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EPARATORY SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES

are fundamental and with inaccurate
methods of work the colleges will not
rbe able to fulfil their mission.
The college, certainly for the next
few generations of students, must have
a more strongly marked vocational char
acter Man ever before. Even in the
arts couNSes we must expect that at
least some portions OF the curriculum
shall be given over TO subjects that VIII
have an immediate value when the stu
dent undertakes his lKe's work II this
is to be the case It is all the mofe neces-
sary that the fundamental schooling OF
the boy shall be thorough and exact> il
IL all the more necessary that boys snail
not be permitted to rush into college
until they can show by serious tess
that they have acquired sound habits
OF study.
TIE world is now examining every
bit of its political, social and economic
machinery. 1t is natural that there
should be some changes in the educa-
tonal structure. But at a time like
this there should be no weakening OF
scholarly ideals. The colleges and schools
must meet new conditions, but they
shcu.d be one of the great forces FOR
conservation and for steadying the rest
lessness which prevails everywhere
among young and old among laboring
men and among capitalists. They should
strive to promote sanity and thoughtful
ness There must be changes in our
SC me OF education. lut these changes
should be undertaken without haste and
they should have as their purpose
higher ideals of learning and greater
steadiness in cur national life.
The American boy with his thousands
Of interests and distractions. breathing
in az he does from day to day the at
mosphere OF unrest. needs firm guidance.
He needs the discipline of the home
and he needs the discipline of the most
carefully organized and thoughtfully
administered schools. This is not the
time for letting down the standards of
achievement that should be expected OF
him.
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by Prof. Chen. II will consist of easy
Conversational lessons, he explained
"A knowledge OF the Mandarin spoken
language OF China Is of the highest I'M
puriHnce Tor Americans desiring to take
part in the great business future that is
dawning across the Pacific" Prof Chen
said. The Government OF the United
States has already inaugurated a policy
looking TO improved trade relations with
the vast territory of China, with popu-
lation of about +0O.000.O0 people who
are practically one in their love of free
dom and peace. These people need man
ufaCtured goods from America. while
this country requires raw material from
China, so that even a. the present stage
OF undeveloped' trade relations the two
countries are 20 that extent economically
interdependeut."
Instruction IN spoken Mandarin will
he given on Monday and Thursday even
ings from y TO 5 o'clock. and in business
Chinese on Tuesday and Friday evenings
al the same hour. The lectures Of the
course on economic problems will follow
the classroom work in business Chinese.
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What Is Going On
Within Academic Walls
THE entertainment at which the boys
of Horace Mann High School, New

TIME entertainment at which the boys
of Horace Mann High School. New
York city. gave two plays-"The
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" and
The Maid of France"-netted $500,
which went for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Many prominent people Of the
city were present.
The new tenn opens on February 3,
but the school is so crowded that no new
classes will be opened. Only few boys
who are prepared to go on with the
classes already formed Will enter at the
midyear opening.
Candidates for track teams have been
called out and are working daily under
Coach Brown preparatory to participant
ing In the track meets in the armory
during the winter.
Dr. Arbuckle gives the second part of
his talk on Habit" to the boys Thurs
day morning.
In the ba sketball games with Fordham
Prep and Montclair. Horace Mann won
in each game with score of 20 to TO-
Last week they played the Burney and
Ethical Culture.
In the hockey game with Hackley last
week Hackley won, 1 to 0.
Johnny Fales of the Royal Flying
Corps Can old Horace Mann boy, now
on furlough. coaches the hockey team !;
William Glib. last years goal captain
is captain, and Dana Bennett. manager
plays right wing. Friday the hockey
team played New Rochelle; next week
they play Morristown.
The soccer team has Just ended very
successful season with John Mulholland
as captain. Hans Mancher is to be next
years captain.
The Wemm Club gives a tea dance on
February at the dormitory.
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YALE UNIVERSITY.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Jan. 25.-YaIe's
spring recess will extend from A NJ
on Saturday. March 90, to noon on Mon
day. March 81, according to an announce
ment of the administrative officers of the
university, This Is in accordance with
the calendar as adopted under the stu
dents Army Training Corps Com
mencement will come as usual on the
third wednesday In June. The dean OF
the college and the director of the sc,en-
tihc school will be allowed to arrange
for shortened and simplihed promen-
nde to take place prior 20 Lent
No university exercises are 10 be held
on Good Friday. April is.
Or. Joseph NJ Flint. organizer and
head of the Yale Mobile Hospital Unit.
has cabled that the unit sailed from Brest
on the Miletia and expected to land IN
Boston. Since the signing OF the armis-
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE

STATE COLLEGE. Pa. Jan. 25.-The
PENNSYLVANIA state College has 3,lS6
stars in her service flag and forty-six OF
them are OF gold. The alumni associa-
tion. which has gathered statistics Of the
Penn State men in service, reports that
there are SEQ commissioned officers, $50
ron-commissioned officers and 1885 pri-
Yates. tho last figure including the en-
listed personnel of the Students Army
Training Corps.
OF the state College men who gave
their lives, IS OF them are officers Some
were killed in action, some died OF
wounds and others OF disease; 81 were
wounded on the field OF battle. were in
German prison camps. | was badly shell
shocked. 3 We're severely glssed and 3
were rescued from torpedoed transports,
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THE NEW HUMANISM

THE college will not for the future
teach subjects nor students elect
courses merely as training for a
particular occupation in life, but with
the ideal OF life work as n profession
and OF the gradu tes position in life as
that OF a man OF culture, public spirit
aud civic leadership whether IN the
small community or in the large city.
whether in the home land or In foreign
climes. College men must nj them
selves for something more than a station
in lie. they must prepare for leader
ship.
Neither the interests Of the prom
ertied classes nor the rights of the
working people will be able to conscript
the support of educated men. To them
has fallen the lot OF leadership in the
great crusade against horror. crime and
autocracy. and right splendidly have
they acquitted themselves. on them.
too, rests the responsibility of conserv-
ing the fruits OF civilization, OF de-
veloping the forces OF cohesion in So
ciety and OF securing the stability Of
sound democratic government amid the
conflict Of classes. as we'll as from the
clash Of nationalist ambitions The spirit
or the Lord is upon them that they
shall discern truth. preach righteousness
and enforce Justice. They must save
society; II they fail. the future q with
out hope, for neither in Bourbonism nor
In Bolshevism is there salvation.
College training. moreover, can no
longer have In view life and service In
any single community or nation, con-
tnues the Wesleyan University Bulletin
In it, outlook 1t must rise above pro-
yincialism to grapple with the larger
interests OF State and nation and above
patriotism to promote Christianity and
to improve humanity in other lands.
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

To comply with a constan, and grow
ing demand for Knowledge Of the eco
nomic conditions OF China and the trade
conditions now prevailing the Denar,
nent Of Extension rearb,rr ~ Coiur,.
b!a University, New York CITY. has made
arrangements for three evening courses
designed primarily for those Intending
to go 10 China as business men and
diplomats, but also valuable -or tcarh-
ers and missionaries. The courses vii,
he given in English by Y NJ chen A
N. n Chinese native scholar. and will
be administered temnorariIv Nv prof 7
D. Prince head ~ me SIayo,;o do,,or.
ment. The instruction will commence
with the snrirr fern, I, Eahrr,ry 90,
will be given on Monday T,asday
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EMOBILIZATION OF our glorious

"fghtinG boys Is OF more than
the patriotic interest which all
feel AT their triumphant return. Affect
ing the school life of Columbia Grammar
school, New York city. very directly is
the addition TO the faculty of Lieut.. X f.
Pickett, who will head the scientific
department. Lieut.. Pickett Is a Column
bia University man who served most of
his time at Camp Meade. acting as in
structor In radio-elcctriCty
Then. from time TO time, many OF those
who made pOss bic the many starred
service nag of the school return to enter
tain and thrill with their stirring expe-
riences Among such recently was Mr..
La!ty, former member OF the faculty.
who was with the American division
hrgaded with the English in their great
Flanders drive. Mr.. La!ty's story OF the
German retreat was so very graphic that
ne enabled one to fairly visualize the
vast scale on which the retreat was con-
Quoted AS evidence of the thousands OF
tons OF materials left behind by the Ger
mans Mr. Laity displayed some very in
terestinr souvenirs picked up in the v axe
or the Hun horde. Among them were
the ubiquitous gas mask and a splendid
pair OF officers field glasses. the latter Of
no little material value
A recent event OF rather unusual in
terest was the debate OF the Irving De-
batting Society The subject, "Resolved ::
That Russia Should Be Left to Work out
is own r"s;My,' was little too BROAD
for such young orators to handle well.
Nevertheless, despite the difficulty and
compleXity of the subject, the event was
distinct success. affording much pleas
ure to the school and rejecting deserving
credit upon the speakers.
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Panoramic View of Various College Activities

tice the unit has been a part of the
Army OF Occupation. and its plans have
been announced DR.. Flnts message
came as delightful surprise to the
Yale authorities.
The units career has been remark
able In its scope and success. 1t wasor-
ganized in 1917 and early in the sum-
mer went to France. II proved Il model
after which the American hospital units
were patterned and after being assigned
a place At the front became known as
Hospital Unit No 30. A. L. r.
1t performed conspicuous service after
both the Chateau Thierry and 81, Mihiel
drives and its members were cited for
conspicuous bravery. II ia composed OF
members OF the faculty and student body
OF the Yale medical school.
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OBERLIN COLLEGE.

Thirty years ago detachment OF
Ohio educators from Oherlin College,
Oherlin, Ohio, entered the great province
of Shansi, in North China, and laid the
foundations for an enterprise. which
to-day. according TO Chinese Govern
ment officials, has become the most sig
rihcant enterprise OF It's kind in a ter
ritory including fifteen great townships
and over 500 cities and villages and n
floating population Of 100000
The Oberlin plant. located Mt Tailiu
md Fenchow. includes a modern sec
ondarv school equipped with thirty
buildings, faculty OF upward Of fifty.
with student body Of between 200 and
500. Graduates FIJI responsible posi-
tions In all parts of China, on the fac
ulties OF the universities I'm Pekin. Can
ton, &c, in Government service. in the
army. the navy and the medical coll
lege AT Tientsin
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Latest News of
EUentS in the
Scholastic
World
Asst Friday evening DR.. Thomas


asst Friday evening DR.. Thomas
Stockham Baker. headmaster Of
the Tome School. Port Deposit.
Md. delivered an address on THE
American Boy" at Wadleigh High
School, New York city. The following
is n portion Of his address:
What has been the influence of war
upon the American boy? No one has
escaped its effects and the boys of the
country must also share in the mis-
fortunes and the losses that have been
caused by the worldwide catastrophe
Education has halted, the schools have
suffered, there have not been sufficient
teachers to man the schools and COL
leges. Besides the war has produced
a state OF restlessness in the minds of
boys unknown before even IN this I'M
quiet age. Books and school tasks have
had an even less important share OF
their attention. The older boys have
thought of little but how they could
enter some branch of the military or
naval service. But the feverish I'M
certainty has shown itself in every
branch and in every stage of education.
Finally, the establishment of the Stu
dent Army Training Corps proved to
be an educational disaster. Most of
the colleges abandoned all serious edu-
cational standards Under the pretext
of military preparation they consented
to give up the pursuit of learning. To
be sure. this hideous experiment lasted
only three months. but the effects OF
the Student Army Training Corps will
show themselves for years. The aban-
Comment of the conventional admission
requirements last September is bringing
with II change in the relations Of
the colleges to the schools. All indica-
tons point to a relaxation in the de-
mands Of the colleges for matrculation
on every hand We hear OF new expert
ments with respect to admitting boys
to colleges They indicate an even in
creased eagerness on the part OF the
colleges to secure larger numbers. For
the cause of education as we'll as for
the ultimate benefit OF the college this
is to be deplored. Successful college
work depends upon successful prepara-
ton. II the colleges admit boys with
inadequate knowledge of things that
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have been making a man OF straw and
neglecting the real topics of when and
how In our crowded curricula to put in
the subject. My reasons for emphasizing
the Importance of the subject are my
own observations, and the, fact just
given me by the Literary Digest that
their outlines of current topics 20 only
to 5000 teachers weekly. The Govern
ment itself should issue these outlines
and do not doubt under the new Fed
eral education law 1t willard they
should go to every classroom. properly
graded from the primary through the
secondary schools and colleges.
The when is very simple We take one
English period week in every class
and Use the Literary Digest, the news
papers and any opportunity to hear great
men. Surely there is some other sub
ject. II not English. which could with
advantage yield a period a week to cur
rent topics as a means of patriotism.
The how Is much more important. My
own feeling (and practice) Is that the
head of the school should seize this
wonderful opportunity to get away from
mere administration. and TO keep that
close contact with the students which
alone is likely to temper with the hui
man youthful relationship the vast me-
chanics OF routine, which so soon be-
come overwhelming. Certainly nothing
has been finer for me personally than
the Inspiration OF this work. 1t has
made me recognize more clearly than
ever the higher privilege OF being an
American citizen, and the higher privi-
lege OF sharing In the development OF
those who are 10 solve. through faith in
America and In her ideals. the vast prob
'ems which lie ahead. If the head for
any good reason cannot seize this
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The SchOOlmasters Association
Continues Its Monthly Series
Of Patriotic Addresses

the world labors for wages while,
saves surplus with which to buy tools
OF land for himself. then labors on his
own account another while and at length
hires another new beginner to help him
This. say its advocates. is free labor
the Just and generous and prosperous
system which opens the way for all,
gives hope to all and energy and prog
ress and improvement OF condition to all.
am not ashamed 70 confess that
twenty-five years ago was a hired la
aorer, mau'inV rails at work on a fat
hoat-just what might happen to any
poor mans son. want every man to
have the chance--and believe a black
man IS entitled 70 tin which he can
better his condition, when he may look
forward and hope to he a hired laborer
this year and the next. work for himself
afterward and finally to hire men to
work for him. That Is the true sys-
tenn Then you can better your
condition. and 50 II may go on and on
in one cease,ess round so long as man
exists on the face OF the earth"
II is to preserve this opportunity OF
Lincoln. gentlemen, that we must teach
patriotism through current events, for
some current events are tending to de-
s'roy the Amcricaniem Of Hamilton. OF
Jefferson, OF Lincoln, OF Roosevelt and OF
Wil|on. Surely for us in our democracy
the way to offset these tendencies Is to
spread an intense reverence for the heri-
age that IS ours TO show how Infinitely
finer is the chance we have for life.
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness
than would be any scheme of COM
nunism destructive of the very ideals
OF free men to promote an understand
ing Of the possibility of rcmedving evils
by the gradual growth Of character and
Of public morality. and through this evo-
luton, by the gradual change, where
Necessary. Of our institutions
Our healing Is not In the storm and
the whirlwind--it will be revealed by
the stil, small voice that speaks TO
the conscience and tho heart, prompting
US to Il wiser and a wider humanity
Butler.
Having now built up these actual rea-
sons for selling the vast power in cur
rent events for the teaching Of American
patriotism, ! hope you do not feel that
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first half by II to 10 score, and about
the middle of the second period the
score was tied at PAPA. Sitter OF Ped
die then Gagged a pretty field goal and
Jefferes. the other forward. added an
other point from the foul line. From
here on Peddie was unable to score, duo
to &c strong squirt in the last few min
utes by the home team. Three field
goals and a brace of foul goals soon put
Pennington in the lead. which the Ped
die team was unable to overcome
return game will be played at lights
town on February s, and naturally a
thrilling battle is being anticipated.
on Saturday, January IS, the Ped1ls
team met and decisively defeated the
fast Poly Prep team of Brooklyn in a
game played on the court OF the former.
A new combination was started by
Coach Rogers in placing Jefferies and
Chamberlin at the forward positions,
SITTER at centre and Jennings aud An
derson at guard. This lineup worked
very we'll together. for at the end of 10
first half the Peddie team was leading
by the comfortable margin OF &c TO =.
The second period saw a change IN
Poly's playing for the better and tho
final count became As to 10 in favor 4
the Peddieites The shooting of Jeff
rles Chamberln and Sitter for ledlls
and the all around playing OF Cullen for
the Poly Prep team were features.
O'Neil of the visitors was disqualified n
the second half for mourning four pcr-
sonal fouls. Brems, who substituted K
guard for Anderson of Pcddic, played
dashing game and contributed neat
goal from the field. Stuard. who r'-
placed Sitter at centre. also exhibited
good form in handling the ball. TIE
game was divided into quarters q
eight and seven minutes respectively,
with a regular ten minute intermss'on
between the halves.
While the NarsityP Poly Prep was be-
ing PLAYED the scrub" team was pre-.
pairing to meet the New Jersey School
for Deaf Nutes, whose team had been
winning quite regularly from teams IN
and about Trenton, y. j. The game DO
veloped into very fast contest, win
Marshall and Fry featuring for the Pc'-
die five. The final count was % to -
in favor of the second string men.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

The commencement Grafton at Boston
nj iverslty, Boston, Mass. will be given
next June by Sir Robert FalConer. presi-
dent OF the University OF Toronto. Ow-
ing to the lateneSs Of the opening OF the
university this year because OF unsettled
conditions arising from the Influenza
and tho organization OF the Students
Army Training Corps, commencement
day will be postponed until Tuesday,
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June %. The exercises OF commence
ment week will run from Friday. June
90. beginning with the university night
at symphony concert, TO commencement
on the following Tuesday. Chapter re-
unions will be held on Saturday. the
21st baccalaureate convocation on Sun
day afternoon the 22d, and class day
exercises in the various departments on
Monday the ed. The meeting of the
trustees will also be held on Monday.
June %.
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Not only courses IN American history by
devoted Americans but the examples all
about them of high public service con-
'-ihutcd the lessons. What. for Instance,
led us into teaching? Was II not that
Cali 10 public SerUic" which FOR genera
tioLs has runE through our colleges"
This call has been sounded by a great
company OF school nnsters-Soule, Amen
and Ferry of l,ye,e-, Prucroft and
Stearns OF Andovcr. MACPHERSON of
Lawrencevlle. Irvine of Mercersburg.
Cot and Drury o: s.. Paul's Burhler of
Hotchk'ss and Dr.. MAigs at the Hill. to
mention but a few of those most privi-
leged--privileged in that to them were
entrusted some of the best strains OF
American blood. ny q host of ia.n ard
women OF this same stamp the ideal OF
service to our country has been pro-
ella lined Throughout the rural and the
city secondary schools. by their fruits
We shall know them"
Fittngly the occasion most used for
the incubation OF patriotic ideals has
been the assembly. Here the great men
OF our country and OF our communities
have been invited 70 make clear to the
boys and girls some thing OF that Ameri-
can tradition Of which they are the ex-
emplars. ] well remember how forc!b,y
a remark os Principal Perry of Exeter
struck me as We passed through the
chapel. This be said, lis the heart
OF the school"
You recall. too, that poem OF Henry
Newbolt on Clifton Chapel:
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Ny son. the oath is yours; the end
Is His, Who built the world u strife
no gave his children Pam for friend,
And Death for surrst hope Of life
To-day and here tho fights begun.
o. the great fellowship you're free:
Henceforth the School and You are one,
And what you are the race shall be.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-10
How Red Cross Worked in Italy.

We have had our Little Italy" and
other TRANSFORMATIONS from the Old
World to the New, but the case is re.
versed--"Little America in Itnly--as
seen in an article from the COrriera
della Sera, the great Milan newspaper:
THE heat is mereiless. On the road
side, under the shade of a cluster of
trees, stands hut with an Italian flag
and a flag showing a field of blue with
stars. and red and white stripes The
soldiers crowd the place. This is a
rest house Of the American Red Cross.
Here our great American ally brings
a lot Of good things. Coffee, cool
drinks, bread. chocolate--as we once
knew it-and crackers-we no longer
are accustomed 10.
''The soldiers have already baptized
these rest houses. They call them In a
jocular way American bars and when
from afar they see on the road the tri-
color and the Stars and Stripes they
cry, Let us go TO visit America =
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-07-10
How Explorer fared in Arctic.

Another cherished Illusion is dis
PEELED and relegated to the junk heap
Of vivid misconceptions that have sud
denly faded. Explorer Vilhjalmur
Stefnnsson, who has returned from "a
iive-years' cruise In the regions around
the North pole, tells US that the
weather up there is by no means the
frigid terror we have pictured in our
minds. 1t is much cooler In central
Siberia than at Hersche island Even
near the geographical pole the climate
never gets really bad, although the mer-
curry occasionally runs down to 90 be-
low zero Indeed, it was so mild and
compatible with physical comfort that
he usually disrobed on the porch Of
his igloo and passed the evening in his
underwear, resting at night in his
sleeping bag. His underwear. by the
way. was Of RENDERS skin with the
fur side inside. He has explored some
10000 square miles amid all kinds Of
weather, and claims to have suffered
no hardships until his return to ciyili-
zation.