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/ix MwMv;, -: ^Bai?&p5H! /i\ BiHMHflBHKIlH^H^^I i 1> ****** ***********y-********* ^ H J i * * ii A*#*********************** * $ Nolan It H st in the Intel ior. 41 4x As between tlu? school that clings * jiertmu t? rn\ t<> the "good old ways,-' /f\ rejecting all else, and th school 1* win se sole nlory is its revel ot' nexv ? tads, ii would lie hard to tell which tx is less < milled to the praise of ? friends < t education. Hut 1 1 schools /fx tiiat hold a wise tncderatii 11 between these two extremes I know i f none /|\ which b iter unites sane projsr.-ssive^ ness xxith stable c? nservatism than /|\ the eiiiinentiy successful Converse tx Col lei: e for y< urn; women at Spar? tanlnir::. S ('.. under ad ministration ox ?,f ('resident H. IV Hell. I >r. Hell is JjJ markedly individual ana ny Am . i/j\ can educators fi r his appreheusii 11 ' ! the breiiilrh and height and d-pill /ix . 1 /,\ ' ! the problem 1 l women s education ix as affect im: American society: and year by year, while dilij; uitly confix serviim all that is of worth in coit^ ventional methods, he seeks by new ix steps into broader domains to make ^ the answer of bis colli--'.. . ...1.. f\ /(\ quale to the greatness < i tin- prole * lem. In tlic year just past tlm most striU^ inff advance of tin* college lias h:*en in a matter ill n might lie called sitnply ad in i n ist ra t i ve by the casual observer, but which is valued by F'resi$ dent I*? 11 chiefly for its ediicative in? Httemvn although it has incidentally ^ gmoothed cut many difficult matters in internal college tnunagement. The ^ bold plan for students self-govern^ menif which was put into experimt-n^ tal effect in the sprlnf? < t l'"1"', has /|\ now b en in i?ei fected opera'e>n t* thr? ugh 'he length of a complete % s. in ol year, and i's wisdom has been 1* vindieati d in all phases t f its re? suit' in improvement of discipline. in devep pti.ent i I a keener s use < f *? mutii.il li'ita! obligation amongst ih" /|\ /j\ student licily. and in many manifest ^ iiccretii ns of strength to imlividua! ? < h;iracti-r. Self-government has been ttied of iee-tit years in not a few i:tT stitntions cl learning in this c< unity. /|x but in proi'ably few Instances has ^ oiher faculty had the courage to di/|i \.st itself <f its immediate executive functions as coinpletelv as has tin^ faculty of ('iiiivis.', Other cr lieges 'I* lllillht Well la' e ilccd of lilis p , I tll-'i JJJ :!' : I t lie tin d .Vollih t'.'.ld ; I f /|\ *l|e 1 | * ill" autliori! v. 'I> /i\ ski.i" i;"v!:i:.\mi:nt Ti flv To i....' . at < 'o ive, /IV J ' I.. : /|\ i I- in s i iniir-' a-soc: 11. 'I'i :s i.wci in p : I t: t< mi z,x and w.'hnii ii > I; 1?? I all. nipt (,ii ^ 'n .ill ( ' i."i:r.ii;c!ii?-iii die | ? In i' i '< n o (lice is i n i,i tieA> I !i r- 1111 j |- i l is.scs. Yin- oilii-ci M ? ? in jJJ siilnic .in i \.-i ill iVf hoard in which is ? i?11ni' t ii nnahi idu -d respMisihil^ it> for d-nnanor it students in /j\ nil i'ii' dormitories of ihn cXU'lisivn A* colli-:/ hnildiiiKs. This hoard proT scribes rules for hours of study and ^ hours of social fellowship, and when ^ v <ilaii(|is are d :^ooverei|. it ilso do/j\ 'criiiuics i to penalties and enforces ^ ! 11 111. Tile i 111.i 11 is 11 a: ion of r -pi i /|\ lUillids ill -''idelll Jis-eliihly hy 'In 1* p e 11 ni oi ihc -i ll lit associate n ^ Is a sm no iho lo many collem- a IA* mini, iralo - w? uh| appear ion ainazJg in;: '< b- imai/im-il. lap 'lie I w limes /|\ v hi" this has lieen 11ece- s;11 \ in the /j\ i iyear at <'i iivi rse h i\e he n very Ax >eri- is and impressive occasions. a Wille ui ipiestii a. on the testimony of 4* |||" ' ill hi Is I he'll .el Ves. the effect ll IS J heen decid'-dlv in., e profo-inil than u .i ver pr? diiced ilinnmli , cpri^ n and hy a coll'-an officer "paid to /f\ do it." Should any student feel a^tir'n-ved ^ liv i inilymeni of tlie executive hoard. li IS IIIT rnilSl II ill II llil I prmieire in 2 appeal to the student body : t I r /I* which is then summoned to sI' ns :i 2 court. Tin* first summons of ili.it sort ? at Converse was felt to have hroumif & a crisis in the self government plan. 2 The youn? women knew that tin y 4t> were trying themselves and their fit - cc * * *** * ** #* * ***** * ness to carry this responsibility rather than trying the small misdemeanor of their comrade. The highest judiciary in the land could not have exceeded this fiatherin.1? of colleg girls for seriousness. No faculty member was present. The fairest i pportunity <f defense was given to the appellant, but the b? aril's judgment "as overwhelmingly affirmed. The otitconi'* thoroioily established that these yi utis! women were capable of malting their own rules; of compelling < tie am titer, when needtill, to Keep the laws of their d 'itineracy; and of living together tinder this regime en such frank terms as forbid prejudice either toward the officers of tledr mutual organization, who impose the p unities of violated law. or toward those quasi-enlprits whom the mischief of girlhood sometimes involves in delinquency. A finer discipline in the great fundamental democratic virtue of self-control could not be devised. TI1K SKNiOKS. The seniors as a body tire charged under the plan with a still lurtitcr responsibility. Thy are censors of diiung-room manners and out-ofdoor behavior, and in tins capacity learn a still deeper lesson of self-eon ttol on tin* eve of active life?the lesson of making themselves examples of tile iiritioiiilow \vl?i?,li ...... ... liycteii to inculcate. In no other particular lias the c.p( ration of this new system had a happier effect than in the emancipation of the t"achers. They are no longer clung d with any duty of espionage even when they live ui rooms opening off t ie student eon idois. The student proctors are responsible for whatever may happen amiss, and the teacher need look for in thing nor evt ii st e anything. There is therelt ic no occasion for student evasiveess .and inv mystification in presence of a teacher, and the natural result is that where formal relations siggressi\e and deft nsiv sire abolished, there sp( ntam otisly spring up the most Im *: 111 i IT 11 eontideiitia! relations if ft iemiship. Til" tejieliers have an < ppi riunity, illlpossilile hefore. of getting down into the innermost set rets of girlish hearts, and the intimate i. m li m t < n!y eiv.s new power to p->isona1 to.!'it-life, leu brings ab< lit ii 1 in* st automatically a more individual applieatii n of teaehing laelliods. I lie pt.-iiio'i if Alls. Howard, lb * mot In . t! an. ?s o > ia l.-o! . I - s- I -11i 1m'!i< !. .No 1?>ti * r is she enwI 11 < 1 t<> In- tin- t'.riiit jMilnf i.i il<*nnti's. iiii-l li> |- Milium ili-nans i mill! io her ii r :111 vie<- now with a lili.il I'r i ii? i.i wlin h iln-y could not feel win-ii slii? was a jiulieial oracle. Tin* mi! (i | >1 ic-:i i ion ol' confidences between tin* 11 *st!i anil tin* stmli'iits lias lii'i-n vi*ry noteworthy since Mrs. Howards task was tints siniplifi *il. Anotln-r characteristic of unliiui* progress at Converse has hi-i*n tlm ilevi'lnpiiH-nt of a very practical prolnst aKain-i tin* prevalent liahit of teaiiiinir music ami paiutiiiK in girl's eoll-*m*s as if with tin* intent to make ever\ ?irl an artist. Nobody supposei liin tin* literary courses in colli u.arc solely or even priniarih for Hie 11 a i ura oi writers: tin* conscious el 1111*11 try purpose is 111 * culture i f a taste ea pa hie of ti ppi'-ciat itiK what yreat wiileis have nlrcailv written, ii s ins straiiL't 111:111Iii cl *ar tinlo\ lias so far hoon scarcely nppli *d by toaclie:*s in tin* line arts. Kvervhoily in those lines persists in working for skill, at tin* oiano or with the hrusii, as the desideratum to he st?ciieil in ih* e'lueaiion of their tin r-iiis. r>in i ID! ycilOOIS <>I llOltl mi!: ir and ;i,iiiiiiiiis tiiea-mrcd wliolly. in puhlic estimation ;iii?I in mnnatri-rial estimation as \vr?lI, I?y tin nninlu'i' * f .uncinates <?f iiiuli ? \11 liny tn lent which I hoy turn oni. Ii won Id seem licit ii should have occurred in nil of litem lonK since licit liv licit rritei i( n they are sad failures for artists to liiis (lav remain few compared with those that study art IK VOI IIAVK UKOWN Till | ll^F^H VI , r - Mg? VI ^Bvi H iif^* ^^K^Luj B i ?.gL| V^fM t^XSj^^^H* . . * ; i Bni^HaUK! yEfi j ** SL^wflGr^ I* ^jB^BBaMi mjj ^^^MftMRH^^V^StnHRBj ?" f .> \> . /^ ! * * ** * )NVEI ** "** * ** ** ******** +i THE EYE AND THE EAR. Rut Converse holds to the muc wiser idea that, sit leaist in a collect which should lie si school not of spe cisilism but of general culture, the tirs use of music ami sirt instruction i to develop not the skilled hand bu the appreciative eye and ear. Motl Professor Manchester sit the head o the music department an Mrs. Kitn hall sit the head <;f the sirt depnrtmen are thoroughly imbued with this con eeption of college duty, and it is tliei prid not so much to have given a fev exceptional young women an Intro duetion to careers, as to have sifford ed to a multitude of average youti! women the joy of opeueil senses t< ward tile masterpieces of all time. I is tie music department which is fa the more elaborately organized, o ci urse, occupying a spacious biiildim devoted entirely to its use, but all tin teach us sue chosen for their sympsi thy with tliis ideal, .lohn (*. Alden the chief teacher of piano, is a tuos consistent exemplar of cultural teach ing. sind Professor Manchester pur * lies 'h" same p' 1 icy devotedly througl his elahcriile course of lectures in musical theory, musical history am musical apprecisition?which man; widely famed conservatories of tun sic have never thought if diiplicatim even to this day. THE Ml'SIC FESTIVAL. It is for this reason that the re m:ii"liiiltlo Music Festival held in tin college auditorium at Spartanburg cv t ry spring is so highly valued as at adjunct to the college. To the pub lie at large throughout all lit' south ern stales it is an occasion of growing importance and meets with con tinnnliy la ger appt -feintit n: the til tendance iliis spring was greater am from it wilier area through the Soinl than ever before. I'.ut fot the collegi it means particularly Hi- etluciitioi of hearing the most notable artists o lite timt : It means for the youni women tie' opportunity for that tip p'-eeiat iett to which I'rol'essor Man chest i i il\va\ s seel, ine In lead then , A \v' i i i s resilience in :i great eil; ci 11i?1 sn.ively in ing II t cmilae will) mill musical nil than is openet i to :i ill at i'i iuimsi' with one f? sli va! season. I III l (i liver:" Coll go is not li? ilij . <\ wltalanceil to ilif itiusi<-;iI anil sir tis tie siil". i resilient IVII lakes sini i!ar ran- for inspiration in the liiuli . esi principles of living. Kver.v coin itiencenienl season is mail rich will . great messages from men of grea life. At tin* recent close of the schist year the haccsilsiureate sermon wa :i:i> ok wintkks ami i?i:ki i > ? I "X isFc t************************ **** preached by Dr. Dargan of Louis- i h ville. and the cuniinencemcnt oration , was delivered by Dr. H11 lis. of Itrooklyn?both splendid pictures of the noit bier paths of love and duty. The ads dress of Dr. liillis in particular made t. a profound impression upon the young i women, as he dealt with the pure f ideals that John Kuskin entertained . of the lines! womanhood. It is the int tent ion of the president to continue . to improve commencement occasions i* in this way, and keep them upon as r high a plane of oratorical and moral . power its was reached in conmienee incut week of 190(5. THE STANDARD. ' It is greatly to the credit of Converse College that it is continually raising its academic standard. No radical and sudden revision of the ' curriculum has been attempted, but each year something is taken from the liist year of the course and some' thing added to the last year, so that a decided step upward is taken. It is only the standard of the high schools ~ in the South which has kept down the standard of Converse below full college grade until now; the trustees feel that the college must not he lifted out of touch with the fitting schools T surrounding it. Hut as high school " curriculums are now being so rapidly elaborated everywhere In southern states, it will soon he possible for - Converse to put its four years on a CONYKHSK COIF.OK ( \M1MS. * parity wiili the four years of the best * college courses of the old New Eng1 l:iiid institutions. As it stands now, " it comes but little short. Two members of the Converse class of l!Mtr? " graduated litis year with entirely " easy work in the full classical courses of Cornell anil Wisconsin. ' One plan which President Pell is 1 now elaborating comments lumi'' notisly on his alertness to the de1 mantis of the times and his practical f religious spirit in this educational < work. It is his purpose to establish, * as soon as sufficient endowment for ii ijiii u?" secured, ;i spaciai enair ip Suiidax school pedagogy as an indek' |m 11(1 < 111 <1 -1?;trtmeat c?f Converse Col* 1 lege. Is it on record that any other I women's college has undertaken such - a tiling Dr. I'ell not only observed ilie crying need for better teaching 1 in the bible schools of the church -s, - Init lias noted with regret (bit the - on eclass of Christian people who are - by nature and faith probably best - fitted for imparting religious truth to children?educated women?are t seldom found among the teaching 1 forces of these schools. Generally s their divorcement from the work 'ETCAL SHOWS, Yd.' 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