URGES NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (Continued From First Page.] ments in favor of co-education, were it any part of my purpose in this dis cussion so to do. I am of the opin ion that the opposition to co-educa tion on the part of the average lav man is the result of ill directed im agination or sentiment, and that the large majority of those who oppose it, while thoroughly conscientious, have never studied the question from professional viewpoint and can glv'e few \alid arguments in support of their opposition. I ought to say that I have no more objection, personally, to the separation of the sexes than T have to co-education. So far as any purely academic or moral aspect of the question is concerned, I do not be lieve it makes any particular differ ence whether our high schools are co educational or not. Under proper di rection they will be good either \vny. And, holding the view that I do, it will not surprise you that I shall take no time to present any academic ar gument one way or the other. Separation Economic "In my opinion the question before us, so far as co-education or separa tion is concerned, is not academic, but largely economic. Eleven years ago, when the Technical High school for boys was established, a movement be gan in this city which is bound even tually to separate the sexes in out high schools, whether we want (hem to be separated or not. Since that time the ratio of boys to girls in the Central High school has gradually be come smaller, until to-day there are only 240 boys in a total of 348 stu dents in the older school. At the pres ent time there are only S3 freshman boys in the school with a total fresh- AMCSEMENTS RESHf To-day and to-morrow Dniilrl Frohman presents M.tßfil ERITE CLARK in his famous \ew York Lyceum Theater surer**, "SEVEN* SISTERS." Paramount. Friday, one day onlr MYRTLE ST EDM A\ In "THE WILD OLIVE." from the novel by Ilasll Kini;. Para mount. Professor Wallace, the eminent blind organist plays from 2 'till 4.50 and from 7 'till 11 p. m. Mis.- Mer chant from 10..10 'till 2 and from 4.30 'till 7 p. m. O \ \ Photoplays VQwtVyQjb l tC WILLIAM FOX, I'rcsontK The Mob( WliiMime of Kmotlonal Stnrn I DOROTHY BERNARD Sui»|M»r»• I I I/* Hnnil your favorite selection A \r ,<4 to nn iiMher. >lr. Veascn will plenwe you. and nlnnym worth It. MATINEE EVENINGS 2 30 HyFWiaßfilTll 7.30 to 10.30 10 and 15c iMttSZffiZEIS 10-15 and 25c OBRIEN HAVEL & CO. GOLDSMITH AND HOPPE ~ MANG AND SNYDER "THE DRUMMERS" EMMETT AND TONGE LEROY HARVEY AND CO. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AIND SATURDAY Excursion Trip With the Day Pullman P A DELIGHTFUL ?V. „ I n WITH PRETTY Loughin's Comedy jp | Animals GIRLS, CATCHY f SONGS AND A fP' Ma jorie Fairbanks & Co. GOOD COMEDIAN "The Elopement" The Joy Ride of the Season, a Good Time For All. WEDNESDAY EVENING, j man class there of 304. And if Latin and commercial subjects were offered | in the Technical High school, as many of our people are urging and as the principal is recommending, separa tion would be practically complete. The* problem would solve itself so far as co-education Is concerned. And 1 do not think the matter of more or I less desirable physical occommoda j tions has had very much, if anything, i to do with the drift toward the tech | nical institution. This is strictly a I boys' school, the boys know it to be j such, and, as a rule, they would rather j be by themselves. Why Tech Is Not Made "Boys' High" "During our high school conLro | versy, which has now been going on for several years, many persons have volunteered the suggestion that the I whole question might be settled by ' removing the boys of the Central High school to the Technical High school, thereby relieving the Central j High school of its overcrowding, sepa rating the sexes, and avoiding all | necessity for any new school at all. i We have attempted to meet this sug ' gestion by showing that by surh an I arrangement, neither school could ;vc j commodate all of its pupils And It [ is for this reason that classical and commercial courses cannot at this time be offered in the Technical High school. "There are now approximately 450 ■ boys in this school and 240 in Cen i tral. a total of 690. Our Technical • High school at present can accommo date comfortably 550. You can i readily see that there would be. by putting all the boys together, a sur j plus of 140. The Central High school 'at present contains 70S girls. This ! building also can accommodate com i fortably in one session, leaving needed j laboratories as they are. only 550 stu ' dents, which means a present surplus of girls of 158. What's* to Be Done I do not think that any new co educational school, however attractive in its appointments, will stem the tide toward the Technical High school— certainly not, if Latin and commer cial subjects be added to the courses in the latter. Hence, the question arises as to what to do under the cir cumstances. We have a large num ber of our people—possibly a major ity, so far as I know —expressing a desire for a separation of the sexes. | We have a boys' school already es j tablished, and the city can hardly af : ford to support another. We have a J demand for the establishment of ad ' ditional courses in connection with 1 the work in the Technical High i school, and we have an increasingly j large percentage of our boys attend !ing there, even under present condi tions. What is the best solution? F.nlargc Tech to Fifth Street i Sly honest opinion, with a full knowledge of conditions and after the most earnest and careful study of the situation, is that we should both en large our present Technical High school to accommodate all of our boys, and erect a new school to accommo date the girls. The enlargement sug gested would involve the acquirement of all the property east of the pres ent building, as far as Fifth street and the erection of a building on this property conforming in architectural effect to the present building. I am reliably informed that this could all be done at a cost not exceeding $300,- 000. Erection of Girls' High School The separation of the sexes would simplify considerably the architec tural problems in the erection of a girls' high school. The building could be made smaller than originally con templated, for it would have a smaller number to accommodate. Its inter ior arrangements would be simplified, since provisions would have to be made for girls only. And all this would materially affect the cost of construction. I have made more or less careful inquiry and i am of the opinion, from the Information gath ered. that a girls' high school large enough and good enough to suit our needs and aspirations, can be erected for $300,000 to $350,000, not includ ing any expense which might be en tailed for site or equipment. Junior High School "Another consideration which might affect the cost of new high school construction is the attitude of our people with relation to the question of the junior high school. The best educational thought to-day advocates the division of the ordinary twelve year period of public school education Into six years in the elementary schools, three years in the junior high school, and three years In the senior high school. Without taking the time in this paper to dlsctuis the excellent arguments in favor of this classification. T shall simply record the fact that within the past two or three years the idea has taken firm root in educational administration throughout the entire country. The National Bu reau of Education at Washington, the departments of education in various States, the National Educational As sociation. State educational associa tions throughout the United States, and hundreds of prominent educators have given it sanction. Our own State of Pennsylvania is urgent in its advocacy of the new classification, and already a number of the larger cities and boroughs of the State are adopting it. I venture to predict not only that within ten years the plan will be standard throughout the country, but that the school system that has not adopted it will be re garded as ultra-conservative or be hind the times. I have no doubt that Harrlsburg will be brought face to face with this question within the near future. Plan of .Junior High School The plan of the junior high school contemplates the separation of the pupils of the last two elementary grades and of the first year of the high school into one or more sepa- A M VSEMENTS r Grand Theater DBRKV STREET THURSDAY "The Island of Rejuvenation." In « parts, fcnturlns; Edith Story and Antonio Moreno. AINO "FROM Ot T OF THE RIG SNOWS," lit .1 acl*. featuring .lames Morrison, Dorothy Kelly and Geo. Cooper. ' * To-morrow GERESTEN AMI SEMENT CO. Presents SMTZ MOORE and GEO. H. SCAN I.OX IN THE WINNERS PRICES Mat., 25c 38c and 50cj Mailt, 15c to 75c. Oritheuin Theater. Monday Evening. OCTOBER 25. MELBA Beatrice Harrison, 'cellist; Koliert Parker, baritone: SI. I.CKcre. pianist. Lower Floor—s2.oo, Rnleony —-$1.50, f-,00, $2..»0. . Gallery—sl.oo, $1.50. Roxes —*12, MS and S2O. Mall orders accompanied by re mittance and stamped envelope till ed before the openinu of public sale in the order of receipt. Public Sale Opens at Ho* Office, October 22. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH rate and distinct buildings, with a view to beginning earlier than at present, under the most favorable conditions, courses of study that most nearly con form to the various vocational prefer ences and adaptabilities of pupils. An excellent report on the general sub ject of junior high schools was pre sented to you several weeks ago by the chairman of your educational committee, and In the main received my hearty endorsement. "But in spite of all this. I do not believe the organization of junior high schools at this time will solve our present problem. If we should remove to-day all the freshmen from both high schools and place them In junior high schools, we should still hardly be able to accommodate in our present high schools all the high school students that would be left, to say nothing of any margin for future growth. In other words, we should still be face to face with the same problem that has confronted us for several years. "My personal conviction is that Junion high schools a' me will not suffice to meet our p. II'ST REMAIN AT XISH Athens, Greece, Oct. 20, via London, 11.35 a. m. —The diplomatic corps at the Serbian court has been compelled to remain in Nlsh for the present at least. The expected departure of the diplomats for Monastir, in South western Serbia near the Greek border, has been postponed on account of the interruption of railway communica tion between Nlsh and Saloniki. MANY GREET REV. MR. HART Practically the entire congregation of the Fifth Street Methodist Epis copal Church turned out last evening to hear the Rev. B. H. Hart, of Wii llamsport, for fourteen years pastor of the church, lecture on "Investments.' The lecture was given under the aus t.ices of the Woman's Missionary Society. FREE COFFEE 20 OUNCES TO THE POUND / DURING COFFEE WEEK October 18th to 23d, 1915 WE WILL Give Free % lb. Coffee With Each Purchase of One Pound of BENEFIT BRAND > BEST STANDARD COFFEE (35c value) 240 lb. or E*XTRA FANCY COFFEE (40c value) 280 lb. or No. 1 MALEBERRY COFFEE (40c value) 280 lb. or PLANTATION COFFEE (38c value) 270 lb. or BRONX (N. Y. Style) COFFEE ...(30c value) 180 lb. Tamsui Tea Co. 331 MARKET STREET, SECOND FLOOR Demonstration in Honor of Edison Day In honor of Edison Day to-morrow, the anniversary of the birth of Thos. A. Edison, the J. H. Troup. Music House. 15 South Market Square will conduct a series of demonstrations of the Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, one of the more recent of the inven. tor's contributions to mankind. A feature of the demonstration will be the playing of records which Mr. Edison has selected as his favorites from the large collection of records that have been made. Demonstrations, will he conducted during the evening for the benefit of those who are unable to go to the store during the day. ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PLANNED By Associated Press London, Oct. 20, 10.46 a. m.—lt is reported from F'rankfort that the cen tral powers have decided to undertake still another campaign this time against Montenegro. According to this report forwarded from Amster dam by a correspondent of the Central News, 20,000 Austrian and German in fantrymen. with Artillery have arrived from Galicia at Saraisevo, in Bosnia about sixty miles north of the Monte negrin border. 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