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The New York herald., 1921-02-06

was among the guests that night. but he was
a member of the Catskill colony, and to our
boysh eyes a tall, silent, melancholy man in
a sombrero and soft shirt His host was n
physician whose wife had a way of taking
the unhappy bard from cottage to cottage,
placing him in full view of every one. and
then reading from his works and those of M.
Rostand, Mr.. Kipling and others. While the
reading was in progress our young eyes
sought the buffet.
Two other public performers at Twilight
made an impression on us boys and girls.
Fabian, the elocutionist pronounced when
we offered him chocolates, THANK you. my
dears. 1t is always a privilege to eat
bone bone
contralto voice, startled us by singing.
There, little girl. don't cry" though the
words were prohibition.
josiah Royce, the Harvard logician' was
rosy, dumpy little man, with high fore
head. He. too. wore fearful. fearful clothes
And his lectures were dull. One afternoon a
young author inquired of stephen Royce.
aged ~, for his opinion of a manuscript
story for boys. We'll" gravely responded
the little philosopher, looking at the clock OF
the public library its nearly time for my
dinner. but l WI read the thing. As
a story, it's fairly good, but the punctuation
is rotten"
During the first two weeks of Hugo Mum
sierbergs course in psychology freshmen
got the impression that they were listening
to German vaudeville comedian; slowly
they became accustomed to his exaggerated
dialect
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Boyhood Days in Edison's Workshop

neatly wrapped by Miss Muriel Head. and
her nephew, Bevil Toemache. Looking
out through a peephole Q was so prisoned
that could hardly walk but the ballroom
floor was slippery, / noted the smiling
appreciation of the guests, and heard them
cry, Bravo" when they read my legend
"7res fragile" Returning to my room,
dismayed the porter and the maids by
bursting from my cocoon and leaving upon
the carpet large pile of wrapping paper.
Lord Redesdale. formerly the Ambassador
to China, is the writer of books of reminis-
cence. The youngest Redesdales were twins
Daphne. an imperious little girl of eight
one morning stamped her foot and cried
out to her governess Miss Gujum, | will
net study to-day, l quite refuse"l This
was the governess who always wore
straw hat for coasting.
The five-yearold daughter of a Swiss
general was a sef-possessed doll in the
shortest of skirts When a big man seized
her and threw her aloft she objected, ar
Tctcs, Monsicurl Vous derdngez mes
jUpons!"
The Caux menu was vastly amusing
Among the Neronan dainties served to us
were veritable goldfish (as distinguished
from the military edible that goes by that
name), and cocks combs in salad.
At Twilight Park. in the Catskills. my
TclatlNcS once tne Iatner OF tne
child poets, Dora and Elaine Goodale. Mr..
Goodale interested me, as a boy. for these
reasons: He lived in a chalet on the roof
Of a New York studio building, and actually
kept Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island
Reds up there he wore an enticing pepper
and salt suit: he said Good night" with
distinction; and he slept in pink silk paja-
One time my aunts sent out invitations
that read I'm this fashion,:
Bring a faggot, tell tale,
Ere the faggot-fre doth fail"
Among the guests was Josiah Flint, whose
real name was Frank Willard, a writer on
vagabonds. The tramps called him "Ciga-
rette" He performed the feat of Disgusting
himself as a Russian shrine pilgrim and
visiting Tolstoi. with whom he spent month.
Josiah Flint arrived at my aunts party in
company with young woman. Between
them they carried a good sized log, with a
red ribbon tied about it.
1--WE are resolved" said Josiah, ito tell you
the longest story you have ever heard" But
the fireplace was too narrow for the log. and
Josiah sad that he would compromise by
di opping a toothpck into the blaze.
doubt whether Bliss Carman, the poet,
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
New Type of School Launched
In a Borrowed Greenhouse

One day Mr.. Morgan called on c. f. Ket-
tering, now chief engineer of the General
Motors Corporation, who has beautiful
estate in Moraine Park, Dayton, Ohio. Mr..
Kettering had built on it a large green
house partly for experimental purposes. He
wanted to devise some way of making starch
with as much ease as do plants.
LET me have your greenhouse" said Mr..
Morgan.
what do you want with it?' asked Mr..
Kettering.
al want to use it as a school for children, -
was the reply.
Mr.. Kettering gave the permission, and
the new type of school launched.
Briefly, it's system was based on making
studies interesting to children from the
kindergarten age up to IL or IA. The green
house was divided into several compart-
ments representing a printing house, a
bank. a store, &c. 1t was miniature mu-
nieipality. To run the little printing house,
blnk, &C., the children had to know arith-
mctic writing and reading. With Mrs
Aiorgan's assistance the school became so
successful that the demand for admission
far exceeded the accommodations
So when Antioch College, whose first
president was Horace Mann, was almost
gasping it's last breath Mr. Morgan decided
that the Morane Park school principle
should be applied to the higher realm Of
education In travelling around the coun-
ry he unfolded his ideas to many business
tnd professional men as well as educators.
II has reorganized the board OF trustees
and has induced these among others, to
serve on the new board:
frank A. vanderlip, the New York capi-
talist and financier; Joseph +. Cotton. law
partner of William G.. McAdoo. former Sec
retary of the Treasury; Gordon Reutschler.
prominent manufacturer Of Hamilton
Ohio Ellery Sedgwick, editor of the Atlantic
Monthly; c. f. Kettering, chief engineer of
the General Motors Corporation William
Mayer. chief engineer of the Ford organiza-
ton: Jerome Greene, formerly secretary OF
the General Education Board. and Edward F
Gay editor Of the New York EreninO Post
In addition to the trustees Mr.. Morgan
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Minimum Cultural Curriculum
To Be Assigned in Specific Detail

President Morgan then took up the mini
mum cultural curriculum "The aim of the
cultural subjects in the vocational courses
is to give the student the outlook and dis
cipline OF mind of the educated man in the
various fields of human knowledge" he said.
"The time that such student can give to
cultural education is limited. In this linn
tied time we want him to get a fundamental
knowledge of every one of the main depart
ments of knowledge.
THE student himself will not have the
maturity and judgment TO choose properly
such studies as will give him the type of
cultural education we want him to have
Therefore, believe that this part of his
work, which we call the minimum cultural
curriculum must be assigned to him in
specific detail and that within this field there
should be very little opportunity for cleo
ton on his part. II he has covered the
minimum requirements he should have a
wide freedom of election for further pursuit
of such cultural subjects as may appeal to
him."
In discussing the vocational courses Presi-
dent Morgan said: "A single dominant pur-
pose will run through all the vocational
courses This purpose is to develop capacity
for proprietorship and administration, to
make men and women self-directing and the
ones on whom final authority rests. The
distinction between the proprietor and en-
ployee is one of kind and not of size. The
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
"Copey's" Glasses in Reading
Made Gridiron Heroes Quake

"Copey" (Charles Copeland), Harvards
public reader par excellence, has mordant
wit His popular voluntary classes In read
ing and speaking were wreck to vanity
and often caused gridiron heroes to quake
at the knees One of Copeys comments on
n restless speaker was Good Fldo lie
down! Don't keep turning aroundl"
George Lyman Kittredge, the shakespear-
ian lecturer, was likewise an authority in the
classics and in early English His was
another rapier tongue. One morning he
stopped his lecture in order to call down
a youth for reading his newspaper. The
culprit coolly replied "Sir, had forgotten my
notebook, and was pencilling notes on the
margin of the newspaper. | will now show
them to you" ~
Professor Kittredge apologized as thoE
oughly as he had reproved
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
BY ". v. M. BEEDE.

a youngster, I spent many happy
II hours at the home of Thomas A. Edi-
son. 1 never dared to converse with
him. not that he was not benevolent man,
but he very deaf so that his children
had to use his ear as though it were long
distance telephone. 1 once saw him, dressed
in a frock coat, sitting on the grass under
an apple tree. whistling and tossing wind
falls into a tin pan. A more boyish and
wholesome looking genius could not be imag-
ined.
Little Charles Edison and / devised various
games of our own, such as burying a tin
cracker box of treasure on the mountainside.
Theodore. the younger son, was the grief OF
his French governess. and had the audacity
to jump into bathtub of water after he had
been made ready for the afternoon drive
Madeleine was a beautiful, imaginative
chd-a charming solo dancer, by the way
She wrote fairy extravaganzas that she and
her little friends gave at Glenmont. The
chldren's favorite toy was an ancient horse
car that Edison had whimsically placed near
the outdoor swimming pool. In that an
chored horsecar it was possible to go almost
anywhere. The Magic Carpet was slow in
comparison.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
JEROME D. GREENE.

six years of the average students time to
accomplish the result aimed at in our pro-
gramme. 1t is our hope that we shall be
able to measure the students actual ac-
complishment and give him credit Tor such
accomplishment rather than for the num-
Der of hours spent in any given subject.
"Of the calendar year three months, or
thirteen weeks of the summer, will be used
for vacation. Three weeks during the re-
mainder of the year. including midwinter
and other vacations and the necessary time
lost at the beginning and end of the term,
will not be available for class work. This
will leave thirty-six weeks for the school
Year. which will be divided into two terms,
or semesters, of eighteen weeks each. The
chief objections to school programme run
ming through the twelve months are first
tha. the teaching force should not be re-
quired to give twelve months of uninter-
rupted service and second, that the students
cannot meet their necessary budgets without
three months of full time work.
THE total study time available will be
half the students time for thirty-six weeks
each year for six years. AS a reasonable
amount of work for the student to carry l
would advise forty-five hours week during
school weeks This would be divided APP
proximatey thus: One-third to lectures and
recitations and two-thirds to preparation or
laboratory. The student would spend some
time in his study during his work periods,
so that he might not spend more than forty
hours a week during his school periods
The college is to have vocational courses
and also cultural, or liberal arts courses.
such as would lead to the degree of bachelor
Of arts and possibly to the degree of master
of arts. In the allotment of total school
time between cultural and vocational educa-
ton we believe that an approximate equal
mental decisions to be reached by our ad-
visory committee is the proper division of
time between the various phases of cultural
education"
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saying that we have several vocational
courses with one common element, or that
we have single vocational course. that Of
training for proprietorship. in which course
there can be specialization. according to the
class of work the student intends to follow.
THE vocational curriculum, so far as it
relates to administration and proprietor
ship, will be developed so far possible
with the aim of having exactly the same
studies applicable to training for admins
tration in the various callings.
Where a student shows his capacity and
desire for going beyond the limits of the
subjects offered in the regular courses he
should be accommodated so far as is feasible
through autonomous courses. In an autono-
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

4 COLLEGE to develop young men
n and women who will be able i'm
mediately after graduation to take
charge of virtually all kinds of industrial
plants and business houses as proprietors
or executives.
A college which will not only save the
students from all expenses for tuition
and board, fees of every kind and charges
for books, but which itself will be sup
ported and expanded by the students own
efforts.
college which will have around it a
fringe of plants, factories, business and
financial houses conducted by students
under specially trained leaders.
college whose buildings will be con-
structed by students under supervision.
and whose maintenance charges Will be
met by students.
a college whose entrance requirements
will compel all who want to matriculate
to pass tests showing intelligence of high
order, excellent physical condition and
fine character.
A college that will aim at both practice
and theory, the students pursuing studies
part of the time and working in plants,
factories and business houses virtually
all the remaining time.
A college which will set as its standard
cultural development fairly equivalent
to the liberal arts institutions now exist
ing and yet will enable the students to
make short cuts to high stations in the
economic life of the country.
A college with six. year course.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Seeing the First Movie
In Edison's Laboratory

For treat, 1 conducted into the
innermost recesses of Edison's laboratory.
that cave of the wizard. 1t came over me
humorously that there was no danger of my
disclosing any secrets. was shown the first
motion picture machine-the kaleidoscope, a
thing about the size of the money box on a
trolley car. One gazed at the tiny pictures
while he turned n crank. / saw one of the
first, IL not the first motion picture; horse
was being led out of a burning barn.
\ once spent the winter In Caux x-sur-Ter-
ritet, Canton vaud, Switzerland. High above
the Castle of Chillon and Lake Geneva
there were gathered notables Of every ma
ton. These guests were like happy family
of children, and as no European travels
without q fancy dress costume in his trunk.
II was easy to get up a bal mdsque ut
Caux Palace. One of the many daughters
of Lord Redesdale made a sensation OF
Joan OF Arc and played the dances on the
piano without unbuckling her huge sword.
The first prize was taken by an English
peer who dressed as an American cowboy,
and danced the Kitchen Lanciers; but |
came near to taking "a prize by appearing
as Brown Paper Package. 1 had been
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

farmer on the forty acre farm, the village
blacksmith with one helper and the house,
wife are proprietors and administrators of
institutions. They must exercise final au-
thority and judgment and need to develop
the technique of proprietorship and admin
istration.
"a chief research engineer may draw a
salary of 100000 a year and yet need carry
no responsibility as to the financial, COM
mercial or personal policies of his firm. This
common core of training for proprietorship
will dominate all the vocational work in our
college. We can express the situation by
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Industries Already Cooperating
In Actual Practice of Plan

How much money President Morgan has
raised for his enterprise has not been dis
closed, but the rapidity with which the
project is developing indicates that he will
have. a large fund available. His method
does not require an initial outlay of mill
ions. The main point has been to enlist
the support of business and financial men,
He is already developing his plan into
actual practice. At present there are about
200 students at Antioch. A dozen miles
away, is Springfield, an industrial centre,
with rolling mills, factories. machinery
plants and manufacturing establishments.
President Morgan has arranged already
with forty of these industrial and business
corporations to enter into his educational
, scheme.
Dayton and Xenia are also near Yellow
Springs, and it is President Morgan's plan
to incorporate those business fields into his
college scheme. Antioch College as it exists
has value of more than $1.OOO.O0O. 1t has
a large administration buil6ing, a recitation
hall and two dormitories. These are the
principal structures on the campus.
President Morgan is the son of Western
land surveyor, and under his fathers tute-
lage received fundamental training to be a
civil engineer. For time he studied at the
University of Colorado, but did not COM
plete degree course. By severe applica-
ton to study and work he established a
high reputation for engineering ability. In
surveying the various fields Of engineering
he became convinced that what the country
needed most were hydraulic engineers. So
he applied himself to study along that line.
When the great Ohio River floods occurred
some years ago he was picked the man
to remedy the entire situation. This work
was of colossal proportions. The great dams
in the Miami Valley are monuments to his
constructive ability
President Morgan has been a prolific
writer on engineering and educational top
les. He was supervising engineer of the
United States drainage investigation in
1907-9 and was in charge of designing recla-
nation works in Southern States He
planned the ss,000000 reclamation project
for st. Francis Valley. Arkansas. In 1918
he was appointed chief engineer of the Mi
ami conservancy district, that post being
created to prevent a recurrence of the Day
ton flood. President Morgan has planned
and superintended the construction of lis
water control projects and drafted drainage
codes for several States. He is only AZ years
old. His wife was Miss Lucy M. Griscom
of Woodbury., N. j., whom he married in
1911.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Finished Business Men to Come From This

Antioch, Ancient Ohio Institution, Has New
President and Board of Trustees Who Will
Inaugurate Six Year Practical Course for
Self-Supporting Students Designed to Fit
Its Graduates for Highest CONNER
cial Positions Once They Com
pete Research Work
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Half Time Will Be
Spent in Actual
Work in Factories,
Banks and Business
Houses or in Enlarg-
ing University Itself

nous course the student would be furnished
with an outline of the course and with labo-
ratory and library facilities and should have
occasional access to the head of the de-
partment. in the manner of seminar
In his college scheme President Morgan
is insistent physical education as abso-
lutely essential. Probably 10 per cent. of
the students aggregate school time" he
sad. Should be given to this subject"
Summarizing the division of the students
school time, President Morgan allots As per
cent to cultural subjects, 30 per cent. to
general vocational courses, Is per cent to
special vocational courses and 10 per cent.
to physical education.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

q UGH college is about to be developed
in Ohio, under the direction Of a
Quaker, a.civi and hydraulic engineer
of wide reputation in his profession and a
man under whose guidance almost as much
money was spent in the construction Of
dams and other engineering enterprises in
the Miami Valley as was spent in the digging
and construction of the Panama Canal.
This engineer who is trying to revolu-
tonize American education is Arthur Ernest
Morgan, the newly elected president Of An
tioch College, an institution that has been
more or less moribund, at Yellow Springs,
Ohio, for many years Antioch has beau
tiful setting. the natural scenery comparing
favorably with the best at any institution
of learning in the country. Gazetteers will
inform those sufficiently interested to inves-
tigate that the country thereabouts is noted
for it's beauty. Antioch has a gem of a lake
and a magnificent canyon. The college was
founded In 1853 and was the first in the
country to admit women on equality with
men in all courses of study. though not the
first to provide coeducation for the sexes.
Antioch got into such a dry rot several
months ago that something had to be done.
Mr. Morgan was one of the trustees. He
had large engineering interests, travelled
extensively around the country, but the
germ of an educational idea that had been
in his mind for years led him to accept the
presidency of the college. This germ had
been tested in a small way and had proved
a success
Here is how it was done. Mr.. Morgan
married a Wellesley College graduate who
fr,-t A fTdn
she had won high honors. In his profession
Mr.. Morgan had seen many technical school
and college graduates who were well
equipped with theories but lacked the train
ing for stepping into important tasks. He
came to the conclusion that the system of
education needed revision, so he and his wife
started at the bottom.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-02-10

Hotel Bon Air at Augusta, Ga, was
entirely destroyed by fire. This hos
telry has been the winter home Of a
number Of Manchester's summer
guests and a number Of them were
there at the time of the fire. There
were over goo guests in the house at
the time of the fire and there were
no Casualties, although most OF the
guests did not save any Of their be-
longings. Among those from Man
chester who were at the Bon Air at
the time of the fire, were Mrs. A. 4.
Martin and Miss Pauline Martin, also
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Pearson, all
Of whom are safe and well. John
Hanley, who has been employed there
during the winter, returned to Man
chester Monday morning.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-02-10
MANCHESTER DEPOT

Basket ball, b. b. 5. VS.. Rutland
High School, this Thursday afternoon
II 4 o'clock Regular prices. adv
The junior pupils Of jeanne w.
jackson gave piano recital at her
home last Saturday afternoon. Fol
lowing the recital, games were enjoy
ed and refreshments served.
Hon. Jos. w. Fowler and Hon. Ed
ward Griffith have returned from sew
eral days business trip to Springfield,
Mass, and New York City.
The motion picture performances at
the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday
February 23rd, will be under the aus
pieces of and for the benefit Of Man
chester Post No. 80, American Legion.
The feature reel will be Buck Jones in
Fire Brand Trevison." There will al
so be several other reels shown.
Everyone come out and see a fine
show and also help the boys.
Cornelius Whalon was visitor in
Rutland Sunday.
Mrs. G. NJ. Botsford, together with
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Hewes
and infant, returned to Poultney Sun
day after visiting Mrs. Botsford's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Burrows.
The second degree will be worked at
the regular meeting Of the !. o. 0 IF.
at their hall Monday evening, Febru-
a..v 18th. All members are asked to
be r. esent.
Tl,ix ugh an error in the shipping
department, the Colonial Theatre re-
ceived Even as Eve" for February
2nd and Bird. Same was booked for
Marca 3rd. "The Family Honor"
which was booked for the first men
toned date, will be shown at a later
date.
February sale is on at Levin's De
partment Store. Biggest bargains In
;,s history adv
The Colonial Theatre is open Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday. adv