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Carlisle. 1888. and the University Of
pittsburgh. 1887. has strengthened greatly
the excellent boys preparatory sch, OILS
one of these. one Of the best known sec
ondafy schools In the country, was
founded in 1865.
An almost equally we'll known girls
1863. The presence Of Blyn Mawr Col
legc. established 1885. in Pennsylvania,
with its scholastic and cultural stand
ard much higher than that set by a
grca, many mems colleges In America
gives a constant Impetus 20 the upward
march Of the private girls schools Of the
state. There are many high grade girls
schools not only in philadelphia and it's
suburbs but in other sections of the Com
mynwcalth.
\ feature OF secondary education in
Pennsylvania Il the number aNd high
gra de- Of the cocducatio private schools
Many OF these are conducted by Friends.
Msny " the colleges too are coeduca'
tional and are AS popular with women as
with men. and vice versa.
PENNSYLVANIA, while 1t had rather n
late start with lis public school system.
has stoon ever since pre- Revolutionary
war days in the front rank as regards
It's boys, girls and cocducatilnal private
schools just as the University ~ Penn
sylvania and Bryr Mawr set high ex-
ample OF scholarship. so also do the sec
cndary privfe schools OF Pennsylvania
perform their no less important work Of
starting right the youth OF the state n
the royal road OF learning and Of good
citizenship. c. :. r.
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T NDER the guidance OF Joseph
Clifton Brown now club Is being
formed at the Horace Mann
School for Boys. Just what the name
Of this club will be has not bctn def
ntcly decided yet but the main purpose
Is 10 acquaint the students OF the two
upper forms with the elementary pgiu-
ciples OF parliamentary law. one meet
ing has already been held
Another new student activity Is the
soccer team. Although a comparatively
nav sport the game has rapidly become
popular among the students. In fact So
rapid has the rise In interest OF this
sport been that the school has engaged
a professional coach 20 instruct the play-
ers ia the fine points Of the game TN"
school was very fortunate when /; GO
cured the services OF the noted athlete
John Bredcmus for this position. Mr.
Brodemus won the all round championship
Of the United States in 1908 and in 1912
finished second to the noted Indian James
Thorpe Resides being an expert in track
and soccer Mr.. Bredemus is also noted
for his ability as a coach OF baseball
and basketball
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ROSEMARY HALL.

Rosemary Hail, Greenwich, Conn has
the pleasure this year OF adding 10 It's
stan: Nine. Allne Martin Rees, Prof
fessorat des Lettres des Ecoles Nor
mails, dInstiturices Ecole Norme. Sup're
de Fontenay aux Cniverslte de Paris
instructor in French and house mis-
tress OF younger girls Constance
Churchyard. u. A., Smith, history and
Latin tutoring; EuGenia Baker, n. a.,
Bryn Mswr games mistress and nstrur'
tor in physics placido De Montotui
jacques Dalcrozc. curythm!Cs, graduate
OF the jacques Dacroze College OF Ryth-
mic Training. Hellerau, Germany; Mrs
Roger Watts, physical culture; Florence
r. Llttlehales. pupil az Julie Wyman OF
Paris and Of Or. Theodore Surhammer OF
London, Royal Academy, vocal teacher
Rosemary Hall will hereafter hold se~-
vices In it's own chapel Sunday morning
as well as In the evening, The services
will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Leland
Stewardson, Hobart College the schoo
chaplain.
Miss Runtz Rees gave recently very
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MONTCLAIR ACADEMY.

MoNTcLAip, y. j.. oct. 9i.-Alumni OF
Montclair Academy have shone at Prince
ton recently. Alfred Mathiasen. ~, play
ing NJ quarterback on tho scrubs. ran
seventy yards for touchdown last week,
Lawrence Paysou. ~. ~ Englcwood. y.
j., was elected secretary treasurer OF the
Junior class. MIR Paysou is "A member
OF the cap and Gown club and Of the
Tiger Board
In football Coach William Hazel has
been working the squad steadily In prep
araton for the big games with Newark
Academy. 81. Paul's School and Kingsley
School.
Edward j. Stackpole. Jr. Vale. -. OF
Harrisburg, Pa, captain OF the Yale
basketball team, gave an informal talk
on christianity: What It Means to the
Undergraduate last Sunday. lie dis
cussed the power Of Christianity through
example. service, optimism. fairness and
spoctsmanship and responsibility. Both
before and after the talk Mr. Stackpole
visited with the fellows who wanted his
viewpoint on the various questions which
mus: he solved by the preparatory school
student. This custom e hearing the opiu-
ions Of prominent college men has been
valuable ana popular,
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THE MERCHANTS AND BANKERS
BUSINESS SCHOOL.

The Merchants and Bankers Business
school, COS Madison avenue. has scyera,
unusually Interesting features this sea-
son. one Is the teaching of Spanish. This
instruction is given Monday. Wednesday
and Friday evenings from : 80 to 9 80
o'clock. The increase In our South and
Central American trade and the stimulus
to our commerce due to the war and the
opening of the Panama Canal have made
advisable the establishing of "A course
in Spanish.
An evening speed club Is another foa-
ture. This Is plan to help all stenog-
raphcrs improve In writing shorthand. 1t
is arranged to accommodate three grades
~ students: those writing about 40 20
so words a minute those writing about
80 to 100 words q minute. and those
writing about 12O words and upward
The club meets on Monday. Wednesday
and Friday evenings from 80 to ? 80
The work is I'm charge of an experienced
dictator and rapid writer of shorthand
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MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE.

South HADLEY, Mass, oct. ga lee
turc course on political and economic
conditions leading up to che European
war is one Of the novelties offered by
the history department. II promises to
b. a very popular course.
Founders Day at Mount lIolyokc viii I've
observed on Nov. 6. Expresident Tart Will
on November 6. EX-prcsidont Taft VIII
be the chief speaker. TIL principal event
of the day will be the laying Of the
cornerstone of the student .Wumn'c
Building. The handsome sum OF APP
proximatcly $4,000 has been collected
by alumu~. faculty aud students to cover
the expenses Of erecting the building.
Mount lIulyoke celebrated this month
its annual fan mountain day.
Tramps to Noun; Tom ana other peaks
Of the vicinity wtre taken.
In addition TO the general mountain d1y
in which the entire college has q part ar,
tho freshman and senior mountain days.
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SCHOLARSHIPS ASSOCIATION.

Tho first meeting OF the season OF the
Schoolmasters Association OF New York
ard Vicinity was held last Friday eve
ming in the Craftsmans Building, East
Thirty ninth street. The schoolmasters
snowel they were safe and sane diners by
.iu-erius over an excellent dinner. The
speaking began somewhat later than
usual with Dean James L. Russell OF
Teachers college as guest Of honor and
principal speaker. The general subject
Of ru, evening was What May BE
I~G0sd From European schools Dean
Russell praised the system OF discipline
800 81" German schools and the spirit OF
obedience with which Germans are inn
UleI and which. however, has not stamped
ou, initiative. He said that in the pres
tnt crisis Americans of the coming gem
rrauou must learn to discipline themselves
an! gain self-oJntrol that We may have
stole Government. otherwise the
safety OF the State will be- in danger.
President \. r.. Warren made a short
inaugural address in which he outlined
TIE plans for the new season, which will
nc.ldc q special meeting on January 10,
t.tt being the 2O0th meeting OF the as
,, Itlou.
\ cuu account OF last Fridays meet
Ws viii appear in the school page OF THE
"uS .eXt Sounday. November
Among those present at tbs first meet
g wore Arthur II. cutler cutler ScAool (;
j. u Kay. Irving School Harold &. Amos,
Newark Academy. Robert H. keener.
Theodore G, Mitchell, Louis \. Herhlin.
T. Warren. Collegiate school W. W.
Mdssee Massee School Bronxville; II ".
Little. Alfred G. Bryan. Edwin s. Tracy.
Edward u. GRADER, Mount Pleasant
academy. Ossining Paul l.. Benjamin, st.
fauls School. Garden city. l.. l.. George
McAndrew. Frank Rollins. Sebastian c.
J mes and Herbert u, Weiser. New York
Military Academy, Cornwall. y. Y; Will
lam J." llazen and Mr. Hun, Barnard
School, 7. Clark and e. r. Walsh, Ethi-
cal culture School Frank :. Hackctt and
Warren Smith. RlvCrdalc Couuti y
school ". g. COUant, Blake School sum
nrr Blakcmore, Ieathcote School. Harri-
-" d u. Feldman. August Ulmann, c. ].
heDIley and &. q. CleaVer
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

WtLLiAMsTowS. Mass. oct. 2i.--Through
tho combined efforts of the faculty or
williams College and the w. G. a. plans
have been promulgated FOR an employ
ment bureau to be known as the Williams
College Employment Exchange. The pri-
mary purpose OF This Organization is to
supply work for undergraduates and po-
sitlons for seniors Immediately ate! their
graduation. All services rendered by the
exchange. whether 10 applicants or 10
prospective employers. will he offered
gratis.
For the past five years the Christian
Association has conducted an employment
bureau. FOR the purpose Of aiding stu
dents who are working their way through
college and OF enabling the local residents
20 secure the services ~ capable young
men with greater facility than would
otherwise be- possible" This institution
has been extremely successful, but II has
been fclt for some time ;hat It's scope was
not sufficiently wide.
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children of Friends. The school was non
sectarian from its inception and has re-
mained so TO the present dav.
The University of Pennsylvania which
with the exception Of Harvard William
and Mary Yale and Princeton, il The
OLDEST hiGhtt institution OF ttdIung IN tur
United States, has been another source
Of PennsylvanIa's strength in the field Of
education. IL started as an academy in
tn latter part OF the first half of the
eighteenth century and became a college
IN 1865. Or. VIII am Smith the first
provost remained In command until.
after the Revo!ut onary war, the instl-
tuition blosspmcd out into a university
DR.. Smith was as successful money
get;er IN his day as IL the president Of
Columbia University OF our own day and
generation. He went to England In l1G2
to collect funds and was so successful
In loosen!ng purse strings that he returned
to this country with subscriptions amour b.
Ing to 10000 II l. said that during his
administration he ad5ed f20. 900. an enor.
NOUS sum In those days to the funds OF
the university.
Another bg factor in Pennsylvania
advance in the scholastic world was BEN
jamiu Franklin, who was valiant cham
pon in the cause OF educational progress
He wrote pamphlet in 1749 concerning
rennsylvana's future university and in
1856 he became president OF It's board OF
trustees.
The Moravians must be given credit
also for their share in Pennsylvania
success As early as 1859 they built n
large stone school building IN town Of
eastern Pennsylvania and they started
the first Moravlan school in America in
Germantown in the spring OF l7I2.
The high standard OF the University
OF Pennsylvania and the fact that there
are q number of other excellent colleges
and universities In the state. several Of
which were founded I'm the eighteenth CEN
fury including Dickinson College az
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Great Credit Due Penn and Early
Quakers for High Standard of
Pennsylvania S Private Schools

to mechanical. physical OF natural KIN wi.
edge uncultivated and neglected, which
would be exceeding use and pleasure to
them through the whole course of their
lives"
In the early days Of the colony the
Friends Public School was started in
Philadelphia. This later went by the
nome of the William Penn Charter School,
and under that title Is n fiourishing school
to-day. ranking in age with the Boston
Latin School and one or two other well
maturcd but stu wide awake secondary
educational institutions
BY public grammar school Penn did
not mean what Is now understood by that
term but what was then understood in
England that is an endowed school OF a
high order especially designed to lmpart
instruction I'm the classical language and
free only TO those designated In the char
ter TO receive gratuitous instruction
The expression free school at that day
was sometimes used as an equivalent
for public school. for entirely free schools
were unknown then. The Friends Public
School was in the modern sense n pri-
vate institution managed by "A number
of leading Quaker citizens. although ad-
mission as pupils was granted to children
OF all denominations.
The Latin. Greek and Hebrew Lam
guages.' wrote Gordon IN 1892 in his
Gazetteer OF Pennsylvania "Rrc taught In
the William Penn Charter school. and lee
lures in botany, mineralogy and various
branches OF science are delivered II
possesses an observatory with valuable
instruments end a library with rare
works"
In 1sii writer pointed out that the
William Penn Charter School was receiv-
ing requests from various members "
beQuest of Ei0O. He stated that al
though there was registration OF 1875
in the school and its branches only about
a tenth of that number consisted OF the
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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC.

BLAcksBrRG, Va. oct. 24,--One month
of the session l9l4-l5 at the Virgin |
Polytechnic Institute is now ended and
the attendance about equals the accom-
modations available for students In Tn =
barracks and classrooms Beginning
with this term an entrance requirement
81 fourteen units was strictly enforced
and as a result the present student body
is moro mature. the mon came better
prepared and tho number holding certit-
Gates from preparatory schools Of this
and other States was nearly double that
of last year.
Theodore u. Campbell. dean OF the cO-
lego ana senior member Of the faculty
In length of service, is under treatment at
a hospital In Roanoke. Va, for an IN
jury to his eye received while working
about his home last week The injury
IL serious and Dean Campbell will he de-
tanned from his duties here for several
months.
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BINGHAM SCHOOL.

MERN>F, y, C.. oct. 22-The cadets
h'nghom School. after having been
saIe'N IF graded as to their studies and
n.ope'lE assigned to suitable rooms and
,..I" mates, settled down the second day
" t"e opening TO steady work. The
t,'lng, which is so important, is done
Co. Gray, and the assigning 10 rooms
wv room mates, which Is equally vital to
y, "oys best interests. is looked after by
GRAY Everything is going along
''''' and smoothly at the school and
Session promises to be a most sue
w. "H" In department and scholarship
N.''' '. II. Frost is commandment OF
.~ ear and teaches mathematics,
'.0 French He Ia graduate
' 'nldol, the military college OF
H'"I,ua, ana took the degree Of
''-". =. Sl4anGs ~ Lhat institution
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WILBRAHAM ACADEMY.

NubRAHAM. Mass. oct. 2i.-Plans are
under way for Halloween party at Will
oTaham Academy TO be held in the Smith
memorial gymnasium Saturday evening.
the 3lSt.
Ralph NJ. Burnett. vlolinist, OF Chlcopee
sa'" q recital in Fisk Hall last Thursday
evening. He was assisted by Mrs. Addle
fdS' smith, reader. and Miss Marie
Hapgood, acconpans,.
ROTH literary societies enjoyed recently
so'd programmes The debate in Old
ub was on the question "Itesolvcd. That
.hted States vessels should be exempted
rom paying tolls in the Panama Canal"
IN Phllo the argument was on the PROPOSE
..'A mat protection Is q better policy for
vac nlted States than free trade. \
'pe'lal feature of the programme OF the
aver society was n shakuhachi solo by
no japanese student Shusakn Avail.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY.

The registration at Fordham University.
New York city, has now passed 1000.
The law school has 429 students. which
Is the highest number Yet In attendance.
The collegiate medca class has over 100.
and the freshman class in the arts depart
ment has ninety students The pharmacy
school has increased 100 per cent
Three retreats had to be given to the
students, as the large numbers filled the
chapel 10 repletlon at each OF the eNer-
cscs.
The varsity football team has had 4
course Of uninterrupted success. They
played Georgetown with the result to q
which shows how well the teams were
matched They defeated Gallaudet a very
strong team, by the score Of : to 4
Rochester University. Fl to o, and Middle
bury College from Vermont, oS TO u.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

An adjudication has just been made
Of the VIII 81 the late IN. Louis \. Duh
ring. 81. The University OF pouusyl-
mia Will receive approximately $1,000
hospital. for the maintenance Of free
beds and Tor system Of bath ami HYDRO
pathic treatment the department Of
cutane1us mediocre I'm the medical schoo.
for the advancement T It's work, the dc
partmeut Of archaeology and paleonto-
logy. the college OF physicians for general
library purposes and the managers Of the
hospital for the maintenance" of wards
with free beds for sufferers from skin dis
eases.
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- M stfOnE position winch l'cnnsyl-
vania occupies In scholastic Amer
lea Is due. no doubt, IN a great
measure 10 the start given education in
tho Keystone State by william Penn
and his quaker brethren In tho Colonial
DAYS Penn, who has been called the great
%, man whose name was connected with
the colonial history of our country. was
paased by his colony's first Assembly and
confirmed In England:
THAT all children within this province
OF the age OF IL years shall be taught
soma useful trade or skill, to the end
that none may be idle. but tho poor may
work to 1--we, and the rich II they become
poor. may not want
This measure was passed In the fall Of
1922 SOON after PENIS landing on tho
saores Of the Delaware, for he lost no
me In getting the first Assembly started.
Penn had decided opinions on the SUBJ
i,.t OF education. The fact a well Illus
rated by the following quotation from
MS "Rchcctlons and Maxims" The world
- certainly a great and stately volume
OF natural things and may not be i'm
properly styled the hieroglyphics OF a
'c'trr: but, alas. how very few leaves OF
II do We seriously turn over This ought
f1 be the subject OF the education OF our
youth. who At 20. when they should he
ii, COR business. know little or nothing
o. 10. We are In pain to make them schol-
ars but not men; to talk rather than to
know. which IL true canting. The first
thing obvious To children is what is semi
b.: and that we make no part OF their
.udmcuts.
we press their memory too soon. and
ruzzle. strain and load them with words
and rules 20 know grammar and rhet-
.-., and n strange language or two
.sa. 10 is ten 10 one may never be use
MI In them. leaving their natural genius
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY.

Norwich UNIVERSITY. NoRTHFiELD. VI.
oct 9i-Instead OF the usual infantry
drill the past week the old men - the
rps devoted their time to the building
of bridge across the Dog River at It's
leepcs: spot. This bridge Is built to
withstand such usage az IL Nigh; re-
cGve At the n nds OF cavalry and artil-
.ery and is the frs; project to be com
ple;ed I'm the seasons work in field engi-
neering. The new men have been in
sttucted IN tho first principles OF horse
manship and are rapidly becoming pro-
ncicnt IN the saddling and bridlng OF
a..
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BARNARD SCHOOL.

The formal opening of the athletic
courts at the Barnard School for BOYS,
at Fedston. New York city, took place
Yesterday. The arrangements were In
charge of n committee OF students COM
posed of Nelson Alexander. Theodore
Isaacs and Wesley Miller. The day was
devoted 10 tennis and there was con-
test arranged among the various class
teams.
In addition 10 the tennis courts there
will be outdoor basketball courts. squash
courts vOlley ball courts and space TO
be devoted to the training I'm track ath-
let,Cs. The surface Of the courts has been
50 constructed that II can he used In all
kinds OF weather and some one OF the
sports viii be played here throughout
the year.
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T>HE oxford School At Hartford.
Conn, is a member OF the Ass' c'a-
L ton OF Schools and Colleges that
.,.''ihu,cs toward the support or tho
st.suational Institute for Girls in Spain
O., -aises its fund by means Of an annual
al. and interest in the object Is stimu-
,ted by visits from the executive secre-
t,ry OF The institute.
The school has just had the pleasure
Z hearing Miss Haywood. the travelling
.,eretary She is "A graduate of Goucher
college has spent one year at Madrid as
gymnasium teacher and expects TO return
Il,r story is a thrilling one of one of the
most beautiful Of American enterprises
abroad and one in which American
Women may well tahe pride.
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TENNESSEE COLLEGE.

MTEFREEsBoRo, Tenn. Oct. 2i.-Thc al
feront classes at Tennessee College have
been recently organized. There are four
officers for each class. In order 10 be-
come an officer OF any class the student
must have made an average OF so per cent.
for the preceding term The college classes
have elected representatives to the coun-
81 Of the College student Government
Association. All officers of the assoc n ton
and one member fr m each class form this
council This group Of girls Is the
executive body OF this organizat ton.
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KINGSLEY SCHOOL.

Masters and students Of Kingsley
School Essex Fclls. y. j.. celebrated Mt
tingly the fourteenth anniversary or the
founding Of the school. After dinner
in honor Of the occasion the student or
chestra gave a half hour or music. the
entire school joining In singing many Ct
the popular songs At the close of the
musical part OF the programme addresses
were made by Mr. Campbell, the head
master: members Of the faculty, and a
number OF the boys.
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ABBOT ACADEMY.

Abbot Academy. Andovcr. Mass. opened
with an enrolment of l45 pupils, During
the first weeks Of the term there have
been lectures by Miss Mabel Haywood
Of the international institute for Girls
In Madrid, Dr, Clarence A, Barbour Of
Rochester and the Rev. Markham W
Stackpoe Of Andover. Miss Annie j.
Cannon Of the Harvard Observatory gave
on saturday an illustrated lecture on
Familiar Stars"
D last Tuesday the Antoinette Hall Tay-
lor lnhrmary was formally opened with
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WORCESTER ACADEMY.

WORCESTER. Mass, Oct, 2i.-The close
of the sixth week OF the term at Worces-
ter Academy finds the school full TO It's
capacity Not another boy can be ac-
commodated. one of the old boys. Horton
J.. Kennedy OF the class of 1913. has been
honored at Dartmouth by being elected
president of the freshman class. Ken
ncdy was a monitor during his senior
year at Worcester. After his graduation
here he spent year in the mining fields
OF Montana, and entered Dartmouth this
fail,
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PHILLIPS EXETER.

a, hNETER, y, H., oct 24.-On November
INe '"rcle Franchise at Phillips Exeter
WY CIV" bal masque open 10 the entire
,o'I instead Of only 10 its own members.
~ 'tHt year. The former annual meetings
ave been well attended. During the year
.e cer''e will give play, as will the
NeteIn
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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Among the students from New York
city who were initiated into tie several
fraterntles At Wesleyan University, Md
dletown. Conn. last Friday evening were:
H. VI Grnton. Beta Theta ~; Il. r. Peck
and q. V. Rarlicn. Delta Kappa Epsilon.
and u. &. Lewis. Commons club.