Imágenes de página
PDF
ePub

INDIAN RIVER SCHOOL

A Preparatory School of Northern Ideals for boys 12 to 15. Each boy is supplied with and cares for his own horse. Outdoor life. 12 miles south of Daytona Two hundred acre ranch. Catalog on request.

WAYNE E. CONNOR, (Princeton) Director
W. A. BUELL, M. A. Princeton) Headmaster,
New Smyrna, Fla.

BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.

A select, accredited school of high standards, resultful methods, and of sound principles and ideals. Ideally located in the "Land of the Sky." Junior Department. Non-Military. For Catalogue, address

J. R. SANDIFER, Headmaster.

Brenau College Conservatory

Select patronage 32 states; location, foothills Blue Ridge Mts. North of Atlanta. Standard A. B. course; special advantages in music, oratory, art, domestic science, physical culture. 32 buildings. Outdoor sports; swimming, boating, horseback riding, etc.

Catalog and illustrated book.

Address:

BRENAU, Box E, Gainesville, Ga.

DUPONT CIRCLE Girls' School

A select school for girls, overlooking famous
Dupont Circle.

Preparation for College; Art; Piano, Violin and Voice;
Ancient and Modern Languages; Secretarial;
Athletics; Classic Dance, etc.

Illustrated Prospectus. Home life carefully regulated. Address Principal

1408 New Hampshire Ave., Dupont Circle, Washington, D. C.

Garrison Forest School for Girls
A Modern, Well Equipped School on a Country Estate
in the Beautiful Green Spring Valley near Baltimore.
Location Favorable for Outdoor Sports and Horseback
Riding.

Intermediate, College Preparatory, or General
Courses, including Music and Art.
Special Care for Junior School Pupils.
For Catalog and Views Address:

MISS MARY MONCRIEFFE LIVINGSTON, Box S,
Garrison, Md.

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

LEARN LANGUAGES

Private and Class instruction in all modern languages. English included. Skilled native teachers. Reasonable tuition. Day and Evening Classes.

Enroll at a BERLITZ SCHOOL in New York Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Detroit, Chicago, etc.

HOME STUDY COURSE for out of town students. Write for particulars to New York Berlitz School, 30 West 34th Street.

AMERICAN LABORATORY THEATRE DRAMATIC SCHOOL DEPT., R. Boleslavsky, Director Announce the opening of the Spring Term on Feb. 1, 1927. Course includes ballet, diction, voice production. fencing, Dalcroze eurythmics and special work in the technique of acting with MARIA OUSPENSKAYA, of the Moscow Art Theatre. Also technical rehearsals with members of the permanent company. For catalog, address: ELISABETH BIGELOW, Exec. Sec. 145 East 58th Street, New York City

THE ORATORY SCHOOL
College preparatory school for the sons of
gentlemen.

Conducted by the Oratorian Fathers.
Classes taught by competent laymen.
Preference given to applicants to Lower School.
Apply to Headmaster,

Summit, New Jersey

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

for younger boys.

Athletics.

Lower school

Address A. M. Henshaw, Superintendent

Box 58, College Hill

Cincinnati, Ohio.

St. Catherine's School ST. MARY'S COLLEGE

For GIRLS who wish a high standard

in COLLEGE PREPARATION.

A church school in a delightful suburb of Richmond.
LOUISA DE BERNIERE BACOT, Head.
R. D. 2, Box T, RICHMOND, VA.
ST. ANGELA ACADEMY
CARROLL, IOWA

Boarding School for Girls
Accredited Academic Department.

Separate one

year Commercial Course. Two-year course in household arts for young ladies desiring to prepare them. selves for successful home-making. and laundry. $250 per year.

Board, tuition

For further information, address Sister Superior

ST. KANSAS

"TOM PLAYFAIR'S SCHOOL" Jesuit Boarding School for Boys For catalog, write

REV. B. J. RODMAN, S. J., President

University of Southern California

Comprises the following schools and colleges: Liberal
Art, Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Music, Speech, Com-
merce and Business Administration, Religion, Social
Welfare, Education, Graduate School, Metropolitan
College.

President, Rufus B. von Kleinsmid, A.M., Sc.D..
J.D., D.M.C.P., Ph. et Litt.D.

For bulletins, address Registrar,
Southern California, Los Angeles.

University of

[blocks in formation]

DISTINGUISHED PERIODICALS

Since 1810 the Leonard Scott Publication Co. has been the American headquarters for the foremost British Reviews: The Nineteenth Century, Contemporary Review, Fortnightly Review, Edinburgh Review, Quartely Review and Blackwood's Magazine.

FOR DISTINGUISHED TASTES

In their survey of literature and international affairs, these reviews are
not surpassed by any other periodicals printed in the English language,
and few, if any, approach them. If you are familiar with these publica-
tions, you will appreciate this statement; if not, a sample copy will
prove to you that our claim is a conservative one.

AT PLEASING PRICES

Original English Editions of these splendid reviews are supplied by
us at a saving of nearly 50%.

[blocks in formation]

Leonard Scott Publication Company

249 West 13th Street, New York

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]

tered as second-class matter. July 3, 1917, at the post office at New York, N. I.. under

the act of March 3, 1879

5.00 Per Year

Single Copy, 50 Cent

Select Educational Institutions

College of St. Elizabeth NEW YORK MILITARY

Convent Station, New Jersey

45 Minutes from New York

Catholic College for Women
Registered by Regents

Standard College Preparatory Courses

Academy of St. Elizabeth
Send for Catalogue

Saint Mary's School
Mount Saint Gabriel
PEEKSKILL-ON-THE-HUDSON, N. Y.
Boarding School for Girls

Under the charge of the Sisters of St. Mary
New fireproof building beautifully situated
For catalogues address The Sister Superior

CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL

Residential school for girls.

Senior high school, with two years advanced work beyond. Twelve-acre campus. Address CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL, Box N. FREDERIC ERNEST FARRINGTON, Ph. D.,

[blocks in formation]

Ideal loca

A country boarding school for boys. tion on Severn River near Annapolis. Prepares for College, West Point and Annapolis. Exceptionally thorough work given and demanded. Students taught how to study. Water sports and all athletics. Limited to fifty. Catalogue.

ROLLAND M.TEEL, Ph. B., Principal, Boone, Md.

RUTGERS PREPARATORY

SCHOOL RUTGERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL has maintained a continuous service for 160 years preparing boys of cultured families for college life and good citizenship. The equipment is complete and modern. Limited to 100 selected boys. Affiliation with Rutgers University offers many advantages. Catalogue and views.

WILLIAM P. KELLY. HEADMASTER
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

PRINCETON PREPARATORY SCHOOL

J. B. Fine, Headmaster Preparatory for all colleges. Rapid progress. Limited number of pupils and freedom from rigid class organization. Excellent equipment. Special attention to athletics and moral welfare. New gymnasium. 63rd year. For catalog, address Box D, Princeton, N. J.

ACADEMY

CORNWALL ON HUDSON, N. Y.

A famous preparatory school
with a magnificent equipment
and an ideal location.

FOR CATALOGUE WRITE TO THE PRINCIPAL

BORDENTOWN

MILITARY INSTITUTE

Eff

Thorough preparation for college or business. cient faculty, small classes, individual attention. Boys taught how to study. Supervised athletics. 42nd year. Special Summer Session. Catalogue.

COL. T. D. LANDON, Principal Drawer C-38, Bordentown-on-the-Delaware, N. J.

NEWTON ACADEMY, NEWTON, N. J. A mili

tary country school. Boys

[blocks in formation]

care.

ST. JAMES SCHOOL

Episcopal

A select home school for BOYS of the GRADES. Ideally situated on a beautiful tract of 180 acres. MILITARY. All sports under supervision. Parental Limited number. Small classes. Individual attention. Graduates enter all leading secondary schools. 25th year. For catalogue address FREDERICK E. JENKINS, Headmaster Box S. Faribault, Minnesota

Virginia Episcopal School

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

prepares boys at cost for college and university. Modern equipment. Healthy location in the mountains of Virginia. Cost moderate, made possible through the generosity of founders. For catalogue apply to

REV. WILLIAM G. PENDLETON, D. D., Rector

Massie School

A College Preparatory School for Boys, in the blue grass section of Kentucky, near Lexington. Thorough instruction, new equipment. Out-of-door sports. For catalogue, address:

R. K. Massie, Jr., M. A., Headmaster
Box 457, Versailles, Kentucky

Second Educational Section, Third Cover Page

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

No. MCCCXXXVI. FEBRUARY 1927.

VOL. CCXXI.

BARSHOTT HUMOURS THEM.

FREDDY BARSHOTT and myself were gloriously happy when we met that afternoon at the P. Club. Both our applications for ninety days' leave out of India had been sanctioned, and we were to start for home next day. It was, therefore, in a spirit of reckless bonhomie that we drifted to the bar, when a young doctor, who seemed to have been waiting there in expectation of our arrival, asked us if we could spare just a moment to speak to the Matron of the station hospital, who was in the ladies' room. The Matron was a singularly attractive party, young for her station, and but this we were only to know later-sly. She had certainly booked that young doctor to aid and abet her.

"I hear you two lucky fellows have got your leave and go by the next mail," she began. Now how in the world had she got to know what we

VOL. CCXXI.-NO. MCCCXXXVI.

ourselves had only learnt two hours before "You'll think of us poor sweltering exiles sometimes, won't you?" she continued.

We reassured her. The young doctor, well coached no doubt, raised his eyebrows and nodded bar-wards, and we replied suitably. When the cocktails arrived the Matron resumed.

"There's just one tiny little favour I'm going to ask you.'

We both thought we knew what it would be-some small parcel to be delivered personally at an address in Bayswater. No harm in saying yes, and sending it by post. So we both replied

"Rather!"

"It's just to keep a fatherly eye on two of my cases as far as Bombay. Really it's only a matter of form. They'll give no trouble whatever."

Barshott exhibiting a little restiveness, the Matron turned

F

« AnteriorContinuar »