DARTMOUTH TEACHERS MEET IN BOSTON

On the evening of November 5, at the Boston City Club, forty-seven Dartmouth alumni engaged in educational work met for dinner and an informal conference on Dartmouth's relations with the public schools. The conference was arranged by Principal W. J. Rockwood '85, of Everett and A. M. Strong '92, of D. C. Heath & Co. There was no prearranged program. Informal talks were given by President Nichols, Lewis Parkhurst '78, Dean Emerson '68, Professor McConaughy, Professor George E. Johnson '87, of the Department of Education at Harvard, Edwin DeMerritte '69, of Boston, William D. Parkinson '78, Superintendent at Waltham, George L. Farley '98, Superintendent at Brockton, and many others. Thirty-four schools and twenty-three classes were represented.

Mr. Parkhurst emphasized the opportunity which Dartmouth has for increasing the efficiency of teachers, both in Dartmouth and in the public schools. To accomplish this, he urged that teaching must be made more attractive and that courses must be given at Dartmouth which would lead men to enter the teaching profession. Professor McConaughy explained the new method of selecting those schools which may admit pupils to Dartmouth without entrance examination. He stated that the Committee on Admission desired the fullest cooperation between Dartmouth and the secondary school principals, and was doing all it could to bring this about. He explained the new Application Blank which had been sent out that week to over eight hundred schools which have been related to Dartmouth in the past.

The success of the Boston gathering has led to a movement in New York for a similar dinner and informal conference. Plans are now being made for this. Associate Superintendent Andrew W. Edson '78, 500 Park Avenue, is arranging the local details; it will be held on the evening of Friday, December 10, at the Dartmouth Club. All Dartmouth men engaged in educational work in or near Greater New York will be welcome at this gathering.