PRIVATE SCHOOL MEN PHYSICALLY STRONGER.

When the list of honor men was published last fall, it was noted that public school men were much more successful in attaining high academic standing than students from private preparatory schools. The list showed that about one man of every five from public schools obtained a position either in the First or Second Group of Scholars, whereas only one man of every twenty-seven from preparatory schools succeeded in winning honors in his studies.

In order to formulate some observations on the physical phase of education and contrast it with the intellectual, Dr. D. A. Sargent of the Hemenway Gymnasium has gathered together statistics obtained from the examination of about 1,000 Freshmen of the classes of 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915. Of the men examined, 451 were from public schools and 579 from private schools.

Dr. Sargent found that the private school men were in every way superior physically to public school men. In average height and weight, which are taken in the mass as a fair indication of potential strength and energy, the private school men were markedly superior. Furthermore, the ordinary method of "strength test" revealed the same results. Considering the medium tests, we find that the public school man registered on the average 630 points, while the private school man secured a total of 700. Thus it is obvious from these examinations that when considering the physical side of education, the preparatory school men are far above those from public schools.

Therefore, if it is charged that men coming from private schools have received a one-sided training, just as truly may it be asserted that public school men have not enjoyed a well-balanced education. Thus we are able to see that the problem of warped training is not confined to one set of schools; the question is two-fold and equally important in both phases.