New Britain herald., 1925-07-31
GRADUATES OF H. s. SHINE IN COLLEGES
16S Register at A Institutions
 in Past Six Years
MANY WIN HIGH HONORS
Principal Slade Receives Compli- mcntary Replies 10 Questionable Sent to n Schools, Indicating Efficiency of System Here.

A little more than one-eighth of the graduates of New Britain High school later matriculate at some recognized college, according to es- inmates yesterday released by Louis F. Slade, principal of the school, who stated at the same time that it was a highly pleasing commentary on the efforts of the teachers of New Britain High school that of the number going to college six and one half per cent have been awarded the highest honors attainhble at the colleges they have been attending.
 MT. Slade is passing his findings on the results of questionnaire he has sent out to 74 leading Ameri- can colleges and universities, re- sponses having been received from the majority with the discovery that during the past six years 16S New Britain High school graduates have attended A different institutions of higher earning. These figures,
 
 plete. Mir. Sade pointed out. as a few of the schools queried have not replied and others have no means whatsoever of determining the geo. graphical location of their students homes.
 During the six years in question. 1868 have been graduated from the local High school
 Win High Honors
 According 10 replies received by Mir. Slade, New Britain High school students have fared astonishingly well at several leading colleges and universities. At Harvard Univer- sity. School of Engineering, three have matriculated. one winning the highest honors and another being above the average with more or less distinction. At the University of Pennsylvania. four have matricu- lated and of this number two have succeeded in capturing the highest award. At Yale, six have entered. with two winning the highest honors.
 Of the 16S New Britain High school students whose college records were turned over to MT. Slade. Il have been awarded highest honors, 43 Cor 25lh per cent have been above the average with more or less distinction, 62 Cor 37 per cent) have done good average work, 39 Cor c3 per cenD have been merely meeting the minimum requirements, and IS Cor 8 per cent) have been forced to withdraw.
 Many Study Engineering
 It Is significant, too, 10 note the number interested in engineering and similar courses Of instruction. Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute leads every other college In attract ing New Britain students, 19 have enrolled there in the past six years Other similar schools and the num- Der they have drawn arc as foltows. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. s, Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, 4, Clark, 3, Carnegie In sti'ute of Technology 2, and Har- ward University, School of En- gineering, 2. making a total of at least 35 interested in this phase Of human endeavor.
 Praise N. B. II. s. Graduates
 Officials at several of the colleges queried by Mir. Slade also com mcnted on the caliber of students enrolled therein. declaring almost 100 per cent that members of their student body who have been gradu- ated from New Britain High school have invariably brought credit to their teachers, A few of these com mcnts follow:
 Rates College-"They are excellent students and seem 10 have been well prepared for college work"
 Brown University-"The commit tee on admission is well satisfied that the preparatory work at your school is thorough"
 Mt, Holyoke College-"We have been pleased with the work Of the 
 Net Rochelle Collago-"Sudents show excellent preparation"
 Northeastern Untversity-"Your graduates. on the whole, have lone very creditahle work. Send Us more of them"
 Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute 'On the whole, their records show that they were very well prepared at your school. Of course We lose students from all schools because they come here when they should have gone somewhere else. that is. some of them are not fitted naturally
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