Evening journal., 1919-11-18
American School Boys and Girls.
viii Exchange Weekly Letters
And Information With French
Exchange of Historical Geographical Homee, Commercial and
Clippings.

With the approval OF the Department
OF State and the United states Bureau
OF Education, and the cooperation OF
the French Ministry OF Education. there
will be operated in the United states,
beginning with the school year, a Ma
tional Bureau OF French-American Edu-
cation Correspondence, tosbe located at
fGeorge Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn. The new bureau will promote
| correspondence between hundreds OF
thousands OF pupils In France who are
studying English and the pupils in
America who are studying French.
Tho bureau VIII obtain from each
| teacher OF French in the United States
the list OF pupils recommended for cor
respOndence. Similar lists will be OBJ
tanned from the teachers OF English in
France. For each pupil there will be
given personal data as TO age, sex,
preparation. and main interests. so that
the bureau may select the best-suited
correspondents for each individual
pupil
Boys will correspond with boys. and
girls with girls. From the bureau.
teachers in America will receive a list
OF carefully selected French correspond
ents, so distributed in all the repre-
sentative French and Belgian centers
and the war area that there viii be the
maximum benefit for the class as
whole. For French and Belgian classes,
there will be a similar representation
OF American centers.
The plan is that the French and
American correspondents exchange
weekly educational letters each writing
first in his own language and later In
the language OF his foreign correspond
ent. Linguistic training will not be
the only educational end served. Along
with the letters, there will be a fine
exchange OF historical artistic, geo.
graphical, manufactural, commercial,
and home-llfe material and information,
clippings, picture pOstsls, kodak views, !
etc. leading up 20 the deepest eX-
changes OF human sympathies and
ideals. that will reinforce international
good will.
All the correspondence coming to the |
members OF a given class Will be kept
on a bulletin board for the benefit OF
teacher and class. At general exercises !
in the schools. the foreign-language |
classes may present the most interest
ing phases OF the correspondence to the
entire school The bureau will issue J
bulletins TO the teachers showing how
10 direct the pupils in this correspond
ence. Colleges and universities private
classes and clubs. as well as high
schools. are included in the plan.
George Peabody College for teachers.
Nashville. Tenn, will furnish the hous-
ing and general administration IL is
p'tlned. II funds permit, TO establish
w1hin a few months. also. spanish
American bureau for all schools where
Spanish is taught.
Through the cooperation OF the
French Ministry Of Education all the
schools. lycees, colleges. and universi-
ties OF France are responding to the
so that many lists OF French
are already being re-
,eyed. Any institutions In America
where French is taught or where there
are students who can read French, as
well as all private classes. clubs, or
study circles. will be served by the
,ureau. Literature and enrolment
blanks will be sent throughout the
Any institutions or classes
Tot otherwise reached may write to the /
bureau ~