England and the Free World English Education
London discusses English education and the contrast with American schools. It argues teachers must know two subjects for a given age, reviews the single-teacher period in kindergarten, and notes the homeroom system in the United States. The piece examines social bases, adjustive issues, and the pivotal question of what a student wants to become, emphasizing English, Mathematics, and French as core secondary requirements.
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London
England
English Education System Shapes Elite Scholars
The English system emphasizes specialization from secondary school, guiding top students to Oxford Cambridge and London through the matriculation exam. Scholarships reward brilliance, while the tutorial approach at university promotes independent thinking, broad world knowledge, and high academic standards across a growing population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Harrow
Westminster
England
Oxford
Cambridge
London
Jay F Smith Named By National Credit Office
Jay F. Smith of Hathaway Road, vice president and director of Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., was placed in charge of the firm's international activities and the National Credit Office. The announcement, by J. Wilson Newman in New York, notes Smith's rise from 1927 as a Dallas credit reporter through several promotions to regional manager and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay F. Smith
Hathaway Rd
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Corporation
National Credit Office
Mr. Smith
Mercantile Agency
Dallas
San Antonio
New York
Dunn& Bradstreet
Scarsdale Pack 60 Picnic and Meeting Awards
At Purdy Reservation White Plains on May 24 Cub Scout Pack 60 announced Silver Arrow awards to Wolf recipients David Emory Frank Bosworth Peter Ferdon Donald Fitzwater Stanley Gordon Burton May John Moses Joseph Parrish Reid Parrington and G V Rapp Gold Arrow to Bear Richard Harper plus Silver Arrows to Bear recipients Bob Inskeep David James Peter Kirsch and Ted Stafford Nineteen Webelo graduates received insignia and first aid kits. recipients include William Banker Alan Boles Allan Brown Terry Culp Burton Edwards Clemens Erdahl John Gavitt Rand Laramie Jonathan Melchior Van Midgley David Poole Roy Rind Thomas Roberts Glen Ruffner Larry Solomon Charles Westland Karl Windhorst Robert Wise Judd Withers.
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Scarsdale
Purdy Reservation
White Plains
Silver Arrow
Wolf
David Emory
Frank Bosworth
Peter Ferdon
Donald Fitzwater
Stanley Gordon
Burton May
John Moses
Joseph Parrish
Reid Parrington
G. V. Rapp
Richard Harper
Bob Inskeep
David James
Peter Kirsch
Ted Stafford
New PTA Officers Named for Temple Israel
Rabbi Max Gelb installed Temple Israel PTA officers at a June 2 luncheon. New president Mrs. Newman Biller of Scarsdale accepted the gavel from outgoing president Mrs. Bernard Horowitz. Other officers include Mrs. Samuel Baron as first vice president, Mrs. Martin Krause as second vice president, Mrs. Ernest Levy as third vice president, Mrs. Joseph Slotnick as treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Salzman as corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Lawrence Metzger as recording secretary.
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PTA
Temple Israel
Max Gelb
Bernard Horowitz
Scarsdale
Temple
Newman Biller
Samuel Baron
Martin Krause
Ernest Levy
Joseph Slotnick
Samuel Salzman
Lawrence Metzger
Horowitz
Rabbi Gelb
Paul Burstin
Cantor William Wolff
Biller
Joseph Ballinger
Graduate Cynthia Feingold to Attend RISD This Fall
Miss Cynthia Jane Feingold of Bradford Road will graduate from Scarsborough School in June and plans to attend the Rhode Island School of Design this fall.
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Cynthia Jane Feingold
Bradford Rd
Scarsborough
Rhode Island School of Design
Indiana University Sigma Xi adds Underhill geologist
Richard Fitch of Underhill Road is named to associate membership in the Indiana University chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific honorary society for geology.
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Richard Fitch
Underhill Rd
Indiana University
Sigma Xi
Country Fair chairmen named for Scarsdale church event
The Women's Guild of the Scarsdale Congregational Church lists booth chairmen and co-chairs for The Country Fair to be held November 4. Numerous committees include candy booth led by BPW, workshop decorations, senior youth games, pony ring, record booth, luncheon, tea and dinner units, publicity, and pickup services. The executive committee is led by J. George Harrar with two co-chairs.
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Women's Guild of
The
Scarsdale Congregational Church
Booth
Howard Stone Anderson
Walter L. Kidd
Gerard Fountain
Hubert S. Russell
Max Schling, Jr
William H. Rodgers
Wallace L. Cornwell
Josiah Willard
John Stevenson
A. Boyd Zook
Alexander Hutchinson
Henry D. Hall
Harris D. Hineline
William Archibald, Jr
J. Herbert Grahame
Peter Grassinger
William J. Gavagan
Muriel Harte
Roald A. Morton
Bernard Schueasler
Frederick W. Smith
Kenneth Schneider
Richard T. Arnold
Lowell J. Tooley
William C. Freeman
Henri Legher
G. Palmer Moffat, Jr
Hillman M. Bishop
George W. Smith, Jr
Arthur R. Textor
Robert B. Downey
Arthur W. Kohler
Jack Lohman
Thomas G. Graham
L. Allen Connally
Lloyd Griffin
John R. Ober
Rudolph Wiederhold
Earl H. Taraldsen
Guild Workshop
John R. Shipman
Ronald A. Jack
Edward M. Gardner
Elmer Stedfast
Plymouth Club
the Fair Restaurant
Robert I. Hume
Frank A. Livingston, Jr
Sherwood E. Silliman
Edward Ingalls
John J. Black
John C. Bell
Gardner H. Page
Robert S. Schultz
Winston Bradshaw
Albert H. Moseman
Philip L. Carret
Congregational Women's Guild
J. George Harrar
Albert H. Foster
Robert W. Lumby
Christine D. Kane Named to Bucknell Yearbook Staff
Yearbook staff member Miss Christine D. Kane of Thornycroft Apartments is named to the L Agenda staff for Bucknell University's senior class of 1959. The selection highlights campus participation and the university’s annual publication.
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Christine D. Kane
Thornycroft Apts
L’agenda
Bucknell University
Grinnell College Nominates Judith Kent Secretary 1958-59
Miss Judith Kent of Barry Road elected secretary for 1958-59 of the Women's Honor G, an honorary athletic group at Grinnell College in Iowa.
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Judith Kent
Barry Rd
Women's Honor G
Grinnell College
Iowa
St Elizabeth's Guild officers reelected and reports presented
Mrs Silvio Falco was unanimously reelected president for a second term at the final meeting of the year May 20. Officers reinstated or appointed include Mrs George Stewart as vice president and Mrs Nicholas Raho as recording secretary, with Mrs Robert Gaiser as corresponding secretary. Reports from Bargain Shop Marian League, Rosary Hill sewing group, Altar Society, and Motion Picture Council highlighted year’s activities and charity work. Msgr Leo W Madden urged continued mission and parish Family Picnic set for June 15 at Scarsdale Post 52 grounds.
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Silvio Falco
St. Elizabeth's Guild
Our Lady of Fatima
George Stewart
Nicholas Raho
Robert Gaiser
William Bauer
Alan Harquail
Marian League
John Dudley
Rosary Hill
Cancer Home
William Garnsey
Altar Society
William Carroll
Motion Picture Council
Miss Carol Collister Accepted to Cazenovia Junior College
Miss Carol Collister of Edgewood Road has been admitted for fall to Cazenovia Junior College. She will graduate from Scarsdale High School in June and plans nursery school training at the college.
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Carol Collister
Edgewood Rd
Cazenovia Junior College
Collister
Scarsdale High School
Reid elected to pylor ies office at Davis and Elkins
Fraternity officer Alfred L. Reid of Bell Road has been elected to the pylor ies office in Tau Kappa Epsilon at Davis and Elkins College where he is a junior majoring in science.
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Alfred L. Reid
Bell Rd
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Davis and Elkins College
Cub Scout Pack 97 Holds Circus and Awards Meeting
Cub Pack 97 awarded 20 honors to 15 members at the May 23 meeting in St. Pius X auditorium. A post meeting circus featured costumes clowns skits and music for over 75 attendees. Plans for Memorial Day Parade in Scarsdale and a June 3 year end meeting at American Legion Post were outlined.
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St. Pius X Auditorium
Charles Scott-Smith
Scarsdale
Robert J. Irish
American Legion
Mamaroneck Rd
Peter Cornelius
John Dooling
Kirvin Irish
Billy Michels
John Dahik
Charles Ragan
Wendelo
Peter Soldat
Webelo
Mark Armstrong
Robert Chasserot
Karl Miller
Doctor Krieger Attends State Optometric Convention
Dr. Harold Krieger of Garth Road served as treasurer of the Westchester County Optometric Society as he attended the 63rd annual New York State Optometric Association convention at the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City.
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Harold Krieger
Garth Rd
Westchester County Optometric Society
New York State
Optometric Ass'n
The
Park Sheraton Hotel
Nyc
Colgate Pitcher Harvey Lynch Stars as Top Prospect
Colgate University pitcher Harvey Lynch a sophomore from Scarsdale holds the number two spot on the pitching staff. He has pitched 17 innings with a 0.52 earned run average but has not yet earned a decision this season.
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Harvey Lynch
Scarsdale
Colgate University
Lynch
Jewish Women's Club Elects New President
Mrs. Herbert Toonkel of Black Hawk Road was installed as president of the White Plains Scarsdale Jewish Women's Club at a May 27 meeting at Tappan Hill Restaurant in Tarrytown. She succeeds outgoing president Mrs. William Schwartz enberg of White Plains and is a Scarsdale resident with two children, Marie and Carol, both students at Quaker Ridge School.
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Herbert Toonkel
Black Hawk Rd
White Plains
Scarsdale
Quaker Ridge School
Hutchinson
B'nai B'rith
Sisterhood of Westchester Reform Temple
Webster Plumbing Supply Co
Bronx
Scarsdale Graduate Named Babson Globe News Co-Editor
Peter Buchanan, a 1955 Scarsdale High School graduate, has been named co-editor of the Babson Institute student newspaper The Babson Globe News. He joins the paper’s editorial team to steer campus coverage and student voices.
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Peter Buchanan
Oak Way
Scarsdale High School
Babson Institute
Babson Globe- News
Denison Uni initiates Richard M. Coulter into Air Honor Society
Richard M. Coulter of Carthage Road is inducted into the Air Honor Society, the local Air Force ROTC honorary at Denison University, where he is a member of the class of 1960.
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Richard M. Coulter
Carthage Rd
Denison University
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