Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-06
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
GIVES STUDENTS CHANCE.
Graduates Of Any Eour-Year High
School to Be Admitted to Either Of
Three State Educational lnstitu.
tions-Adds 200 to List Of Aocrcd.
tied High Schools.

Des Moines, Dec 6.--The relation
ship between the high schools and the
state Institutions for higher education
has always been matter OF serious
| concern to tho state board oil edu2a-
ton.
The aim has been to effect with the
least possible waste of time, energy
and expense, the transfer of more thrn
8 900 Iowa young people. annually.
from high school to college. Tue de-
sire has been to accomplish this on
the one hand. without saCri,lcins
standards of college work, and on the
other hand without embarrassing the
student who has ambitions to continue
his educational training after high
school graduation.
College admission requirements have
been nodded from time to time In
the direction Of greater fexiOility. And
now 1t seems to many of those most
intimately concerned with higher ed
ucat!on in Iowa that new plan OF
college admission should be put in
operation. On tho recommendation OF
the faculties of the state institutions
for higher education. the state board
OF education at a meeting In Des
Moines. Dec. 2, 1919. adopted such
plan which differs materially from the
system in vogue up to the present
time. There arc three outstanding fea-
lures of this new plan. as follows:
High School Grads Admitted.
r,,,t ia az nItiI1ic r. Car
nigh school will be admitted without
examination to such collegiate work
as he Is prepared to pursue in the
State University Of Iowa, the Iowa
State College and the Iowa Teachers
College. This provision adds about
200 to the list of high schools whose
graduates are received into the state
institutions without entrance exam
nations or other fornalities now ex-
lists between the completion of high
school course and the beginning OF a
COLLEGE course. All that hish school
graduates need do to get into college
IA 20 present certificate Of high
school credits signed by the superin-
tendent or principal Of the school. The
doors are absolutely open between the
high school and the state institutions
which Iowa has provided for higher
education.
In the second place, provision will
be made at the state institutions for
the removal Of all deficiencies for adj
mission to specific collegiate courses.
For example: A student may gradu-
ate from high school and present HIM
self for admission to an engineering
course without having had algebra or
geometry. Since these subjects are
Prerequisites to such q course he Will
be given the opportunity to take them
at the institution he enters, and at the
same time will be assigned to sucn
college work as he Is prepared to car
ry. There Is no guarantee that a aigh
school graduate will complete COL
lego course in four years: but he will
be admitted to college Immediately
upon graduation from high school.
Third Feature.
A third feature of the new plan Is
that of judging each high school upon
the accomplishment Of its students as
shown by their work in the state IN
stitutions for higher education.
Thru the board on secondary school
relations reports will be made from
time to time to each school regarding
the collegiate records Of Its students.
The responsibility Of carrying out
tho new plan Is given to tho board on
secondary school relations, which con-
sists OF the registrars Of the three
state institutions. together with an
executive officer with tho title OF soc.
rotary, This board, a. during the past
nine years, viii take care OF genera
matters pertaining to the relationship
between tho high schools and the state
institutions for higher education.
The following constitute the ooaso
on secondary school relations at pres
emit: Registrar H. c. Dorcas. state
University OF Iowa; Registrar Herman
Knapp. Iowa state college: Registrar
G. 9. Cory. Iowa state Teachers Col
leKe, and John Il Foster. secretary:
Mr.. Fosters office Is in the office OF
the state board Of education Oes
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