The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-12-02

tions for state certificates. The amount
Of work that may be taken in the col
lege and normal sections is strictly
limited No student is permitted to
take more than two three-point SEM
ester courses in the college section.
In the normal section no student is
permitted to take more than the equiv
alent of two high school or normal
school semester credits. The classes
meet on double periods daily so that
the same ground is covered and COW
cred as thoroughly as if the work
were taken in the regular session Of
the college year. No credit is given
In any course if student is absent
from three meetings of the class, or
If she fails to pass the final examina-
ton. No hearers are admitted in any
course. The lecture plan is very little
used. The students are made to mas
ter the various subjects thoroughly.
Such mastery has been found to be
practically impossible under the lee
ture plan in the summer school.
The summer courses are arranged
in such way as to give the student
continuous work in the consecutive
summer sessions. The courses offered
in one session alternate with courses
offered the following summer. The
idea is to encourage students to plan
for continuous study without the fear
of marking time by duplication of
work. The plan aims also at concen-
tration of energy and time along given
lines until some definite course or
courses are completed in such way
that they may count toward an ad-
vanced diploma or toward bachelors
degree. There is no reason for the
failure of any work to count for cred
it" if it is planned advisedly and TAX
en- in accordance with academic leg
islation.
Perhaps the feature that contributes
most to the success and thoroughness
OF the work is the fact that summer
session students are classified and reg
istered for their courses wholly on
! the basis of academic work success
fully completed. For example, no one
is permitted to register for a junior
elective in English or Latin unless the
thirty units of credit prescribed for
freshmen and sophomores have been
earned. Besides language, these thirty
units include mathematics, science and
history. The reason for this is to
keep the students work as whole
balanced properly so that the student
may eventually qualify for a standard
diploma or state certificate. It has
been the experience of all summer
school instructors and directors that
students have been admitted to cours-
! es for which no adequate foundation
had been laid. The imitation and the
lack of stability that results from such
laxity is pathetic.
Success Of the Plan.
The Winona plan for parochial
schools is winning the endorsement
of those best qualified to test it, name
ly, the pastors who are conducting pa.
rochial schools and the sisters who are
! directing the schools in accordance
with it's recommendations. During
the past seven years various parts of
the plan have been tried successfully
| in different sections of the diocese.
The only new feature is the applica-
ton of all it's recommendations to all
sections of the diocese. Another valu-
able test of its efficiency is the fact
that wherever a parochial school is
conducted in the diocese, Catholic par
ents send their children to it not as
result of persuasion, not to mention
coercion, but because the Catholic
people are thoroughly satisfied with
their schools and speak of them proud
ly as STANDARD schools" in which the
instruction is SO thorough, the courses
OF study so stable and the equipment
so adequate that the Catholic parochia1
schools of the diocese can meet sue
cessfully the most critical inspection
of any official of church or state. The
parents realize that the Catholic
schools of the diocese offer opportuni-
ties that Catholic children cannot at.
ford to MISS
M. A. MOLLOY, A. NJ, Phi. D..