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...Ryerson is very wary of what he calls the "preciousness and snobbishness" of private school education. He seems to see such volunteer projects as a partial antidote to the inbred community characteristic of experimental private schools...
Though the scholarships mean a drain on the small income of the school, Ryerson insists that the presence of the students holding scholarships is so essential that they would never be sacrificed. Private donations, added to the school's tuition, have thus far covered expenses...
...Ryerson began to think about starting his own experimental school while teaching at Shady Hill, Brattle Street's private elementary school. Teaching English to the ninth grade there, one of his concerns was with placing students in secondary schools. "I was very dissatisfied," he said. "Private schools were taking only sure fire bets and public schools were effectively doing the same by putting such students in top sections...
...immensely popular teacher at Shady Hill, Ryerson is now the major force behind the Palfrey Street School. Working with his wife, Alice, the school psychologist, he is putting into practice his own theory of liberal education, teaches daily English classes, maintains a constant personal involvement in every detail of the problems of individual students and faculty members, as well as fulfilling his administrative duties...
...faculty are adults," Mr. Ryerson injected...