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The meeting of the Ossoli Club on Thursday; Dec. 14th, was one of un- usual interest. Miss Wycofl‘ render- ed the musical part of the program and sang two numbers, “ The pret- tiest doll in the world" and; “You _ and I” with much expression, how- eVer everything Miss Wycofl' sings is. given with a spirit and intelligence not always found in possession of good veices. Mrs. A. O. Masonnvho is an ideal accompanistafl'orded Miss _ Wycofl‘ an'artistic support. Mrs. F. D. Everett, the essayist of the' after- noon, read a thoughtful and meat carefully prepared paper on “Modern Education.” Mrs. Everett in tracing the progress of education in the U. ‘ S. from the little “dame school” of New England in the last century up ‘ to the present time showed that the very marked progress made within . the quarter which cldses the century . gives us'every reason to believe that during the next half century changes just as remarkable and just as bene- ficial will occur in the organization ’ and administration of schOols of every gradeu The'Rev. Pianstiehl, in his lecture on Holland, spoke of - America as being the only country ' in the World which spent more on education than on arms; a lact.which Mrs. Everett also touched upon when she said: “No better legacy could we American people have received from our ancestors than the educational spirit which has descended to us from the earliest American colonists. LAKE FOREST, ' HIGHWOOD The! 0380" Clqb. rd paper on “Modern 1. Everett in tracing ducation" in the U. rne spirit which, in eabout the year li Club on 1640, prompted, an earnest petition ans of un- to King Charles from which we quote ,3 render- these words: ‘And, May it please ‘ program The pret- ndi “You ion, how- fl' sings is. telligence ession of 'ason,who ’ded Miss Mrs. F. your Majesty, we cannot, but with sad hearts, look upon. all attempts to deprive us either of a‘ succession of ministers to assist us in the war- ship and service of God, or of need- ful schools, for the educationand in- struction of our children.” This spirit which ever prompts ascent in the scale of life, was still stirring the hearts of the people when Horses Mann, about 1835, with a firm con- ,viction of the true purpose 0? edu- cation, began an agitation which re‘ sulted in our American system of common schools; and the fact that only. 81 per cent of thettotal ‘ enroll- , ment of pupils in elementary schools in our land today attend private ‘ schools, 912 per cent being found in . public schools, is ample proof of the faith of the peoplemin this national institution. FORT SHERIDAN HIGHLAND PARK .61" her audience to the consideration of what may be 'worth. while the student’s attention. as ealculateddo Lest fit him for his place in the world and quoted from Herbert Spencer’s essay on education publisheq/Ib yrs. ago, but which still holds an impor- tant plaéein pedagogical literature. “Notwhat knowledge is of the most real worth; (is the consideration to day as :well as when the essay was written.) but what will bring most applauds}, honor, respect »-»what will the spirit which '0 assist us in the Win-- ice of God, or of need- » the education‘and in- our éhildren.” This RAVINIA. \ GLENCOE E. A. Small and Mr; Smith. ‘ ' spoke of the lttilityaafezéiing‘ meth~ ode, after-which tea wag served by the hostesses. fo_r. the afternoon, Mrs. most conduoe to social position and influenceâ€"what will be most impos- ‘ing. As throughout life, dot what we are, but what we shall be thought is the question, so in education, the question is, not the intrinsic valueof knowledge, so much as intrinsic ef- fects on others. Mrs. Everett said: “Many conecientious educators have lost their way through not carrying the true compass, and have accord- ingly given undue weight to formal- ities and information studies, which are oi." secondary importance; but our latestgprophet with the ring of truth in his voice is Herbert, who develop- ed'a theory of the origin of moral ideas and their best means of culti- vation. then‘ based his system of ped- agogy upon it. Herbert’s philoso- phy places the moral aim first in the school course, subordinating the other educationallaims. This most inter- ’ esting paper closed by‘saying : ‘fOur main purpose should eve-rape remembered. A daily lesson, a term’s study. a'summer Vacation, anentire , subject of instruction even, are but tiny threads in thegarment, but each thread should harmonize with all, and the completed garment should boot the line of purity, the texture of honesty, the strengthof true wis- dom; then will it endure not only for time, but throughout eternity. ' In the discussion which followed Mrs. Fessenden and Mr‘. Wolcott WINNETKA. LAKESIDE Albert Pauli NO. 5