The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-16
CollEGE SElECTNE
SYSTEM CRITICIZED


II 0swtcr. Feb. s6.---tTrginE demo
saSSIf3rx M II ssffrs 4s-r~r-.1 ,s.A- ST =.
v,sfrnarv furctisTn ~ ttwsNss'S''2 - u =
staxAs whether elementary. hlsh
school. or college, Is service r"tht'
thar selection. Frank V Thompson.
unpNy4r&epdenf OF the punhc scn0elF
AZ Boston. in the current nuTnoeF o
- Harvard Alumni bulletin, CRU
eA1es the entrance requirement. =, .o,
snnsrn colleges OF the United states
YsD,e same number contains stare
mart fYor~ Or. A. Lawrence Lowe"
~estdsrt of Harvard university. &c
sNntins entrance requirements 81
~oYl~r~s though admitting mar no
ro,n nie,etw satisfactory solution or Lots
problem has been reached any"o", =,
President Lowell SAYS fhat NH'l'
Harvard in the only college w M@~sa
chusetts that does riot ADMIT ny N'' W.
gcats "a really good scholar from any
GOOD unconventional high school, can
1.nss IT, entrance examination gu
nApiysf<rtert Thompson save MS
sho,.fn nYoba blv ne anne ndsd 10 FtaH'
n really good scholar VINO mas AZ "
,~-.air x.s,s{es prescribed 'n = g.
~has Restricted list or SUBJECTS.
ryeesoer. Lowell further says ma -.
reouir~ynerta fer other cones o3 AaS
state are ~ every graaf, ano f3hz
tsrues "A least one Of them is. ] re
Il - obliged nv its charter 70 admit
.y ~raf,afes n high schools Is
y cu,a sppeaY. Therefore" that any boy
rr wfli rroft hy college "ducaflon
49, sod A ~oreya In Massachusetts,
that n ear enter
SUPERINTENDENT Thompson s2ts f5at
.f4,,r c,l1egoe. WHALE aiming 81 ne hess
s..-slyo in the eonr1unity along fhtlr
sneeit- lines of study. feel justineo ~
,,sf~lt an1, he students most
lsaek H. a.1sr>c success in these
fields md IN 81 treating by Their en-
trance exar1.rarlure candidates HkeN
10 fai, later IL admitted. further
alonr in his statement Saparint "rdcht
rrhonnson say that the mischief ~
,h~ overemphaats ~ the setff'4Ye
furct.or OF education m b." college
H. that a similar condition Is force9
upon the high school
y would set UP" Continues super a.,
irtondeni Thompson III" fdeh 81
seryi,e or Improvement education
ra,her than aelectivc cduca ZION. ]eaN-
Ing the seIective function 10 the sP"-
Gig, school whether II he distinctly
professional schools or lower
tyne of vocational schools, such as the
trade school | ana not attempting -
hover the educational standards OF inc
high school What J really d@slfe |"
~, lis the esta blishment Of a system
Of higher education in New FilFlaao
which will not impose through en-
trance requirements such RESTRICTIVE
and limiting influences on the h'fh
schools as the present system Oh
higher education imposes.
II arr not seeking 10 tear down }hf
standards Of admit sion 70 HARVARD
! flege. do want 30 see "a system o.
higher education in the state whlcF
viii furnish a greater variety or eou
est{onat opportunities for the bows and
iris who are today shut OFT tr"n
higher education through the presen'
limited ard. To M mind. undemocranf
r.-thoi nf selection SGT M by preseh
college entrance requirements
THE DAY has come in MaSsachoaetl'
To ayitate the larger educational righ'
~ ali Young people We wish 10 sup
-sler,7ert our present excellent ihstltu
IONS nv other and more compreheh
si-ee institutions whore 10 the prfn
rtrles of educational democracy ma!
~ EXPANDED to meet the growing con
.,,c.ion that there is NO dead Hne o.
.,,pcatiou 20 he drawn for the boN
mud girl beyond which som" may X
sra others may not. Nj extensions
of education hay" proved 10 make lo'
y inner and eafer citizenship.