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Syllabus and Manual of Physical Training

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VOL. XXVII

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Dr. Eliot Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday

APRIL, 1924

EDITORIALS

HE ninetieth anniversary of the birthday of Dr. Charles William Eliot, President-emeritus of Harvard University, was observed March 20. The occasion was fittingly celebrated by a large public gathering in Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, where prominent speakers brought greetings and the salutations of the American people in honor of Dr. Eliot. Chief Justice William H. Taft was present as the personal representative of President Coolidge and brought greetings in behalf of the American public. Other greetings were presented by President A. Lawrence Lowell in behalf of the corporation of Harvard University; George Wigglesworth for the board of overseers; Dean L. B. B. Briggs for the faculties of the university; Charles T. Greve for the Associated Harvard Clubs; Charlton MacVeagh, senior class orator, for the undergraduates; President James Angell of Yale for other colleges, universities and learned societies, and Governor Cox for the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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early age of thirty-five he was called to the presidency of Harvard University and served in that capacity for forty years. During this long period he was the outstanding educational leader of the land. In his inaugural address as president of Harvard in 1869, he advocated the enriching and enlarging of the course of study pursued in all schools from elementary through the college and university. He was an insistent advocate of electives and vigorously championed that cause until not only Harvard University fully adopted it, but other colleges and universities all over the land followed the example of Harvard.

He has magnified the place and importance of the natural and physical sciences in the curriculum and has always regarded them as indispensable branches of education. In his inaugural address he said that the sciences should be taught in a rational way with objects R. and instruments in hand, and should be studied not from books merely, nor through the memory, but by the seeing eye and informing fingers. Scientific studies, Dr. Fliot said, develop and discipline the powers of observation, the inductive faculty, the sober imagination. and the sincere and proportionate judgment. While he has always been an enthusiastic advocate of the sciences he has never lost sight of the other major subjects of the curriculum. Languages, particularly the English language and

The greetings of the people of Canada were expressed through a letter from Premier W. L. Mackenzie King.

Massachusetts has given the nation many eminent educators and statesmen, and high on this list stands the name of Charles W. Eliot, distinguished as a teacher, college president, educational reformer, speaker and author. At the

literature, mathematics, philosophy and all other branches of learning should have a place in the curriculum, and he has insisted that these subjects should be taught according to the most approved scientific methods. Due largely to Dr. Eliot's initiative the higher institutions of learning have witnessed a complete transformation in educational methods.

As president of Harvard, he developed the graduate schools, and recognized the relation of business to education in his approval of the establishment in 1908 of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Dr. Eliot's aim was to create a modern university which should offer the broadest possible fields of study and which should expand and vary its work in accordance with the needs of the community and the nation.

Public service was the keynote of his work while in active service and he gave freely of his energy and influence in all movements for the betterment of the national life. In this line he has been scarcely less vigorous in the fifteen years since he became presidentemeritus.

Dr. Eliot at ninety is still vigorous in mind and body. At a recent celebration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was requested to talk on the education of fifty years ago, but he said he much preferred to talk on the education of the future. His advice is, look up, not down; look forward, not backward; look out, not in. He is a firmed optimist and believes that the world is gradually growing better. He believes that the United States is far better governed to-day then she was when he started life. Throughout his long, fruitful and happy life, he has daily put into practice the advice given to others, namely, to find joy in work.

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Chief Justice Taft in tendering the

congratulations of the American people said to Dr. Eliot: "You have wielded greater power with the intelligent democracy of this country than any other unofficial citizen of the times and your long life has been full of constant and eminent usefulness in promoting the welfare of your countrymen."

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A Crisis in the New York City Schools

HE six-year term of Dr. William L. Ettinger, Superintendent of the New York city schools, expires next month. Although it is conceded that his administration has been unqualifiedly beneficial the schools, there seems to be a determined purpose on the part of the politicians to supersede him, for the reason that he has put the interest of the schools above political considerations. The better element of the city is demanding the reëlection of Dr. Ettinger, and it remains to be seen whether the politically controlled members of the Board of Education are willing in the face of this demand to sacrifice the schools to low politics. One member of the board, Arthur S. Somers, is outspoken in his support, but the other members of the board seem to be so subservient to the city administration that there is danger that the good of the schools will not be taken into account in the selection of a superintendent for the next six years.

The harm that has come to the New York city schools in the past few years through the domination of politicians is recognized by intelligent people everywhere. All the reputable papers in New York city commend the good work that Superintendent Ettinger has done and are emphatic in their demand for his reelection. The teaching force as a whole

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