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The Junior COLLEGE

THE Junior college was made the
subject OF a report by the Junior
college subcommittee OF the
North Central Association OF Colleges
and Secondary Schools. ono of the most
important bodies of the kind in the
country, at its recent convention, the
report being prepared by James NJ
WOOD. president OF Stephens Junior
College Of Columbia. Missouri. In in
Producing the paper President Wood
touched on the necessity Of a more
or less radical revision Of the existing
educational machinery to meet more
thoroughly the needs OF a democracy"
In order to bring the greater mass
OF students into tho field Of secondary
instruction. and that Is the essential
thing in a democracy. those reforms
must result in shortening OF the pre-
professional. as we'll as the pre-voca-
tional courses. so that the students
may complete them before reaching the
self-supporting age" continued Presi-
dent Wood. Among educational
leaders," he observed later in the report
there Is a unanimous agreement that
the curriculum of the elementary
school can and should be reorganized
II the duplicate courses and non-essen-
tial elements of courses be eliminated,
the work In the elementary school can
easily be covered In six years.
This six year elementary curriculum
should be followed by a four year high
school, in which the courses are adapted
to the needs and interests of early
adolescence, This would add
an impetus to the movement to have
larger numbers Of students complete a
full high school course. Kan
aas City and many other cities arc al
ready beginning their secondary course
on top OF seven year elementary cur
riculum. and their students suffer no
loss upon entering the higher institutions
OF learning. Why, then. may we not
eliminate the Junior high school. so
called. which in most places Is a de-
partmentalized seventh and eighth grade
with a frst year high school course
tackled on. and begin the regular high
school course at the close Of the sixth
grade?
This brings us back to the sugges-
ton made by the University of Mis-
souri,, that the junior college course
should cover a four year period, In
GLIDING tho last two years OF the high
school and the first two years OF the
regular college course. This would
make tho Junior college. or. II preferred,
the collegiate. course coextensive In gen.
eral with the period OF later adolescence
or the later secondary period II the
regular high school course should be-
gin at the close OF the sixth grade there
il no reason why the regular collegiate
course may not begin at the close OF
this early secondary period. So far RS
material equipment and training and
experience OF faculty are concerned, an
A. r. degree earned in this way from
the public schools OF St. Louis, Kansas
City, Chicago. Joliet or Detroit would
represent moro than similar degree
represents from a large percentage OF
our colleges as they are at present Or
ganized.
'-Not only would the six-tour-four
plan increase multfold ths HumhaR or
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schools and colleges. The present Col
leKe OF Hawaii, which grants the bach
elor or science degree. becomes the Col
lege OF Applied Science OF the univer-
sity and a new College OF Arts and Sci
ences will provide for the lines OF study
heretofore not given or given TO only a
small extent at the College of Hawaii.
The College OF Arts and Sciences will
grant the bachelor of arts degree. and
probably in due course of time one or
more higher degrees
Beginning in the fall OF 1920 a num-
Der of new professors will be required
for the added work in government, his
tory, sociology, languages. philosophy,
education and the like. 1t is expected
that new man to handle economics.
accounting. banking and allied business
subjects will be added to the college fac
ulty, to begin work this September. and
II is also planned to add Spanish for this
next college year.
The university will. therefore, offer
opportunities far we'll rounded study in
practically all Of the fields Of undergrad
uats work and in certain lines OF grad
uate study.
The tentative plans for the College OF
Arts and Sciences provide for a common
freshman year, which Is partly pre-
scribed and partly elective. Beginning
with the sophomore year the student
selects one OF the groups of studies and
win be required to select the greater
part OF the work OF the last three years
according to the regulations governing
tho selected group. A thorough knowl-
edge of American history and govern
ment will be one Of the requirements for
graduation with the A B. degree
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students doing secondary work. but n
would have a twofold reaction on our
colleges. By making 1t possible for the
Weather and more prosperous centres to
organize municipal colleges it would
PLACE collegiatef instruction within the
reach OF hundreds OF thousands OF boys
and girls who otherwise would never be
permitted to enjoy its advantages BY
permitting these students to be taken
care OF at home we should at the same
time relieve our universities OF the over
now OF their freshman and sophomore
classes. With multiplication Of these
public colleges our universities mxht
soon become in reality what they now
are in name. II an organization were
perfected along these lines the terms
junior high school and Junior college
might we'll be used to designate the work
covered in the first two years Of the
regular high school and the regular COL
lege courses respectively This would
encourage rural communities and VII
lagos that were not financially able TO
support regular four year high school
to concentrate their efforts upon a junior
high school. Those towns and cities that
were not financially able to support a
municipal college would likewise be en-
couraged to establish a municipal Junior
college. The largest and weaftriest cit
les might well maintain In add IN to
their municipal college, municipal uni
versities and schools of Technology
Christian Science Monitor.
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Bachelor Of Philosophy
Degree at Wesleyan

ply, social science mathematics and
natural sciences. This Is, in q way. a
continuation and development OF pre-
paratory school work, as we'll as a Pc
rlod of introduction to advanced special
study. Upon the broad foundation pro-
vided by this wide range Of studies the
structure of advanced study can be more
easily erected
The special courses will be concen-
trated in the last two years. when the
work Of the student will be distinctly
different from that OF earlier years.
The Junior should know definitely into
what calling he is going and should be-
gin to prepare carefully for It Each
undergraduate, therefore, will be re-
ouired to choose a department into
which the majority OF the work carried
will fail, while the rest of It will be
In related departments. Each student
should have at least a fair conception
OF one OF the great fields of knowledge.
The keynote of the last two years will
be specialization, Just as that OF the
first two will be generalization. Inter-
est In these concentrated studies will
be strengthened by q system of honor
work devised to encourage the student
to voluntary prosecution of further
study in his chosen course.
Along with these sweeping changes
are more stringent regulations regard
ing promotion from class to class, and
probation: absences or "cuts' will not
be allowed to any student who is behind
In his work, while honor students will
have liberal allowances. The names of
honor men will be p0eiished at regular
intervals.
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NEW honor systsm is to Be In

NEW honor system is to Be In,
IA inaugursted at Brown Uni
4 \ versity next fall The pros
pectus as issued by the university
says:
The university will make the follow
ing changes In order to stimulate more
vital interests In scholarships, to offer
students of marked ability greater op-
portunity to carry on their work while
in close association with one or more
members OF the faculty. and to encour-
age them to measure their achievement
in terms of breadth and depth of knowl-
edge rather than in number of courses
or Of facts acquired:
/. That preliminary honors OF two
grades be awarded at the close OF the
sophomore year to students whose work
for the two years has been Of an ex-
ceptlonal character.
2. That final honors Of two grades be
awarded at graduation on the basis Of
students work in some chosen field
Of concentration
3. That honor courses be established
In certain departments.
These honors will be awarded, start
ing with the class OF 1929, in all de-
grees. including the Sc. r. degree. For
preliminary honors the students grades
must be not less than 40 per cent. A,
not less than so per cent ~ and d,
and must include no failures The
highest preliminary honors will be CIV
en- to those whose grades contain not
less than So per cent. a ana 100 per
cent. A and 3.
Except In special cases only those
who have achieved at least preliminary
honor. will be accepted as candidates
for final honora The candidate must
pursue with distinction at least FIVE
year courses in his field of concentra-
ton The committee on educational ad-
vice and direction will provide him with
a special course during both his Junior
and senior years. the work being done
under the direct supervision Of a mem
Der Of the faculty, but will not include
the routine OF class work The intention
Is to make the quantity and quality
of work greatly in excess of that neces-
sary for the ordinary college course"
In this case he would probably be re-
quired to take only four courses year,
getting the full credit. II the candida lie
does not show unusual achievement in
his field Of concentration, or IL he does
not maintain a B average in his other
course, he will be required TO dlscon-
tinue his candidacy for the final honor.
A candidate would be excused from
regular examinations at the close OF
his senior year, and possibly during the
whole of that year The statement con-
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A FTER weeks OF concentrated COM
~ mittee work. the faculty Of Yves
leyan University of Middletown.
Conn, has formally announced the
changes in the curriculum Of the college
resulting from wartime conditions Tho
cut system" which was entirely abol-
ished last December, has been reinstated
with many restrictions. Courses OF
study are so planned that freshmen and
eophomores will have almost entirely
general culture studies, while juniors
and seniors will be required to specialize,
looking forward TO their ultimate call
inss An elaborate system OF honors has
been devised. The department of physi-
cal education, put upon the same basis
as all other college departments, offers
required courses for the three lower
classes under the direction of Prof Ed
gar Fauver. The theory upon which the
entire new curriculum Is worked out is
that every undergraduate of Wesleyan
should have nrst as background a broad
culture and general knowledge which
can be used as basis for the advanced
special studies Of his last two years.
Hereafter three degrees will be offered
Instead Of two, that Of bachelor of phi-
losophy being added to bachelor OF
science and bachelor of arts. There
has been no change In requirements for
admission except the addition of half a
unit for those students not prepared in
Latin and Greek. During freshman and
sophomore years the time OF the students
will be given almost entirely to the re-
Quired Introductory courses in many de-
partments-English, language. philoso-
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MOUNT Ho1YoKE COLLEGE.

A folder with the heading your
Bonds for Your College" Is being sent
out to all the alumne OF Mount Holyoke
College. Each alumna is urged to con-
tribute at least one Liberty bond to the
million and a half dollar endowment
fund. The campaign which Is now be-
ing inaugurated will continue through
June 90. 1921.
When this sum Is secured Il will be
possible for the college to make the In
crease in the salaries OF the members OF
the faculty which has long been desir.
able and is now imperative in view OF
present conditions. as a million dollars
will be devoted exclusively to endow-
ment. Not a single department in the
college is sufficiently endowed to meet
It's own expenses 1rd pay adequate sal
aries TO its instructors.
Hair n million dollars must be appro-
priated for new buildings Ever since
the burning OF Williston Hail in Deem
Der. 1917, new science hall has been
the most imperative need Of the col
lege. Because of the high cost of ma
terials and labor and because Of the fact
that the attention of every one was en-
crossed by war time activities, It seemed
inadvisable to start a campaign for
funds at that time; so a temporary
science building was erected, but It is
now proving inadequate. and It Is also
needed for the purpose for which It was
designed at the outset
The building of a dormtory group
plans for which have been drawn by the
architects. Brainerd e. Leeds of Bos-
Ton cannot be postponed longer, unless
Mount Holyoke Is to refuse admission 10
many OF the students who are applying
Tor admission each year. As 1t is, the
campus houses are overcrowded. and re-
lief from this congestion is essential.
MISS Ruth French Adams, 10, of Port
iand' Me, who has been appointed exec
u'Ne secretary OF the endowment fund
committee, will organize and direct the
campaign.
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Extensive Improvements
at Pennington.

For the first time In many years Pen
nington School is looking forward to a
season with confidence. The board OF
trustees recently authorized the improve
ment committee to go ahead with extern
sive repairs and renovations to the main
building
After commencement DIR. u. r. Brlin-
yate. the chairman of the committee for
improvement, obtained the services OF
six students and called in the carpenters
and painters. electricians. plasterers
plumbers. roofers and ttnsmths. and laid
down the plan for a systematic removal
ton OF the over half a century old build
ings.
Among the first things discussed were
the changes to be made on Bondage and
Liberty halls. Here single rooms were
thrown into a suite OF three rooms for
two boys. consisting OF two single bed
rooms and a Joint study. New floors
were laid. the woodwork given heavy
coats of white paint. and newly papered
throughout A new system of electric
lighting has been installed which will ado
greatly 10 the attractiveness of the suites
and rooms. New beds. mattresses, bu-
reaus tables. chairs and rugs have been
purchased under the direction of the
committee.
This will make the dorm!tories de-
cidedly more attractive. homelike, pleas
ant and comfortable for the boys The
plumbing is OF the highest order, having
been furnished by ]. L. Mott & co. The
rooms and halls are large and roomy
and lots Of fresh. invigoratlng air comes
into the dormitories.
The outside OF the building is being
treated with a preparation made by
Benjamin Moore & Co.. worldwide paint
manufacturers 1t is an attractive
cream color the ga sh and trim are white
and brown respectively. The porch has
been renovated and new roof has been
put on. and the porch proper will be
painted with two coats OF heavy white
paint The sun parlors will be comforta-
bly, equipped and decorated, so that the
entire building will be in first class repair
when the boys return on September "a.
Steelman & Co. of Trenton have put a
new four ply Stag roof on the main build
ing, and Voorhees, & Co. have made the
Administration Building roof tight and
wea therproof. This decidedly is an i'm
portant factor for the comfort OF the stu
dent body during the winter months.
The committee. consisting of President
Massey, ]. Fithian TAtem, J. w. Sparks
and DR.. Brunyate, are pushing the work
with much expedition. They are taking
personal interest and pride In the work.
and this will insure the work being done
in a satisfactory manner.
Pennington School il facing the future
with optimism. The directors are very
earnest in their plans. and patrons may
DO sure that the interests OF their chill
dren will be we'll taken care Of
The students who are helping In such
splendid ways with these improvements
are H. L. Sheppard. Charles Titus, Theo-
dore Schwarz, Mahlon Weber. Carl Voss
and Arthur Brown. They deserve a great
deal of credit for the fine spirit they
have ma infested toward a difficult task.
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New University of Hawaii

DLANS for a new College of Arts
and Sciences. which will grant the
degree of bachelor of arts and
which will give general four year
college course nre made known In
the first public announcement concern
Ing the newly created University OF
Hawaii. formerly the College Of Hawaii,
at Honolulu. Oahu. Tho present col
lege will, after the university charter be-
comes effective on July /. 1890, be known
as the College Of Applied Science. 1t will
continue to grant the degree OF Bachelor
OF Science.
New professors and instructors will
be added to the faculty with the OPEN
ing OF the university year OF l92O-21.
and some additions will be made this
fall. The general outline OF the courses
leading to the new degree has been an
1ounced. and graduate degrees are
limited at The official announcement Is,
In part, as follows:
The College OF Hawaii was orsa nized
as a college OF agriculture and mechanic
arts continues the Christian Science
Monitor. Its programmes OF study have
been largely scientific and adapted to
At young men and young women for
practical work in the applied sciences.
Students who wished to prepare for law.
business life or other non-scientinc fields
have found that the opportunities here
were too limited.
The charter fer the University OF
Hawaii. which passed the Legislature
this session. provides that beginning In
1920 the present college shall be merged
into q university which shall consist, at
1rst Of at least two colleges and may
! ultimately oompriss . group OF sevsrsl
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A New Honor System !.
For Brown University

tinues, "at the end Of the senior year
the candidate for honors will be exam
ined IN the whole work OF the field OF
concentration. This examination VIII
consist OF a written test of not less than
four hours extent and OF an oral exam
nation, conducted by committee OK
the department, and open to members
of the university. At the option ofsthe
department concerned. q thesis or re-
port may also be required. That stu
dents failing to maintain the proper
standard in this examination be given
credit in the concentration work toward
the degree without honors."
These honors will do away with all
department honors, the new basis be-
ing on the field OF concentration. The
plan will consist OF supervised reading,
reports and essays at stated intervals,
but will discontinue the present three
hours a week OF classroom attendance
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INSTRUCTION.
SCHOLARSHIPS.
SCHOLARSHIPS

D. Appleton and Company will
aid you to secure a free scholarship
in any educational institution in the
United States in exchange for sum-
mer work in their behalf. Offer in
cludes all universities, scientific,
musical and religious institutions.
For particulars write to or call on
Albert E. Wier, co d. APPLETON
& CO.. 35 West 32nd St., New York
City.
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CAMP MONT BLEU.

The canoe trip through Dagle, ITO
wanus. Rsquette, Forked and Long
lakes the Marion and Raquette rivers
which was scheduled for last week, wa :
postponed on account OF rain, and will
be taken during the present week. While
waiting for the trip the boys are enjoy
Ing the bass fishing.
Several shorter trips have been taken
into the woods. the first to Trreu and
Won ponds. On this trip the boys used
the small shelter tents OF the army, and
spent the night in Tirrell.
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HOLY NAMES MUSICAL.

The Academy OF the Holy Name, AL
bany. n, Y. has a music department
whose merit is second to none Of its
KIND In the State OF New York. The
stan. composed principally OF religious
teachers. includes such masters as Sigis-
mond Stojowski and Alfred y. Cornell
OF New York. The department makes a
The following programme was rendered
recently:
The Maiden's Wish. ................ Chopin Lisxt
Prelude in u minor................Ra chntanlnOY
Frances CantvelL
Polonalse, op, % No. I...........,,,,...C honn
Marjorie McDonough.
Souvenir (violnl. ................ Drdls
Elizabeth Kelly.
Frances Cantwell at the plano
rolonhse Paderewski
Nocturne IF major ....,,..............Sch uma mn
scherEo In sharp minor. Chopin
Alice McEneny.
oArna'sl hisnon; ;..''.'.....--. schutt
Irene Cooley.
Classic Dances
The Priestesses-Iphegenie en- Tauride =. .Giuck
Ensemble.
Moment Musical. ....,.......,..... Schubert
Anita Mas.
Polyhymnia -SerenHta ............... .MosIkowski
Marion OConnor.
Walues OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. schubert
The Cherished Urn -Barca role. e.. haikowski
Anita Mas,
Dance Americana. G anne
Ensemble.
Angelina Russo at the piano.
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Semester Compared With
the Quarter Plan at Our
Colleges and Universities
BY W. d. HIEsTAND.


1.-THE following read the ninth meeting
American Association of Collegiate Registrars held University
ChcsgoJ
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Angelina Russo at the piano.
+ Marion O'Couuo4,
Virginia Drnogan,
Mn,smh,a Constance Hammond,
Elizabeth Byrnes,
Kathleen Green
| PlumA Mcintosh.
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INSTRUCTION.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
BOY SCOUT CAMP NOTES.

New boys who registered this week are
Harold March, Frederick Knight, William
Aanley, Warren Manley. Harold Wagner,
William Williams and George Dugan.
Great interest is being shown by the
boys in telegraph work They have in
stalled two instruments in the mess tent
and messages are being sent at all hours
The boys also have received instructions
in semaphore signalling and are able TO
send and receive messages.
An addition is being built to the kit
chen so that the camp equipment may be
stored during the winter
Boxing is one of the favorite diversions
among the scouts, and Cupid Plumb
stands ready to meet all corners in the
pinweight class.
Friday of this week win be visitors
day and it is suggested that pie or
cake would be the most suitable sort O
an admission fee The camp enter
tanned betweeI~ IS and 20 visitors las
| Thursday and Sc on Sunday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06

in there is a general-charge of misman-
agement against the trustees.
With respect to the town of Brattle-
boro's answer the trustees ask to have
certain matters stricken out for the
same reason as given in the case of the
society answer, namely, that they are
matters which should be raised in the
probate court and not in the supreme
court
Paragraphs which they desire elimin-
ated from the towns answer are one
wherein it is asked what amounts are
expended for the various purposes of
the trust; one wherein it is stated that
the amount @iven TO the seamstresses is
j insufficient, that the trustees have laid
down arbitrary rules and that the trus-
tees have exercised their discretion all
bitrarily; some wherein;it is stated that
the trustees have abused their discretion
arbitrarily; one wherein it is stated
that the trustees have abused then, dis
erection and that their discretion ought
| not to be enlarged; one wherein GER
| tain statements are made concerning
/ the administration of one of the trus-
tees, and one which the trustees saw
| introduces matter not raised by the bill
| of Instructions.
The paragraph concerning the admin.
istration of one of the trustees. to which
| objection is made, is that which reads
as follows:
.tAnd this defendant saws that. II
| the exercise of the almost unlimited dis
erection given to the trustees, it has ha6
the unfortunate effect that one of tb,
trustees, Richards M. Bradley, whose
particular duty it has been to dispens,
the fund has become largely out O.
sympathy with the purposes of the trus
as expressed by the testator and as de
fined by the DEGREES of this court. an,
q further extension of this discretionary
authority viii greatly impair the bene
fits intended to be derived by the crea
ton of this trust
The Brattleboro ATTORNEYS handlin,
the case are Frank f. Barber and Or
rim B. Hughes for the society and Al
thur p. Carpenter for the town. an,
they have the assistance of the Law
firm of Bates, Nay, Abbott & Dane o
Boston.
1t is the desire of the society and tn
town to have master appointed t
hear all the facts in the case.