Evening star., 1923-11-11
Celene Du Puy Tells of
F: Foreign Schools.

VI wouad rather be a student in
Central Eigh," said Celene Du Puy.
who recently returned from a year
ana a half abroad. than a princess
in sEurope with six governesses."
This yoang lady got back to Wash
ineton lat summer, and was SO glad
to be back that nothing could induce
hes to leave even during the hottest
molths. She has much to say of
forrign schools since returning to a
lockl school this fall.
II the schools of Europe not much
attsntion is given to teaching girls
MAJ ashematIcs. Celene had gone to
school in Paris and Geneva and in
each case had taken her place with
the, French speaking pupils and had
sch2olroons. She had absorbed much
language and literature. but had
heatd nothing OF extracting the
squkre ro9t. So, if she wanted to
takt her place in high school with
the sgirls Che had known before she
vera awaE, she must make up her
mata. THIS she did during the sum-
Ceaene explains that the schools
which one attends abroad are not
pubkc, but private schools. There
are hublic schools. but people abroad
take no PRIDE in democratically send
ing kheir children to them.
Father, with true American en-
thust tasm for public schools, said that,
in Geneva Jacqueline. my younger
sister, Should go to the public
schools" said Celene, $50 1 went along
to get her established.
TN these Swiss primary public
schools the -children are mostly quite
poor.s They wear hobnailed shoes
and black aprons over whatever is
underneath 1t is almost a uniform.
We american children found our
selves unite cOnsDicuOuS without
these aprons We stood in a hallway
awaiting to :be assigned to classrooms.
The Swiss children gathered around
and presently they began to point
richie eLa RICHIE. Jacqueline was so
frightened Chat she refused to go
back. After that We both went to
private schools
''There Is a. great deal that Is helpful
in school after having been about
when you study Roman history. for
instance, 1t is very real to you If you
have jist seea the Colosseum and the
guide has shown you the tunnel through
which Nero came from the Paiatine
nearby 20 see the Christians prosecuted.
And the movies with those French set
tings that are: so popular just now are
so much more interesting to me, re-
memberi:2g walks about Paris.
But Mhen you get to the French
Grass II S1OeS 15OC Help as Inucn as you
would think. You are used to gathering
French and the others who have learned
little a. it out Of books do not follow
very reaslily. .I.ikewise it is hard to
cling to the real French pronunciation
with nothing but this American idea
of it as an anchor"
But Cclene has several things she
learned In Europe Of which she is quite
proud. She learned to skate, even to
dance on skates, at the Palais de Glace,
the Ice Palace. in Paris. She went
skiing in Switzerland She went SWIM
ming in the blue, blue Mediterranean
down at Naples, But best Of all, she
took dancing under Jacques Dalcroze
in Geneva. who is said to be the great
est dancing master in the world.
Celene liyed iIi the international COL
ony in Geneva, .where the Representa-
tives Of more than fifty nations come to
take part ii the activities OF the league
of nations. She numbered among her
friends people from many countries.
Her father1 William Atherton DuPuy,
author and. journalist, was an official
there. Het mother, former national
president o. the League Of American
Pen Womer, was much interested in
internationa: club. life.
Since returning. to Washington they
have home at 2S19 2Sth street north
west, where they now reside.