The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10
Two Hundredth Meeting
of OchOOlnaSters WILDE
a Milestone of PROGRESS

1-un .UniH meeting Of the Schoolmas-
tors Association of New York and
L NH.r.t, to be held next Friday
,,...-g OBJ. 18TH. at the University club.
49, Toe. a. notable assembly Of educators.
snrealcs VIII be made 10y the President
n, ,u, Board ut Aldermen, George Me
Anon, ,UumIss oner of Education ~
.t -tIfs 81 New York. br. John II.
t,,,'.v. the new president OF the College
Of PHI, CIiy Of New York. Dr. Sidney Ed
v,d N,z.,. the president NJ Columbia
I,r.,,rs.', Dr Nichola. Murray Butler.
and Proof julius Sachs Dr. James G..
p.,.,,u who presided az the Tooth
,re.,ur " the association fifteen years
,go will act As POSTMASTER. Among
no invited gu,.as will be Chancellor
provn of New York University presi-
Jsr. paws 81 Hunter College, President
uurph-cv ~ stevens and President At
t-r.nr ~ Polytechnic, city Superin-
,c,dsrf ~ schools Maxwell and Assoc-
40 ,uperrtend.uts McAndrew and Me-
lone, Tn. membership of the associa-
,io, itself comprises the headmasters OF
mo-, of the private schools academies
rrep3~,,orv and high schools of the
~ and crvirou. and Of Connecticut and
v..y Jersey Few will miss this occa-
sion
Tn, committee In charge OF the din
NO. consists of Arthur +. Warren. pIesi-
dent Collegiate school Walter u. Eddy.
High school Of Commerce Thatcher
r1,-k. Ethical culture School William
+. Uazcu. BARNARD school Adam Leroy
,orcs columbia University; Roscoe A.
CENT IruaIrt High school. and Frank
c Racket. s,aretary Riverdale Country
School
Tho 200 meetings which this associa-
ton ha. cou-,cutvcly held form fine
history ~ educational activities The
org,riz,t,or was first conceived In the
on. NJ George \. pnmptou. now the
to,d Of Gnu 90. Subsequently a
group NJ twenty-stN local private ana
r,ih''c school men assembled I'm the Greek
room a, Columbia College and formally
launched tr. organization. From the
s,,rt the ASSOCIATION devoted Itself to
cor.f-tictivc steps upon live educn tional
,roplens A. every meeting some
sneaker presented the topic OF the day,
o,d ,his was followed by q free and I'M
,-armel'ad discussion. The gatherings
we're held Oh Saturday mornings, Tor III
,Nor. day. In, present activity OF say
r,l,v was unknown In school llfc.. Such
T,ffuptr.hcd men as President Eliot OF
harvard Presldeu; Schurman OF Cornell,
rr,.fdent Hadlay Of Yale. President Low
n columbia. President Harper Of the
rT,tve-sltv OF Chicago and Presiden Mt
W,odrow Wilson OF Princeton lent their
.,,.-es. and their presence to the so
c,e.y Many other distinguished slrakers
IL, frightened the annals OF the organi-
ya'iou. q.
when the association began IT, y Jrk
.hs colleges were very little acquainted
with the actual conditions Of the prepare
tory school similarly the school men
lacked with an almost unnatural awe AZ
m, college authorities. one OF the most
Important services which the association
has performed Is the development OF more
cordial relations between these two
branches Of educational work. The result
has been human!zing. Concretely II Is
not too much to say that the present board
20 college entrance examinations II a
direct result OF the work OF the associa-
lion The Uniform college entrance re-
lutpemcnis thus established have been OF
irestlmHblc benefit TO the school work OF
th, Who'll" country.
Not less important in many ways than
This development Of better relations WITH
the colleges has been the work Of the
association in the promotion Of social In
,ercoursc among its members. The meet
irgg always afford opportunity for th'
freest discussion. From chair TO chair anC
over the tables ideas have been promul'
gated which have reacted Immediately
for tho benefit Of the pupils In the scvera
schools represented by their teachers
Then. too. many enduring friendships have
been formed II IL doubtful whether IL
any other city in tn" country there exists
more homogeneous group.
In the course OF the development OF thu