The border vidette., 1933-09-09
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN
HIGH SCHOOLS
(By Dean f Z, Riesen, Un

(Bg Dean r r, Riesen, Uni
versity of Arizona)
10 recent years there has been
q notable in the number of high
school students who return after
graduation TO take additional so
called post graduate courses.
Some have decided that they
must supplement their academic
college preparatory course with
more practical training 10 home
economics, commercial subjects,
etc. Others take academic sub
jects which they missed 10 their
regular curriculum.
Many who. in these hard
times, seek additional instruc
tiou 10 the hi school from which
they graduated are financially
unable to leave home for college
else where. 10 the East, for ex
ample. jamestown, N. Y. city
of fifty thousand, has had over
two hundred postgraduate high
school students. Bisbee, Ari
zona. in September, 1882, organ.
lied for the year several classes
in college subjects in order to
give those who could not afford
to go to college or university
some further training. Tucson
high school last year had sixty
post-gradute students. Globe.
Arizona, is this year making eff
forts to organize special classes
for considerable number of in
terested graduates who have
been unable to 60 off to college
since the depression began.
It seems that a sound educa-
tional philosophy would approve
such questing for an education
and the policy which seeks to
meet this demand.
The problem of expensive ad,
ditional organization and equip
ment. also that of college credit,
at once looms large for those
who have institutional responsi
bilities. The first. that Of the
lcost, is largelya local problem.
That of college credit affects the
educational system as q whole.
Several western colleges are
allo wing a certain limited nun
| Der of credits" for excess high
school work. Thirteen of thirty
eight Ohio colleges allow such
credit, but upon examination BY
the college rather than outright.
The matter Of credit book
keeping has probably already
been carried to far ia our educa-
| tional system. Signs of its de
fects are all too obvious to the
| man of parts and culture who
stresses personal quality and
worth rather than certificates,
diplomas and degrees.
For the present it seems sound
policy to urge promising high
school graduates to go TO college
| if they can afford it but if they
| cannot, to encourage them to
acquire knowledge ADD broader
understanding of human affairs
wherever they are-from librar
les, ia additional high school
courses, and above all, from per
sonal contact with the wise and
| cultured men and women of their
community.
When systematic knowledge
and mastery in history. mathe
matics, in languages, or any
other field has been attained, 1t
should be possible to establish
college or university credit by
the simple process of proving
sucn knowledge ia a seasona5le
examination, set by the institu
ton in which the applicant may
desire to win a diploma or de
gree. knowledge and skill are
the students sure possession
whether credits are recorded in
books or not. Credits and de
grees are q formal acknowledge
ment of these 90 the part OF
society through its institutions.
The Teachers Colleges and the
University of Arizona should
stand ready to aid individuals
and local groups anywhere IN
their efforts TO further self edu
cation, but credit upon examin
alton only" should be the con
sistent policy with training other
than under the direct instruction
of approved institutions.
weeks Of July. is very encourag
| inu Pricas have continued to