The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-11
ci,tonal course a large number .!

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:ishes are nothing but reiisues, 70
re tasted occasionally. The people
and the principals have put no meaty
course parallel to that single enc
E,':!ct leads straight 10 the college;
door: The people by their OWN
sao:.-si gh.edGess and unw!!iiDgneSs
% learn. stand and see their OWE
strong and sturdy sons step out of
the schoolroom at the end CT t:tI
Sth grade. because these sons have
found that their parents and teach
ers have put nothing in the hish
school except nourishment for ths
college candidate.
IS the reader beginning to Sc"
wherein the colleges are response
,yle Tor the unsatisfactory high school,
oaGi:jcns? Every college in South
Carolina. State denomination. ana
":ivate, is doing high school work III
Is college course. This statement
leeGs no proof, the high schools
re not doing the work, and it mus;
Ne dcaa in the colleges. If done a.
III. Formerly, and rot so long
90. the colleges were ali but t-elp !
ass i. his matter-they had to take
he raw u3prepared material, or
lose their doors against deserving
,cys and girls unable to get the
proper preparation. have a!read"
rgued that the high schools are not
'et ready 70 furnish properly pre-
Ha:e6 students 70 the colleges. The
inc OF denercation between high
'chooi territory and college terri
~ csn rot De definitely fixed, get
with respect to the age OF the pu-
il and TO a majority Of the sub
Gets OF study involved there IS al
.eady considerable unity CT opinion.
"ahing into careful consideration
tle actual conditions which exist, IL;
he college set reasonable number
high schools units (not grammar
chool unitsl as the minimum for
utrarce. A standard three-year
ieh school ought to do II units
u work. Since most OF our high
chools are thrse-year schools, that
andard ought not to be unreasop-
}.e. "a standard of years cannot
set up: every che knows that the
,rm tenth grade IS not definite as
what is accomplished: besides.
ne schools run niEe months, some
~ on! a few only seven.)
First. let each college make ifs
ntrance requirements deanite-lev
Standard be high or low, as Il
,hoose. bat let it be definite
eccnd. let the college live up 10
s published uniformity, but all can
. honest n these standards. After
| 4, it is question Of morals, and
a college should stand for anythinc
should stand for answering r,c.
:tude. 1t is Just as responsible TO-
college as body corporate to ad-
artise one standard and act O.
aother, as it would be so- one .
| professors to promise one thin:
"a Go another. The popular min :
ONE to look upon the publish
arrance requirements OF colleges as
| 4!ies. With college catalog befo :
ou giving its entrance requirement,
English. Mathematics, Latin, ann
'istory. at standard which the av,
-age school Of ten grades is fail
ag TO reach. and you know It. yon'
ind Is likely to be disturbed when
ou know that the same college j
king pupils from 9th grades. anf:
OCCASIONALLY from sth grades.
What are the Hacts7 With fullr
aeD,y high schools yet to hear from.
have the names of 754 pupils VIII
ave entered college this season frcr'
n grades, and 36 pupils from ST.
rades. Those students reported as
1tering the preparatory de2artme1
+ a college, "ere Of course. not in
luded Every college in the State
! nd several outside, are reported 2:
haring the spoils. II Is hard r'
econcile these cold facts with tn
'onstant wall Of the colleges for bet
e7 prepared students. and with he
erenniai announcements about hay-
| ng raised standards. II COLLEGE
tter ten or twelve years OF standard
aising IN canvsssilg for sth grad
,upils, and taking sth grade ones
What must the standard have beer
vote
The college canvasser says, Send
IS your 9th grade pup..; our co
ese professors can teach him Lat;!
nd mathematics better than YOU
! 9th grade teacher can Perhaps
! o: but Is ne ready to admit thst
zig so-ca1led college has gone int"
! Ugh school business? Is he ready
! admit that his students who ary
.eally prepared to Go college worl
lust sit idle in the classroom. Will
F: ,qEipped professor makes daily g:
.Grsions down into high school te~
! itcry Fer the bsnefr OF the eth grade
a,lows? The basic question
! Who're does the pupil start on enter
Hg college? II he comes from t',e
! lth grade. or second high scnot
! ear, how much college work has b;
| o2e at the end OF four years? +
l0,h grade pupil enters the
;ophonlore class. how much co!lzsc
york has he had at graduation?
The evil genius which dominates
ur colleges IS greed for numbers
boards Of trustees, faculties. &C
he people are all under the masi"
nell. There is no objection wha'.
yer to numbers in the colleges, i
heir presence is not bought with p
rice. The constant cry is, Sem
more Students; make room fo'
:ore students; lock at the students
a;ng turned away from the college
oors" The public mind ir its h s
arical moments fails TO grasp tt
ienifIcance Of the plajnest facts