The sun., 1916-11-05
Y TITH an enthusiasm which por-
w tends another interesting winter
the Schoolmastcrs Association OF

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dinner Of the season on last Friday eve. /
ming at the Columbia University Club in
Gramercy Park.
\ band gathered from amonE the
/ teachers by william l.. HAGEN Of Bar :
nard School. chairman OF tho entertain
mcnt committee, lent the utmost gayety
to the meal itself Every course was
punctuatcd with rousing songs. Could tho
, boys aud tho girls whom these men teach
have hai glimpse of tho staid masters
Of the rchoo'roon al play they would
realize that after all the teacher is
'rrc'ty human animal.
The topic OF tho evening was "Profcs.
/ sonai Training for business with Frof.
Roswell McCrea of the now School 81
! Uusins< - al Columbia University and
! formerly dean Of tho Wharton School Of
/ the University of Pennsylvania. AZ lcadcr
Z of tho discussion.
Before this subject was taken VI, to
, interesting things occurred. straw
, Vote ON the Presidential election grew
out of IA number Of heated discussions IN
/ the campaign. Tho result W. "A clear
Hughes. 81 for Wilson. for Benson and
the others 10 discouraged that they voted
for no one.
: The new president. Prof Adam Leroy
Jones. chairman of tho admissions com
inttce at columbia University. also made
hs inaugural address upon tho function
-! TIE aSspciation
After all nc said. the scnoolmastcr
l.. coming 20 he regarded less as male
,.,,I rod
biooded being. This change i'll public
sentiment is attributable to the spread Of
"a prufe. -onal consciousness. No mem-
Der of this organization. for instance. IL
rndpprcciative II the honor of being able
to writ. after his name, teacher. The
gatherings Of this group indir'.. the
pride We all fee, In this distinction.
I'VE meet menoets If q gull TO
discuss our problems and 10 listen to
masters in q, i.r heldS, We come not ds
apprentices to discuss routine and not a.
tined business met! TO br amused. iIt we
come .,s earnest professional nl-iI. seek
ing IDEAS :pv the ;uIth"'aut" "f "u! own
WORK.
"one ciea. service ot this association
stands out IL has helped To bring about
,h. rtr better relations which now exist
between the colleges and the secondary
,ca.ols ". no longer think q: til" c"!-
aims. any more than the right hand
and tn, .cf. having diverse aims. No
school longer considers itself d'mi-
, ua:,d by the college any moro than
the woman married with the word oo.!
, IL. the marriage service considers herself
thereby the slave ~ her lord. Cotpera-
, ton has succeeded indifference. with the
result that the boy now benefits I'M
! meus.ly because his education IL looked
-, y a
Isolated parts
"S,ilI another s,eat No'k - 'he asso-
% cation has been the turtierinS Of re-
/ -I,-ct for ui.r PROGRESSION. Just as LAW v-is
: .nd physicians think ~ Themselves dis
= tntttv,ly. 80 oUr guild s coming 10 n'
= .,cosn'zed We're each "c us 20 remain
I within a she'll. tni~ professional ~riii'
e would not uppca:. Il. this i'cr1oual re-
:. lat!ous,il,. however. gathering informally
,. as ". do, Nc rive 20 our profession a
= disnity which otherwise II would h"'
/, have
i "Ou, p.urraa.neS nave Al been
!. framed with The purrJs" to assiS' in this
=, development Of professional co!-5c!ou''
: I.-s. y few year ago We Sar" whole
season :" learning wuat oth": prore'
i siuus may suggest to ~: another wear
= 70 !caruing what we can from foreign
: school systems last yea" ~ learnin. al
d. the pussibilitics IN other fields. and thi'
!. yea We shall dcvot" ourselves to inos
Il recent advances - knowledge IN the s.v'
orl holds tHat bear upon oui proies'
sion
l'r.s.deut Jones likewise ca,..d attcl.
ton t. the work of the entertainment
. committee In IA" provision o: tho band
. and also announced the appointment :"
:, a reception committee and a membership
: + committee. with Charles :. Uartwell -
. the Boys High school In Brooklyu chai.'
y. man OF the former, and Or. +, Il. Lane o.
, the Polytechnic Preparatory Scnoo
chairman Of the latter
- THO membership committee i.-lS an ~
= ;eI.si.us scheme - build upon the .plen'
=, did condition ~ .he association by mean:
-, Of q "Thrc" Hundred CLUB" There ar'
- now slightly more than 90" members "i
: the association IN good standing, and II
, is The object OF tho Three Hundred Clut
80 ciusc the year with at least 3oo u,'ur
. -" list. \ start was made ny III,
election OF the following thirteen new
- members; Alvin NJ Powell. ana Burto,
- r.. Latham. Adeipn. Acaden. Cart Va,
=. I'oreu. Br.a!iey School: J. VI. Tugscy
: l.e,hl.hom Preparatory School Charlie,
- lmhy and W. Ice Cstick, Eiverj Al.
Country Schoo,. T. NJ Fcrrwaid. Stuy
vesau; High School, Floyd T.. barrow
ruiytcchn' Preparatory school Waite
iIannan. Evander thilds High School
Francis e. Hull and John i, O'Toolc
c Ry, Country School.
l. Prof, McCred put every one AZ cas-,
u hy saying ~ once that he dSl!hed =,
y lecture. but that he Is very fond o
T. talking witt men. His thesis was tina
o professional training for business shout,
Is above al things h" broad. He advp
d Gates IA far different plan from the va, I,
II tioual training which Is commorl,
~ thought Of as tie right basis fcy bus,
5, ness
" "Nocdtiona, education" he continued
docs not furnish all that a Norkc
needs. hor does Il furnish that large
training which Is essential to u nigh
attitude toward business, \ pruperl
organized school " business works upu,
-, far broader plane and holds Ocior
' itself high aims. II should guarA,tc
n that a multiplicity OF descriptive course
-, will not he offered. These are all vclr
- wrll for late afternoon and evcnu
L. study IN continuation schools but tAc
~, nav" no place in tho university scilu,
+" OF business. There, much the sam" odu
=, uati"ra! results should be achieved as !
- any other profess .unal course.
'N tn Wharton Schu"l. 70! rAamp,
OYER 80 per Ceui. OF the students WI
entered did not know into what paItic,
lar fields they were going upon grndu,
~ tlon. Consequent. tlrsc das"rllIti,
~ courses would have been valuc.cs|
10 them. Til" graduates OF huslnc'
o- schn' should bccom" different from q
c business man VINO gets his knowlc,lh +