Education: Helpful Parent

Young ladies at Boston University's School of Education were surprised, last month, to find a matronly woman suddenly in their midst, taking notes at lectures, living and eating at the Students' Union. Last week came the explanation. Student Margaret Gorton, studying to be a dramatic instructor, had fallen ill, would have to miss several weeks of classwork. Her mother, Mrs. James T. Gorton, wife of a Yonkers surgeon, had come to Boston not only to nurse her daughter but to interview Dean Arthur Herbert Wilde. She would do the girl's work for...

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