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School of the highest type. Founded 1824, Junior Prepares for all colleges. All outdoor sports. HIGHLAND tural and urb of Philadelphia. Preparatory Conservatoryoflusic: Art, Orator retaryship, Gymnastics, Normal K pool. Pipe organ, gymnasium. AdL Founded 18 In old residential Hollidaysburg, Autumn and Spring Camp part of preparatory, general, post-gradua ELLEN C. KEATES, A.B., Principal, Schools for Girls and Colleges for Women SCHOOL for 25th Year College Preparatory, two year College Course, or One Year Special intensive training for examinations. Music, Art, Expression, Domestic Science, Business, Physical Training. Educational Resources of National Capital Utilized. Students from 45 States. CAMP EGGEMOGGIN, MAINE Same Management Opens June 30 Catalog and full information on request. Fairmont School, 2105 S St. N.W., Washington, D.C. FRANCES SHIMER SCHOOL For Girls and Young Women. 2 years College, 4 years Academy.' Music, Art, Expression, Home Economics. 71st year. 35 acres. 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Music, Art, Expression, Home Economics. Secretarial Course, Athletics, under the direction of European and American Instructors Students from 32 States. Catalog. MATTIE P. HARRIS, President, Box T. 1.1, WILLIAMS, AR :D. LEXINGTON, MO. THE HIGHLANDS School for aris? a Park LY SULLINS COLLEGE VIRGINIA PARK IMMACULATA Seminary, Washington, D. C. Select Suburban School for Girls. Two Years' College Course. Preparatory and Special Courses. Music, Art, Expression, Domestic Science. Gymnasium, new swimming pool. Riding, abundant outdoor sports. Advantages of Washington with experienced chaperones. Address THE SECRETARY 4230 Wisconsin Ave. GUNSTON HALL 1920 Florida Ave., Washington, D. C. A school for girls. Est. 1892. Preparatory and academic courses. Two years post graduate and college work. Muste, Art, Expression. MRS. BEVERLEY R. MASON, Principal CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL A residence school for girls which prepares for woman's work in the world. Courses: preparatory, two yearadvanced for high-school graduates, special. Campus of twelve acres. Address CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL, Box D. Frederic Ernest Farrington, Ph.D., Headmaster, Washington, D. C. THE GIRLS' LATIN SCHOOL 34th year. College Preparatori nd Academic. Thorough preparation for colleges. Faculty of college trained Christlan women. Selected students. Cultura, advantages due to location. Exceptionally beautiful home. Catalog. Miss WILMOT, A.B., Headmistress. MARTLAND, Baltimore. 1223 St. Paul Street. Mary Baldwin College and Mary Baldwin Seminary FOR YOUNG LADIES ESTABLISHED IN 1842 STAUNTON, VIRGINIA Term begins September 6th. Uesurpassed climate, modern equipment. In Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Students from 33 states. Courses: Collegiate, 4 years, A.B. Degree: Preparatory, 4 years. Mosis, Art, Expression, Domestic Science. Nad Field. Catalogue. Athletics-Gymnasium FOR GIRLS In the Blue Ridge Mountains. Two Main line railroads. College preparatory, 1 year graduate work, Music, Art, Home Economics. Expression. Secretarial. Modern building, 21 acres. Riding, Golf, $525. John Noble Maxwell, Pres., Fairfax Hall, Box D, Basic, Va. special courses. French FOR YOUNG GIRLS the language of the house. The school is planned to teach girls how to study, to bring ther nearer nature, and to inculcate habits of order and economy. Mlle. Lea M. Bouligny, Box 21, Warrenton. Va. President. 423 STATE ST. A College preparatory General and domestic science courses. Music, Art. Very mild winter climate-year round outdoor athletics. Horseback riding, swimming, hiking. Junior department. Close personal touch, happy, school life. Booklet. MRS. ELIZABETH N. MATHER, Principal, Austin, Texas. ST. MARY'S DALLAS EPISCOPAL Junior College, High School and College Preparatory courses. Strong special departments, Music, Art, Home Economics, Expression, Dramatics. Mild climate, outdoor athletics all year. Large campus, new fireproof dormitory. Address ANNA MARTIN CROCKER, A.B., Principal, Box 18, Dallas, Texas. Marlborough School for Girls 5041 West Third Street, Los Angeles Thirty-fourth Year. An attractive home for forty girls. Beautiful new buildings; preparation for College; College Certificate rights. Special advantages for Music, French, History of Art, etc. Basketball, tennis, horseback riding. Mrs. Mary S. Caswell, Principal. FAIRFAX HALLAR LEWISBURG 112th year. College Preparatory and two years college work. Art, Music, SEMINARY Expression, Home Economics. Fine lo Only 7 miles from White Sulphur Springs. New $232,000 fire-proof dormitory. Terms: $500. Send for catalog. LEWISBURG SEMINARY, Box 80, Lewisburg, W. Va. BRENAU COLLEGE CONSERVATORY Noted for select patronage 30 states, pleasant social life; location foothills Blue Ridge Mts. North of Atlanta. Standard A.B. course; special advantages in music, oratory, art, domestic science, physical culture. 31 buildings, out-door sports; swimming, boating, horse-back riding, etc. Catalog and illustrated book. Address BRENAU, Rox L, Gainesville, Ga. OF Southern Seminary A School of Character ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS College for Women In 56th year. For girls and young women. the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Ten mlles from the world-famed Natural Bridge and historic Lexington. Courses: College preparatory, four years: seminary and collegiate, two years; plano, pipe organ, voice, violin, expression, art, commercial and home economics. Sports: Outdoor and gymnasium: mountainelimbing horseback riding and canoeing. Health record 100 per cent. Rate $490. Catalog, Box 989, Buena Vista, Va. Standard Courses leading to degrees. 83rd year. Department of Expression; Household Economics; Conservatory of Music; School of Art. 14 buildings, gymnasium, natatorium, golf, riding, etc. Extensive campus and farms. ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS ACADEMY The Preparatory School, Special Courses. For cataloguo address The Registrar, Box 130 St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Boys' Preparatory St. Johnsbury Academy Preparation for College a Specialty Beautifully located in the Hills of Vermont Strong Faculty Christian Influence Homelike Dormitories For Mustrated Catalog Wilbraham Academy Prepares for the demands of college and the duties of life. 5 brick buildings. New athletic feld. Academy farm250 acres. Limited enrollment. GAYLORD W. DOUGLASS, M.A., Headmaster, Wilbraham, MASS. MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON 589 Boylston St. (Copley sq. CHAUNCY HALL SCHOOL Established 1828. Prepares boys exclusively for MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and other scientific schools. Every teacher a specialist. FRANKLIN T. KURT, Principal. THE MITCHELL SCHOOL A school that appeals to the American Boy and the discriminating parent. Exponents of clean sport, fair play and thoro work. Upper and lower school. ALEXANDER H. MITCHELL, Principal, Box L, Billerica Mass. Williston–4 progressive school with eighty of It. Thorough preparation for all colleges. Junior School for Young BoysA distinct school in Its own building: separate faculty. Address ARCHIBALD V. GALBRAITH, Principal, Box M, Easthampton, Mass. GiN GLENDALE Founded 1853. Distinctive- Junior College for GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ESERVATIONS for the 1923-24 sessible to insure entrance. Courses covering 4 years preparatory and ? years college work. Strong Music and Art Departments. Also Literature, Expression, Physical Training, Home Economics and Sec retarial. Outdoor sports and swimming pool. Woody Crest is the School Farm and Country Club. References required. POWDER POINT SCHOOL L Worcester Academy and Preparatory School. Godfrey, Madison Co., III. HARRIET RICE CONGDON, Principal Booklets on request. Address WARD-BELMONT Nashville, Tenn. will understand your boy and help him to understand himself. Address Headmaster, 50 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Mass. 3. PL FOR BOYS OP ABILITY WITH COLLEGE VISION WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS Military Schools and Boys' Preparatory Boys' Preparatory Stearns School White Mt. Region. Home GETTYSBURG ACADEMY — A finely equipped life with personal super- boarding school for 100 boys. Modern buildings comfortvision. Intensive preparation for secondary schools, able and homelike. Beautiful and healthful location near All sports. New colleges and scientific schools., Unusually rapid ad swimming pool. Separate Junior Dormitory. $375 to vancement. All-year sports. Address Arthur F.Stearns, $450. 97th year opens Sept. Igth. Rev. CHARLES H. Principal, Box C, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. HUBER, Litt.D., Headmaster, Box B, Gettysburg, Pa. WENON MILITARY AC Healthfully located 1 Philadelphia. Acader and special courses. La Field and Gym. Sound principles emphasize HOW to study. Separat Juniors, $650. Upper School, $750. Write for Catalogue MAJOR C. A. SNYDER, Supe Box 402, WENONAH, NEW J TOME SCHOOL FOR BOYS Port Deposit, Md. 48 years given to training boys in sell-discovery and sell-development. Preparatory for leading secondary schools. In the Berkshire ils, two hours from New York City. FREDERICK S. CURTIS, Principal. GERALD B. CURTIS, Assistant Principal. Brookfield Center, Conn. ROXBURY A. N. SHERIFF, Principal. THORPE SCHOOL Boys under 15 CAMP Pelican Lake, Wis. MOSES BROWN SCHOOL A century-old school of distinctive character. Object preparation for college. Individual programs. Separate upper and lower schools. Extensive grounds, athletics, gymnasium, swimming pool. Catalog. SETH K. GIFFORD, Ph.D., Principal, Providence, R. I. VOD D 76th Year TI The oldest and the leading school for FISHBURNE MILITARY Cascadilla Schools College Preparatory Boarding School for Boys Specializing in preparing boys for college or university. Small classes under specialist instructors. Certificate privileges. Complete navy outfit. Winning teams, fine school spirit. Numbers limited. Apply now for 1923. Special Tutoring School, October to July. High-grade instruction in all preparatory subjects. Send for catalogs. F. B. CHAMBERLIN, Director, Box 118, Ithaca, N. Y. I There are many factors which have established The Literary Digest's worth to the resident school advertiser. First among these and basic in its bearing upon school publicity, is the great intelligent public, comprising over a million and a third Literary Digest families. In all the world no greater assemblage of Special school issues remaining for 1923 July 21st, 1923 RO.T.C. Box L, Waynesboro, Virgini An Ideal Home Scho Boys. Boys 10 to prepared for the Gorernment Academ NCSS. 1,600 feet above seadry, bracing mount: arate building and s ers for younger boy training developsobec and manly carriage, swimming pool and at Daily dri ls. Personal, i struction by our tutorial system. Acaden years old. $600,000 plant, full equipmen fireproof. Charges $650. Hlustrated catalogue Col. Thos. H. Russell, B. S., Pres., Box D, RUTGERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL Invest for your boy in a school where the men understand boys, and where school morale favors success. Strong athletics. Refined life. Prepares for best colleges. Your boy's age and aim? Write for catalogue to L. D. HAYS, Registrar, New Brunswick, N.J. PENNINGTON 85th year. FRANCIS HARVEY GREEN, Headmaster. Box 80, Pennington, N. J. physical, Mercersburg Academy mental and moral training for college or business. Under Christian masters from the great universities. Located in the Cumberland Valley, one of the most picturesque spots of America. Gymnasium, Equipment modern. Write for catalog. Address Box 103. WILLIAM MANN IRVINE, LL.D., Headmaster, Mercersburg, Pa. A suburban school for boys, nine miles from Boston. Military efficiency with the family life of the cottage system. Successful graduates in leading colleges and technical schools. Athletics graded to every boy's needs. Complete equipment. Upper and Lower schools. THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D. 435 Waltham St., W. Newton, Mass. A School for Boys with Military CHARLES L. MELTON, A. M., Princip BLACKSTONE MILITARY A "Making Four-Square Men" College Preparatory and home school for boy Piedmont section of Virginia Full Comme New fireproof Administration Building a Tuition $525.00. For catalogue address COL. E. S. LIGON, President, Box B, Bls BORDENTOWN MILITARY GREENBRI MILITARY SCHOOL In the mountains. 7 mile) from tam Sulphur Sprins. 2300 ft. elevation. On C. &0. R.R. Station Ronceverte. Mod ment. $125,000 new additions, including Thorough preparation for college or bu All athletics, e pert coaches. Terms lustrated catalog. COL. H. B. Moore, A Box 25, Lewisburg, W. Va. Bingham Military S An endowed school thoroughly preparing boys for college. Study hours supervised by experienced teachers. The correct and healthful development of the body is behind the mental training of every boy. Athletics for all. Gymnasium and swimming pool. 60-acre campus. Lower school for boys 10-14 years. 58th year. Booklet. Address ROGER W. SWETLAND, LL.D., Headmaster, Box Founded 1793. A school of national patrons HOWE SCHO 7P,'Hightstown, N. J. ner Session, July 9-August 31 President N. Y College preparatory for boys. Christia Individual attention. 40 acres, 9 building lakes. Summer School Separate school boys. Catalog. Address THE RECTOR, Box 250 |