The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-15

| three years. and minor groups mean that
they shall be taken for two years.)
Group l.
Academic high school subjects re-
CURED OF all;
CD One major consisting OF English.
90 \ second major selected from ma
~thematics. foreign language, science or
history; or two minors selected from
the same range of studies.
90 One year in each OF the following
subjects must be included in the above.
or taken as additional work.
Ca) Mathematics (either formal alge-
bra or applied mathematics. i e. shop.
commercial or household).
OBJ Science.
Cc) History. which may include civics.
Group 2.
Purposeful c~urrioula. from which not
more than so per cent of the subjects
counting towards graduation shall be
selected. Each special curriculum shall
be divided into two parts:
ca Essential subjects.
GU Related subjects.
Majors ana minors shall be required
in accordance with the nature and de-
mands Of the various curriculum.
In its explanation Of the rev course
Of study the state board said:
The combination OF the two groups
Of study constitutes a four years high
school course OF t~hirty-two credits. cap
able Of being organized into group curri-
cula Of the following types: General
academic. household arts. agriculture.
Industrial arts. commercial. music or
art These type curricula adapt them
selves to the needs and resources OF the
various school communities and. what is
equally important. provide elasticity for
meeting the needs Of individual pupils.
College entrance requirements have
been provided for. but pupils not intend
ing 70 90 TO college may. under this
plan, obtain four years of high school
training in which approximately one
half their anne may be given TO voca-
tional or commercial subjects and from
which the study. Of foreign language
may be omitted.
State officials are %accenting the inter
probation Of the new curricuIa. which
shows that students may omit the study
Of foreign language-which. Of course.
includes German-if they SO desire. al
least when they are not intending 20
go 70 college.
The report from the special committee
contains thoughtful suggestions for
safeguarding the curriculum against
misdirected innovations. and certain
definitions essential to its interpreta-
ton.
Oscar II. Williams. state high school
inspector, commenting on the new plans
tor high school studies. said today:
The existing curriculum for the high
schools has long been regarded b. pro-
gressive school men as inadequate and
0r4e 80 4Of-+ ,-,.L 81 -.
ideals and practice of the day. In
herited from an earlier period. when
college entrance requirements almost
wholly shaped the work done in the
high schools. Il has been developed with
respect to a single point Of view. viz.
preparation for college. Il has nearly.
if not entirely. ignored the interests of
that large group Of high school students
who do not expect to go to college. II
has borne little relation to the vocational
needs of pupils who expect TO enter
special or technical schools in prepara-
ton for a life career. In a word. the
present high school curriculum is a
traditional course Of study handed down
from the days of the old academy. when
classical and cultural education was
looked upon as the sine qua non OF the
college-bred man or woman. Since 1912
tremendous advance has been made in
clarified views Of vocational education
and Of the importance Of adapting the
work of the high schools to the voca-
tional interests Of the youth This re-
port. together with the approving action
Of the state board. unquestionabIy marks
the most important development In re-
lation to the high schools which has
occurred in a generation"
The members of the special committee
included President Stone. r. ". Hime-
lick. Fort Wayne: II. G. Brown. Lee
banon; Ellis L. Graft. Indianapolis; L.
P. Benezet, Evansville: E. L. Rickert.
ConnersviIle; l. L. Driver, Winchester:
T. F. Fitzgibbon. Muncie: J. C. Coli
colt. Indiana's vocational education di-
rector; oscar H Williams and NJ. H
Stuart Of Arsenal Technical High School
Indianapolis.