Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-01

aeter growing tver upward.
! college Eatta nce Reg uirements .
were discussed kvnder heads. by
Messrs. ]. b. Ritherspoon, Pine
Bluff; J. W. conget and ]. L. BIZ
chanan, of Fayetteville. Their dis.
cussions were very instrpstive and
interesting ard some tthely sug-
gestions were made ia Il eir talks.
In discussing sThe Hkh School
View, ssiic4 Witherspoo1 in n h;
SAID: llil
When students fros diff le
classes of all kinds of Irepary
SCHOOLS, good, bad, and Ither 5 Zee
are allowed to enter tho samess zee
in college on nearly tbeame S,
it is time. high time, # our T ,,G
al association to appoiteom, tees
to Investigate the suteet = for
our local associationsto 8'dfscuss it.
II do not wish to 81 unduiy criti-
cal, but the war is on ,.sqme of our
preparatory schools knd colleges
have sold their birh rigbts Tor a
mess Of pottage Ibeir diplomas
should guarantee thai satisfactory
work COMMENSURATE with the stand
lizards recommended by our associa.
lions has been done. Sgeh is sell
dom the case.
Some preparatory schools have
courses two years long, soaae three,
aad others -four, SOM teach no
foreign languages, Others several;
some teach 40 science others but
with text books ardalung wind,
others glory ia the addition of lee
ture counter experiments, while
others do honest labeasoty- work.
Efforts are beingmade to unity
college entrance reolirements as to
tine and matter. here is much to
DE done for the pElaratefy school, T
more to be done the college. The
term degree is i rfy meaningless.
A teacher, an AlR, A. M. and
Phi. d., ia knowT eho is stolera6le
good N grammI land has did deal
of fgg9rin inf itbmethmetic and
aigebraya VIII ESoI Smith Russell
in the "Heir Il Law" says Il re-
lceiyed gratis .athng L. L. D.
bat it should Ire been A. M. Foo
b L D. WITH D. trapspeseds
The assoc hons OF colleges and
preparatory 1hools make the fol-
living recoff endations:
GsFirst-At iisb zalll.--zaeadeuli {
dgrees ding the B. A. and
p.ssibly theft s. ]
Second-he association should 1
detounce ib1nmeasured terms the
pretice ofpme colleges of giving IS.
hoprary aademic degrees. 3oi
Let US gree upon certain gen II
EZRA req irments for the bachelors
5legees TIT we do give and make b,
, per signY something. Sc
e 4he alleges and preparatory
= to@s obur own state shouldaofn
\ ssGation so that whep the
] dAaaSe hasieoed when o5llege ka
cd 81 Requirement ts shall coin ar
cldWb preparatory school re- RI
qu4ttsss for graduation. No e,
aigH bof whose tan dard $40 wer ",
thai should Be sflowea to issue an
II address on t5tifofm Re II,
qoiit is fer Degrees President III
n gler. Of HENRIK College,
osi iciency bar characterized tio
Tue An an COLLEGE, hence each oc,
nas fet, y, to MAXI its own stand ~,
q -. Jesuit mas been great IT,
dtfefs',y ew different colleges II
feaiz9 d nifty of interests IN D.,
seeoAo"' COS and progress has -,
I0een Dl@u yard uniformity in M
- .lsn'e ments. This augers !.
e. ~ - It on degree stan D.,
EaFds. Ba
Of uniforl means absolute Lit
identity, elini linz college, indi. Fol
= uaii'y u y advocated. But fo,l
nifofmlty8 nfi.i validate all 80
Fgrees OF Insh tthem represent r..
4ual Efforts aloi Recognized paths
lis desirable. a
1T is practical asss.s4z xzfl