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of instructors and historic surroundings, can 

 be highly recommended, and persons in search 

 of a first-class institution will do well to corre- 

 spond with Mr. Oilman. 



A select school that is highly recommended is 

 Miss White's Home School, at Concord, Mass. 

 "The number of pupils admitted is limited to 

 twenty, in order that each may receive close 

 individual attention. This school offers unu- 

 sual opportunities for instruction in English, 

 French, German, Drawing, and Music. Miss 

 White's Home School is open to both girls 

 and boys, the sessions running from October 

 to June. Particulars regarding the work of 

 this school may be had by addressing the 

 principal, Miss Flora J. White. 



A school that has come rapidly to the front 

 among the high-grade preparatory schools of 

 the South is the North Carolina Military Acad- 

 emy. Its object is not only to give boys a 

 thorough preparation for the leading colleges 

 and technical schools of the country, but also 

 to furnish a liberal training for those not con- 

 templating a college course. 



The North Carolina Military Academ}' is 

 located in the town of Red Springs, Robeson 

 county, N. C, in a community noted for its 

 liealtlifulness, social refinement, and literary 

 culture. Red Springs is on the Atlantic and 

 Yadkin division of the Atlantic Coast Line 

 Railroad. The climate of Red vSprings and 

 the surrounding country is similar to that of 

 Southern Pines, the well-known health resort. 



Capt. Clarence A. Short, B. vS., is principal 

 of the North Carolina Military Academy. 

 The school year of 1902-1903 opens on Septem- 

 ber 3. 



The Randolph-Macon System of Colleges 

 and Academies now comprises five members, 

 offering secondary and collegiate instruction to 

 both sexes, but in different institutions. Those 

 for young men and boys are: Randolph- Macon 

 College, at Ashland, Va. , chartered in 1S30 ; 

 Randolph-Macon Academy, at Bedford City, 

 Va. , established in 1890 ; Randolph-Macon 

 Academy, at Front Royal, Va., established in 

 1892. Those for young women and girls are : 

 Randolph-Macon Woman's College, at Lynch- 

 burg, Va , established in 1893 ; and Randolph- 

 Macon Institute, Danville, Va., admitted in 

 1897. 



The Randolph-Macon Academy, whose an- 

 nouncement appears on another page, is sit- 

 uated at Front Royal, Va., at the foot of the 

 Blue Ridge, near the Shenandoah River It 

 is easy of access and is located in a most health- 

 ful region. The academy has chosen for itself 

 the field between preparatory home school and 

 the real college course. It prepares boys for 

 college, under discipline appropriate to their 



years. Particulars may l)e had by addressing 

 the principal, Charles L Melton, A. M. 



The illustrated catalogue describing the Adi- 

 rondack Summer School is one of the hand- 

 somest that has reached us this sea.son. This 

 unique school is conducted by Mr. J. Liberty 

 Tadd, Director of the Public Industrial Art 

 School of Philadelphia and well known as the 

 author of " New Methods in Education." The 

 Adirondack Summer vSchool, which is now in 

 its sixth session, is situated about two miles 

 from Saranac Lake village and seven miles 

 from Lake Placid, New York, on one of the 

 highest and most picturesque spots of that 

 beautiful region. Mountains surround the 

 camp, which is on an eminence overlooking 

 three valleys. The .site contains an ideal com- 

 bination of mountains, lakes, and forest. 

 Every facility is offered students to gain 

 knowledge and experience in the new methods 

 of education as advocated by Mr. Tadd and 

 now in such demand in all parts of this coun- 

 try and abroad. This school offers students an 

 unusual opportunity for instruction in art, 

 manual training, and nature stud}' while en- 

 joying the summer in a most healthful region. 

 The session la.sts from June to September. 



We beg to acknowledge receipt of a copy of 

 the recenth- issued catalogue of Syracuse Uni- 

 versity. Syracuse University corresponds to 

 the American idea of a group of coordinate 

 colleges in which may be pursued the funda- 

 mental courses of liberal arts, law, medicine, 

 and Christian ethics. To these are added a 

 college of fine arts and a college of applied 

 science. That Syracuse University is growing 

 in equipment will be readily appreciated when 

 it is stated that in five years five buildings have 

 been erected at an expenditure of f 750,000. In 

 the thirty-one years since Syracuse was estab- 

 lished the attendance has grown from 41 to 

 1,806. A summer school was held at the uni- 

 versity from July i to August 9. 



The eighteenth session of the Jones Summer 

 School of Mathematics and Languages is now 

 in progress at Ithaca, New York. This school 

 is entirely distinct from the summer session of 

 Cornell University, and the work of the uni- 

 versity classes is not duplicated . It is for three 

 classes of pupils, as follows : Candidates for 

 admission to Cornell University who lack some 

 of the entrance requirements ; students who, 

 by reason of illness, change of course, or other 

 cause, have deficiencies to make up, and can- 

 didates for the university under graduate 

 scholarships who wish to review their studies 

 just before the examinations. The Jones Sum- 

 mer School is under the direction of Prof. 

 George W. Jones, the author of a number of 

 widelv used text-books on mathematics. 



