The broad ax., 1921-12-10
HOWARD UNIVERSITY RE-
cEIvES HIHEsT ACADEMIC
RECOGNITION

tory SCHOOLS OF the Miooic huahu
! States and Maryland. held at Swath
more College Friday November 2
announcement was made by tn
Commission on the Aecrediting o
! Higher Institutions, composed o
some of the foremost educators II
America, of the approved list Of col
legeS and universities in New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Maryland and the District of Colum
bia. Fifty-nine of the Middle State
colleges and universities were placed
on the list. including Howard Univer-
yersity at Washington. d. {.
/ TIE colleges and universities in
cluded on the list are: Adelphi Col
lege. Brooklyn, N. Y; Alfred Univer-
sity, Alfred, y. Y; Allegheny Col
legc, Meadville, Pa; Augustinian
College of Vilanova, Pa; Barnard
College, New York City; Bryn Mawr
College. Bryn Mawr. Pa: Bucknell
University. Lewisburg. Pa: Canisius
College, Canisius, n. Y; Catholic
University OF America. d. C.; Cole
gate University, Hamilton, n. Y:
The College of Mount ST. Vincent
on-Hudson, N. Y; College OF New
Rochelle. New Rochelle, y. Y; Col
lege of Saint Elizabeth, Convent,
n. J.; College of the City OF New
York; Columbia University. N. Y;
Cornell University, Ithaca, \. Y;
Dickinson College. Carlisle. Pa; El-
mira College, New York; Fordham
University. New York City; Franklin
and Marshall College. Lancaster. Pa;
Georgetown University, d. c.;
Goucher College. Baltimore. Nd;
Hamilton College, Clinton. n. Y;
Haverford College, Haverford. CT;
Hobart College, Geneva. New York;
Howard University, Washington.
d. C.; Hunter College. New York !
City; Johns Hopkins University, Bal
timore, Nd; Lafayette College.
Easton, Pa; Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa; Manhattan College,
New York City; Marywood College,
Scranton, Pa; Muhlenberg Univer-
sity, Allentown, Pa; College OF Arts /
and Pure Science, New York Univer-
sity, New York City; Pennsylvania
College Of Gettysburg, Gettysburg.
Pa; Pennsylvania State College, State
College, Pa; Princeton University,
Princeton, n. J.; Rutgers College,
New Brunswick, N. J.; ST. Johns
College. Brooklyn, n. Y; Lawrence
University. Canton, N. Y; ST. Via
,ent College, Beatty, Pa; Seton
Hill College, Greensburg. Pa;
Swathmore College. Swathmore. Pa;
Syracuse University. Syracuse, n. Y;
Temple University, Philadelphia. Pa;
Trinity College. Washington, d. C.;
Union University Schenectady, n. Y;
The University of Buffalo. Buffalo,
\. Y; University of Maryland, Col
ege Park, Nd: University Of Penn
'ylvania, Philadelphia, Pa; Univer-
iity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
University OF Rochester, Rochester,
\. Y; Ursinus College, Collegeville,
Pa; Vassar College. Poughkeepsie,
\. Y; Washington and Jeerson Col
ege, Washington. Pa: Wells Col
ege, Aurora, n. Y; Westminster
College, New Wilmington, Pa; VII
lam Smith College, Geneva, n. Y.
The educational standards used to
udge the colleges contained in brief
careful computation of the curric-
ia. teaching staff and finances of
.ach college. 1t took into eonsidera-
10 only those institutions having at
east eight professors giving their en-
ire time to instruction. II also took
nto consideration the qualifications
nd training of the teaching staff. A
ollege year of at least thirty-four
weeks Of academic work is required
nd the amount of work to be done
y one instructor figured largely.
he curriculum was considered as to
IS breadth Of study and concentra-
ion and also its relation to the re.
onrces Of the college. The salaries
I instructors and entrance require
tents for students were also studied
reaching the standard of rating
The announcement of the new
lting Of Howard University wa
wen by President J. Stanley Durkee. : :
no attended the recent convention of :
le Association of Colleges and Sec =
ndary Schools of the Middle States :
I'd Maryland, in the university :.
lapei Wednesday, November 80, and :
as received with much applause and :
ieer'n" nv the officers. faculty and
dent body. After the announce
ent President Durkee asked the
ans OF the several academic de- a
rtrnents to speak on THE Effect of
e New Rating on Scholarship at
oward University" The Effect Of
Rating on the Secondary Schools nj
nding Students to Howard Univer- m
y and The Effect Of the Rating n
Racial Cooperation" The sub :,
IT'S were discussed by Dean d. W. v
GODDARD of the School of Liberal B