Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-14
R.ndolpn Hioh on Approved List.


Randolph High on Approved List.
Prin. E. G. Ham has just been notified
that the Randolph High school has been
approved by the New England College
Entrance Certificate board for one year,
commencing Jan. /, 1908. This action is
subject to the condition that the board
shall have the power of withdrawing APP
prevail from the school, and its certifi-
Gates shall not afterward be accepted un-
til it shall again have been approved by
the board.
The date of the approval allows the
present senior class to take advantage OF
certificate entrance to Williams, Amherst,
Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Tufts, Mount Hol-
yoke, Smith and Wellesley colleges, Bos-
ton university, Brown university, Uni
versity of Maine, Wesleyan university
and University of Vermont. The execu-
tive committee OF the board, by whom the
application for certificate admission is
considered, is now composed of Prof.
John K. Lord of Dartmouth college, Prof.
Nathaniel f. Davis of Brown university
and Prof. Frank w. Nicolson of Wesleyan
university.
Upon the pupils entering colleges from
this school depends in great measure
whether at the end of its trial year the
schuol shall be placed on the approved
list for a period of three years. No
school is approved until it has shown by
the record of its students already admit
ted to college its ability to give thorough
preparation for college. Schools which
have been rejected because of the poor
record of their students sent to college
on certificate, or which have been
dropped from the list of approved schools
for cause, must send within period of
three years at least three satisfactory
students to one or more colleges repre-
scented on the board before new applica-
tion for approval will be considered.
Schools making first application must
send within period of three years at
least two satisfactory students TO one or
more colleges represented on the board
before the application will be considered.
A school is judged by the record of stu
dents who have entered college with the
consent of its principal.
ANY eligible school in New England,
which has a candidate for admission for
the ensuing year at some college repre-
sented ON the board, may be put on the
trial list for one year, provided in its
equipment, curriculum, staff of teachers,
etc., it shall be satisfactory to the board.
Not many schools, no larger than the
Randolph High, are entered on the APP
proved list even for trial year, and the
honor is all the greater On that account.
1t is gratifying indeed to have the excel
lent preparation of Randolph students so
recognized by the colleges that its gradu-
ates are admitted on certificate without
the need of having their fitness deter
mined by rigid examination. The stu
dents themselves must feel sharper spur
to ambition in the responsibility of indi-
vidually maintaining the standard of
scholarship required and of avoiding if
possible the chsgrin of having the school
to which they are credited suffer through
their failure to prove worthy OF its certi-
ficate.
Changers Discuss Sweet Corn Culture
The willingness with which the MEM
bers of the grange take hold of the work
at hand is what makes the meetings in
teresting. Last Saturday evening Sister
Harriet Packard read a carefully prepared
paper on Current Events.
1t was a misfortune that more farmers
were not present to talk over with their
brothers the raising of sweet corn. The
discussion was led by Brothers g. III.
Slack, ID. II. Morse, w. w. Jones and G..
C. Flint. The general opinion seems to
be that farmers of this vicinity are for
tunate in having reliable canning fac
tory near at hand. Some of the failures
of the past two seasons were attributed
to lack Of knowledge of the best methods
of raising sweet corn rather than to any
fault of the industry itself. 1t is believed
that sweet corn, if given proper care, can
be raised with profit at the present prices.
More farmers should have been present to
discuss the best methods Of raising sweet
corn as well as TO hear the Grange Male
quartet sing.
An excellent framed photograph of the
marching team was presented to the
grange in behalf of the team by Brother
j. L. Hutchinson. Brother Hutchinson
voiced the sentiment of the grange when
he expressed appreciation of the work OF
the team, and Worthy Master Vaughan
in behalf of the grange rendered thanks
to the marching team for the gift.