Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
lily w. curson Ryan. Jr..

IIoi'sSOT OF EnuCatlOn, SwathfnOTH
College.
What Is the public high school In
tho East going TO do in the face Of
tho hard boiled attitude of most East
orn colleges?
Why. prepare for college" or
course. whether that means giving
tho best kind OF n high-school cduca-
ton or not. At least. that's the an
swcr T.. W. Anibai principal OF the
high school Mt Glen Ridge. y. j..
gives, and II is hard to Sc" how tho
typical high schooi--cspecially the
suburban high school around New
fork-can do anything else.
Mr.. An!bal tells how some one asked
him what project" work vas done
IN his Notwithstanding, o. course. to
In teaching method. His reply was
tina, the one project" his school had
on hand was 10 get students ready
for college. whether Il gave them an
education or not.
And. Of course. that Is precisely the
problem that bcScts every high. school
principal lic may know that the
old grammar translation method OF
studylng fnteign Language is
Sct by ;ha college examinations iiu
may know that york in jo!ncry and
crafts is part o. modern education.
ana likewise work IN citizenship. but.
The Eastern colleges which Will give
credit for problems Of American
Democracy are few. Cornell accepts
as ANAL unit any high school sub
ieci. Yale has agreed In prlvat. cor
r"Srondcncc To accept equivalent
credits but the leading Institutions
IN the East stand by the catalogue re-
VuirementS to III. letter"
Thus Mr.. Anibal. Not the least OF
/ his problems, and OF every high school
principal. similarly, is tho crowded
condition o! the colleges TO which his
students aspire 10 go, Girl students
whose records would hay. admitted
thnm 10 Wellesley without question
five years ago ar" now LETT standing
outside because OF mo enormous de-
inand upon the colleges one parent
In New Jersey community has on
tered her daUhhter In n number OF
institutions intending 10 take hir
pick when the time comes No one
knows, ~ course. Just how much 0!
me accumHiat<! advance registration
"f our wuncH's colleges IS Of this
wel.-d!str ibuicd sort, but doubtless Il
Sood deal Of il,
may play an important part, especial
~ " high scrOOl student has as
p!Taiions towards Dartmouth This
year for example. admi;tance 10
Dartmouth is fairly certain for all
students who happen To hall from
New Hampshire. from districts wes,
OF the Mississippi River and from
districts soutn OF Tho Potomac and
ohio Rivers.
we have an applicant who made
scor" of -o5 OH the Tcrman Group \
test. giving him an ]. @. OF i2o," says
Mr. An!bal. lie scored 20s on the
advanced Ot.s test aGIins, norm OF
J2t, giving him a perccnt!le rating Of
as.bI. He formerly lived In wash
'!ns'pn. u q, but perhaps he ought TO
have moved across tho Potomac
The Dartmouth plan OF occupational
distribution Is likely TO prove even
moro startling In its effect The col
lego wants tho broadcast possible rep
rcscntotion from the various vocn-
tons II has been suggested quite
seriously that II dad wants his son TO
so To Dartmouth or 70 any other coll
!cge with similar methods ~ selection
!, n" may have 10 give up his law prac-
,!ee for mastering ana move the fam
Ny beyond the Mississippi