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...Monroe, of Boston, read a paper before the Educational Conference last evening on "The Moral Development of Boys in Secondary Schools." He spoke at length on the peculiar phases of this problem. The supreme aim of the school, he said, should be the moral training of the boy. Following the paper there was open discussion by members of the Conference. Hereafter the Conference will meet fortnightly on Thursday evenings...
...which has been going on for three weeks, are now practically completed. The house is about twenty- five feet square inclusive of a ten foot veranda, and when completed will be stained a brown color with green trimmings. Inside, the house will contain a scoring board extending almost the length of the building, and a large stand for guns. A stove will be put in place for the winter and the interior will be made attractive with pictures and ornaments. A number of improvements have also been made on the new grounds. The platform from which the men shoot...
Both boys and girls are brought at once to see that actually to obtain food and lodging in the Republic they must work, and as they cannot leave the Republic until after a certain length of time, they are literally obliged to work or starve. Thrown upon their own resources, they learn practically what it means to work for a living, how to earn money and how to use it. Through farming, through miscellaneous day laboring such as the digging of ditches, the making of roads, the building of fences and so on, through work in the hotels and restaurants...
...weather conditions were extremely unfavorable; the turf was soft from rain, and in many places the men were obliged to run through mud which was ankle deep. Under such adverse conditions, the time made in the run was remarkable. The course was 6 miles and 240 yards in length, five laps of the regular steeple chase course. Forty-four jumps were taken, comprising brush fences, liverpools, and a fifteen foot water jump...
...medal will be given to each member of the winning team, and prizes will also be given to the teams finishing second and third, and to the man making the best individual record, The run will be held over the regular steeplechase course, a little over six miles in length, and divided into five laps with eight hurdles and water jumps...