Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-28

! rcction ! Tor ~" Hh"Hh '' t''''iN ~
purirg tho past IL. years stud,nts from
T, the Eansnr IiiSh school have entered
Row,loin. colby, i:atcS the t.. ~ NJ,
Dur,motIh Amherst. Williams. Yale,
F., uarynrJ EoStou University. Holy Cross.
t;eor.etown. NJ. |. r.. Turts. Michigan
University. rorn,il. Mt ii"ly"kr W.ll"%-
lev. columbia. Radcliffe. l;vrn Mawr.
Nnssar | suppose other High schools IN
| Maine have much the same record oi
The requirements tor vutranr" to thcs"
colleges were aii>" ~ ui the STANDARDS
Tor entrance differed only IN ONE cnll"S'
reuuirinu more than another cithrr III
subjects ~ amount IN i gwen subject, IL"
particular inconNcui, uc" wuu Il ari-e. ~,
50 different arr ihr actual r"quir IN 'nta
in matter and in manner that the tc.tch"'
mast use strenuous efforts to- get Sth-
dents into one college and to keep tn IN
ont OF another.
! It is Il serious matter to pr, pare the
| student in four Years for the tutrlnc'
! examination 10 ore institution and. nn
The other hand. il requires prtSS1l" u
the student Is tu enter another ~ tlHtihn
| to hold him To thorough work "r even -
! keep him i'll school four wears when ~
/ knows he can enter without either tn
work Of the time. With institutions do-
! ing college work these things ought no,
1 50 10 he.
! \ man without experience in preparing
/ DupilS for college might naturally sup
| pose from examining c"ll";" cataloG i"i
| that there was good drai ui UniTnrmuN N
! IN tt;. MI til't ft'lUlf'ifi' MS, htil tNlt-
ricncc teaches III" teacher that some COZ
| lcyps come no nearer living np To- thoit
requirements than some churches do "a
living up to their printed Crrc'S They
| want numbers ana DO not intend that Sr
| rious obstacles shall he put in the way
! of those who want To set in. OF course
| the High school is not directly concerned
/ with tn. effect "u tn higher institution
| itself because it l. easy To Get into il
! The effect III las entrance rruUlrcm, mt
on the High school, though is bad. iiiph-
! cr institutions which are carrying differ
| rnt kinds of work muSt have different
| entrance requirements. IN Ist ask & some
! extent for different subjects. Hut there
! can he No good reasons for dincr"HC" IN
: quality Of work req ,ired. 1t is easy u"
( say that entrance requirements are SCI
! neither Ia max" il hard or easy to Gvt
! INTO college but simply tn see that q stu
; dent is ready To d" tn" work which iS
! .!onr in collc"c. Iut when q boy know Z
| hat hc can get into the institution for
which he is aiming or toward which his
i iarcntS are pointing him with AN impcr-
! lcct preparation il is hard tu hold I'm
Z unwilnn@ boy To work. and good many
i lolS ar, unwilling. For example tI trtr.
Storyb. Il boy is lazy an is told h" can
| pass for college on one study \ lct',I
! rom an influential friend brings the re-
. SponSe from the college that that partlr
! ,llar hoy can be admitted withoIt fulfill
ing the requirements in that particular
J study. The teacher tells another VII"
I does not loVc hiS books IN love work amy
y
J parc for college. ana ht answered tina
| John got in with three wears work a1I
lie can see no reason why N" can't '>aNr'
i . Ytar-s,tVc il not by hard work. U.s.
sure He has mind Ia SAY" both w"tE
| ..nd time. While tho High school is MT
preparatory school. still! the colleges
| which insist that students must b" prr-
| pared before entering are Il great heap
| to the teacher VINO wants T. hold his pu-
pills up to good work in ans course
rs things are, the teacher finds il ncr"~-
| >ary To know from tht start not OH.
what pupils are going tn tnlleg" hut Io
, what particular college each pupil is So
inE.
The theorists tell US Glib.y that the stu
cent who is going "a college ANA tn" VII
who is not should b" taught in the sam,
lass ana IN exactly the same WAY. But
! teachers know the thing can't b., done.
| The wis. principal studies the tNamiuL-
! ZION papers of each particular c"ll"@r.
Inc act lai requirements din FIR from
! catalogue easily in i've ways \ v,ry
lnw aV'Iasr may admit IL student. ANA
4 suppose many would hc surprised in kno.
I Iow low that is III most cases. Nh i'm
Preston j. that 4 student who i- ty"I
p1Ssably We'll prepared is very rarely
shut OUT of any college. \ second meth
oi is 10 prepare easy examination papers.
Il is a simnlt thing IN MAKE uU.S; fu s.
un quddIatIcS which "a student wIn
| knows anything ~ the subject cam 70
hc.p answering. y really good CNamiu:t-
/ :iun paper Is tn. work uf am rxptrt .S
is also the ratings Of thr pul.irs work
The ideal paper i not puzzint.. IL IL easy
! for III" On" VIII" is familiar with his wrrk
ana impoSSbl, 10 on.. who is not
! II an examining board can give H. mo l.
! cl papers we want : ith q board -tdmi--
! son hr certificate. in'otrticily j. iic.t.
! The man who haS had 4 hol iu his S,hu
| Tour years Knows whether Or mot Ii, d.
| prepared for college better Than tn, rran
! who looks over i paper which tn, h,.
| has written In two hours. I;It the tt.r-
! liiicate plan has very grave. drawbacks
IL ~, .1r
! jhdt the teacher must live in tht. SAM,
community with the people where chI
dTcn want certificates. 1h~ smaller tn.
community me greater Ile drawbath.
| The average parent and the average stu
dent will not look beyond getting Nv
u requires courage to rcfusc "A certificate.
where it is not deserved. ANA III Il ~m4Ir
| .chonl the odiun fall- on unr t,acn"~.
| Then have found the colIr2- "nd II W..
| arrangement not always satisfactory.
young man who had lrft y, huoI b,-
fore becam" principal and known M,
me "nlE as a member ui ms Sund.s,
school class. applied to NJ" for q ctriin
| .atr 10 enter Il college outSiG" II tni-
| state ! pointed out To- him that / did
| not think the fact "f his brin- III 1 lnia.
| school class WAS a good groInd for II crr
| t!iicatc. However. ~ h. insisted Luok,.I
| NJ his record ana wrote the college. tn.
| facts as nearly as could r.dkc th-m out
| adding that | could not recommend him
| as kne" nothing OF his scholarship bur
that doubted his ability to % cnllcg,.
l
In another case | sent Il qualified c,rtiti-
| cat" TO Il college outside the State and
/ with IL sen, a strictly coniitcntftlr Int-
! ter stating that the boy had been allowed
! 10 graduate from the High school but
was not ready for college work etc Nof
| onlN was the boy allowed to enter mt n
! read the confidential lctiC.. wrrt,. HON
| to his mother about il. His III ,turl
called on mc and didn't tajuy the cl'l
! | tried the same thing. at another college
and the authorities wrot" to the boy tha,
tfey should have accepted his ccrtitc;,t,
! II il had not been for the letter when /
wrote. III another ease | struck out III
| IN. certificate the clause which said !
Thought the boy ready ana added III ],
not" that did not think him ready r..
boy was admitted and ! Ircc.Vcd 4 u4t
from the powers Suggesting that W..
mathematics better. sIppos- other
teachers Colild give entertaining. ,ypc-
Fences. | have finally settled down unrr
! tn" plan Of d.n nanding tLdt each candi-
, date for a certificate pass Il Cr-ditali,
examination in each subject. Using :.
papers Of som" college and cnnirlclin.. ,
the examination in reCiSely the same. :
way us if the RESULTS were to b. .cut n,
college. This differs very slightly frun,
examinations pure and simple ,xcrnt
thHt have the work Of Namin.uu ~
pcr> and the Responsibilities. rp.S ,iI11l, (
do not favor tn" ~ stem
To end as began, ! wuuld w.. giad 10 .
Sc" somr system devised that wn;l Il .lyr ,
uniformity ! "A least fu mn.