BOSTON UNIVERSITY TH HE name and location of Boston University predetermined its character. Established in the heart of the literary metropolis of America, it could meet the just expectations of the public only by organizing as a metropolitan university of the most advanced and comprehensive type. Its founders believed, with rare earnestness, that the highest of all educational ideals are the distinctively Christian, and that the distinctively Christian ideals, instead of isolating individuals or segregating classes, associate men and women in school, as in home and state and church. Accordingly they had the honor of organizing the first university ever planned from the start and throughout with no individual disabilities or class discriminations on the ground of race, nationality, sex, or other heredity. As an expression of their faith, they gave to it at the start more than one and a half millions of dollars. They at once instituted a reform in professional training. The University was the first in the United States to present in Theology, Law and Medicine uniform graded courses of instruction covering three scholastic years, and to require in each the full three years of study. It was also the first to establish a four-years' course in Medicine, and to reinstate the long-lost baccalaureate degrees in Medicine and Surgery. Its advanced standards and broad principles soon gave it a larger number of students in its three professional schools than were found in any other American university. They also attracted wide attention and interest in Europe. The National University at Athens and the Royal University at Rome, both newly reorganized on exceptionally liberal bases, entered into special agreements with the Boston institution for mutual co-operation. In this way the University gave an important impulse to the movement which later resulted in the establishment of an American School of Archæology in Athens, and, later still, one in Rome. See Thirteenth Annual Report of the University, pp. 5-17. More than four thousand have already been graduated at the University, and among their names may be found those of eminent senators, governors, bishops and judges; metropolitan pastors, lawyers and physicians; editors and authors; founders of missions, college professors and presidents of universities, American and foreign. At the time of the annexation of the Hawaiian Republic four Boston University graduates were in the Islands, and of these one was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, another a Judge in the Supreme Court, the third the Deputy Attorney-General of the Republic, and the Fourth its Chief Marshal. Shortly after, another, residing in China, was called to the presidency of the Imperial University of Nankin. Not an honorary degree has ever been conferred by the University. Persons desiring further information as to its history and its metropolitan advantages are invited to address Boston University, Boston, Mass. FOR GIRLS THIS school is in Wollaston Park, in the city of Quincy, fifteen minutes distant from the centre of Boston by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. This nearness to Boston is one of the advantages afforded by this school, as the art, music and shopping centres are as easily and quickly reached as from many parts of the city itself. There are three fine buildings and nearly eight acres of beautiful grounds, comprising lawns, gardens, groves and playgrounds. This was the finest part of the old Quincy estate, which has been for more than two hundred years under careful cultivation. The spot is ideal in situation and picturesque surroundings. Noble trees and beautiful hedges shut in the playgrounds, where the girls have excellent opportunities for exercise and games. In healthfulness no place could excel this locality. The sanitary arrangements of the buildings are excellent and the water is from the Metropolitan System. The home life, under the personal supervision of Mrs. Willard, is one of culture and refinement, tending to the best mental and moral training of each girl. The school is undenominational, but positively Christian in influence, and the Bible instruction is given without any sectarian bias. The courses of study are varied to meet the diversified needs and wishes of parents and pupils. Certain studies, English, History and Mathematics are required for graduation; but great variety is allowed in electives. The regular courses are designed for students not intending to enter college. There is also a College Preparatory Course, meeting the highest requirements of collegiate entrance examinations, and the certificate, given those who successfully complete this course, entitles them to enter the colleges for women which accept certificates, and also the leading co-educational colleges of New England. There is a large corps of teachers, both men and women, graduates of colleges or of technical schools, who give personal attention to the needs of each pupil. Special attention given to graduates of high schools. The advantages offered in Music, Art and the Languages are of the best. Frequent excursions to Boston and to the many places of historic interest in Eastern Massachusetts. The illustrated prospectus refers to many well-known people in all parts of the country. For full particulars address Dr. H. M. WILLARD, Principal. QUINCY MANSION SCHOOL: WOLLASTON, MASS. WELLESLEY COLLEGE FOUNDED by Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Durant, to furnish a liberal education of the highest grade to young women; incorporated 1870; opened to students 1875; first degrees conferred 1878. The corps of instructors numbers eighty. Located in its own extensive grounds of hill and meadow, bordering upon a small lake. There are two large halls of instruction and residence, eight smaller dormitories, a chapel, art building, music hall, chemical laboratory, observatory, several society houses, and other buildings. College is undenominational, but distinctively Christian. The Library has 52,000 volumes. The Requirements for admission, the same as those of the other leading colleges; courses thorough, with generous provision for electives. degree of B. A. is given to all students who complete the regular college course of four years; of M. A. for one full year of graduate work. MISS CAROLINE HAZARD, M. A., LITT. D., PRESIDENT WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY, MASS. Walnut Hill School for Girls NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS THIS School, which begins its Eleventh Year in September, 1903, is located at Natick, Mass., seventeen miles from Boston, and two miles west of Wellesley College. Its buildings, grounds, tennis courts and basket-ball field occupy a tract of ten acres. The three large buildings embody the best ideas of construction and equipment for school and home purposes, with careful arrangement for sanitation, ventilation and heating. The home life is pleasant, surrounded with conditions favorable to the best development of the pupils. Two courses of study are offered: (I) a four years' course which meets the requirements for admission to the best colleges; the school certificate is given to those who complete this course and admits students to Wellesley, Vassar, Smith, Mt. Holyoke and other colleges without further examinations; (II) a general course selected from the list of studies offered, and equivalent in difficulty and amount to college preparation. The aim of the school is to train its graduates to be women of Christian character, fine scholarship, good health and cultivated and womanly manners. Further information may be obtained from the Principals: Miss Charlotte H. Conant, B. A. Miss Florence Bigelow, M. A. Walnut Hill School for Girls DANA HALL SCHOOL WELLESLEY F IFTEEN miles from Boston on the Bos ton & Albany Railroad, is placed by official statistics at the head of Massachusetts towns for healthfulness; and the surroundings of the school are full of beauty. Dana Hall and its cottages add to attractiveness of location the advantages of perfect ventilation and drainage, pure water supply and the most excellent sanitary arrangements. The school playstead furnishes opportunities for basket ball and lawn tennis, while the excellent country roads present great attractions for walking or bicycle riding. The Assembly hall, class rooms and music rooms are all especially commodious, and there is a large and fully equipped gymnasium. The School is lodged in a large private home, and there are also cominodious cottages, rooms being arranged for one hundred and sixty resident pupils. The home life is that of self respecting discipline with all the refinements of a cultured Christian household. A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS I MASS. 'N 1881, when the Preparatory Department of Wellesley College was discontinued, Dana Hall School was founded by the Misses Eastman. It has continued with undeviating success the work of thoroughly preparing girls for college; and it has recently added a General Course for non-collegians, which includes more advanced work in Literature and the Languages, History, History of Art, and Science. While Dana Hall is successor to the Wellesley Preparatory School and in practice largely retains that character, the course is also a thorough preparation for all other women's and co-educational colleges. Pupils receiving certificates from Dana Hall are admitted without further examination at Wellesley, Smith, Vassar, Cornell and Mount Holyoke colleges. The courses are comprehensive and admirably arranged, and as to the quality of instruction, high ideals have been set and closely adhered to. The faculty, headed by Miss Helen Temple Cooke, as principal, with Mrs. Harriet E, Page and Miss Jeannie Evans as associate principals, numbers twenty-six. The courses in Latin, Greek, Science and Mathematics are in charge of teachers trained in Wellesley College. The work in English is conducted by teachers trained in Radcliffe and Wellesley, and the French and German languages are taught by foreign instructors. The School is particularly distinguished for its advanced work in languages and literature and its specially full courses in History of Art and History of Music. Dana Hall continues to improve wherever improvement seems possible and now has students not only from all parts of the United States, but also from Cuba and Honolulu, and from Germany, India and other foreign countries. Dana Hall School is strictly undenominational, but the Bible is read daily and studied in weekly lessons, DANA HALL SCHOOL WELLESLEY NEW ENGLAND HUNTINGTON AVENUE, Founded in 1853 by Dr. Eben Tourjée, original introducer into America of the Conserva. tory System of musical instruction, and who was its director until his death in 1891 Mr. Carl Faelten was director from 1891 to 1897, and since 1897 Geo W. Chadwick, M. A.. has been director. The new building, entirely devoted to educational purposes, is the most completely equipped conservatory building in the world. The larger auditorium, Jordan Hall, seats over 1,000 and its equipment includes a large electric pipe organ, a stage, scenery and every equipment for orchestral and choral concerts and operatic performances. There are thirteen pipe organs in the building, more than double the number of organs under any other single roof in the world. The location is directly in the art center of Boston. CORNER OF GAINSBOROUGH STREET, MASSACHUSETTS. There is a faculty of sixty-five members, and the Conservatory has over two thousand students annually. The courses cover a comprehensive range, including all departments of vocal and instrumental music, musical composition, theory, harmony, as well as related branches such as piano tuning, elocution, oratory and modern languages. The new School of Opera, established two years ago under direction of Signor Oreste Bimboni, offers unequalled opportunities; and the Students' Orchestra, under personal supervision of Mr. Chadwick, the director, is another prominent feature among the many which make this the foremost music school in America. The diplomas and certificates of this Conservatory represent thorough musical education, and its alumni hold leading positions and prestige in the musical world. For prospectus, etc., address FRANK W. HALE, GENERAL MANAGER PHILLIPS ACADEMY Founded at Andover, Mass., 1778, by the gifts of Hon. Samuel Phillips and his brother, Hon. John Phillips. Others have added to the original foundations by endowments of several kinds, and various scholarships have been established. The latest of the larger benefactions is the establishment of an entire new Department of American Archaeology, with an imposing building, a valuable collection and a $100,000 endowment. Alfred E. Stearns, -ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS M. A., B. D., Principal, Phillips Academy has established very high repute for its broad scholarship, for its elevated ideals and especially for the practical success which has been obtained by its students. In all the leading professions and every useful avenue of endeavor, its alumni are found among the leaders. In all the great colleges, and particularly Yale and Harvard, the graduates of this academy have for years been distinguished for their thoroughness of preparation, and success in their college work. The academy has also done a useful work in the education of boys who have not gone to college. Especially is it distinguished for its American, democratic spirit; the sons of the wealthiest men in the country mingling with boys who are working their way through school. The courses of the academy have thoroughly adjusted and adapted themselves to the highest collegiate requirements. The ability of its faculty, the excellence of its equipment, its library and laboratory facilities, the prestige of honorable history and other advantages and achievements have placed Phillips Academy in the front rank of American schools. For full particulars address: PHILLIPS ACADEMY |