New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1928, Page 5

FRASIER RAPS THE LIBERAL COLLEGES Sags They Have a Medieval |ore'ichecon s, i their sraduates Curriculum Today New York, April 11 Pi—American liberal art colleges, “which seems not to he interested in the future of public education for the masses,” should strive to discover the kind of student they want rather than how they have been prepared, Dr. George W. Frasier, president of the Colorado State Tcachers college, told a national conference on education at Columbia today. Sharp In Criticism. Dr. Frasicr was sharp in his criti- cism of the present relations be- tween college and secondary educa- tion. “Preparing for entrance to one of the average castern colleges wrecks the high school carcer of thousands of boys and girls,” he said. And again, “these subjects (Latin, essay-writing, English classics, ‘dry as dust ancicnt history,’ as taught in high schools) prepare for nothing in the world but collcge, and it take a confirmed optimist to see how they do that.” He made tivo su complishing the readjustment, that liberal arts colleges should not pre- e high school tcachers and that colleges should «irop specific- stions for ac- thes myitter requircments for entrance and also drop the type of specific examinations dvuinded by the col- | lege entrance hoard. IFor present entrance réquirements he would substitute judgment of the student’s intclligence and character 1nd evidence of the accomplishment of what ever kind of high school work he may have chosen. Medieval Curricul > present domination of th colleges over the high schools,” he said. “would be a good thing for the hizh school if these colleges had a coneeption of cducation as somie- thing to do with modern life. But| the average coll of this group =il clings to its medieval curricu- lum "I one is to entrance e requirements, wis collpges Hclieve that to be a from collcge BILIOUSNESS RELIEVED s+ QUICKLY [ Carter’s Little Liver Pills Purely Vagetable Lasstive theya tor's prescrintion, end can be given w olute con to snybody. All Druggists 25c and 75¢ ager. TER'S I PILLS the liberal | al i one must be of the past. The greater he is in this circle, the lower he kneels be- { fore the shrinc of things old. * * ® “At the present time the colleges arc spending far more time regulat- ing high school curricula than they are in re-building their own, When they discover that their graduates worshippe they are always ready to lay the blame for their own shortcomings on secondary cducation, |FAMOUS NEGRO ATHLETE OF OTHER DAYS PASSES William C. Matthews Once Was Star Al Harvard—Lator Assistant ' Attoruey General, Cambridge, Mass., April 11 (P— Old timers at Harvard university to- day were recalling the days when William C. Matthews, the crimson's most famous negro athlete, held sway in three sports, a quarter of a century ago. Matthews, an assistant United States attorney general, died yester- day in Washington. He entered Har- vard after a distinguished scholastic |and athletic career at Phillips And- over acadcmy, where he won his let- ters in football, baseball and track and was the first of his race to cap- tain an Andover baseball team. At Harvard he proceeded to dupli- cate his Andover Career. As a short- istop he was regarded without peer. before or since, and as a man he low players that they abandoned i southern trip rather than leave hi behind or out of the lineup. He was graduated from the col- lege in 1904 and later took a gradu- ate course and finally a degree from {the Boston University Law School, He coaehed several Boston high school athletic teams and for several years was coach at Noble and Green- ough preparatory school. | Matthews' work in classroom and ficld was r | markable because throughout his at- {tendance at school and college he was forced to carn his way. He| worked variously as slecping car | porter, bell boy and waiter and when |at Harvard he taught nights in the | Cambridge school. FIRE. | April 1 (R—| Manchester, Mass., {Fire early today burned out the in- |terior of Horticultural hall near the center of this town. causing a loss estimated at $20,000. The building. owned by the North Shore Horti- | cultural society, besides being nsed for flower shows, had ben utilized {as a community center and for mo- tion picture exhibitions. MUSSOLINI RETURNS Rome, April 11 (UP)-—Premicr | Mussolini returned to Rome today | concluding his Easter vacation | which he spent with his family in Milan. o was held in such atfection by his fel- | By the Associated Press, New York—Gary, Ind, is gain- |ing and Mock<jald, Sweden, is losing |a colorful beauty. Miss Alice Nor- {man, 24, an immigrant has brown hair and blue eyes. When she arrived |she worc a green bonnet, a green | iacket, a red bodice, an apron of red, {green and Llue, a red, blue, black and yellow skirt, red stockings and | silver buckles on her shoes. She is |to make her home with a brother in Gary. | London-—Thcre is some curiosity !as to whether the Prince of Wales |is toppling a bit from bachelordon:. Bespeaking aid for a lifeboat fund be stressed the need of women's help saying: “With it you can do almost anything. Wonien have a gift of sympathy and self-sacrifice that carries all before it.”” Santa Barbara, Cal.—Ditto for another handsome popular male of single bliss or perhaps it's the aun- shine. Lindy has been entertaining the fair sex with rides toward heaven. Many were his smiles as he went up nine times with his four- cabin plane filled with bevies of beauty. Exeter, N. H—His favorite iron | horse bore him to his grave. Tug Wilson, for 44 years a railroad man, |is at rest. His body was brought from his home in Lawrence, Mass., by the locomotive he drove for 16 | vears between Boston and Portland. Me. Among the messages of con- dolence was one from his friend, President Coolidge. New York—This beats Francis mont with a nineteenth hole in Quebec. A project is afoot for a club in Ontario across the line from Buf- falo with nine nineteenth holes. It rded as the more re- | will have nine golf courses. San I'rancisco—In addition to un- counted medals and®jewelled orna- ments Lindbergh is now entitled to wear a little silver Buffalo suspend- €d by a white and red ribbon around the neck. He is among the recipients of awards by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. for note- worthy service outside the regular line of duty to boyhood. Py New York—It is revealed that United States Steel paid the late I, H. Gary. a salary of $225.000 a year plus a honus, which brought his an- nual income to around $400,000. Detroit—An eleven-story garage is in operation. 1t accommodates §00 cars. New York—Once he was a chauf- feur for Kaiser Wilhelm, if his story is correct, and now he drives a taxi in New York. Alexander Gross, in court for making an improper turm. 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