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PHILLIPS AND0vER.

ANpoyEi.. Mass. March ls.--Tu-nisht
the ~ Eta Dramatic Club OF Harvard
gave a three Act comedy entitled THE
Maiden Decides" In the AnIovef Town
Hall. Last year this organisation gave
no performance in Andovcr. but did the
year before. j. s. %Tfafman. +. \. IL.
Harvard 'ls. played the leading mascu-
line role. n X. q. Cooke and r. A..
Chaplin. T.. A. "a and Harvard IS, will
be In the cast.
A contribution was taken In chapel
las, Saturday morning for The Hsmp-
den Scholarship. Andover students con-
tribute each year 800 20 the expense
OF "A student In th!s school for colorsd
boys
The chapel speakers for sunday ser
vices next term will be April 2. Or.
Albert Parker Fitch; April 80. David
Porter; May Z. the Rev. Arson Stoke0
May IS. Or. Nehemiah Boynton June
II. Or. Robert r. Speer.
The new rife range In the basement
Of Pearson Hall IN crowded a. all avail.
students and members OF tho faculty
who compose the rife club. the range
will also be used by the Essex County
Rifle club.
The New York Andovef Alumni A.
sociation. which comprises some SOC
members. will hold its annual smoke,
IN the Yale Club. New York, April Z
Dr.. Stearns. principal Of h Academy
and James &. Sawyer. treasurer. ant
r. l.. Quinby will represent the school.
Physical examinations OF the mem
oers OF the school are being held thii
| week. Mex. week will be given ovel
70 term examinations. and h Easte'
vacation starts Friday. March -, ans
lasts until April 4.
\. the vesper service az Philip
Academy this sunday afternoon at
| o'clock 1 lew feature In h 10 musica
| lie 81 tn. school will be- Introduced. IN
singing Of a cantata by Bach, II !
hoped 'hs: this will become a resula
feature II the last sunday OF each term
; The Andoyer Choral Society. eomewha
augmented, the choir OF the h
contingent Of strings. n solo!sts fron
Rostui. Will unite in the service. Tn
c~,,.:a;a selected for this initial rendition
IL IN. one based on Philip Sicoaai'
choral. "Sleepers, Wake. for Night !
PLYING sometimes called the king o
chorales. and undoubtedly n ~ tn
fn.s, OF Bach's c~antatae. The choru
will be stationed In the rear CALLER
Of the chapel. the usual choir stalls bein
reserved for members Of tho faculty An
their families. The solo!sts will be MT
r. Allen. from Cambridge. and Waite
KidIer. from Dorchester. The Rreake
AZ the service will be Principal Stearn'
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

HANOVER. y. H.. Marci, is.--The cam
paisn Tor military training In Dartmouth
liz not having everything it, way. since
the beginning OF tho agitation there mas
been sosne opposition to the Introduction
OF military drill In the college. the
Dartmouth Polity club has been strong
In the expression Of its feelings through
the communication column Of the Dart
mouth. but has not t-ssn successful IN
st.a,ping the Introduction 6 voluntary
training.
Lam week q now Organization. named
the Independence League. entered the
field. an avowed opponent of the intro
huc.ton ~ military training Int" the
curriculum ~ the collesc.N Over MY!
undergraduates are members ~ TINS
league, AMI an executive committee has
been chosen. ,Dnsiting Of =. ". Leifh-
ton. ~. chicago. III; u. '. Etnery. ~
Portsmouth,. y. H.: L. f. Evans. ~
Worcester, Mars: L. X. Jordan. 10
Joliet, ~: Z. l.. Merryman. 'i6. Bangor.
Ne; Il. pRrkhurst 'ls; Winchester
Mass.. and J. T.. Mcmahon, ~. Clinton
Mass,
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HUNTINGTON SCHOOL.

BpsroN. March is-Two Huntington
School ,n.u wer- chosen 10 swim on the
All star swimming team composed Of
Greater Roston iuterscholastic stars
against Brookline High School at the
Brooklin- High School Natatorium.
Harper and voGsl vera the rspressntA-
tives. Harper scored IN the piunge and
vogsl In the dives.
The baseball team plays Dartmouth
Freshmen at Hanover on May 81. Tho
Dartmouth Interschoiast!c Mset also
comes on that date. and u 10 hoped that
the track team may accompany the base
ball team on the trip.
On Mondsy afternoon school w dis
missed early go that the studsnts might
attend a matinee Of the second part Of
King Henry w." sivsn BY Harvard
students AZ tho Castle Square Theatre.
About 100 attended.
The school IL giving q formal dance
at the Hotel somerset on the evening
Of March -. A large attendance IL ex-
pected.
The Easter vacasiSn comes tho hret
week In April. During this time tho
baseball candidates will use the cage
Of the Tufts College team u the outdoor
weather does not permit practice.
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SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND ADEMIE

ssNsisn Of Dr.. MoCracksn and the In
orsass In the siss Of the faculty. Mr..
Lanes report shows the sifts received
~ the celisgs during the year ieiS.1s
- b $3o.oo6.iE
The purpose Of the very detailed re.
port that NJ. Lane has published is that
II may Be . preliminary step In Lafay.
CITES campaign 70 raise . million dol
iArs. Last fail the General Education
Board granted I 0 the Easton institution
the rum Of 100000 conditioned upon
the raising Of u million dollars by Janu-
AIRY, 1918. The grant WAS also made on
the condition that the college be free
from all debt. The first step In he
campaign for the million dollars will be,
therefore, to pay OF tho deficit which
how exists.
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h,e tim. 'rosmirg tie greenwood
scr!hol,nx lyrics. or reading In the
great library Of Clop;on Hall. To Anne.
who does rot Understand him. he II a
VIII o tho Wisp." a "Joln o Dreams"
DacL burbdo.. AT oid time comrade. per-
suades VIII to 60 70 London with q play
tho latter has COMPOSED. The second act
shows wal AZ QIee~ EHsdoefA's SQUIRT.
The scene ~ Act III. Is laid IN the
Shakespeare houss at StrstSonl.
New YORK girls are also prominent IN
the high eehoo. production. M!ss
Catherine Slsvin. sister Of Mise S'evtn
Of the college. hAs the part Of Thessvs.
Duke o. AtAms. Mics Earth Therry II
QUEEN TitdWt0. .
R~e,earrais for both plays arc now veil
under way. Miss Betty Woods Heinie
Of New York IL coaching Will Shake
speare.' Mis- May Meyers, resident In.
structor OF eiocutton AZ ~. E~Iizaoeth'e.
In directing ehe practice ~ "A Midsur,-
mrr Night'U Dream"
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VERMONT ACADEMY.

eAxToH's RIVER. W.. March ia let
ter received from Dartmouth College
states that OF the private preparatory
schools sending three or moro students
~ Dartmouth last fall the students from
the Vermont Academy achieved the
highest rnnk In the scholarship standing
Paul g. Miner. v. 4. ~. Of Brooklyn,
~. T.. was elected president Of the
sophomore class at Dartmouth last week.
AZ the weekly assembly held Saturday
evening. March II. George Keppler. II.
Of New York city. fuliback on the cham
pionship football team last fall. was
elected manager 81 the eleven for next
year. Donald Lane. ~, Of Ottawa.
Ont. wa elected assistant manager.
The senior basketball Ave sprang q
surprise last Saturday evening by de-
featins the sophomore i've rs 70 ~ In
the gymnasium.
The spring recess will begin March
23 and will end April s thi. year.
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M0RAvIAN COLLEGE.

BETA IHsM, Pa. March Is The
social side VI the week has been =
marked feature Of ia. past days. The
annual reception and supper 10 the
public was attended oy several hundred
persons. and was a marked success
Nearly $500 was contributed to the me-
a~Eor,ais and the needs OF tine Christian
Association. 50 too tho basketball game
with IN old foes of tine h the
Moravian Parochisi School cam. vas
very close and very n the
ilnal score was IN favor OF tho college
team. .
A. u. Jackson of tho Department OF
Education a. Philadelphia written
a letter informing the school OF his In.
tention to visit officially the high schoo!
department during the next days.
X. J. Meyers OF Bethlehem mas sent =,
liberal x!ft TO tine senior class TO h ueed
in connection with their class memorial.
Or. Cl.well IL at present making II
careful visitation Of all the classes. botn
In the college department and IN the
high school department. This visitation
ia done Annually at this portion OF the
session.
Miss Dorothy strohrns.er spen: last
week In AN official visit TO the m
Of college representatives In session IN
Philadelphia IN connection Win the
Young Women's Christian Assoclat'on:
The last game OF hsskstpel WIZ
philadelphia teams Will BE- played TO-DAY
with Beechwood on the befhisnem uoor
The dates Of the two concerts have
been decided. h hrss. the oratolT
"The creation" will be Tuesday. March
%. Ths second concert. a m'scellaheous
programme, will he given April J.
Dr. Hughes has extended a eordie! IN.
v~itst,on 10 the entire school to attend
the closing soccer gurres on Taylor
Field. Lehigh University. the game
being with the I:aston Rnd Phiiadel'
mia teams against the bethlehem team
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COLUMBIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Tho banner contests OF the Columbia
ramm school, New York city, Tor
indoor athletic supremacy between tns
yorms Of the school closed last week WIN
,i,s victory Of the NTH form over ths
siw,h nv a score Of 10 to II points IN "a
yor Of the younger form. inns SIc.ors
gave the NTH the coveted oAnnet snu
haif holiday for the first tin'e IN many
Years and has intensified ths rivalry IN
athletics between the two fornS
To 70 tine present tho time the moor
t.sketball handicap games between the
sorrns have resulted IN . victory Of the
.acond over the first ny y score OF
10 10 10; third over the fourth, ~
IN go: sixth over the NTH. ~ TO ~.
In this series there remains 70 %
p,ayed the deciding game for the schooI
basketbxli championship between the
sixth and fourth forms se!o'o ."e
various outdoor activities begin there
remain "a be carried out the Mterc'aSs
tu9s OF wal and baseball strug.l:s.
Tho debating societies OF Co'umD'~
Grammar school hsvs been quite set'Ve'
and At the close Of this month thsrs
,viii be a Joint debate between ths
Lowell and lonsfellow societies 70 ae'
| ,ermine the supremacy ct tho n'Idd'e
| form, In mental athletics.
Tho Osrshel brothers have recently
.,vsn a rood account Of themselves
In the amateur Indoor skating races ~
| the 81. Nicholas mink March ~ vhsfe
| Arthur took Q silver medal for second
! place In the half mile and Stanley
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What Is Going Or
Within Academic Walls
Pi Eta of Harvard Gives Play at Andover-Athenian-
Corinthian Dinner of Horace Mann
April 1st-Other News.

present were Philip NJ Brett q New
York. Holmes v. N. Dennis "a. Or. John
n. Raven and ". =. Kelly Of New
Brunswick. President W. II. X. Demarest
Of Rutgers college was obliged to send
regfsts.
The board inspected the buildings and
approved Of an appropriation to enable
the headmastef TO proceed with such i'm
provements AZ the relayinG OF floors and
improving the library facilities. These
improvements will Re carried out during
the summer During this past summer
extensive improvements were made IN
the administration building and "a new
stucco cottage was added 10 the equip
ment.
The trustees feel that additions to the
equipment are needed to Keep pace with
the growth Of the school. n total en-
rolment this Year reaches goo. the hiei
water mark for the school. In 1918 the
enrolment was 1t5 students. In 1914 n
was 1877, 1918. 17t. while this year II
Is sot.
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COLLEGE OF ST. rIIzApErH.

will Shakespeare a three act play.
will be presented In New York city
toward the end " April by the Dramatic
Association Of the College Of 81. Elisa
beth 10 commemorate the Shakespeare
tercentenary. For the same purpose the
college preparatory department Of ~.
Elizabeth Academy will produce "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" In corn-
msncement week In the auditorium OF
Xavier Hall al Convent station. n. J.
Miss May Slsvin. daughter Of Hugh
Slevin Of 273 West Seventy.irst street.
has the title role In the college play.
MISS S,cyin. who Ia a senior n presi.
dent Of the dramatic asroclstion. has
had leading parts In several plays dur.
Ing her attendance at, 1t. ElIsabeth's.
Miss Amelia Dunn OF Paterson. N. j..
has the leading woman's part. ANNE
RathaUay. Some OF the other charac-
tiers are John Shakespeare. Mary Arden
Shakespeare and joan. WiH's sister. to
be Interpreted respectively by the Misses
Mary O'Connor. Anita Walsh and
Regina Reilly. Julia II. Walsh Of New.
ark will b. oase~ Elisabeth.
The story Of the play begins IN
6~hakAspeare's home at 6tratford-on-
Avon when wal 10 about 30 years old.
Though a cisrk IN the town no spends
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TRINITY COLLEGE.

The senioe ciAas Of Trinity College has
elected ia officers for the class day
exercises In June. The complete list
IL ~ follows:
President. hobart 9. Morris Of Hart
ford chairman Of class day committee.
James L. Cole Of Hartford treasurer.
Francis b. Coyle of Hartford chairman
Of senior promenade committee. Harold
b. Thome, Jr. OF Montclair. N. J.. .
pre- Clifford Henry Perkins OF
Clarement. ". H.. poet, John II. Town
eend Of Quaker Farms; historian.
Charles y. johnson Of Norwich statis-
tician. John ~. Ives Of Detroit orator.
Russell z. Johnston Of Hartford chair
man Of senior dramatics. Robert u.
O'Connor Of Flushing. y. Y. and
prophet, Richard l.. Maxon Of Detroit.
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RADCLIFFE COLLEGE.

CAMrsipor Mass. March is.--Further
al tho Radcliffe College big
,r.ss,.r witch r. scheduled Nor ATr.I !
hHy. been ANNOUNCED. A novel feature
viii, b. tho little Theatre bizarre, which
will give two perfnrmar.ces. The nrst
umbs, OH the programme. a gay one act
niece. ''Playgoerv." win introduce an all
sta. cast, coarhsd by Miss Ruth Delano.
Ni.s Phyllis Robbins will follow In tho
second number o: the programme ana
viii give q group Of French folksonss'
The third number. 'Herr story" In a
var sketch by M!ss Katharine searie.
The last numhsr on the rroGranne VIII
be q modern dance advertisement
danced By three hoopskirted girls IN q
trim English garden. .
Mrs. II. CsaihSon ard Dr.. Anchibah
DAVIDSON have suocssded IN interertins
Or. Muck n the work OF the Radcliffe
Choral Society. D.. Muck has consented
20 ol,ooee some work for the Radcliffe
and Harvard students 70 study. and IL
,hey. d. sufficiently veil they VIII be IN
v,3e.i to sing with the Boston symphony
Oe,hes,-A- Several hundred voices viii
form .ht~ chorus. . hundred OF whf"f
VIII ne picked from past and preren'
Harvard men.
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WALLC0URT.

TIE Nrs; school play Of the year NJ
Wallcourt. aurora, y. Y, THE h,iles
of Canterbury" was presented on
March II In the school room with the
following cast \ Junior. Caroline Fran
bach Il Senior. Ruin Nccaskey, n
sophomore. Jeanne Blake, and . Fresh
q Frances HUskins, Characters from
1.-THE Canterbury Tales: The Fytor'ss.
liet,y Lowe VIE OF Bath, Mary War
rem Hippoiad. Helen pcnslag.r; Gv-
sclda. Helen Fuller Emily. Katherine
Hunt First Man,. Louise Zahriskic. ard
Second MN. Sybil Munro,
This was followed by a scene from
one of the FIab Ballads given In shadow
pictures. The spring recess began last
week, ending IN "Wednesday. March 90,
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~ FRANK p. Racket.
Riverooae CouatPy school, New
York CITY.

salf.ecvsrnment In school is "a cor
summation devoutly to BE- wished: &c.
cording1y. most difficult to attain. A
ostef newspaper statement Is not ade-
Quate. OF course. TO a subect Of such
peculiar Importance IN a democracy, but
At tbs request OF the editor what is
done in ~ connection NJ Riverdaie
Country cool Is told herewith.
In the elementary department. through
the sixth grade. tho boys participate by
committees In the control OF their fell
lows. These committees are chosen BY
The masters. and the personnel II changed
Whenever thiS Ia desirable. The func-
tfon OF these boys Il to maintain order
IN the absence or teachers. without.
however. reporting 20 the masters. This
facf at once removes the element OF
tattlinS. 90 bsneful anon boys. and re-
qu!res that they shall themselves exer-
else SUFFICIENT eelf-cottroi to have a
standing with their fellows. Part OF their
power lies in the fact hat they may
report to the school council. . duly
elected body % five older fellows from
the upper school, any hoy vino - a
hsbitusl offender. This report. always
written. IS considered by the council.
who summon the boys reported to n reg
luiar weekly meeting. The council "a big
brothers' 'ry ~ help. whore they deem
Il Advisable. through warnings. but they
also use punishment. This consists In
deprivation of privileged. In marks. rep
rcsentinx ten minutes aach OF bali holt.
, day time. and In dement's. IA serious blot
on the school record. Twenty dement's
bar Il boy IRON the school. A demerit
may be erased only by credits. which are
given BY 'h- faculty for good work.
Beyond the sixth grade the govern
ment OF the boys Ia IN the hands OF thu
council. Masters use any Reasonable
n.euns OF discipline for little troubles.
but when the:' feel that q. boy needs "a
b~ unusually dealt with they report hin,
10 the council. A. the next meeting the
council, first having talked ove the mat
ter. metes out the punishment directly
to the maker OF the mistake.
Masters are never present a. the
nnrtily schov. election OF tho council
or nj the meetings IN deal With dis
cipline.
The result O: this plan. which 10 n
evolution. initiated. however. by thu
BOYS themselves. IL most encouraging
There remains a. formal amount Of mis-
takes In conduct 20 be sure. but thopven'
erai tone OF discipline IA clearly I'm
proved. Furthermore. upon the class
| committees. but particularly vpon tn
members Of the school council. this piHr
has had the effect OF bringing TO bear 9
greater sense OF responsibility. The,
think much more about their school life
Masters and boys alike prefer til:
method % cooperation. II II our -lr
nose TO develop =.
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STUDENT 00vIAK1HN.
~ CLARA C0l.DUNQ1E.
nsysen schssl for Girsss New York
CITY.


Nusnn hAs q unaS ~ mAxae niue
dafsrsne vheoneI ~ nASe uoe1ty o.
1T er a RrSat olu0!enoc whouaer We
i-ssrve ". ana ehat inc sreeseet mus
:ortuiY- tnaI can 'v.hS 70 eieuon OF
al !odf'1du4i IS 10 nave hoef7y perore
= Is deSerV"1.
: r rs studen' government question
lad resvcIied Eneiand IN ftuskin's time
: think he would nave been Wiling to
pAcs "Schoor' with 'aation' ana In
csufuai' ana 'ha' ne "ouio nave i've
70 Same warning 10 it--that Calamity
would follow II deserving OF liberty Old
as rHs,e1e the f;tc'. II this WOULD be
40 N EnSianu nov much more IN
.NIer'sa- Where the rault II surely NOT
,aH Of giving ton little hoert! TO chill
un.
Tho Qutstiuh "ouIu 1n"l ARISE. nor
's1es Tire studsit or when does tho body
- STUDENTS deserve liberty or. IN other
lords. 'Cfder what coiluitiVfis could
s.fdcnt government he safely and ad-
'3~ntNgc'usly established In "A school,
! do !ot stand with those who believe
az II should pe established IN all
~shcois ana that students can learn gov
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AyvIRDAIE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

The winter lectures At krcrdale
Country Schoci. New York c,cy. were
brought to . Close Tuesday afternoon by
Prof. Henry e. Champion OF Columbia
University. With superb siides na,u-
rally coiored he told Of a scientific cx-
petition through British Guiana and
northern Brazil TO Mount Roraima He
described particularly the great falls "
tha Guianas. Kaietsur.
mo photograph or verbal descrip-
tion." he sasd. "can rat forth tho mag
nihcercs Of kaisteur Falls and the won
derful beauty Of their setting. Nearly
400 feet wide and 40 feet high. more
than four times a. high a. Niagara,
the white water1 roll down from tho
hard rock on tho brim TO rush In a cata-
ract through the great gorge"
Prof. Champion related a hair rails
Ing account OF his escape from death
AZ the hands o. an indian offended he
CAUSE OF his failure ~ purchase, Tho
boys were Intensely iu~t.rssted through
out.
On Monday afternoon Clinton -, Alb
bott showed a striking So Of slides
made from his own negatives upon the
Life Of Wild Birds lie explained the
adventure In the making of thes@ pie
tures and inspired In the boys Il de-
sire for this kind of hunting.
Thu winter SPORTS OF the school were
concluded Friday afternoon with u gym
naStic carnival. including boxing, wres-
t,'ns. high jumping. apparatus work.
pyramids potato races, II IL hoped
that tho weather will permit 4 start
upon the spring sports after IN" vim
ter vacation. which began Friday night
and will continue until Monday. March
81. This intervals affords a much
needed break in the long pull from
January to Easter.
Tho musical programme OF the S.H-
son. In which there AVE already nesn
two ~recitals for violin and plano by
David and Clara Names. vii, be
brought 20 II Glove on Wednesia" after
noon. March %. when Rudolph Cans
Will give N ne hoys . rccltai for plano,
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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.

EAsToN. Pa. March ls.--AiSer: Moore
Lane. the bursAr and acting treasurer OF
Lafayette College. has completed the
most comprehensive report or the
finances OF ne college that has been
made In many 5eaB. The report shows
the college 70 b valued At approximate
Is $1,000. 900 and that. during the past
year, there haa been . deheit Of e2S.<Io.
The increase IN the deficit over that
shown by the report for ltil In slightly
over $4,000. This Increase In defci; II
due IN q large measure TO the work OF
decentralization under INC rev admins
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HAMILTON COLLEGE.

T..-,y students Of Hamilton College.
N.,'or. ~, y. have volunteered for
INNER military service at the Gov
"Evut training camp at P.attsoura'
' Y. ~ the result Of an appeal made
Emu Root. Jr., Of New York Ham
OF, 1899. who attended the business
camp last year. The delegation
~ reach the half hundred mark soon.
: II expected. as war spirit Is running
%.
W Root, who Is a son of the former
: cr-ary Of War, declared that IAN
o. elm" rcfpo'.se "a the nations cal.
' reserves must Toe made II Vi are
70 prepared for tho coming crisis.
7 b" r,uutry IL calling YOU college men
pUrUhud It's reserves. This college
a., prd-i itself on turning out per-
''lN rounded 9 IL you refuse at