The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

character and standing Of all the
others. We explain that normal
schools and finishing schools have as
worthy a function as that oil real
colleges. but that they are not coll
leges If i girl wishes training in
methods o. teaching and cannot take
the time for Il standard college edu-
cation. she Is advised IL go to
normal school II she wishes A gen
eTai finishing course, or If she wishes
to Specialize" in elocution music or
art, she is advised To go 10 a finishing
school We always recommend. how
ever, those not bearing the name coll
lege and not comforting degrees. II a
S1rl WlsheS liberal college education
she should, of course, go To a stand
ard college; but If for AFOREMENTIONED
or pecunlary reasons she is forced To
Choose college not recognized IS
stancard, she is informed as To which
are the approximate colleges and
which are the purely nominal coll
lef 5 in her State. She is then spared
The humiliation of learning after she
graduates that her degree is value
less.
Our reports show, for instance. that
Georgia has only one standard college
| for W0inen--Agnes Scott: but that
| nine others call themselves colleges
These reports show further that
bessie Tiff, Brenau, La Grange,
!
| ognized by any non-sectarian stand
! ardlzlng agency: that degrees from
| such institutions as Andrew Cox,
| Southern Female and Younes are
| purely nominal; and that diploma
| from Lucy Cobb Institute, which does
! not pretend to be a college is pre-
| ferable to a degree from any Of the
nominal colleges
For the sake of more ready refer
ence for high school girls and their
! parents, we are preparing tables
grouping all institutions for women
IN each State under the following
heads:
|. Standard coneges-,hat is.
| those recognized by the Association
of Colleges Of the Southern States
| z. Approximate CollegeS-institu-
! lions not fully coming up to the
standard set by the Southern College
Association.
8. Finishing Schools institutions
; Offering one or two years OF work in
advance Of q high school but not Civ
ing any real college courses.
4. Nominal Colleges finishing
schools claiming to be colleges
5. Normal Schools institutions
. whose main object is the training Of
students in methods of teaching.
: II our treasury permits we Will
/ ! publish these lists next fall, and dis
: | tribute them in every high school IN
the South
BY continuing to make public in
: | every Southern State the actual stan
u | dard Of each educational institution.
u We hope to induce all conservatory
''colleges' to drop the title college
/ | some of our other nominal colleges
= to become Junior colleges by substi-
tutlng standard freshmen and sopho-
> omre work for their present junior
= and senior superficial courses: Others
> to become good preparatory schools
> and only very few to attempt 10 be
come standard colleges For one
- standard college for women is all tina
= any Southern State should at presen
e attempt to support.
But decentralization complicate,
| scientific management at this point
4. We are trying however. TO persuade
~ | the different church boards Of edu
y cation to limit their colleges in Stat
- to at least one for men and women
" either separate or onblned-and Z
one or two junior colleges And W
., | are also endeayOring to create sucl
a public sentiment as will lead Stat
> Legislatures to pass laws refusing I
Il grant college charters to corporation
l6 that cannot guarantee resource
"a ! amounting to at least 100000; 70
y no institution with less than tha
70 should attempt to do college work.
u Our various bulletins issued dur
VI ing the past five years have alrea dy
&c to a certain extent, COunteracted tn
sc deceptive advertisements Of a mum be
,s' of nominal colleges And our sta
- | tistical tables showing the approx
{, mate value Of recent degrees of Sou
nj thern colleges are being used at a
a | leading northern and western col
le leges and universities in rating stu
Is dents from Southern colleges. BIT
ee we realize that our influence on nom
al nal colleges, on denominational board
he Of education, and on State Legisla
nd lures will be very slow unless we 81
ip able to gain the sympathy and &C
ed operation Of all intelligent Souther
a people. Therefore. We beg all VIII
ee love honesty and right ideals to mel
re us in our efforts to induce each Sol
lr- thern educational institution TO nm
its announcements to It's cap4cll
- whether that he that of a prepa ratOT