Allen Academy - Allenian Yearbook (Bryan, TX)

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FACULTY We make it an invariable rule to employ none but the best instructors. We believe that the lowest class in Arith- metic or in Reading needs a skilled teacher, a man of broad scholarship and strong character, just as much as a class in Geometry or in Latin. Our instructors are university grad- uates selected for their fitness to teach the subjects assigned to them. Only men meeting in scholarship the full requirements of the Association of Texas Schools and Colleges and the stan- dards of the Association of Southern Colleges and Secondary Schools are employed as instructors. We employ men teachers only, because we believe that boys from twelve to twenty years of age can be better taught by men. We have a teacher to every twelve to fifteen students. The classes are small and the instruction is of a personal nature. Much individual work is done with pupils who need it. ADVISORY In the Advisory system, the Academy has developed a mu- tually helpful plan of bringing closer together faculty members and cadets. Each instructor has a group of some ten boys as- signed to him, and it is his duty to map out, after consulting with the Headmaster, and the Superintendent, the courses of study for his boys, to hold conferences with them regarding scholorship, conduct, future plans, etc., to assist and advise in Various questions in their livesg to act as their special rep- resentative in the faculty meetingsg to advise with their par- ents or guardians, with the idea of helping each boy to find himself and to decide upon his life work and at this time help the boy to prepare for effective and efficient service in the all- out program for Victory in the present war, D Vocational advice of this nature can play a great part in the training of a boy, for, as Browning has said, When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. Par- ents should keep in touch with their son's Adviser, and frank- ly and gladly furnish information sought. Upon entrance a boy will be assigned to his Adviser. Each applicant for en- 29

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resented and have regularly conducted services: Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Christian, Episcopal, Catholic, and Hebrew. The pastors have proved to be the most loyal friends of the Academy and very hospitable indeed are the different church congregations in their reception of the Allen cadets. HEALTH The health record of the Academy has been remarkable. Wholesome food, proper exercise, regular hours, the careful attention of a competent school physician and a nurse, who re- sides on the campus, together with vigilance with respect to sanitary conditions have made an excellent health record for the school. There have been only a few cases of serious sick- ness in the school's history. That such a record over 58 years is most unusual is evidenced by the fact that Ripley of the Believe it or not Column has requested its use. CHARACTER AND SCOPE The Academy is committed to definite aims: first, to give tc boys and young men a thorough preparation to meet the most rigid requirements for entrance into the higher institu- tions of learning, North, South, East, or West, to carry that preparation further that they may enter college with advanced standing, or to fit them for honorable and useful business ca- reers, and second, to surround its cadets with every safeguard and bring to bear upon their lives every moral and religious force that makes for right thinking and right living. The Academy confines itself strictly to fundamental courses. And we hold that a few subjects well taught give better results than a multiplicity of subjects with many elec- tives. The school is controlled by the Superintendent. It is es- sentially non-sectarian, but distinctly Christian, We believe that the 'supreme aim and end of all true education is the de- velopment of strong, pure, manly character, founded upon Christian faith. X 28

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rollment should fill the advisory blank together With the en- trance application. - OUR STANDING The authorities of the Academy take great pleasure and pride in the rank of the school among the educational insti- tutions of Texas and the South. The school has four principal phases of work-scholarship, military training and discipline, athletics, and band Work. In each of these it now has National recognition. The Academy has full affiliation with the leading univer- sities of the North, South, East, and West. All institutions of the entire country which accept on certificate admit our grad- uates without examination. It is with especial pride that the institution points to the fellowships and higher honors which its cadets have gained in the greatest institutions of higher learning throughout the country. The school is a member of the Association of Accredited Schools of Texas, and has been for a number of years a mem- ber of the Association of Southern Colleges and Secondary Schools, The school is unique in its relation to the Texas A. 8: M. College and special privileges with that institution make the Academy an ideal place in which cadets may prepare to carry with advanced standing the various courses offered there. This has been made possible through the establishment of an Ex- tra-nsion Center of this institution in the Academy. Strong col- lege courses thereby are offered to Academy cadets under a very strong faculty and with the supervision and direction of the Dean of Liberal Arts and the heads of the various depart- ments of the College. Special attention is given the preparation of students who wish to enter Texas A. 81 M. College, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, or any other institution of higher learning. A special course is offered to cadets wishing to enter the U. S. Military Academy, the U. S. Naval Academy, or the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. Through the very high rating of our military department cer- tain special privileges for the appointment of cadets to the U. S. Military or Naval Academies are held. Especially pleased 30'