The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-28

elegiac uDle He must ahsO De pre-
pared. at any hour of the day or night.
TO explain how leg break are manufac-
tured. recommend n list Of novels for the
house library. set a broken collar bone.
solve q Jig saw puzzle In the sick room.
assist an old boy in the choice of a
career, or prepare u candidate Tor con-
firmation. And the marvel is that he
always does II in addition to his ordi-
nary days work at o
The greatest help i'm learning to take
care of themselves and to fit themselves
for the larger freedom Of college life
comes through their social organizations
and the boys government of themselves.
The best school has the fewest rules.
Soine OF course are necessary, Just as
laws are necessary for any society or
community Of men. but the more that
tradition can tax their place. ana
that the boys can make their W
rules. the easier will 1t be to keep a good
school. A we'll fixed tradition that a GER
tain thing is done or not done has a
force that no rule can ever have, and
the more boys can govern themselves
the less need there will he Tor rules.
The older boys ought to have much re-
sponsibility and freedom, as much as
they can wisely use. What particular
form of eelf-government Is used rakes
little difference and depends OH local
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themselves they will keep and enforce
and so work for the welfare OF the
school. The school is their great inter
est, II is not only preparation Tor ne. IL
is life itself; they grow to ike the
school, to he jealous Of her good name.
and to be champions of her honor To
quote again from kipling's story:
above all he was responsible Tor that
thing called the tone OF the school, and
r.,., ynafg1n tyttl, vshnt aglOnlte de-
yotion q certain type of boy throws
himself into this work. Home WAS n
far away country, full Of ponies ana
fishing and shooting. and men Visltors
who interfcred with ones plans: hut
school was the real world, where things
| of vital importance happened and crises
arose that must he dealt with promptly
and quietly. Not FOR nothing was IL
written: Let the Consuls look to 1t that
the Republic takes no HARM and Geor-
| gle was glad to be back. In authority
when the holidays ended. Behind him
but not too near was the wise and tenn
peratc head. now suggesting the wisdom
| Of the serpent. now counselling the mild
ness OF the dove leading him on To see
more by half hints than by any direct
word how boys and men are all OF a
piece and how he whpcln handle the one
will assurodly in time control the other.
He did not know that he bore with him
from school and college a character
worth much fine gold, but was pleased
to find his mess So kindly. He had
plenty OF money of his own his training
had set the public school mask upon his
face and had taught him o many
were the things no fellow can do" In
commenting or this, President Hadley
says. This last phrase. to which Kip
ling more than once recurs. Is the KEY
10 the whole situation. The boy had
learned self-restraint. Il kind Of self
restraint which was not enforced by the
authority OF masters In school. nor de-
pendent upon the authority OF courts
Und policemen out Of 1t. but a self
restraint voluntarily accepted 10y the
~schoolboy and by the man into which
the schoolhoy ~af'erwatd grew He had
learned that there We're things that no
fellow can do. not because those things
would land him In prison or woul pre-
vent his making money, but because they
would interfere with his self-respect
as "A member of a self-Governing body"
1t Is what the boys give TO the school
not what they get out of 1t that counts.
and the more they give. in study as we'll
~ play. the more they will get. as has
been well said. IN education, as in a
savings bank, we draw interest on what
We put in" The value OF the extra
curriculum activities lies in making the
boys care for their school. The more
they care for II the more they will do
for II in lessons as well as In games.
The Christian spirit is of course the
Ideal AT which all schools aim for their
boys, and many things go TO make this
"nd many influences are essential for its
development. But here, too. the board
ing schools have an advantage, in that
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