The sun., 1918-09-22
a. A MAN is known by the company
u he keeps" and n school by
tho rupila ~ gy-o duata,

the pupils II graduates.
For il these pupils become men and
women who stand high in the esteem Of
their community, who not only do their
chosen work creditahly and well~but a
little better than the average. II they
win honor and applause from a world
none too eager to reward and applaud
Goes It not indicate that their early
schooling. their early training In deport-
ment obedience. self-control and those
other qualities OF character which do not
necessarily accompany book learning
was thorough and lasting in its effects?
With this measure of school In hand
the president of the Alumn@ Association
Of the New York Collegiate Institute
Mrs Edward L. Barnard, an honor STU
dent lof Smith College. daughter of Ed
ward Townsend, canvassed the graduates
o' the school popularity known as Miss
Mary Schoonmaker's School for Girls
located at 3iS West End avenue, TO
ind out what they have been doing since
they received their diplomas and whether
or not they attributed any of their hap
piness or success to the training they
received from their first alma mater.
From the answers to the question
uare' which was sent out to members of
the association it was learned that each
and every one was filling her time with
something more than frivolous amuss-
ment or drifting with the aimless tide Of
the set-satisfied.
More than % per cent of all the grad
mates have gone to college, and about 20
per cent. to some technical school to pur-
sue a course In secretarial work and
journalism, interior decoration and cos
tune designing, kindergarten training.
domestic science. physical culture and
salf-eSpression, while few have con-
tnued their graduate courses In the
study OF law and medicine
mr. Eleanor Berthe. having completed
her professional course in Cornell Uni
Nersty, became one of the first group of
women TO serve as internes In Bellevue
Hospital.
She has organized a clinic for preven-
tive work in occupational diseases Of
women under the auspices of the Wom-
ems Municipal League, a unique and
original undertaking which cannot help
having far reaching effects upon industry
"a well as upon the health Of the COM
nrnity
ur Bertine holds also the distinction
o having iDaugursted in the city OF New
York in her private ONCE the initial
clinic in the study and treatm Of the
thyroid gland. She has the honor OF be-
i'g the first woman inferno in Bellevue
flGspital and has been appointed as
head Of the tuberculosis clinic in the
same public hospital in New York. In
direct connection with war work the
United Sta.es Government has conferred
uoon DR. Berthe the added distinction Of
organizing and directing the social mo-
rality work" in high schools and COL
leges throughout the State and land.
Her sister, Estelle Keys Berthe. has
won her laurels in the department of
physical education.
Her time has been devoted until re-
Gently to corrective work at the Hospital
fcr Deformities and Joint Disease.
In preparation for this work at the
Savage gymnasium training department
her course of study was extended be-
You'd the requirements so as to enable
her 10 meet the problems that only n
perfect knowledge OF human anatomy
could solve In her direction Of the phys
iral training OF women and girls in
TGhic and private classes, In the gym
nasium or on the field. And again. her
efficiency has been rewarded recently
a. having been officially appointed by
the Government in Washington to SUI
rervise the sanitation Of Governme
Offices where women and girls are EN-
roysd and the care Of their physical
welfare.
II the department OF physical edu-
cation Marguerite l.. Smith. the dauCh-
-" ot one OF our city's most successful
PHYSICIANS Or. ]. Gardner Smith. was
honored in June by Columbia Cniver-
Si,y with the masters degree in her
special profession. She has held the
leadership in various athletic organiza-
lions connected with Horace Mann,
Teachers College. the public schools OF
New York and the Young Women s
CHRISTIAN Association Her work in
the various Camp Fire circles has been
endowed with great success and the
popularity her personality and leadership
have created has emphasized the import
ance of the activities in which she has
been engaged
Grace Vanderbilt, a yassar graduate
FOR number of years was the first
assistant in the biological laboratory
" the Morris High School. AS Mrs
Anthony H. Reese she now holds an
cn"abie and influential position. So
ciaily speaking. in the best society OF
Los Angeles, Cal.
Marguerite Strauss soon after hcI
graduation from Barnard married the
assistant OF Dr. Ehrllch, DR.. Lewis
Marks, and became in his laboratory
N Frankfort one OF his expert assistants
n research work and a brilliant con-
trhutor to the leading medical journals
OF the day.
IN journalism Mrs. Raleigh Hansl--
=. Eva Vom Baur--also an honored grad
Gate of Rarnard College edited the