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WARDLAW BEACON
JANUARY 31, 1968
Wardlaw Receives Accreditation
From Middle States Association
hy Pi ter A . Rill hir. '6S
'I'he \\'ardl;uv Country I)a\ School has been notihed of accred ited membership in the Middle States Association of Collettes and Secondary SchooC.
The school tvas et’aluated last April by an accrediting committee
headed by Dr. Paid R. Chesebro, Princeton. Dr. Robert H. Low- rance, headmaster of the Rhodes School, New \'ork; City, served as assistant chairman of the com
mittee.
Dr. Chesebro described Ward-
law as “ a good school, not one complacentlv satisfied with its past or present but one with vitalitv and vision, assessing the past and present and, in the light of that assessment, looking eagerly to the tears ahead.”
He further commented; “W e appreciate what is being done well; yet we did not fail to point out those areas which, in our opin ion, require attention with a view to their improvement.”
It was felt hv the ^Vardlaw administration that the evaluation and accreditation process had proved especially helpful bv aiding the sehoo! to see what it is doing and why.
“ It deepened our feeling of confidence,” declared Headmaster Prentice C. Horne. “ It served to underscore, through an outside opinion, what we feel to he highly
necessary for long-term improve ment and e.xpansion such as will be realized in the new school on In man Avenue.”
headmaster of the Hun School of
Construction Plans Move Ahead
As Trustees Approve Contracts
i/y J . David Stewart, ’70
Plans for construction of the new Wardlaw Country Day School moved significanth forward when the Hoard of Trustees agreed at its Januarv meeting to sign contracts submitted bi the Henderson Con struction Company, Somerville.
Although building-fund pledges are still short of the necessart’ goal, members of the board, head
ed by Mr. David F. Sanders,
decided to take advantage of the
present contract offer in order to
avoid future contract negotiations
which could entail higher costs and
in consequence raise the campaign
goal to a higher figure.
With sufficient funds still not at hand, it was decided to plan at the present time for construction of basic educational facilities with postponement, until the fund reaches its projected goal, of a number of facilities included in Architect William Hunt’s plans for the building on Inman Ave nue.