Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-09-08
Libby high School
Is Fully Approved

The question is sometimes asked, rs
Libby a recognized first class high
SCHOOL," The answer is yes without
any qualifications. A certificate just
received from the department of pub
lie instruction, signed by the Cover
nor, the Superintendent of Public In
struction and the State High School
Supervisor, states that the local high
school has been approved for four
years work for the year ending June,
1888. The school has held this same
standing, continuously. for the past Is
years according to available records
and was. no doubt fully accredited
from its first graduation in 1918. This
means that the graduates of Libby
High School may enter any college or
university belonging TO the North Cen
trail Association of Secondary Schools
and Colleges without examination and
without any loss of credit Libby grad
yates have entered and many have
graduated from the leading univer-
sites of the west
Some confusion has arisen from The
fact that districts IN Montana are di-
vided into three classes depending upon
population A first class district con-
tains 5000 or more persons There
are six such districts in the state. An
aconda. Butte, Great Falls, Helena,
Missoula and BILLINGS Districts of the
second class have between 1000 and
5000 in population and contain prae-
tieally all of the four year high schools
of the state including Bozeman, Chin
ook. Glasgow, Havre. Miles City.
Whitefish, and the county high schools
at Flathead, Fergus County, Lincoln
County and all other county high
schools. Libby belongs to this class and
is ranked with the schools mentioned
The fact that they are located in dis
tricts of the second class does not
mean that their high schools are not
fully recognized as fully approved by
colleges and universities In this re-
spect Great Falls and Libby are in
the same class and the graduates SO
recognized The districts. however are
of different size and are designated
as first and second class for admin
istrative purposes only. They are both
standard high schools.
A word in this connection about
what the colleges may expect from high
school graduates might not be out of
place. 1t is obvious that all high school
graduates will not enter college, many
lacking the funds, the plans or the
ambition for such course. The high
school must then carry two purpose
course, one to prepare for college en-
trance and the other to prepare direct
ly for business or other pursuits. A |
pupil cannot carry all the subjects in |
both courses in the four years he is
in school He must, therefore, choose
certain subjects according to his future
plans, For instance, Latin is a very
necessary course for a college prepar-
alton but not so necessary for business
preparation. The same applies to some
OF the course in mathematics science
and history. Pupils are informed of the |
conditions and arrange their courses
accordingly Occasionally some pupil
who had planned a business course
and had taken all he could of the COM !
1nercial, decides to go to college and
finds himself deficient on college pre-
paratory subjects This is result of
his choice and change of mind and
means that the preparatory subjects
must be taken either as post grad
nate or in his first year Of college
Parents should have thorough un-
derstanding Of the course taken by
high school students and for their in
formation, the regulations for college
entrance are given below. Applicants
for admission must be at least is years
Of age and Of good moral character
The completion Of four years high
school course is the standard This
must include Is units of work (the
local trustees require 16) and must
include the following. three years Of
English local trustees require four or
The eguivalent) and two units in three
of the following lines: mathematics,
foreign languages, social sciences and