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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.

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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 Fall Term on October 4, 1926. 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

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ST. MARY'S COLLEGE

ST. MARYS, 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, Commerce 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, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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NEW YORK MILITARY

College of St. Elizabeth NEW

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.,

Headmaster,
Washington, D. C.

The Shipley School

Faculty are specialists in preparing for Bryn Mawr
and other colleges. Situation opposite Bryn Mawr
gives special educational and social advantages. Su-
pervised sports, modern gymnasium, school farm.
The Principals, Alice G. Howland, Eleanor O. Brownell
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

CHESTNUT HILL

A Preparatory School for Boys

In the Open Country, 11 Miles North of Philadelphia
Excellent Record in College Preparation
Complete Equipment with Chapel, Library, Dormi-
tories, Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, and
Building. Senior and Junior Schools.

Recreation

T. R. HYDE, M.A. (Yale), Head Master
Box S, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania

SEVERN SCHOOL

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

Thorough preparation for college or business. Eff
cient faculty, small classes, individual attention. Boy
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. Boy

10 to 16 preferred. 2 hours from N. Y. City. Beauti ful, high, healthful location. Thorough preparatio for college or business. Home care. Discipline kin but firm. Horses and ponies for boys' use. Gymnasium All sports. Moderate rates. Catalog.

PHILIP S. WILSON, A.M., Principal

The Illinois Military Schoo

A mid-west school with a distinctive cultural at mosphere. Separate Junior and Senior Schools. Tri to Europe at end of year. For catalogue, address Col. CLYDE R. TERRY

Box 25

Aledo, Illinoi

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Col. C. R. ENDSLEY, Superintendent

ST. JAMES SCHOOL
Episcopal

A country boarding school for boys. Ideal locaA select home school for BOYS of the GRADES tion on Severn River near Annapolis. Prepares for Ideally situated on a beautiful tract of 180 acres College, West Point and Annapolis. Exceptionally MILITARY. Students taught thorough work given and demanded. All sports under supervision. Parenta care. Limited number. Small classes. Individua how to study. Water sports and all athletics. Limited attention. Graduates Catalogue. to fifty. enter all leading secondar schools. 25th year. For catalogue address FREDERICK E. JENKINS, Headmaste Box S. Faribault, Minnesota

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

RUTGERS PREPARATORY

SCHOOL

RUTGERS PREPARATORY SCHOOL has main-
tained 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. Lim. ited number of pupils and freedom from rigid class organization. Excellent equipment. Special attention to athletics and moral welfare. New gymnasium. 53rd year. For catalog, address Box D, Princeton, N. J.

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

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BEFORE the war members of was. Since my time I believe the Diplomatic Service were popularly supposed to spend their time, when they were not taking leave, in appearing at Court functions attired in brilliant uniforms, or else in going to balls, dinners, and other forms of entertainment. Nobody appeared to imagine that they spent, as was really the case, many hours a day in the Chancery of their Embassy or Legation transacting official business, and that their opportunities of relaxation were certainly no greater, and, indeed, perhaps in some instances less, than those of members of other professions. Opportunities did, however, occur, and, as is natural, one took full advantage of them.

The first few months of my career abroad I spent at Madrid, and a very pleasant post it

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that the sporting capabilities of Madrid have increased, and that there is, for example, an excellent golf course in the Casa de Campo. In 1902 the golf course had not been laid out, but the grounds of the Casa de Campo were an ideal place for riding, and we used to frequent them almost every afternoon. Twice a week the Madrid Harriers met at Venta de la Rubia, and always when the work of the Chancery permitted I availed myself of the courtesy and hospitality of the Hunt Club to get a gallop with them. The pack had been in existence for a good many years, and though I speak under correction, I believe that Sir Andrew Buchanan, the father of H.M. late Ambassador at St Petersburg, was largely instrumental in starting it and

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