Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-08
Famed Prep Schools
Add Courses Vital
10 Military Training
Summer Studies Nav
Interfere With VINO
Harvest Aid Program

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Thousands of these youths will 20
into the fields at the end of the
spring terms but not nearly as many
as anticipated Programs for study
suggested by the Army and NAVY
require more and longer summer
schools with enough examining in
mathematics, mechanics and his
tory to consume all the pupils time.
AS a result of QUESTIONABLE
it was learned that famous old
schools like Phillips Exeter Academy
at Exeter, N. H., preparatory in
stitution for Harvard. Yale and
Princeton since 1871 and Hill School
at Pottstown, Pa, noted springboard
to Princeton for many decades, will
continue classical preparation
among the younger students, but
have revised schedules. added
courses and installed new equip
ment to meet Army and Navy for
mulas for training youths to serve
their country in wartime.
Many Change Courses.
Lowering the draft age to 10 led
thousands of youths who were ex-
pected to aid on farms this summer
to switch to pre-service studies that
will keep them in classrooms and
laboratories throughout the grow
ing and harvesting season. All farm
aid, however, will not be lost as
Headmaster George Van Santvood
of Hotchkiss School at Lakeville.
Conn, says. Even during the school
term just closed his boys picked
some $500 bushels of apples and
dug and bagged more than 1000
bushels of potatoes, besides har-
vesting many acres of corn" This
winter they have been chopping
wood for fuel in the Berkshire Hills.
Sixty-nine Hotchkiss boys were on
farms last summer, SO in factories,
rs In clerical jobs in factories and
48 In study programs.
Commando training Is being given
at both Hill and Hotchkiss where
Commando runs have been built and
physical training programs intensi-
fed. Obstacle races, running, hurd-
ling, vaulting, balancing and tum-
bling are among the items in these
drills.
Year Shortened 2 Weeks.
Hills year has been shortened two
weeks, bringing graduation May 81.
Juniors who will be 10 before next
December 81 are now in an acceler-
ated course. involving summer
school and graduation on or about
December Is.
Exeter has set up an anticipatory
program which will begin next June
and train boys who will reach their
18th birthday before February, 1914.
Separate from the regular summer
school, this program will enable the
boys to complete their secondary
education before being drafted and
also cover courses recommended by
the armed services. -
With 4 normal enrolment OF 73o,
Exeter expects to have 100 on farms
this summer and twice that number
in factories, according to Myron
r. williams, director of studies.
Courses have been added in aero
nautics and navigation, which ap-
pear general now in the leading
schools. AS q result OF the Nays
emphasis on mathematics, special
attention in all those secondary
institutions is being given to ad-
vanced study in that subject.
Aeronautics Added.
Hackley School at Tarrytown,
N. Y, reports aeronautics added, and
reoriented social studies, mathe-
mates and sciences. Cheshire
(Conn.) Academy has added a pre-
flight aviation course and shortened
its term one week. At Brunswick
School. Greenwich, Conn, boys in
the seventh grade are doing air
plane model work while those In the
eighth study. elementary mechanics
and In the ninth preliminary flight
and aerodynamics.
Besides the emphasis universally
evident on mathematics and history
st. Paul's School at Concord, N. H..
is giving instruction in motor en-
gines, first aid, map making and
navigation. Many of its 17-year-
old students are seeking admission
to the Marine Of1lcers Candidates
Glass and Navy VS..
Out at Pottstown, the Hill bows
gather around Pratt Il Whitney air.
plane motors and use a Crowell
ground trainer for pedal and stick
work in their flying course. There
are lathes and radios for study
in mechanics, electronics and radio.
Phillips Exeter boys constructed
wind tunnel.
Boys Do Own Work.
Labor has become very real
problem, but the boys have been put
to work making their own beds,
sweeping, shoveling the sidewalks
and generally keeping things in
shape around these junior campuses.
AS might be expected, faculty
losses have been serious. Hotchkiss
has lost Is of its faculty, Hill 9,
Phillips Exeter 20.
Attendance Is up to or better than
normal in these schools this year.
but not more than per cent of
undergraduates yet have gone into
active service. All are proud of their
alumni fighters. Phillips Exeter
Boosting 1887 on duty, Hill School
800, Hotckiss 700, and other schools
varying numbers according to their
size.