The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-08
First Yale Summer
 Conference Closes Small Group of Advanced Education Students Termi' nate First Session of Three-Year Experiment

New Haven, Conn, August - Yale Universitys first Summer Conference for Advanced Students of Education, which brought to- gether small group of graduate students and men and women of wide educational experience for the study of important problems in the field of education closed today. Pointing out that the conference has been undertaken as a three year experiment, Professor Clyde M. Hill, chairman of the depart ment of education at Yale, and director of the conference, today said that "if the next two sessions of the conference are as enthusiasts tically received as the session this summer has been, there is no doubt in my mind that it will be- come permanent feature of the work in education at Yale Univer- sity."
 Twenty-six states were represent ed among the students, who lived in Yale dormitories during the five weeks of the conference. The facpulty, made up of leaders in important educational fields. in- cluded Professor Boyd H. Bode. of Ohio State University; Presiden! Walter A. Jessup. of the University of Iowa; Professor Aruman l.. Kel- ley, of Harvard University; John W. Studebaker, superintendent of city schools, Des Moines, Iowa; Professor Edward l.. Thorndike. of Columbia University; and Profess sor Hill. Special lectures were wiven by Professors Hughes Mearn Mearns. and A. F. Myers, of New York University; and Professor NJ. B. Hillegas. of Columbia Univer- sity.
 The work of the conference was characterized by much freedom. Professor Hill said. There were no courses in the ordinary sense of the term, and each student was expected to contribute to the success of the conference by mak- in gavailable to the group the re- suits of his reading, thinking, and general experience. Small group discussions and opportunities for individual conferences with mem- bers of the faculty were important features of the work. No classes were scheduled during the after noon and evening, this time being reserved for reading, for group discussions and for personal con- ferences with members of the faculty.
 The student body included prin- cipals of high schools. elementary schools, and junior high schools. city school superintendents; super vlsors In formal schools, teachers colleges, and elementary schools; college. teachers college. and nor. nal school teachers; and graduate students. Approximately fifteen per cent of the group have re- ceived the Ph.D. degree, and eigh- ty-six per cent have the M. A. degree. Sixty-eight colleges and universities were represented.
 "The Summer Conference for Advanced Students of Education at Yale University has been under taken as 8 three-year experiment" Professor Hill said today. While it is premature to attempt to evai- uate the plan as a whole. there is an abundance of evidence upon which to base conclusions concern ing the work of the conference this year. Capable students of educa- tion throughout the country have welcomed the opportunity to pur- sue their professional study with T small group of men and women in a situation relieved from the high pressure systems necessarily asso-