The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

- arc very much interested in
i a building which Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Vanderlip are about
to erect on their estate at Scarbor-
ough. The new building Is to house
a school which has already been In
existence three years. with Its base
OF operations in a studio cottage on
the Nanderlip property.
Mr.. Nanderl!p. as the president Of
the National City Bank. has. Of
course. been known heretofore as a
inancier rather than as an exponent OF
novel educational ideas. The school
10 nevertheless the result OF some
very definite ideas about the educa-
ton OF children which are shared by
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderl!p. Three years
Z these e became objective when
they began to solve tho problem Of
the education Of their own children
they a six. four Of whom are old
enough 10 go to school.
They believe IN c~oeducation. Boys
and girls are reared together in the
home and they should be educated
together. having the same studies,
with some slight differences In man
'"' o''' "hh PAiySENab NACttIoC.
They believe also that children. espe-
cially young children. should not be
too much separated from the home
environment. All this led to the idea
that they might have a school Of
their own right there at scarborough
and that some Of the other families
In Wcstchester would ike to share II
with them for the benefit OF their chill
dren.
The educational system Of our
school is founded on motivation" said
Mrs, Nanderl!p 10 a representative Of
SUNDAY SrS. The theory Of
motivation In that instead OF cram
minS Childrcn's memory with facts
primitive human motives should lie
utilized to create an interest in learn
ing facts, so that knowledge viii come
about naturally instead OF by methods
that are AT best artificial and strained
For example n man who was teach
ing geometry divided his class into
TWO parts. one half ~ the class
buried a treasure and then gave "a
the other half OF the class a diagram
OF It's hiding place which could only
he worked out by accurate mathemati-
cal rules, OF curse the children
solved the problem and knowledge
gained in that way is not soon for
gotten.
I'm our own school we sometimes
give parties, The children thus learn
how 10 write invitations, how To spoil.
and they learn mathematics by suly-
ing the problem Of how much ice
Cream Will ne required FOR forty moth
ers If on" mother eats a certain
very effective,
W. have both men and women
teachers for the same reason that We
believe In cocduCation. We want both
influences. There is nothing faddish
ABOUT the school or our methods. In
fact" she continued. smiling. II an
afraid that Mr.. Nanderlip and I ar.
much more faddish than any OF oul
teachers.
We hope 10 have n thorough,
modern school IN every way. Oul
school Is only one example OF many
in the country which are iry!ng I,
arrive nj new IDEALS In education
This is a period ~ great agitation or
the subject OF vitalizing schools
There IL n fast growing belief in both
pubic and private educational instl.
tUtions that he school has a highe,
mission IN developing originality fl
the mind of the scholar than In sim
ply cultiNatlnS II along classic lines
The first problem Of the school WA.
o: course - find a suitable head in
Structor or principal. one was dis
covered in the person of Miss Eliza
beth Moselcy Dean, a Radcliffe grad,
uatc. who was teaching in a priyat,
school IN Boston. She came and es,
tablished the system which IL now IN
effect in the cottage school and vii
he continued on a larger scale in tn,
new building which Is to be erecte,
a
The plans OF the architect, w. W
Bosworth. are complete and a li,t!,
model OF h school IL In the librar,
OF the Nanderllp home at Scarbor
ough. The building is to be Of whit
stucco in Greek design. Two Ion,
wings will stretch ont 26S feet on eithe
side OF the p!llared entrance, one O
which Will contain the class and reel
tation rooms, the other a gymnasium
In the centre at the rear vii! be
theatre with a stage equipped bot
for motion pictures and for tn,
spoken drama.
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