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...superintendents of the country's two service academies???Rear-Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison and Major-General William Ruthven Smith?journeyed to Washington last week. They went separately but in parallel frames of mind. A meeting between them had been quietly suggested by the Commander-in-Chief of the Army & Navy, President Hoover. The dignitaries obeyed the unwritten order but did not greatly relish the matter in hand...
...Alfred E. Stearns of Phillips-Andover Academy wrote Chapter One. He has done no teaching in the 23 years he has been principal. His is a purely executive function. As the Phillips academies??? have always eschewed the in loco parentis attitude, Dr. Stearns has had many dealings with parents whom he, more than most principals, may hold accountable for the early training of their sons. His chapter is on "Home Influence" and in it he remarks on the necessity for home discipline, the carelessness and lack of understanding of many modern parents, the large percentage of school derelictions...
Specifically, he came to get money for the Talmudic academies???the theological seminaries of Palestine. These schools are so orthodox that until a few years ago they regarded even the Bible as too modern to be studied. Modern schools are supported by the Zionist Foundation. These schools are not. But because they are the home of rabbinical inspiration, they are dear to the Chief of all Chief Rabbis...
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