Evening journal., 1921-05-06
|COLLEGE much
MISUSED Term
DR.. Quinn, Dean at Penn,
Gives His Ideas on
Subject
SPEAKS AT TOWER
HILL SCHOOL

The second OF a series OF educa-
tional talks under the auspices Of
the trustees and faculty OF Tower
Hill School. was given last night in
the auditorium Of the school, when
/ Dr. Arthur Hobson Quinn. dean Of
the University OF Pennsylvania, ad-
dressed the students. parents and
teachers, on the subject How to get
into college, and how to get out"
Or. Quinn said. there are many
different points Of view about enter
ing college. The point Of view OF
1 the parent. and the pupil, and then
4 one must take into consideration the
point Of view Of the faculty Of the
4 college 10 be entered. Then TO go
4 to the other end Of the road there
are just as many other points Of
4 view about getting out Of the col
a liege"
DR. Quinn said his voice was suf-
fering somewhat from the talks he
d had TO make TO fond parents last
4 week over the usual spring jail de-
livery at Penn. as many parents
il want TO know why their boy or girl
4 has TO be dropped from the college.
He said.
1T is pathetic and every young
j nan or woman has my sympathy
Il who is unable 10 go on with their
Il studies through some uniting prep
Il Grafton for college or through some
i mis-choice Of studies.
II Continuing. he said: college is
much-misused term in the United
States and means anything such as
II a practical school. business co.A &c
and score Of ceher meanings. but
. there is only the college that edu-
Il oates and that is the Liberal Arts
3 College. Ask the young people who
& Hre contemplating entering college,
= chat is your object in entering col
II lege2 and unless you have been a
part of the administration OF some
college. il is hard TO realize the
vague ideas that young men and
women express as to their wanting
10 enter college II a boy has a turn
IN a practical direction. by all means
let him try his hand at II. as It may
save him a couple OF years Of his
y nfe."
college education should be ac-
n quired not for the sole purpose of
II making money out Of education Sc
n acquired. We all rely more or less or
" our own companionship, when We
start to get a little gray around the
temples, and there is nothing tha
can give us that companionship moro
4 than a good educational foundation
II always seems TO me there is Z
n void I'm the lives Of people who do
not know about human relation
and the greater things OF life.
in order TO get more out o
studies as taught in high schools an
preparatory schools. IL would be wei
Il II a student would 90 over his work
by a process of selection, that is
pick out an the important things ol
Il that subject or lesson. and cut ou
the other things. II this process o
selecting the important things wer
carried out by the students, thin
n the educational problems virtual
would be solved
"a boy should leave college wit
a good foundation OF his own liter
ature and at least the knowledge o
one modern and one ancient Ian
guage. and something about tn
exact sciences. 1t is terribl
thing the way some write and abus
= the English language. Literatur
should be studied for love OF IT,
There really is no gulf betwee
# school and college. as many SUP
pose. but the child should start
prepare for college from the yer
outset There are many things IN
school must leave undone. No pai
N ent can be too much alive to the
responsibilities"
In conclusion DR.. Quinn said thei
is nothing like a college educatio
for developing the character an
personality, which two qualities al
= entirely apart, though many thin
they are one and the same.
Before the lecture last Mig
Irence- DUPONT. president Of n
board OF trustees of Tower II
school. entertained at dinner
z honor OF DR.. Quinn, the trustees
the school. and DR.. John ID. Skiito
tho principal. Josiah Marvel act'
as chairman Of the evening, and d
troduced Dr. Quinn
Announcement was made by i
skiton that efforts are being MAJ
10 secure Miss Mary T. Johnso
noted exponent OF organic educatio
OF FairhOpe School, Greenwic
Conn, to deliver a lecture at q
school next Thursday night. Defni
announcement will be made later.