Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-01-02

the accrediting of the school is made
conditional upon the improvements rec
commended, In some cases the school
is placed on the accredited list for one
year with the express understanding
that il cannot be continued for d
longer period unless the weaknesses
pointed out are removed. Such meth
i Cd is almost invariably successful IL
Is pleasure to say that in nearly all
i cases where improvement is called for.
the suggestions of the inspectors are
with all due promptness by the school
4 board. But to answer the second qlles-
/ ton, 1t sometimes occurs that owing
for the most part to friendly relations
OF teachers complained of with persons
| in the city or in the board such re-
suits do not ensue. In such rare cases
there is no course for the university to
pursue except to either degrade its
lstandard or to change the school to an
other list. or, If such course is not
found practicable, to drop II altogether.
That the final method Is resorted to
with reluctance and only when other
means have failed. may be inferred
from the fact that in the course of the
past three years the failures have only
been six in number.
In order that the members of the as
sociation may know the grounds on
which these schools were dropped,
have looked through all the CORES
! pondence concerning them, and have
made the following abstract, which you
every school that has been dropped in
the course of the years 1884 1S94-5
and thus far in 1866
Case l. Dropped from the list on
account OF inadequate teach,rg force.
Placed on the list che year before only
after some hesitation. and then stated
that it could remain more than one
year only in case 1t was brought and
fully kept up to the requirements of
the university. This could not be done
as there was only one teacher in the
school. 1t was expressly stated that
this action was no reflection on the
principals work.
i from the list, but was told that in case
it improved it might apply for resin
speetion the next fall. Seven months
later the school was re-examined, on
invitation, by another professor, who
reported that sufficient improvement
had not been made. Six months later
still, the school was again re-inspected
tby two other professors, who reported
that the school was still below the re-
quired standard and accordingly the
faculty declined to renew the credit. In
October of the following year, after
a new principal had been engaged the
school applied for re-inspection. Such
inspection has not yet taken place.
Case g. The school was dropped
from failure to furnish to the univer-
sity, after due notification, the required
annual report
Case 4. Dropped on account of UNI
satisfactory preparation Of students
sent to the university, and general un-
satisfactory condition of work in the
school. The inspection was made by
two full professors of the university.
Has applied this fall for re-inspection.
Case g. Attention first called to
4 weakness Of instruction, due apparent
Fly to insufficient training on the part
of the teachers. OF the three teachers,
only one had ever studied in any school
above high school. One year later
the school was dropped on account of
general weakness Of the teachers and
because of the entire want OF a library
and the general poorness OF laboratory
4 facilities. School inspected by two full
professors.
Case g. Dropped on account Of gen.
eral weakness of work done and failure
TO meet the requirements of the uni
yersity. One year later it was found
that the principal had no assistant that
gave full time to school work. The
teaching force was entirely insufficient.
These are the only schools that have
been dropped with the exception of two
others, in one of which there were no
In the other there was Il failure to APP
ply for inspection after the accredited
term had expired.
In most Of these cases the principals
have admitted fully the defects in the
school and in some instances, when
asked If they could not correct them,
they replied in the negative, and when
asked why, the response was that the
1 teachers are socially stronger than the
4 principal, and that II the teachers were
complained of TO the board the princi-
pal was more likely to lose his place
than the teachers we're to lose theirs.
II seems TO me that there can be no
doubt that, after the university has
! adopted all reasonable means Of linz
provement, II should under such cir
cumstances brave the inevitable dis
satisfaction on the part of the school
! dropped, rather than the disrespect OF
those whose standards Of scholarship
cntitle thoii opinions to our sincere re-
spect The few expressions Of disap-
proyal that have been uttered should
be regarded as OF small consequence
compared with the great chorus of
\ gratitude with which the work has