New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-22
AND SCHOLARSHIP

That lnterSchOiaStlc athletics tend to
raise the standard of scholarship has
been clearly proven in the last two
months by the wondrous strides made in
raising low marks. |
The New Ulm High School belongs
to the league of high schools in Mime
sofa who stand for high scholarship; no
one is allowed to play who has below
an average of seventy five percent in
any subject. The exact rule relating
to being above grade is: Making grade
shall be construed to mean that the
average in each subject for the semester
up to one week prior to the contest shall
not be below seventy-five percent. A
student must be making grade in at
least four subjects"
A week before the contest the players
hand in their averages with the teachers
signatures, so that it can be seen that
Sthay are above grade. At least three
days before the contest lists of eligible
players are exchanged by the business
managers. No favoritism can be dis
played where this system is used.
Inter class games would never raise
enough spirit to make the students settle
down to good, hard work. Rather than
work for their marks they would as
soon be disqualified for the games. Last
year a rule was made that kept anyone
off if their marks were not up to stan
.dard. This also applied to practice.
Very few came out for practice so this
rule was soon done away with, now it
only applies to actual games. If the
rule could be abolished in regard to
practice it could also be abolished in
regard to interclass games and there
would be no emphasis placed on scholar
ship. The rules and regulations of the
Minnesota High School league prevent
this from happening in interscholastic
games. There isn't enough in inter-
class games to pay the students to strive
and toll for honors. If he has the
faintest suspicion, however, that he
might possibly play in an interscholastic
game he will buckle down to work and
keep his marks above grade.
Actual statistics speak louder than
words. The following are just few of
the strides made after the basketball
season opened. The figures are taken
from the actual marks of the boys on
the Basketball Team" and are for the
last two months. The progress is very
noticeable in English and Geometry as
all take English and nearly all Geometry.
In the other subjects the gain is not
quite so noticeable because two take one
subject, three another and so on. Con-
illusions can very plainly be drawn from
the progress made in English and
Geometry.
In English the marks we're raised
from IS to 49,; rs to IS; 68 to Il; Is to
80; 60 to rs; IA to 80 and 70 to ",
making total increase of nine per cent.
In Geometry they were raised from
rs to 80; 70 to 80; Is to 80; 40 to 60; 80
to 81; 80 to 81 and 80 to SO, making a
total raise of eleven per cent.
In Bookkeeping the marks are very
seldom below grade and do not vary to a
great extent. A slight gain of two per
cent is shown by 90 to So; IS to 80; go
to 80.
In Manual Training gain of seven
per cent is shown by Is to 80; IS to 49,;
rs to 88; 80 to 80.
In Higher Algebra two raised their
marks of 70 to Is making raise of seven
per cent.
In the averages of the individuals the
most striking one shows an increase
from an average of So to one of 81, an
increase of seventeen per cent. The
others are not quite so pronounced but
show good work; only one average was
lowered.