ing meeting may be arranged on private schools. This will
have a paper or talk on college preparatory schools for boys, showing
how thorough the training is. It will raise such questions as these: Are
standards of character higher than in the public schools? Is the
training in athletics valuable? Do boys go from them to college better
prepared to meet the life there than from the high school? Is there a
lack of democracy about them? Do they send a yearly clique to college?

The paper next to this would be on the finishing school for girls, and
will raise the questions: Are the standards of education sufficiently
high? Is a mere smattering given? Is too much attention paid to social
preparation? What advantages has the finishing school?

The following paper would take up military schools, first the small
private ones, then West Point, giving the life at each, the training,
the advantages and disadvantages. Show pictures of West Point.

A paper on naval schools would come last, especially on Annapolis, and
would follow the same lines as the paper on West Point.

The final paper should be on technical schools, those where mining,
electricity, engineering, architecture, and other subjects are taught.
There are great institutes in Pittsburgh, Boston, and elsewhere, from
which catalogues may be obtained to show exactly what work is done
there.

Modern schools of domestic science and business colleges should be
considered.

VII--COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Colleges and universities is the next subject for the club. The best
known of the colleges may be described and pictures shown, and the
difference between a college and a university made plain. Denominational
colleges should especially be spoken of, and the little colleges of the
West and South. The value of the small college in bringing students near
their teachers may be pointed out. Some of our great men have come from
these little colleges, and they may be mentioned.

The next paper should be on the university. The leading endowed
universities are to be named, their history studied, and their
peculiarities noted. The famous presidents, professors, and graduates of
each should be spoken of also. The curriculum, the athletics, the ideals
of each university may also be taken up. Notice that those universities
which have private endowments often stand for culture rather than
practical work.

The third paper should take the State Universities, and show the
differe