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...perfect a curriculum which makes for a well rounded personality" is the object of Antioch College and the new Antioch educational plan, according to President Eliot and Mr. A. E. Morgan, president of the institution, who spoke yesterday afternoon in the Green Room of the Hotel Somerset. President Eliot was the first speaker, presenting five points which make this new educational enterprise distinctive...
...first original phase of this highly original plan," said President Eliot, "is a complete reorganization of the board of trustees. Whereas Antioch College formerly had trustees who were mostly clergymen of two ecclesiastical sects, the new board is made up of successful business men and manufacturers known also to have been interested in education for many years." The second distinctive element, the organization of a new kind of faculty was next discussed by the speaker. Instructors are sought who will instill in pupils interest in activity and in the problems they have to face, not by driving at them...
...clock this afternoon President Eliot will speak on "The Antioch Plan of Education" in the Green Room of the Hotel Somerset, Boston. Mr. A. E. Morgan, President of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, will also be present. President Eliot has described the Antioch Plan as "the most interesting educational enterprise now going on in our country". All members of the University interested in the subject are invited to attend the address...
...Antioch Plan Summarized...
...Antioch program is a well-proportioned training for modern life. Required liberal studies are combined with courses in the technique of administration in industrial, commercial, and professional fields. The students spend half their time in such study, and half in paid employment in appropriate occupations. Study and work alternate in five-week periods...