Evening star., 1932-09-27

will ever be able to get such a powerful
incentive into our foreign language
program. =
I'm England was especially interest
ed in the physical education work. All
of the old schools have we'll established
schedules of games. OF these perhaps
cricket Is the most important, and at
the conference the other European
countries were interested in EnglandS
program of physical education. They
were anxious. to incorporate some simi..
lar program into their own schools, but
1t did not seem that cricket was max
ing very much progress. 1t Is essentially
an English game and will probably re-
main in England.
Visits Westminster School.
IT was able to visit Westminster
School, which is one of the older sec
ondary schools. It was the last part OF
the term and the headmaster was busy
with an examination. saw practically
no boys and did not see the headmaster
at all, The building is nothing like our
modern school buildings, having been
built long before any of them were
tIlOuBuL VI. MOSt VI tllC UOyS Ci1tCl eiiis
school at about 16 years OF age. Its en-
follment at the present time is $685. It
Is one of the most famous of the Eng
lish public schools, which are not public
at all Boys are enrolled in the schools
like Westminster at birth, and prefer
ence Is given to the sons Of graduates,
which makes it almost impossible for an
outsider to get in.
II also visited the Bee School. This
Is one Of the larger Of the London
County Council schools. having q site
of acres and enrolling $40 boys The
building Is comparatively new and ap-
proximateS in arrangement our own
buildings. There are In all Is class
rooms, three science laboratories, an art
room, q handicraft room devoted largely
to woodwork, an assembly, dining hall
where a midday luncheon Is served.
gymnasium fitted with modern appli-
ances, baths for use after the games
and q we'll lighted library. There are
playing fields on each side Of the school
house utilizing about 5 acres of the site
On these I saw splendid work In tennia
and volley ball in progress, but in view
OF the fact that was at the school near
its close did not see any Of the classes
taught excepting the physical education
work on the outside. Boys are admitted
to this school within a month or so of
their 10th birthday. and are required to
stay, once admitted, until the CORE
spending period In the 18th year, or II
they fail in the examination until their
IF they remain through the end of
the year in which their 10Th birthday
occurs and pass the examination, they
are ready for the university. Each
parent or guardian Of the pupil is re-
quired to sign an agreement to that
effect. and also to make the headmas-
ter strictly in loco PARENTS during
the time the boy is enrolled in school.
There are strict regulations regarding
the Withdrawals.
The Fee for Pupils.
"The fee for pupils whose parents re-
side in the County Of London is ap-
$50 year for those under
IA years of age and s65 year for those
over 12 years Of age. II ene- lives In
other counties than London, the fee is
considerably higher. Practically every
system. Once admitted to a school q
physical education work unless a doctor
files certificate to the effect that the
boy Is unfit for this work. He must also
do promptly and effectively his home
work. He should join some school So
ciety, and is strongly urged to join the
Boy Scouts if he is under, 13 and the
school cadet corps if he is over l3 years
of age. He may take music and other
subjects by paying extra tuition fees.
Secondary schools in Europe. are
usually much smaller than those In the
United States. I found that q school
with an actual enrolment Of 100 was
regarded by the -schoo1masters as q
They think that for q
school to be so large that a principal
cannot know the boys individually and
personally. is not a school ct all. In
Germany I did find secondary schools,
q few Of them, approaching a thousand
in number. but In no other part Of Eu-
rope was that the case.
I'VE also called at the st. Pauls
School for Girls after school was out.
This school enrolled $50 girls. A num-
ber of the pupils were still about the
building, as we're the teachers. This
school is perhaps SO years old; the build
ing does not seem to be quite so old.
They have foundations in for new
science building which will completely
modernize their plant. It's equipment,
other than in science, Is quite modern
It1s connected in a general'way with
the St. Paul's School for Boys, which
dates from about the sixteenth century.
The admission fee to this school Is ap-
proximately $50 per term with extra
tuition for music. Girls who attend this
school must reside in the school board
ing house unless they live with their
parents or near relatives. The rules for
admission. attendance and withdrawal
are also quite rigid. In fact, these are
all somewhat strict for any secondary
schcol.
"Cne of the things which one learns
from the secondary SCHOOLS OF England
Is that they are primarily college pre-
paratory, and not general as are our
schools, where students who plan to
go into life Immediately upon gradu-
ating are educated along with < those
who are preparing for the universities.
The schools for students who wish
stenography, are home making, trades
and industrial work are entirely sep
arate and under the control of a dif-
ferent ministry. In fact, the English
public secondary school system virtually
dates from 1902 and was improved
greatly during the war. They are
probably at a standstin now due to q
cut in the budget which was made .
year or so ago.
Different in Smaller Nations.
In the smaller nations of Europe,
and by that I mean Holland, Belgium,
.Czechoslorakia and Switzerland the
secondary school is a little different.
In Belgium, for instance, the secondary
school age begins at IL and the pop
ulation Is strictly limited to thQSa- Who
wish to 60 on to the university. The
rest 60 on through an eight-grade
common school system, and from this
school satsr normal schools andr In
dusHAl schools. .E.