Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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22 ADELPHI DEDJY. who have charge of their children. At the close of each daily ses- sion there is opportunity for conference between parents and teachers, but such interviews should not occur during the school session. Time is allowed in every class for some study in school hours. Teachers will remain after the close of a day's session for the purpose of aiding thosevwho deserve and need help. Members of the Collegiate Depart- ment and of the upper grades of the Academic Department are ex- pected to study at home daily from one to three hours, according to age and capacity. Every student who is able to pursue a regular course of study is expected to do so. VI- ReC0l'dS of Rank.-In the Academic Department of the Academy carefully prepared reports are made monthly to the parents, showing the scholarship, punctuality and conduct of each pupil, Parents are requested to examine these reports regularly, sign them promptly, and return them to the Academy. A summary of these reports is kept as a permanent record. In the Collegiate Department similar reports are prepared and sent home at any time if the Faculty orders it, or if the parent requests it. The teacher uses no marking-book in recitation and no numeri- cal marks are placed upon the reports. It is especially desired that students shall not study merely to get marks or to make a favor- able comparison of percentages. Letters instead of figures are therefore used on the reports, in the belief that they allow more room for a teacher's judgment, afford an equally satisfactory record, and operate less as an unhealthy stimulus. The reports of class-work which are presented to the Faculty weekly throughout thepyear are made the basis of the final record of scholarship in any subject. Formal examinations at the end of work upon any subject are given only to students who have been absent from the class for some portion of the time and to those who have been delinquent. In thus abolishing formal examinations for the mass of students, and in substituting therefor the evidence of daily work in the class-room, the Faculty of the Academy feels that it is promoting the right kind of scholarship, discouraging that pernicious form of study known as 'fcrammingf' and establishing a wise

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ADELPIiI A CADENI XT. 21 IV. System of Supervision.-Every student in the Academy is directly responsible to some member of the teaching force, who exer- cises control, subject to the sanction of the Faculty, over the daily work of the students assigned to him or her. In the Collegiate De- partment such officers are called H class advisers. The system of Faculty organization enables the Principal to meet every teacher in the Academy every week. In this manner it is intended to secure prompt and accurate knowledge of the scholarship and deportment of every scholar. Parents are requested to cooperate in this work of supervision by communicating freely with the class officers or Princi- pal, and especially concerning the nature and extent of the pupil's study at home. V. Attendance and Discipline.-In order to form systematic business-like habits and to make the most of the time devoted to education, pupils are required to be regular and punctual in attend- ance and in all school duties. A teacher cannot be responsible for the backwardness of those students who allow trifling causes to inter- fere with their attendance. It is also particularly desirable that the pupil should not lose time during the first few weeks of the school year and at its end. A fortnight more of vacation in Autumn or Spring cannot often be worth the risk of falling behind in studies. Pupils who have been absent or tardy are expected to state the reason therefor promptly to the teacher in charge of the room. If no reason for absence or tardiness is known to the teacher, or the reason given seems insufficient, notice of such absence or tardiness is imme- diately sent home. lfVritten excuses signed by the parent are not necessary unless specially requested. It is only desired that parents should know the testimony of the roll books and should cooperate with the teachers in correcting any possible carelessness or delinquency. Students who persist in wrong conduct, or who fail in diligence, will be carefully and kindly warned of the consequences of wrong-doing or of indolence. Parents will also be notified of such deficiencies by the periodical reports or by special inforniation. Students who are disobedient or wilfully inattentive after warnings will be removed from the Academy. It is hoped that parents will become acquainted with the teachers

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ADELPIJI A CADEDJY. 23 distinction between those who study faithfully from day to day and those who do not. At the same time it should be observed that the great frequency of written tests in the ordinary class routine will in the end afford the student all the necessary experience in the work of expressing knowledge upon paper. Finally, it may be emphasized that promo- tions from class to class in the Adelphi Academy are not the reward of a lucky examination, but may be certainly secured only by diligent and successful labor from one end to the other of the school year. A Students who fail to do satisfactory work may, at the direction of the Faculty, be required to discontinue a study at any time, to make up deficiencies after the close of the school year if possible, and to present themselves for Condition Exaininationsn in june or Sep- tember. The promotion of each student from one year to another is determined by the Faculty of the department or grade to which the student belongs. VII. Honors, Scholarships and Prizes.-Students in the Colle- giate Department and in the Academic Department, pursuing a regular course of study, who have been present through an entire year, with a record of highly creditable work, and whose conduct has been satisfactory, will receive honorary certificates at the close of the year, The Charles Pratt Scholarship, the 'fl-Iayden WV. Wheeler Scholarship, the HE. F. de Selding Scholarship, the HMV. S. Woodward Scholarship, and the '+I-Iarold Dollner Scholarship, are given annually to such fit persons as may be nominated by the President of tl1e Board, Hayden W. Wheeler, E. F. de Seldiug, Mrs. W. S. Woodward, and the Treasurer of the Board respectively. Candidates for said scholarships must have attained the age of fourteen years, or, if under fourteen years of age, niust prove, upon examination by the Principal, well qualihed to enter the Eighth Academic Grade of the Adelphi Academy, Scholarships will be renewed to those only who attain a high standard in their work. Scholars whose record has been and is entirely satisfactory, but