The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
State Colleges
 Hard To Enter Educative Council Finds Exams in Connecticut Out of Accord with High
 Schools YALE MAST Sn lE ALI
YALE MOST So OF ALL
Report Shows that 93 Per Cent. of Pupils Do Not Go to College.

Hartford, June 15-A report of the committee on science of the Connecti- | cut Council of Education just issued
 says that the entrance examinations
 of Yale. Sheffield Scientific school,
 Trinity and Wesleyan are so arranged that 1t is easier for high school boys to prepare for the majority of the
 other big colleges in the country than
 to gain entrance into the institutions
 of higher learning in this state. The
 report also says that of all Connecti-
 cut institutions of collegiate grade.
 Yale college is the most completely
 out of accord with the high schools of
 the state
 Out of 30 high schools in the state,
 AS regeister less than 100 pupils each,
 says the report which follows long
 inquiry into this subject by the com
 n,:ttee
 The faculty in 62 of the high
 schools number less than 10 and in 10 schools all the classes are taught by one Instructor. The report covers the endowed Morgan school at Clin- ton, Williams Memorial Institute, Bulkeley school and Manual Training school, New London. Norwich Free Academy, Wheeler school, North stonington, Gilbert school, Winsted and Woodstock Academy. The total enrolment of all the schools is A., 900. Of the number 42 per cent. were freshmen and IA per cent. sen- iors.
 The report shows that 93 per cent. of pupils entering these high schools finish without experiencing the ad- vantage of college or technical school. Tt is evident therefore says the re- port. "that college preparation is of minor importance and should never control the selection of faculty or the arrangement of curriculum. The pre- valent notion that the object of high school is to prepare for college is one of the chief reasons for the in- effectiveness of many Conhecticut schools"
 The report also says that of all Con- necticut institutions of collegiate grade Yale college is the most com schools. Until recently, recognition has not been given to science-which occupies about one-quarter of the time of the average pupil in the better scTlcols-while Greek has been artt-. ficially emphasized in spite of the fact that only 320, including girls out of about 14,OO0 pupils in Connecticut are studying this subject. History, ex- cept Greek and Roman has also been neglected as an entrance requirement. The needs and demands of and possi- bilities and problems of Andover, Exc ter and Taft schools are well under stood by college authorities, while Rockville, Willimantic and Naugatuck high schools are rarely considered; and high schools of less than 100 pupils (which include more than one-half of all the Connecticut schools) seem to be beyond the range of vision of entrance examination committees.
 The report also says: "So far as the high schools are concerned, there are four colleges in Connecticut: Sheffield Scientific school. Trinity, Wesleyan and Yale The range of subjects taught in these institutions is such that no Connecticut boy desiring col legiate training need go beyond the borders of his native State except for reasons.
 ''The entrance requirements of these are so arranged that it is easier for high school boys to prepare for the majority of the best colleges in the country than to gain entrance in l to the institutions of higher learning | in his State. In none of the Connecti- | cut colleges is science considered on a | par with other subjects; in some there S distinct discrimination against the science subjects
 Trinity is credited with being the | most liberal of the four colleges