Putnam patriot., 1918-06-21

! ANHA aAAAt Ns4N SltaNiAl& WHICH H0 said, They would have done credit to any high school in the country, and to most women's colleges in the country, as we'll" The essays were prepared under the direction of Miss Abbie H. Keith head of the English depart ment, and she. with the young ladies whose work they were, deserve noth- ing but highest praise. The three es- says. in entirety, may be found on an- other page of this issue of The Pa triot
 The speaker of the evening was in- trodueed by Superintendent MaeDoa- aid, himself Brown graduate.
 President Faunce began his address by announcing that he wished to speak upon the subject of The Piace of the School In War Time" ssHas it any placer" he immediately qses- toned. Many people. he said. maintain that the school has no place in times of national crises, such as the present. These people insist that tho strong boys, instead of leaning over books, should be working all day long on farm, in an ammunition plant. or at the ship yard. And as for the girls. instead of crammng their heads with knowledge it would be better to have them making surgical dressings and other Red Cross sup plies. But, education is not luxu- ry," concluded the speaker. "and tho man who says that it is, is either bkRd or deaf. England has just recalled 10000 teachers from the western front and again placed them before their classes in their schools She has discovered the terrible mistake she made of stripping her schools to fh her army. The school IS the eye of the nation, and when you shut your eye, you hurt the effectiveness of year hand.'
 And Dr. Faunce went on to explain that there are some individuals who i are opposed to closing the schools - war time, and who, in fact, go to tho other extreme, urging that schools be kept just as they were before the wwr. They are like those who cry, "Busi- ness as usual" However" empha- sized Dr. Faunce, '.the man who adwo- eates this has no place in American life"
 'tThe business of the school" stak- ed President Faunce, lis to give . broad horizon to young Americans. It is sometimes difficult for us to bs broadminded in so large country as ours. In the days of our forefathers the horizon was larger They saw in- to distant lands But since the OvA War we have forgotten Europe. We have the transcontinental railroad. the Northwest has been developed. and as a result we have smaller cut look as the country has grown larger. It is the business of the school to make this outlook larger and broad err"
 Continuing, Dr. Faunce stated that the function of the school is to give to the scholars in it, breadth of un- derstanding and sympathy; and to make all education lead straight into life. And by this latter the speaker made 1t clear that he did not mean that he was advocating mercenary education, nor did he believe in "nl- ary rxisina' education. He whe works for wages alone, should TO- ceive none at all. We must have something greater than that in mind"
 In telling of his attempts to elimin- ate studies from the Brown currseu- lum for next year, Dr. Faunce said that it had been found impossible to drop chemistry, mathematics, engfn- eering or French, because all of these are absolutely essential in war work. "Nor can public speaking be dropped Only short time ago we received letter from Washington urging that especial attention be given to public speaking, inasmuch as it had been found that many officers could net give their orders out of doors in . manner that was understandable. And as for music" the speaker went on, s'that can't be gwen up as this is es- sential for high morale of the sol- diers"
 Some people say" he continued. that surely there can be no place for philosophy or psychology in college now But do you know that boarsis of psychologists sit at Washington and advise the government on fundamsa- tai questions. such questions as these: Is it better to publish casualty hseD with or without addresses? Is it bat- ter to publish war news in dejects& or elated manner? And men tAak can advise on such fundamental quss- tions as these are infinitely moro vn1n~ able than if they were standing - trenches. a
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