Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-10
TWO RICHMOND SCHOOLS
On ACCREDITED LIST
John Marshall High School and
McGuire's Recognized by
Educators.
VARIOUS FACTORS CONSIDERED
intellectual and Moral Tone and
Record" Made by Pupils in Higher
Institutions Taken Into Cunsidcra-
tiOn-Crcdit for One Year Only.

McGulrc,s University School and the
John Marshall High school are the
only two local institutions. ~ their
classification. which have hccn ac-
corded places IN the list of accredited
schools OF tn" Southern States a copy
Of which has just reached this city
from the commission Of educators in
charge of this work
The John Marshall High school is
the head Of the public school system
OF the city. Professor j. 4. llarwoud,
the principal, is in charge OF about
l.i"0 students and OH" of tho most
modern and best equipped preparatory
schools in this section. McC;uire'S Uni
versity School is also located in Il new
and entirely modern building, and Pro-
teSsor J. i. McGuirc has a student
body OF about 20 pupils. This school
prepares dir, city for the University
OF Virginia. directing the boys studies
from the primer upward.
II is considered quite gratifying in
local educational circles that two local
schools should he included in the list
. of accredited schools, for the list in
'ludrs schools from all OF tho thirteen
southern states, and the standards
which have to be met. before the school
is placed on this list. are unusually
MA. Amd even though a school Sc
cures place on the list one year il
does not necessarily follow that the
plaC" may not hc taken from il il there
- any reduction ia the required stand
ards.
The rules of the Commission on Ac-
credited schools ~ the Southern States
require that the efficiency OF mstIuc-
ton the acquired habits of thought
and speech the general Intellectual
and moral tone of a school shall lie
paramount factors in it's selections as
one Of the accredited schools" These
Qualities tions are determined upon by
the personal visits which inspectors
make the various schools. by the re-
ports of the principals and by the
records made in Institutions Of higher
learning by former students OF the
school.
Standards al the John Marshall High
school have been raised OF rcccn,
Years, and AN entire new equipment
mas been installed These facts. to-
Sether with the records which former
students have made elsewhere. landed
1T place on the accredited list well
up among the representative high
schools OF the south McCiuire's School
mas been maintaining the standards Of
ScN.r+! years past, has secured a new
hnildim2 in the ives, End and the
records ~ former students have been
unusually GOOD. This school has been
accorded " percentage OF q BY the
University "f Virginia and one OF its
former pupils has made the record
mark ON advanced mathematics AT the
tHiNcrSitE Of Virginia. This mark was
made on work mostly IN advance OF
IN" freshman year.
IN" annual reports Of tho Commits
SION on accredited Schools is waited
Tor "Np"ctantly by those Interested in
educational affairs. ANA the position
accorded local schools is always a
matter of interest. The report. which
Was received IN Richmord Yesterday.
vas complied at the UNIVERSITY ..
N"fih carolina and is for the present
school session