Education: Bennington Experiment

During the past generation many a "progressive" secondary school has mushroomed forth in the U. S. educational field. Dedicated to the proposition that the school child should be made happy and useful, progressive institutions focus pedagogical attention on the student's individual "direct experience," attempt to give "meaning and interest to the learning process." Grades do not count for much.

But when a female product of a progressive school tries to get into Vassar. Smith, Wellesley or Bryn Mawr, she is often unable to meet the formal admission...

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