New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

10y THAT has become OF the old-fashioncd
NA man--if that lay figure may be bor-
Wv rowed from Ed Howe-who used to

Wv rowed from Ed Howe--who used to
think that education was bounded by
the three R'sg
The answer TO this one-barreled question
raire Is: ~'He Is sending his boys and girls to
suan,er school in New York to be educated
n thousand-and-one subjects, including
laundry work and trombone playing"
II there is anything within the scope Of
human experience that the summer schools Of
New York do not teach, ali one has to do is to
20 and whisper that fact into the ear of
wakeful college president and the defect will
be remedied. In the matter Of up-to-dateness
the summer school is quick on the trigger No
sooner had DR.. Albert Einstein hit these
shores, with his pipe and his theories, than it
vas made possible to take lessons in Einstein
during the summer weeks. If any new dis
eoyery in science is announced In June rest
assured that the students at'New York's sum-
mer schools will be taking expert instruction
in it in July. The next logical thing, if the
general advancement is TO be kept up, will be
for the summer schools to be teaching some
great discovery before the discovery is made
Every summer there is an enormous influx
Of students to New York, just at time when
the graduates of the regular classes are still
listening to the fine, resounding echoes of their
own commencement day speeches. The sum-
msr students are not concerned with caps and
Hn %ha~v L. g.
Thousands come from other parts Of the
United States, and even from other countries.
to take advantage of the six or eight weeks
courses provided at these schools. Others are
serious-minded young New Yorkers, and some
are not so young, as gray hair is quite common
among the summer student body. Many are
teachers intent on taking special subjects
which will open the way to better pay for them
in their profession. Others are business men
who have at last found leisure to pursue stud
les which they had desired to take since youth
but which hitherto had not proved available.
New York is the center of summer student
activity because this city has the schools plus
certain other attractions in an educational and
amusement way that no other place affords
To supply the needs of the summer students
the entire college curriculum is moved over
into the short session branch and to it are
added mary special subjects.
The summer school bulletin of Columbia
University is good-sized book in itself. The
bulletins of New York University and the
College of the City of New York are full of
p+a~
to the one who seeks knowledge. Some of these
seekers &C in for the unusual.
For instance, there may be young man
ont in midwestern town who has long wanted
to play the slide trombone. The only trombone
player in town is the barber, and he is too
busy to give lessons. Besides, the young man
has doubts regarding the barber's ability to
make second Arthur Pryor Of any student.
lie turns 70 the summer school bulletin issued
by one Of New York's institutions of higher
learning and he finds that he can get college
Instruction in either the cornet or the from
: bone
II there is any person who has an idea that
there are few tricks to be learned at the
washtub let that idea be revised, for one
New York summer school offers a course in
ouiiuly WORK, lncludlng the laundering OF
colored fabrics and 1annels." Many laundry
man who is now collecting money for fading
and shrinking the property of others would
re benefited by such course beyond all doubt.
Marked copies of that bulletin should be sent
to every laundryman. An additional course
or two should be provided, such as instruction
N marking laundry in inconspicuous places
and washing and ironing collars without
giving them sawlike edgse.
It should not be assumed that ali the sum-
mer courses deal with manual work. One
can take combinations calling for extreme
versatility. A course in Assyrian, for in
stance, paired with a course in practical work
On the sewing machine ought to provide suffi-
cent balance to make a health-giving school
ration fer any ambitious girl. You can get
both courses at summer school-with the
necessary Assyrian tablets and modern sew
Ing machines furnished for practical study.
If you want to study psychological meas
urement of employees-something brand new
1t might be well to combine it with course
IN Photography, or perhaps session at auto
mechanics, with practical work on spark plugs
and other machinery. Thus one will not only
learn how to take the mental measure of an
applicant for job, but one can also take the
physical measure of balky automobile.
Questions that have aroused recent public