The Washington herald., 1920-11-29
SIDESCHOOLS
STIRCOLLEGES
Old Order Of Standardiza-
ton in Education AL
most Reversed.
sy GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

|. They used 20 complain IN the day,
when Charles W. Eliot wss acting
prssident Of Harvard and the domi-
nant ngure in the American educs-
tionsi world that the colleagues, by
their standardization OF entrance
examinations ana rigid tests Of
freshmen. were tyrannizing the sec
ondary schools. public and private
Now the colleges. In turn. are
bringing much the same charge
against the professional schools.
The colleges OF the country are
becoming the handmaIdens Of the
professional schools. said President
Goodnow OF Johns Hopkins UnIver-
sity, In q discussion OF this matter
before the Association Of the Col
leees and Preparatory Schools Of the
Middle States, at fits session In Bal
timore the other day. II is a pretty
night that 10 opening up; and az a
matter Of history. Il 10 well to recafl
that the colleges and universities
had TO listen TO the preparatory
schools. when the issue at last be-
cor e sharply drawn between them.
Incidentally IL may be noted that
President Goodnow says that so per
cent Of the undergraduates OF Johns
Hopkins now are going into engl-
neering when they graduate.
Senator Reed 20 EuIoEfse Marx
Twsin-
They are TO make much Of Marx
Twain at a celebration in his honor
to be held in New York City tomor-
row night, and Hon. James Reed. o,
Missouri. is to be the chief mourner
and eulogist. II IL is Mark Twain
the satirist who is to be portrayed
then the Missouri, statesman is aptly
selected. But IL it be Twain, the
humorist, It is a misft
Able Son of Brilliant Father.
One Of the veterans OF the consul
lar Service. Albert Halstead, is IN
town. He is a man you would look
at twice In any crowd, however not
able Its make up. Tall, erect. rudy
checked, fne featured and crowned
with an aura OF snow white hair.
he strides about. To friends OF his
father. the famous Murat Halstead.
he calls up the balmy days OF Re-
publican glory and the time when
Cincinnati was big on the Journal
istic map. Young Halstesd, as he
then was. served his time-Issl-gs
/ AS a Washington correspondent
Tor the Commercial Gazette. Then
followed three years OF editorial
MANAGEMENT In Springfield, Mass.
in the effort OF the Union" 70 outdo
the Republican" His consular eX-
psrience began when he was named
IA NJ
ham, England, in 1906. where he
remained until 1917 when he was
given the responsibilities OF the
post at Vienna Since May, 1918.
he has been L. s. Commissioner in
Vienna and has seen all the hor>
rors and vicissitudes OF the resi-
dent population as the CAV cspitaI
has been slowly turning into a char
mel house. Now IL is intimated thar
he Is to take up an important post
in Canada
Peru's Academic Spokesman.
Professor Victor Andres BelAunoe,
representing the ancient university
OF san Marcos, Lima, Peru. has ar
rived In the country and will visit
our leading universities lecturing on
themes calculated TO inform us abou,
the aspirations and achievements Of
contemporary Lattn-America.
He Is a man whose emfnence q,
law and in higher politics has en-
Seled him TO serve his country on
diplomatic missions, one Of his
latest posts being that OF Peru's
representative in Uruguay. the
] small but progressive and extreme
ly mcoernistic nation, that tends
| more and more to serve as an eN-
]
democratic methods Of government
on a population unusually homoge-
neous and literate.
The Letters of william James.
Lovers of epistolary literature %
high grade will revel in the col
lection OF the letters Of William
James, just published. This bril-
| liant humanist and humanitarian
had a style far more lucid than
that Of Henry James. his famous
{ brother, and also had a range of
human sympathy far excellinC that
OF his kinsman. who chose 20 be-
1 come British citizen in his last
days. William James won an inter-
| national reputation and following
as a Psychologist and philosopher
that no other large American figure
in the field Of philosophy ever won.
/ not excepting Emerson. In this
/ respect James's only rival has been
( the still living John Dewey. But a
I man may be a fine stylist in his
/ book writing and an influential
thinker, shaping the opinions Of
foreigners as well as his country
! men, and yet not be a great letter
writer. Yet this is what William
James was. Brilliancy. csndor. the
| light touch, wealth OF allusion to
literature and life, and variety OF
| comprehension are disclosed in this
| collection. The man stands re-
| vealed.