The New York herald., 1922-10-22
A BOY FOR COLLEGE

band taught school, earning enough to
take me through tie junior and senior
classes, and when I had my degree
1t was not so difficult 10 get a pro-
fessorship in a boys school. From it /
came to this "prep" school. and here
1 have been ever since, happy because
/ think I am useful.
This is preliminary to telling you
how helpful was my fathers attitude
throughout. He took the most intense
interest in my studies and encouraged
me to talk about everything con-
nected with my college life. He didn't
advise and he didn't criticize; he lis
tened. His interest and zest kept me
candent-at white heat. ! might call
him my inspiration.
My father never asked me what
was going to do with my education.
II 1 did nothing with Il he would al
ways have felt proud that had II.
He didn't want me TO be a farmer like
himself nor a storekeeper like his
brother. He valued the learning good
fortune and kind aid had enabled me
to acquire in terms OF its own value
and not for what it would bring in the
worlds market.
In my contact with fathers since
becoming myself a pedagogue l have
occasionally found this same rapt wor-
ship of education; IL is often COM
bined with a limited knowledge of
books but perhaps 1t is a purer wor-
ship because of this lack. Such an
attitude when controlled by common
sense by his father has a fine infiu-
ence on the boy. There must be some
thing in 1t. says he to himself, when
Dad feels that way
We carry on here from start TO fin
ish by putting more and more respon-
sibility on the boys; it is our way to
develop character in them. The build
ing is so commodious that every boy
has a room to himself and from the
beginning habits of tidyness and
order are inculcated by marking him
IL these things are not found in his
room. The boys are left to themselves
in certain study periods, and as good
order prevails at such times as when
there is monitor sitting at desk In
the room. The things that boys must
learn are their subjects in these inde-
pendent study hours: the boys know
II and they soon resent an attempt of
careless fellow student to cajole
them into wasting this study time
These are few of the things we dc
here to persuade the boys to educate
themselves and not wait to be taught
Formerly the boys were made to &c
to church service every Sunday be-
sides starting that day and every day
with short service in our own chapel
The outside church service has been
abandoned for what seems to us good
reason. The sermon was usually toe
long and almost always over the
heads of the boys. Their attention
wandered and they got into mischief
Now we have a chaplain of our own
and his sermons are brief and compre-
hensible by boys. To this service We
invite anybody who cares to attend
including, of course, the parents, for
whom Sunday is visiting day. We
have no other visiting day and want
none. When we have succeeded in
convincing a fond mother and father
that their best treatment OF their boy
IldNlUS Ollte pldCtu IflIli liio prep
school. is to leave him alone to find
himself then we think we have done
the lad real service.
Our schedule is simple, recitations
and study s TO 1895. with a light
lunch between. The gouter is neces.
sary because the boys breakfast at
sharp. The regular lunch follows al
1920 and recreation. athletics and a
study period precede dinner. which Is
served at $3.50. There is n recreation
period of half hour after dinner and
short study period at 7:45 before
bed time. which. according to class, is
from S:45 TO 10.
/ have been thus explicit in enumer-
ating as briefly as possible our un-
changing program because 1t is in these
matters that the well meaning but
thoughtless father often does harm,
either by commiserating with his boy
because there are too many study