Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-17
Will Be Accommodated in the
Hopkinsville City High
School.
TUITION WILL BE FREE.
Session Opens Sept. 8, En-
trance Requirements Are
Concluded.

Under the new school law now op-
eratiye and in force in Kentucky
provision is made by county taxa
ton for the establishment and main
tenance of county high schools in
every county in the state, to which
all pupils in the county who are pre-
pared to enter. are entitled to ad-
mission free of tuition charges, the
tuition being paid by the County
Board out of the levy made for gen.
eral school purposes.
BY an agreement made and enter
ed into between the County Board Of
Education of Christian county and
the Board of Trustees of the Hop
kinsville City High School, the same
agreement conforming fully to the
provisions of the law, all pupils in
Christian county, boys and girls,
who desire to take high school ed
ucation, and who have completed
the common school course and are
prepared to enter the high school,
may enter the Hopkinsville City
High School free of tuition.
The High School opens on the 9th
day Of September and while pupils
may enter at any time during the
year, provided they are prepared to
take up some one of the regular
courses of study. all county pupils
are urged to make their applications
for entrance as early as possible.
The scholarship standing required
of county students for entrance to
the high school will be determined
by the superintendent of the city
schools, and will for the most part
be the same as those prescribed in
the rules and regulations fixing
the entrance requirements for the
high school, Applicants must eth
er pass a satisfactory examination,
to show by creditable certificates.
their proficiency in the following
branches: Arithmetic, English
Grammar, United States History,
Geography, Spelling, Reading and
Civil Government. There must in
all cases be sufficient evidence to
show that the common school course
has been successfully completed.
1t will not be necessary for any
pupil to have studied Algebra at all
to enter the high school. Note
especially: 1t will not be necessary
for an applicant to have received the
common school diploma of gradua
ton sent out by the state board in
order to qualify for entrance to the
high school as a county pupil.
The superintendent will be at his
Office in the high school on Clay
street with his examining commit
tee, every day of the week of Aug,
80, to Sept. A, to receive and eX-
anime applicants for admission to
the high school,
The Hopkinsville High School is an,
institution for secondary education
only. 1t prepares students, after they
have completed the grammar school
course, for the general avocations Of
life, for college, for the university,
and for the professional and techni-
cal schools. 1t is an accredited pre-
paratory school for the best colleges
and universities in the country, Of
fering the same standard four year
courses Of instruction that are offer
ed in the best high schools of the
large cities.
Full four year courses are offered
in English. History and Economics,
Mathematics, Science, Latin, Ger
man. and Business. French and !
Greek,will be added to the course
whenever there is sufficient 3cmand |
for them. The Laboratories for
Chemistry. Physics. Geology and !
Biology are complete and modern.
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