Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-09
DARTMOUTH OUT
Of n. {. COLLEGE
ENTRANCE BOARD
Statement Issued at Hanover
Explains Reasons for Col.
lege's Declaration of
independence.

Hanover, n. H. July 5,-Gray Knapp
secretary Of Dartmouth College to-da,
Issued the following statement
Dartmouth College has declared It's in
dependence of the New England Colleg.
| Entrance Certificate board of which il
| mas been a member since the establish
mont Of the board IL years ago. In a let
ter sent Friday to Professor Frank W
Nicholson Of Wesleyan, secretary Of tina
board. President Nichols announces Dart
mouths Withdrawal
The reason for the action of Dart
mouth lies primarily in the unwillngnes
or the certificate board TO grant the biA
New Hampshire Colleges request for per-
mission to deal with New Hampshire sec
ondary schools directly. instead Of
through the medium of the board Dart
mouth contends that such direct action Is
necessary, in view OF the peculiarly init
mate relations existing between the State
and her chief college According to tina
terms of the Dartmouth charter for
nearly century and a half the governor
or the State has, by virtue Of office beer
trustee Of the the college. Six others Of
the IL trustees must likewise he citizens
Of New Hampshire. The claim OF the
state upon the college for a close AMI
sympathetic cooperation with It's publ,
schoo! system is therefore. from the Dart.
mouth view point. a special one that
cannot BE- fully satisfied through the
intermediary of A formal board
Representations to this effect vera
made last spring to the colleges whose
representatives constitute the certificate
board. Their refusal To recognize the si-
uation has left Dartmouth no recourse
except to withdraw from participation If
the work-~<khe board
The New England College cntranc
certificate board was established u year
ago for the purpose of standardizing the
administration of the certificate system
Of college entrance. To-day its member
snip represents Is colleges. It has ac-
complished an invaluable work in bring
ing the certificate system in New Eng
land to a high state of efficiency. with
resultant increase in the thoroughness Of
college prepare tory teaching Its meth
DDS however. have always been methan.
ical and disciplinary rather than per-
sonal and sympathetic in character, and.
Of late. have aroused considerable oppo-
sition among principals and superin-
tendents in the public school systems OF
New England The board Itself has been
characterized as an educational trust
and its action in many cases as arbitrary
unjust and undemocratic
Dartmouth which was one Of the
founders of the board withdraws re!uc-
family. But In view of its obligation on
the one hand to the schools Of New
Hampshire. and on the other hand to the
schools outside of New England which
furnish more than a third OF its student
enrolment. the college feels that the
time has come for the establishment OF
new and broader educational policies that
shall be worked out in cooperation with
the secondary schools, rather than de-
vised exclusively among the higher in
stitutions to be imposed upon the lower
This does ~ot at all imply reduced stand
ards of admission. 1t should. in the
long run produce advanced standards;
altered perhaps. TO meet changed condi-
tions, but vigorously enforced by school
and -Dllege alike because believed in by
both"