HARKNESS MAKES GIFT TO PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY

Exeter, N. B., November 16--A gift has been made to Phillips Exeter Academy by Edward S. Hark-ness, donor of the Harvard House Plan, for the purpose of making definite improvements in secondary education at Exeter, it was announced here tonight by Lewis Perry, principal of the Academy. The exact sum of money given was not made public.

The most important changes planned include the instruction of boys in groups of not more than ten, special sections for unusually dull or bright students, additions to the faculty to satisfy the reduced proportion of teachers to boys, and the construction of several new buildings.