Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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week, length of recitation period, texts, ground covered, number of weeks pursued, and grade for the year. Higher institutions demand this information for every year of preparatory school work, and to postpone the obtaining of it is not infrequently to invite subsequent annoyance and delay. A cadet taking his four years at the Academy is never subjected to this embarrassment. Following this statement of the Academy's scholastic courses and methods will be found several pages devoted to a re-statement of these courses in tabular form, to which reference is invited. The curriculum is not rigid-that is, it is not required that a cadet take all freshman classes, all sophomore, and so on. A boy is placed where he belongs, as best the Academy can determine, so that he may, if his preparation seems to make it advisable, take Freshman Algebra along with Sophomore English, or may make any other ad- justment of classes that seems wise and that the class schedule will admit. This schedule, however, is prepared with a View to taking care of the boy who is progressing normally, and cannot, of course, be re-arranged for the sake of the cadet whose course is exceptional. REPORTS The careful system at Castle Heights by which a cadet is continu- ously checked up as regards his academic as well as his demerit standing makes it possible for parents to be furnished with detailed monthly reports as to the exact standing of their sons. Inasmuch as these reports constitute an unfailing indication of the boy's attitude and progress, parents are urged to give them the most careful consideration, and to help their sons by commendation, reproof, or appeal, as may seem best. ExAM1NAT1oNs AND TUTORING Examinations are held twice each year, prior to the close of the Fall and S15-'flng terms. and no cadet is advanced to a higher class un- less he. has attained a grade of 70 per cent on the year's work. This grade 15 Calculated On a basis of two-thirds for daily grade and one- third for examination grade. Re-examinations are rarely given, and then only after a cadet has done a prescribed amount of additional study under direction. Cadets failing to take examination with their class Cunless absent in 49

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may be sure that when he passes a class he is thoroughly prepared for his next year's work in that subject. He is not eased through. What he is supposed to get, he gets. No sooner does he begin to drop down in his class work than a memorandum to this effect goes from the instructor to the Headmaster, and within a few hours the cadet finds himself in the President's office, there to explain his delinquency or to have immediate steps taken for its cure. The President con- tinuously gives his personal attention to these questions of scholar- ship. If the fault lies in a lack of study, this fact is forcefully brought to the boy's attention. If the trouble lies in his room-mate, his quar- ters may be changed. If he needs more time for study, he is at once assigned to afternoon delinquency school. Should he be found in- capable of the work of a particular class, he must go to the next lower. If his schedule is too heavy, it is lightened. And this cadet comes back every Monday evening to report, the Headmaster having continued to furnish the President detailed infor- mation as to his attitude and work, until the remedy is found. That is the method by which Castle Heights takes care of your boy, and by which it ensures the integrity of its contract with the parent and the preservation of its own high academic standards. In the meantime, of course, every encouragement is offered the cadet in the class room and in his quarters. The Academy faculty officers are gentlemen of experience, all of whom feel a deep personal interest in the success of the cadet under their care. These instruc- tors are wonderfully patient in the section room: their business is to make things clear. Night after night they are to be found in their own quarters, where the cadets may go for further assistance and explanation. ln addition, one or another of them is always on duty as Officer in Charge, making the rounds of all the buildings during the evening study period, and affording still further opportunity for counsel and help. Castle Heights admits new cadets to advanced standing fin the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classesl on the presentation of proper credits. In order to remain in these classes, however, it is necessary that the cadet show the ability to do the required work. It is highly important, also, that on admission to the Academy the new cadet present an official statement from his former school or schools certi- fying in detail as to his work, classes taken, number of recitations per 48

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