Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-11
Our High School as a Fitting School 70
Harvard.

Our High School as n Fitting School for
Harvard.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
In connection with the recent letter from Mr.
Frank Bodies. secretary of Harvard University.
to Senator ]. H. Gallinger deem it proper,
on behalf Of the numerous graduates of Har-
ward who reside in this city, TO call attention to
the fact that Mr.. Bolles is hiraself a Wash
ington boy, who went TO Harvard from
private school in this city. He
has therefore the same right to criti-
else our school system that any other tax
paying citizen has Mr.. Bodies believes in H~r-
ward. but Mr.. Bolles also believes in Washing
ton. and We are confident that his recert let
ter is intended only in the interest of eluca.
ton and our High School. which latter NAV
possibly need further improvements in
order to fully attain the STANDARD
reached by many other similar schools.
Harvard University is not alone in it's desire TO
elevate the standard of the public schools
throughout tine country. She is one CT the
association Of New England colleges which has
prepared schedules of admission looking to
uniformity and high grade of preparation, 80
that an examination for admission to Harvard
simply means examination for admission to any
one Of the first-class universities; on the
other hand, as regards colleges outside OF New
England the admission to the most eminent in
situations appears to require very much the
| same preparation as is specified for Harvard.
II is mistake TO imagine. as is implied by some
conservative educators. that entrance TO Har-
ward is especially difficult because of an extra
amount Of required Greek. The requirements
for admission embrace an elementary knowl-
edge of English, French, German, Latin. Greek.
history, algebra. geometry and physics; these
subjects are taught in nearly all high schools,
and we presume also in the Washington High
School.
An examination of the college catalogues for
the year 1888 was recently made by the bureau
of education and showed that 25S young men
from Washington were at that time studying in
colleges. or these III went to colleges outside
the District, 10 were at Harvard, were at Yale,
z were at Princeton, at Johns Hopkins,
men whom in future years Warrington
will be proud to claim as her citizens. There
are probably from sixty to one hundred OF our
youth who every year enter some college; they
20 from our private schools and our public
schools. Any Strengthening of the educational
force at our High School will be felt a stimu-
lus by every pupil in our public
schools. Almost every city in the
country, by popular vote, is annually
raising the grade of its public school
system. Washington Is a highly intellectual
community having thousands of college grad
yates, who represent every city and state, every
university and college. every branch of politics,
literature law and science. These citizens look
to our great public High School to SO elevate its
standard of education as to provide for our
children the education that will tit those who
desire to enter the best universities.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
WASHINGTON HARVARD CLUE.