r, no sir.'

"So it goes. The bright girl takes her cue from the teacher and the
class takes the cue from the bright girl. They must be taught to think
and do for themselves."

Everyone interested in school children should visit the Washington
Irving School (New York) and watch the truly wonderful McAndrew system
of individualization. In the office, you are cordially greeted. You wish
to see the school? By all means! But no teacher is detailed to serve
you. Instead, a messenger goes in search of the Reception Committee. Two
of the school girls, after a formal introduction, start your tour of
inspection, if you are fortunate enough to be there at nine, with a
visit to one of the assembly rooms, where, in groups of three or four
hundred, the girls enjoy three-quarters of an hour each morning. The
word "enjoy" is used advisedly, for, unlike the ordinary assembly, this
one is conducted entirely by the girls.

Each morning a different chairman and secretary is selected, so that in
the course of the year every girl has had her turn. The chairman, after
calling the meeting to order and appointing two critics for the day,
reads her own scripture selection, and then calls upon some girl to lead
the salute to the flag. The minutes of the previous day's meeting are
then read, discussed and accepted. After fifteen minutes of
singing--singing of everything from "Faust" to "Rags"--the chairman
calls on the two critics for their criticism of the conduct of that
day's meeting. Some special event is then in order. On one Monday in
December Miss Sage, head of the Biology Department, described the
Biological Laboratory in the new school building. After she had
finished, the chairman rose.

"Will anyone volunteer to tell in a few words the principal points which
Miss Sage made?"

Three girls were promptly on their feet, giving, in clear, collected
language, an analysis of the talk.

After you, as a guest, have been conducted to the platform, introduced
to the chairman, and given a seat of honor, the chairman turns to the
assembly, with the announcement,--

"Girls, I wish to introduce to you our guest of this morning."

Instantly the whole assembly rises, singing blithely, "Good morning,
honored guest, we the girls of the Washington Irving High School are
glad to welcome you."

The proceedings having come to an end, the chairman declares the meeting
adjourned and you look about, realizing with a start that the
girls--freshmen, s