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not only the mind. but as well the body
and the spirit are trained VIII not q
FIRST principle then be the location of q
beautiful and q generally useful school
building at q point where there II ample
space for play? Will not then the COM
munity seek the teacher Of breadth and
Of power. and encourage his work.
Perhaps you feel that I am far aaeid,
but this country day school movement
IL. I believe. really nothing more Of
less than the f%orerunner Of just this
development. Located In buildings In
creasingiy hr set In ample grounds.
air life. conducted by men whose pur-
pose Ia single to the welfare Of the
community. these private country day
schools OF ours are an enduring ex-
ample. As we DO our work we'll. our
students stand out AZ the substantial
youths Of the community. The big men
Of the city will not escape the signin-
Of this fact First, they will
realise In their families tho Joy Of
com~panionship with an earnest young
worker. who IL ut the same time a
splendid sportsman. Then they will
md themselves Of interest to other men
whose sons been sent of to board.
Ing schools, or perhaps are still In the
public schools. Finally they will begin
10 reel mat wn:t - SO0d Tor their type
OF youth must be good for the COM
munity at large. BY this time the grad
yates OF our chools will have come
back from college with a big. broad out
look, n will see how great Ii the ser
vice they can give by helping to obtain
for others privileges they themselves
have had. Then you will see, located on
great public parks or on the edge Of the
city. with ample playing space. first high
schools, then Junior high schools and
finally elementary schools. The scholars
will come and, return In special cars
furnished by the community: they will
be under the care Of the school all day.
and they will have just the balance Of
good work, Of abundant play and Of
care for the finer things which charac-
terizcs our present efforts. Furthermore.
as In the case Of the rural schools Of
the future. all his In practicable and
Will q the community.
Tho promotion OF the ountry day
school throughout the land Is then a
great civic duty. As We discuss the
topic we have in mind. Of course, our
own type OF institution. But in the
background there will always be this
vision. For U nations sake may com
stantly better work on our part hasten
the accomplishment Of the dream"
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UNIVERSITY OF N0TRE DAME.

Sixty members OF the glee club OF
Notre Dame University. Notre Dame.
Ind, gave a concert in IT. Joseph's
Hall, at st. Joseph. Mich. last
wednesday evening. 1t was given under
the auspices OF Father Esper. who has
made the concert an annual AFFAIR. At
the conclusion OF the programme an en-
tertainment and banquet were rendered
the local entertainers. Joseph Flynn
has been elected president Of the 1917
law class. Flynn lives In South Bend.
He Ia one of the most active men among
the senior lawyers. Joseph y. Dorais
OF Chippewa Falls. Wis. was elected
yice-president Henry J, Brosnahan Of
Grafton. ". D.. secretary; Frank NJ.
Kirkland OF independence. Ore. treas
urer, and Arnold NJ. McInerny of South
Bend. sergeant-at-arms. The fresh
man Journalists have formed the CoOney
Club The officers chosen were: Harry
Denny, president Walter Sweeny. vice.
prendent; Barrel Anderson. secretary
treasurer; Theodore Wagner, reporter.
A committee headed by John Ward was
appointed by President Denny to draw
up the hy-laws OF the club. The object
Of the club 10 to hold the freshman
Journalists together and to promote the
interchange OF ideas regarding news
paper work. Members OF the dramatic
club sre having regular practice Tor
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THE sixteenth annual report of the
secretary Of tho College Entrance
Examination Board has Just been
published and calls attention to the past
year as the first Of ar era OF greatly en-
larged influence and activities. The board
examined nearly eleven thousand candi-
dates for admission to college. as against
five thousand In 1915. The long expected
and much discussed comprehensive ex-
aminations were held for the first time
and were made the basis of the "New or
Alternative Plan Of Admission" Much
interest was aroused by the fact that
many candidates for admission under the
old plan substituted the comprehensive
examinations for the ordinary examina-
tons In one or more subjects.
The great increase In the number Of
candidates and tho establishment Of the
comprehensive examinations were due
chiefly to tho Joint action Of Harvard.
Yale n Princeton universities. which
discontinued their own June examina-
lions and rave the board the services Of
their representatives on the committees
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N the place OF a short recess at
1 Thanksgiving. involving consider
able travel for SO brief a period, and a
serious interruption to the work of the
school. the boys ut Westminister School,
Simsbury. Conn. enjoy a full three weeks
at Christmas. and eat their Thanksgiv-
ing turkey at Simsbury instead OF at
home. on Thanksgiving Day school
work stopped at 10 o'clock. and after
chapel service h time until 2 p. NJ. was
given over to the development OF q good
appetite. In he evening Lawrence
Adler gave the FIRST Of his piano re-
citals. The dance being the basis Of all
music. Mr.. Adler selected as his In.
troductory programme examples Of var
ious styles OF lance music. His pro-
gramme was al follows:
Gavotte Pastorale. OLD French /;
Minuet, R~0ccherini 4avotte in d. J. 8.
Bach waltz In A minor; waltz in a
fiat. Chopin: Mazurka. Habanera,
Chabier; Spanish Tango. Albenis Valse
Russo. T~chaikousky. and Hungarian
Rhapsody. No. II. Liszt.
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Principal Stearns Gives
Challenge to Mr.. Flexner

MI heaplng ridicule on the old fash.
Toned courses Of study In which
he has singled out Latin and mathemat-
les for his most violent attacks. Under
this method Of training. he says. pupils
not only ignominiously fail to gain either
knowledge or power, but they spend an
in%ordinately long time in falling. To
prove his assertion he cites the large
percentage Of failures In Latin and math-
ematics among candidates who tried the
examinations Of he College Entrance
Examination Board In 1916. Statistics
are frequently impressive, but often mis-
leading and never more 30 thap when
Incomplete. It 10 strange indeed that
Mr.. Flexner should have chosen this par
ticulsr illustration to attempt to prove
his case for We cannot believe that he
Intentionally desires to mislead Us. But
the argument Is misleading none tie less (;
for had Nc. Flexner told us the whole
story Of thNse examination statistics he
would have been forced to abandon either
the illustration or the conclusion he seeks
to defend. A fellow schoolmaster has
very recently. In an able article. called
attention to the fact that this Illustration
Of Mr.. Flexner's becomes something Of a
boomerang when all the facts are known.
For the facts are these that although In
truth a regrettably large percentage OF
candidates fails In Latin and mathemat-
les. a still larger percentage fails In some
Of those subjects which Mr.. Flexner and
others who share his views tell us are
alone worth while. On the basis OF ex-
~celicnce In results as reported by the sec
rotary Of the College Entrance Examina-
ton Board for 1915 the ranking OF indi-
vldual subjects Is given as follows: bot
any, Greek. soology. French. Latin. ply
sizes. German. biology. chemistry. draw
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE.

More than $4,000 was pledged by stu
dents at the Pennsylvania STATE College
for prison relief work In Europe during
a three-day campaign for funds. Fran
els p. Miller and william Miller. both Of
the international committee OF the Y. 81.
&. A.. conducted the campaign. Spirited
rivalry developed In the various classes
OF the college. and fraternity houses and
clubs We'd In the giving. The Messrs.
Miller told the Penn State students OF
the needs Of college students In the war
ring nations. and emphasized the dis
tressing conditions Of the prison camps.
All the colleges Of the United States will
he canvassed to raise a quarter of a mill
ion dollars for the prison work! The
funds will be used for medical supplies,
games and amusements and TO erect 7.
N. c. A. huts in the camps.
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HAvERF0RD COLLEGE.

The first public appearance Of the
Mandolin Club Of Haverford College.
Haverford, Pa, will be on December Is.
when the Glee n Mandolin clubs will
entertain at tho Cap and Bells tryouts.
The following men have reported for po-
sitions on the Mandolin Club for the
season: Jones. C. Van Dam. u, Thorpe,
Mcconnell, +. Strawbridge, King. Spell
lissy, Long, Baily. Webb, Edmunds.
Scattergood. Quicker. Brodhead. Fan-
ders. II. Morriss, Kerbaugh. sangree,
York, Gillespie. Stlef. Phelps and Miller.
Most Of the concerts will occur after the
holidays. and engagements will Include
a trip to Atlantic City and possibly to
Baltimore and Iehigh University. Wen
dell D.. Shocks orchestra, consisting of
w. d.. schoch. IT Brown. II; McCon-
nell, re, and Earnest, 10. will furnish
music for the dances which follow some
Of the programmes.
Many versions Of famous old Eng
Hsh ballads survive among the ''moun-
lain whites" Of the Southern Appa-
lachians and have been collected by Ce-
~ ]. SHARP. who told 9f bis npsri-
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10 the condition Of schooling In the cities
really much less to be considered than
that OF those rural districts with which
comparison may fairly be made? see q
b~rownstone dwelling SGT In q row In the
neart OF q certain city. Into each Of
those rooms intended for the use Of q
family are crowded twenty or thirty
0 From . to . every day. with .
period out for lunch. grabbed up 1t q
nearby bakery. over . hundred lads stay
In this stuffy atmosphere. lsok out upon
other huddled buildings. 60 to the dark
inside dressing rooms. a lighted. In
schooi and out they give way to ex-
piosions called disorder. which often
lead TO further confinement. Then they
scatter. some to Q basement gymnasium.
lSxb0x10. or to q back yard some to the
shows. others to their homes a few to
remote playing fields. From such cir
cumstances ~ these good men come
Tor schools such as this are better than
the averase-but apparently these men
rise because OF their teachers and in
spite OF their environment
Does this seem . strange view? I
know II to be typical Of the private
schools Of our cities.
What Of the public schools? They have
q great many modern buildinrs. and
they touch h lives OF the children far
more than hitherto. But who will say
that they are the expression Of what a
community wishes itself to be? II Is
obvious that this. after all. 10 the defni-
ton Of the school Of the future. Does the
community wish always to be without
space for play. without . view Of green
things growing. and without other actiyi-
ties thar those for bread and butter?
o q public support for big. fine
things be expected from those whom as
buildings for which only ground suffI.
Client has been provided to hold the
structure itself?
But suppose . community says to it.
self: The life Of the cn;id Is by far our
most precious asset. We must see that
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M%IDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

The sophomore hop. the nrst big"
social AFFAIR OF the year at Middlebury
College. Middlebury. VT. took place
Thanksgiving Eve. The dance was held
In the college gymnasium. which was
decorated in gold and black. the sopho-
more class colors. Ninety couples were
in. attendance. n number Of them alumni
from out OF town. ON the receiving line
were President and Mrs. Thomas. Pro-
fessor and Mrs, MacGilton, Professor n
Mrs. Abbott. Miss Ross n Mrs. Mason.
Richard A. Ruether OF Villa mstown,
Mass. was chairman Of the hop commit
tee, The other members were Harry ].
Jenne. Newport. VT. Harry L. Smith.
Mount Morris. y. y: Howard W. Wat
son. Dorchester. Mass. Cecil Plumb.
Malone, n. y; Helen v. Paine, wor-
cester, Mass. Anna Clark. Plattsburg,
N. Y: Ruth Cam. Waterbury. Conn. {;
Irene l.. Adams. Rutland. VT. Ella Fell
lows. Exeter, ". II.
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Promotion Of Country
Day School Movement
Is a Great Civic Duty

|-HE new educational movement
throughout the country repre-
/ sented by 1.-THE Country Day
Schools was given expression at Pitts
surg. Pa. yesterday In a conference
a me head masters Of these institutions.
s,me twenty-five were present, repre-
.su,,ns all except the far West. Charles
q Newton Of the Blake Country Day
J s,bool OF Minneapolis presided. Others
vbo took part IN the discussions were
Kerns OF boston, Virgil Pretty.
"a of New York. John Briggs Of 81.
p,ul. Joseph Dana Allen OF Buffalo.
p,lph HOFFMAN, Of Kansas City. Harry
p,sers OF Cleveland and Frank g
packett Of Rlverdale, New York city.
IN opening the discussion Of the FIRST
,osic. "The Promotion Of the Country
4 nv Schools Throughout the Land" Mr..
Hscket. spoke as follows:
sThis work grows upon US. Some Of
9, entered Il with . vision Of it, sig
,iscance in our national life, but many
a us have conceived II only with rela-
- to DEFINITE communities. Whatever
~ initial view. vi canno but feel after
,Ssse few years OF experience that We
aV entrusted with an educational re.
feasibility Of INFINITE possibilities. Il
. no less than giving to the cites Of our
entry a plan for the all-round train
m OF the children. which will reflect
{self in a Amer type Of home life, In a
better civic and religious life. and In .
stronger Intellectual life.
frederick T. Gates In the first Of
: ne occasional papers Of the general edu-
aton board. sets forth a dream a. to
he country schools Of to-morrow-the
= haxts H. shzxrs shn x~..t.. -laf-At
condition OF the child In the South, and,
u might add. In many another section.
men he pictures what may readily be
d. replacing Of the I'VE or six old ram
shackles per district with one school to
each township of six miles square and
trsnsportation provided this model
| school set in the centre Of q model farm.
With the teachers home q respected
feature the children taught to use their
Environment. and the community en-
outraged to grow spiritually and ma.
,Rialiy through the service Of the school.
ne teacher? He Is to be q new tyne
Of college man, culled from the State
Universities and rom other institutions
which inculcate the vision Of America
striving upward. and which AFFORD the
! sense training which will enable a man
10 glor!fy In a practical way the pro-
/ Visions Of nature.
wandering In these Elysian fields, Mr..
Gates quite suddenly shows two striking
hets: such schools will exist. after all. in
obedience to the spirit of the parable OF
the hungry fed. the thirsty satisfied. the
naked clothed. the sick and imprisoned
ministercd unto. They are therefore
The embodiment Of the Christian spirit.
Moreover, financially. as well as spirit.
ually. morally and physically. they pay
the community. All they need Is the
initial impulse. which 10 being given by
chat magnificent instrument OF public
&erice. the General Education Board.
shall we not dream for the cities !
After all. II is not SO largely from rural
lie that the leaders come. We mus,
hsk to the cities.
With all the progress Of recent years.
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ing. mathematics. English. geography.
history. Spanish. music.
Think Of It! Greek second In order
Latin NTH the sciences well behind the
despised classics; and music lasti How
are bur modernists TO explain away
thess facts? 1t will not do for them to
argue that more time In devoted TO
preparation In some subjects than In
others; for In every . the examina.
ton 10 carefully based on the amount OF
time the subject has been studied. MOI
can they fairly claim that the sciences
and moro modern subjects are unfairly
handicapped by the limitations Of curl
ricu,a and teachers. Even granting that
to a degree this might seem true. the
fact remains hat Greek especially.
to a large degree Latin. have been more
handicapped In recent years thar v
any other subjects. Both have had 10
fight for mere existence. Notably IN
the public schools the fight has been q
losing one. The classics have been SIDE.
tracked to make room for the practical
and more modern subjects. Those VINO
nave taught them have been forced 10
contend against increasing limitations
Of time schedules. and-what Is vastly
more deadly In It's benumbing influence
"A hostile public attitude. h aui-
tude induces q natural aversion TO the
subjects and leads the majority OF pupils
to attack them with sullen hostility or
open resentment.
Mr.. Flcxner will have TO find a better
jllustration hi the one he has chosen.
Ertrac, from "Faliacies In the Modern
Educational scheme" IN Atlantic MonthIy
for Norembcr. The author, Ayren ~.
Stearns, h~edd,adster Of PhNNps Andover
Academy, dnsrers tpO pamphlets issued
o-..r I-J,,usSAs, Ronrd. 81
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TREASURER Thurston Of oberlin

TREAsuRER Thurston Of oberlin
College. Oberlin. Ohio. has Is
sued u special bulletin. which
points ont that during the year tue
net income from the investments OF
Oberlin was sl07.2so. This income
was distributed at the rate OF Al
per cent. with the various endowment
funds. The income from term bills In
all departments OF the college
to s22l.ls3. The gifts for current use
amounted to SiS2.376 the gifts TO capi.
tai account amounted to Sl2l.%53. the
number OF degrees and diplomas granted
by Oberlin last year was 26?. There
were eleven honorary degrees. The
teaching stan now numbers l2l and the
administrative officers II assistants
th.r,y.seven n total OF 1853.
Dean Charles Nelson Cole reports mat
the work OF the college was
during the current year In $50 classes
or sections, with An average of twenty
three students in each class. This 10 In
line with Oberlin's policy OF restricting
sections and classes 10 the smallest num-
Der possible In order to give opportunity
for a large amount Of individual In
struction.
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RIvERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

Tho actual condition Of the civilian
population OF Belgium was made clear to
the students OF Riverdale Country School
on Wednesday by one Of the former
teachers Of Riverdale. DR.. Robert Ar
rowsmith. who for the past year has
been one OF the American delegates Of
the Commission for Relief in Belgium.
DIR. Arrowsmith showed by stereopticon
views the actual quantity of food re-
ceived daily by each person; perhaps the
most vivid illustration for h boys was
the picture OF a single slice Of bacon
upon which had been placed n coin the
size OF a q II dollar. representing the
amount Of meat In the diet of each per-
son. DR. Arrowsmith said In this con-
nection that bacon Is normally the prin-
cipal item In the diet of BeiSians. He
also aid that the situation with the
Belgian children IL most critical, because
they arc constantly unde~r-nourished.
This fact Is bound to produce > weak
generation OF men and women unless
speedy and generous efforts to Increase
the supply Of food prove successful.
A plea was also made by DIR. Arrow
smith for clothing for the children OF
Belgium. Vast numbers are quite desti-
tute, but so ready and nimble are the
fingers OF the women and old men that
even articles which appear to be utterly
worn out are restored and made use of.
In response to DR.. Arrowsmith's sug-
gestion the relief society OF the school
offered to pack such clothing as the fell
lows might wish to bring. ana according
ly a Thanksgiving offering was made.
: A packing case was filled. ready for ship
ment.
THE War In the Air" Is to be further
e%lucidated for the students OF Riverdale
on Wednesday afternoon. December Is.
when G.. Douglas Wardrop Is to lecture.
This is Mr.. Wardrop's second appearance
before the school.
Getting an Education In spite OF
Ones Teachers is the interesting topic
Prof. John Erskine OF Columbia univer-
sity has chosen to present before the
school early In January.
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L LANE SCHOOL.

The Junior class OF the Walnut Lane
School. Philadelphia, entertained recently
the class Of 1917 at "A reception and
dance. The receiving line. consisting OF
Miss Johnston. Mr.. and Mrs. Sackett n
Miss Katherine Eiselc. met the guests In
the sun parior. The dancing was held in
the music hall. which was prettily deco
rated In lavender n white. Hanging
green's n palms banked across the
stage hid the orchestra and a large
bronze basket filled with white M law
ender chrysanthemums was suspended
from the ceiling. Attractively arranged
corners offered inviting retreats and an
open FIRE gave the room a rosy warmth
Everything combined to make the
evening a success and to increase the
popularity OF the annual Junior-senior
reception and dance.
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What Is Going On
Within Academic Walls

the play Under Cover to be presented
at h university Saturday. December
is. Mel" Edward and his Eastern
i~nterscholastic champions. st. Johns
Prep OF Danvers. Mass. were enter
tained here last Sunday by the New
England Club. MEL who played on
the Notre Dame varsity for three years.
Is coaching the Fasteners. who played
DE Paul at Chicago last Saturday. His
team has beaten every Eastern prep
eleven played. Brother Thomas Is au-
thority for the statement that ive or six
members of the team intend to enter
Notre Dame next September.
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B0WD0M COLLEGE.

BRUNSWICK. Me-. Dec. A recent
graduate Of Bowdoin College. who re-
ceived substantial scholarships and won
many prizes. has calculated hat includ-
ing the scholarships and prizes in excess
OF cos of tuition above what he paid.
the college ave him In his four
years course instruction and assistance
amounting in value to . 1000 more than
he paid for, Accordingly he has sent
the college his check for $4,000 to he
added to the general endowment fund in
grateful payment Of this. which ne con-
siders q debt Of honor. The name Of
tho donor Is withheld.
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OF CHICAGO.

Prof. Andrew C. Mclaughlin. head of
the department Of history at the UNI
versity of Chicago. Is to give the final
address in a series before the Union
League Club OF Chicago on the general
subject OF the relations Of the United
States to foreign countries. Prof. Nc
Laughlin's address will be given early
in January. the other addresses being
given In November and December b.
Prof. John IL. Latane Of Johns Hopkins
University and Prof. Albert Bushnell
Hart OF Harvard University.
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M'GuL UNIVERSITY.

During his visit to Montreal with
Henry WILL" the S~hakespearian play
which scored such a phenomenal success
at the New Amsterdam Theatre last
spring. Sir Herbert Tree gave an ad-
dress at McGil University, where
1900 students and their friends
gathered to meet him.. Sir Herbert ad-
them on the subject Of "Humor
in Tragedy and spoke for an hour and
a half to a most enthusiastic audience.
The sun., 1916-12-03
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.

Miss Jeanette Rankin OF Missoula,
Mont, who holds the distinction of
being tho first woman elected to
the National Congress-, attended the
University Of Washington. Seattle.
WASH, in 1909 M 1910. She
was a graduate student In the de-
partment Of political and social science
Miss Rankin is a graduate OF Montana
State University.
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TRINITY COLLEGE.

HARTFORD, Conn.,. Dec. MURRAY II.
Co%ggeshall. Trinity. 'e6. has been elected
a member of the board OF fell
lows Of Trinity College to hll
the vacancy left by he Yesig-
nation Of DIR. John J. McCook. '63. Will
J. Hamersley. '09. of Hartford. and
Harold n. Chandler. 90. Of Hartford
have been elected Junior fellows to sue
coed Lewis II. Paddock. 'Ss. Of Detroit,
Mich. and Hobart w. Thompson. 's3. Of
Troy. n. y, whose terms have expired.
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OAKSMERE.

Leopold Godowsky, the eminent pian-
list. gave n recital at Oaksmere. Mrs.
Merrill's School for Girls, Mamaroneck.
N. Y. last Tuesday afternoon. that was
greatly enjoyed by the students. men,
bers Of the faculty INC guests Of the
school.
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ROSEMARY HALL.

The girls OF Rosemary Hall, Green.
wich. Conn. held their annual holiday
fair at the Field Club yesterday after
noon from 8 until Z o'clock. The fancy
articles found ready sale. as they were
especially suitable for Christmas gifts.
Afternoon tea was served to a large
number OF people.