Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

pears in all its advertisements, is familiar
to the reading public wherever the English
language is spoken. This school is one Of
| the pioneers in its line and the first school
of the kind established In this city.
The institute Is composed Of the follow
ing departments schools: Bookkeeping
and business. shorthand and typewriting,
English modern languages (by grapho-
phone method science, engineering law,
illustrating, journalism, preparation for
civil service examinations, for entrance to
West Point, Annapolis and the consular
service and for entrance examination to
the leading resident universities.
DR.. Mckinley was the first to point
out the fact that correspondence methods
are not applicable to the teaching OF pri-
mary classes and applied sciences where
laboratory and shop work are essential.
One of the most successful departments OF
the institute, however, Is the school OF
science. in which instruction is given in
more than one hundred and fifty branches
of theoretical science.
The success of correspondence teaching
depends upon the fact that the institution
is individual. 1t is claimed with good rea-
son that a greater percentage of high-grado
work is done by correspondence than in
any other way. In the class room q teach
er has from thirty to a hundred or even
more students to instruct. By the corre-
spondence method each pupil is in a class
, by himself. does all the work of the course,
recites Gin writing every lesson. is obliged
to master every principle before passing to
the next lesson. and as lessons learned by
sight and written responses are more last
ing than those learned orally. the student
will be more fully equipped at the compile
ton of his course
The object Of the institute, however Is to
Cooperate with the best resident schools,
not to antagoniZe them. Dr. Mckinley
does not wish to take away from college
those who have the means and the time to
attend resident institutions. 1t is his de-
sire to bring college education within the
reach of the masses-those who would
otherwise have to go without. Text books
are furnished for all courses without addi-
tional charge and, in fact. there no ex-
tras of any kind-the published tuition fee
covering all expenses except for paper, ma
terials and postage on matter mailed by
the student.
The Institution is Incorporated under the
laws of the District of Columbia as an
educational institution. the same the
leading universities in the country; is en-
powered to grant the usual academic de-
grees to persons who may be qualified to
receive them. and in this differs from the
usual stock companies which formed
to carry educational business. DR..
j. VIM. Mckinley, president of the insti-
tute Is pioneer in correspondence work.
AS an instructor of many years experience
in public schools business and literary col
leges he laid the plans for such an insttu-
ton. which he founded in 1898. The sys-
. TEN of preparing applicants for civil serv-
ice examinations and for West Point, An
napolis and the consular service WAS origf-
mated by him. and the National Correspond
ence Institute was the first school to pre-
pare applicants for these examinations By
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