Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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E I THE ARMORY

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GN NOTHING, except on the building of character, does Castle Heights lay as much emphasis as on its academic work, its undeviating standard of scholarship, and its requirements for grad- uation. The Castle Heights diploma, representing the completion of fifteen units of preparatory school work, represents also those particu- lar units required for entrance by the great majority of dignified col- leges and universities. In other words, the winning of a Castle Heights diploma means that a boy is ready for college, unconditioned, and that there is no question about his fitness or about his acceptance by the college: conversely, until .these requirements are fully satis- fied, that he cannot obtain the diploma. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS As the college requires fifteen units for unconditioned entrance, specifying certain ones as necessary and offering a list of electives from which the others may be selected, so Castle Heights requires fifteen units for graduation, specifying certain ones as necessary and allowing the cadet to make up the remainder from another list. The units without which a cadet cannot graduate are: English Cfour years, .............................. 3 Mathematics fAlgebra IW, Plane Geometry I, Solid Geometry V25 ............................ 3 2 E Along with these eight units the candidate for graduation must present seven others from the following list Cmost of these subjects, althmlgh not all, being offered in the Academy curriculumfz Mathe- matics I fAIgCb1'a IJCYOUCI Quadratics VZ, Plane Trigonometry IQDQ History 4 CEnglish I, Ancient I, Medieval and Modern I, American ID: Civics IQ or I: Latin 4: Greek 33 French 2: German 23 Spanish 2: English or American Literature Cif in addition to four years of Eng- lishb I 3 Physical Geography Vg: General Science I 3 Physiology and Hygiene I :Chemistry I Q Physics I 3 Botany V2 or I Q Zoology VZ or I : BIOIOSY IZ Mechanical Drawing Ig and Manual Training I. Civics Language ............. .... Total specified .................................. 37

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has no value as an additional credit unless it has been pursued in a class distinct from American History: only one credit can be allowed for Manual Training: the Sciences, must have included full laboratory work: and single credits in Language cannot be recognized. I t should be understood that many of the better universities demand four years of Language fsome of them four years of Latinj for admission to their A. B. courses. The completion of two years of Language, how- ever, with certain other units, admits to the scientific or mathematical degree courses of most higher institutions. i The Academy will be glad to co-operate most heartily in preparing boys for the college of their parents' choice: but, U' at all possible, this decision should be reached before the cadet entersihis Junior or third year of preparatory school work. I Attention should be called to the fact that in some secondary schools graduation is not based upon the completion of courses rep- resented by any such selected list of units as those here specified. That is to say, a diploma from one school stands for one thing, while a diploma from another school may stand for something quite differ- ent. As can readily be seen, the college cares nothing for the diploma itself. No college will admit a boy merely on a diploma. It always insists on being informed, in detail, as to what the diploma represents. If it represents what the college requires, well and good: if not, it is worthless for that particular purpose. The Castle Heights diploma represents what the reputable university demands. What is required to graduate from the Academy is what the college requires to enter. A I CERTIFICATION PRIVILEGES ' A few colleges, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and certain others, make it a point to accept no students from any secondary school ex- cept after examination. The great majority of the American colleges, however. do accept the certified statement of certain accredited Secondary Schools, and thus, provided that the applicant ha's done the required Work. admit him without examination. By virtue of its standing as a member of the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges, and on account of its enviable scholastic reCOI'Cl, Castle Heights is able to assure its graduates of the widest Cefiiiieetien Privileges. In fact, by certification, Academy graduates 39