Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-06-10

The bureau of education Of the de-
partment of the interior has decided
that as a rule the ex-soldier in educa-
tiOna institutions Is doing work about
the same as before entering the serv-
ice-this after summarizing returns to
an inquiry made by one Of the church
boards of education,
One college president reported that
his ex-sOldier students had not done
very well and that they were restless
and found 1t hard to concentrate on
their work. The same answer was re-
ceived from another institution where
16 ex-service men had registered at
the beginning of the school year. Two
of these had withdrawn. The test did
not do as well as hoped because of
unrest due to indecisiOn as to the flu
ture they wanted to follow and the
resulting quandary as to what prepa-
ration they should make.
Do Excellent Work.
Albion college, however. reported
that the majority of ex-service men
had done excellent work. especially
those who had been In college before
entering the service. A number of
other institutions reported their re-
turned men doing work above the av-
erage. The report from Missouri
Wesleyan college was that these men
were doing far above what they did
previous to the war, the grades indi-
eating that the work Of the service
men is Of a very high order. The 9
per cent students receiving all "A"
grades were all eX-service men. There
were very few failures among the re-
turned men at this college.
The majority Of schools did not ac-
cantuate either success or failure of
tx service men In the first semester's
work, but on the whole the men were
reported as having rapidly readjusted
themselves to their work.
In answer to Il question as to how
the student body survived the mid
year examinations. the majority of
colleges reported an Improvement in
the average of previous years. AS
usual, failures In individual courses
were greater in number than failures
such as to exclude the student from
continuing.
The percentage Of complete failures
was variously reported from 2 to
per cent. One school reported finan-
cial reasons and reasons other than
scholarship as causing a loss Of 40
students, whereas scholarship caused
loss Of only II. OF the first num-
Der six were seniors who were gradu-
ated.
Low Freshman Mortality.
At the University Of Chattanooga
the mdyear examinations showed the
lowest percentage of freshman NOR
tally in the history of the university.
This was attributed to a bulletin pub
lishcd at the end Of each 3O-day quiz
period, with the names and scholar
ship averages of the first ten In each
of the college classes. This stimulated
a great deal Of profitable rivalry, 1t is
said.
When asked to compare the grades
received by men and by women the
almost universal answer was that the
grades of women averaged higher.
These statements were qualified in
some cases by supplementary explana-
lions.
Chancellor Buchtel of the Univer-
sity Of Denver calls attention to the
fact that women as a rule do not
earn their living, and that on the
other hand a great number of the
men earn their living in whole or In
part.
Montana Wesleyan reports COM
piled from work of the first semester
show that there are fewer failures
among the women, and that as whole
a better grade of work Is done by
them. The men surpass In having
some of their number attain a high
rank. In the college department 95
per cent of the women passed In all
their subjects. The men showed 81
per cent with no failures, while Z per
cent failed completely. The other IS
per cent failed In some subjects and
passed In others. In attaining "a"
grades the men surpassed the women.
Nine per cent Of the men received all
"A" grades, a record not made by any