The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-05
BEMlDJI MAY ADOPT
new COLLEGE PLAN
Short Course for First and Second
Year Students in University Work
is Approved by Supt. W. P. Dyer.
MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION
Provides That High School Graduates
Can Prepare for Sophomore and
Junior Years at Home--Is Benefit

Bemidji high school students are
likely to profit by the plan of the
Minnesota university senate, max
ing it possible hereafter for any
high school or accredited private
school in Minnesota to offer mini
mum OF one year and a maximum of
two years of university work, ac-
cording to w. P. Dyer, the local SUI
perintendent. Although this plan
has been successfully tried out in
other states, never has it been done
in Minnesota, and today Mr.. Dyer
said: ut is surely a step in the
right direction, and 1 intend to
bring the plan to the attention Of
the school board with the hope that
it will give it's approval
The significance of the action is in
the possibilities it opens up to high
schools. In the past if a high
school offered courses in advanced
subjects regarded as university sub
jects the students taking such cour-
ses would not be given credit for
such work at the university toward
their degree - -.
Get University Credits at Home.
Under the new rule the university
will recognize toward advanced
standing credits earned in, a school
giving partial college course" if
such school complies with certain re-
quirements.< VII - s.
The consequence then is that any
standard high school in the state
that wishes to offer advanced work,
and thus allow it's own students to
do university work without going
away from their home town, may do
;sosE tits the belief of the members
of the university faculty that the
high schools in the larger towns, Of
the state will take advantage of the
liberal ruling of the university SEN
ate and establish a years college
course for the benefit and conven-
fence of their Students.
Conditions of New Plan.
The conditions laid down by the
university for granting college cred
its for advanced high school work
are considered as simple as they could
be made to accommodate the schools
and at the same time insure work of
the university grade. The first is
that the students taking the ad-
vanced work must have completed
the full course at an accredited high
school. This has always been one
of the. conditions for entrance to the
university. The school at which the
anvance Jed work is to be done must
offer al least one full year of college
work that has been approved by the
university on the recommendation
'of an authorized representative who
has visited the school and made an
examination of it's equipment, ia
cilities and methods of instruction.
Instructors Must Be Qualified.
The university must be satisfied
that the instructors Offering the ad-
vanced work are qualified to teach
college classes and that the equip
ment and facilities for the work are
adequate for work of college grade
After a school has been recognized
for university credit, it will be re-
quired each year to notify the uni
versity of any changes in it's curri-
culum and Institutional staff.
"A student from school whose
work has been recognized for uni
versity credit states the rule which
opens up the possibility Of .univer-
sity work being offered hereafter in