the Yale freshman
team during his first year at college,
but was unable TO finish the year be-
cause of "A sprained back
David Taber. Of Brooklyn. who has
played on the Cornell team for the last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
EMPLOYERS.


The results. so far as tins particular
question is concerned. indicate apathy
or else a disinclnation to be placed on
record. II might even be construed that
the failure to respond suggests pas
sive form of hostility, but such an as
sumption may be unwarranted.
Educational policies are sustained OF
condemned, according to the support OF
10 the lack Of support which they re
ccive AT the hands of the people.
II is the function of educators 70 edu-
cate. II is their further function TO act
a. leaders and as pioneers. lher SIN
ceritv should be unimpeachable, even
though their judgment may be faulty
There is little doubt but that the
community is willing 10 accept manual
training. in d broad sense, as a tunda-
mental principle i'm education, and 10
applv il universally and practically IN
our elementary schools as a basis for
trade and industrial education.
The community will look with favor
upon agricultural education, even when
presented 20 the children in the modest
form of the school garden. But II be
comes matter for serious thought
whether il is practicable or desirable to
suggest a trade 10 young chld' lhe
after effects OF whose luuiotu ~ iHi-N9
or judgment may not always snbstan,
tiate or justify the efficacy Of so-called
vocational guidance.
10 may not be wise to create too wide
an area for the operation Of expensive
trade schools, because the results may
not wholly justify the outlay. The
singing out Of few of the popular
trades for exploitation may satisfy the
educator for the nonce, but viii il sat
isfy the people?
The great cry which has gone up
from the educator, from the politician
and from the professional social work
or. is one Of alarm lest this country and
it's people should fall behind in COM.
peting with the nations of the Old
World IN their efforts TO secure a mar
ket for their manufactured wares.
In our efforts TO increase knowledge
and to possibly over stimulate trade ac-
tivities let us be careful that We do not
create conditions similar TO those pre-
vailing in the Old World-that is, over
much culture, low wages and an un-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

Ii would seem that Germany, as q
manufacturing country, has not quite
Held its own in competition with some
other nations. 1t may have done better
elsewhere, but the point of interest
under question is the relation of other
countries with the United States mar
kot.
Notwithstanding the possible advan-
taCeS of German trade education that
fact does not keep the Germans at
home, for, of our foreign-born popu-
lGtion. those of German birth vastly
exceed all other nationalities. thus in
dicating either that their labor market
is overstocked or else that the United
States is preferable to Germ any as a
country in which 10 live
The scientific discoveries and
achievements of Germany command the
respect of the whole world, and much
Of the German system may be OBJ
served with profit but the tendency
70 accept, 10 copy, and to implace upon
our educational system the exact i'm
print of the Old World and of its
conditions. may be lnjudicious-a least
fer a while.
A recent official publication from
a state department affords an example
Oh kUt kNllt VI ACHAtANf u an NA4NlAA
siastic educator He says: 1T would
be well if the trade unions of America
took as much interest in the tech
niuue of the trade as they do in the
housing and wages; if the manufact-
urers had the guild spirit and less of
the lobby spirit; if America had the
heavy hand Of an Emperor instead Of
the uncertain hand of a public con
science, whose ears are often deaf
and whose eyes are often closed; II
America had the manufacturing meth
DDS of southern Germany, the cooper
ative efforts of manufacturers and
unions, the discipline Of an Emperor
the stand notion of the German par
ent. we might copy, if we would, the
German system of continuation
schools
While there may be much TO learn
along the lines indicated, the United
States is not ready Tor imperialism
nor for the penalties and results which
seem 10 arise from culture so directed.
The Congressional Report contains
the result of ouestionalres, and sum
rlerizes the number Of persons and
organizations canvassed as follows:
so. Of questionable.
Not
Persons and orgauiza- Re ana
d" F.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
DONALD BRIAN OPENS DANCING
SCHOOL.

Donald Brian, of merry Widow"
fame, announces the opening of an ex-
elusive school for dancing.
Each pupil will be under his per-
sonal supervision, and the art of dane
ing in all branches and periods will
be taught Those wishing to avail
themselves of the opportunity to study
with Mr.. Brian may arrange for the
lessons at his school, which is under
the direction Of Miss Virginia Chand-
Ter, 80 East 10th st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
RAnIo.ACTHITY OF WATERS

In view Of the fact that the sNA
this and other countries have gee
tensively exploited in recent yesN
vendors Of so-calied radio.ae'nls. e..
tiers, the Bureau Of Mines nss w. ~.
public service By publishing me 70
Of its examinations for radio-sV.
81 the waters Of Saratoga sp'.
Y. Y. The results show that lhs - -
ity OF the different springs -
widely. some being more man "a \
times as active as others. u - Il
presumed that not even the 49,
thusiastic believers In the eHcSf
radioactive waters would be IT, /,
10 attribute much remedial va 49,.
the radIo-activity Of even the ~, 70
Of them. Some are, noNe'.',, isss
stronger in radio-actiyi'y t.a1s sn!F
one of the widely exploited :, 10
octive" springs. Were the So
Snrines still in the hands O. ,ssI
individuals it is quite likely 20 .so,n-s
results would be exploited ioi ...,,si 81
cial purposes. The work = ,,s.S
have been undertaken al ths ~. ~ 70
Of the commissioner OF the "a VI
Srvation al Saratoga Springs a. s-,r
assume, is published with ihse. men y.
EDGE and consent. This ptO'. II D
far more creditable than '9 y .Cs,s
United States government ~ psssfs
ton with the United states "sosss
tion Al Hot Springs, Ark; 20. 80, i
mont has had the radio-a..', ~
these waters determined on w" ne
rate occasions, but only .n' IA,
and most meagre informa'''o'n. ,usse
allowed 70 become publieLISssss,. -
in fact. 20 enable the bath - ~ . Il
ers and the government 1--we y
ploit the results and 20 No 10 y,s
tens Of thousands Of SICK ~ - 10
visit these springs. Journal o. .
can Medical Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
MEETING OF THE SCHOOLMAS-
TIERS ASSOCIATION.

"What May Be Learned by Ameri-
can Schools from German Schools"
is the subject into which the School
masters Association will plunge next
Friday evening, November 20. The
regular meeting and dinner will be
held promptly at $3.50 o'clock at the
Craftsman's Building, East 39th ST.,
eleventh floor. Professor d. B. Shum-
way, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. will make the address. which
the members will afterward discuss
The general topic Of foreign educa-
ton, which the association is con.
sidering at the seven meetings Of this
year, has aroused n great deal Of in
terest The last discussion. when Dean
Russell Of Teachers College opened
the subject, was one OF the liyeliest
ever held