Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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txfirtw. f l l . ..,. ,.. ..,. ss fp, -cafifffrJs13- H'f,1qHfr.f'Ni1L1rrai ray-alice-fi DEMY- ,rl ,,, ,,,., ,.T ..LML. ..:t:,,,..-..,fW,,-,4-, ' Lrg., The aim of the Scholastic Department of Castle Heights Military Academy is not only to prepare a boy for college but to train him in those habits of Aims study, industry, and perseverance which will enable him to remain in college after he has entered. Our worlc in the class-room is aimed not only to teach subject-matter acceptably but to develop character, as well, for no boy succeeds in college without a firm foundation in both. We accept at Castle Heights only those boys who give promise of meeting our moral, intellectual and physical standards. There is no minimum age requirement for a boy to enter Castle Heights. The Junior School embraces the grades from the third through the eighth. Age Four years of high school worlc are offered in the Senior School with an additional post- graduate year, which is of great advantage to the boy too young for college responsibilities or who should be better prepared to hold his own there. While our four-year course, with the occasional fifth year, is admirably adapted to give the boy his secondary school education in conjunction with the building of a sound body and the development of character, there is no question but that even a single year here is of great advantage. We should, of course, prefer to enroll all our students in their freshman year and carry them through to graduation, but the many one, two and three-year students who have profited to such a great extent by what Castle Heights has offered in the past, indicate the desirability of sending your boy here, even for a brief course. Es r tilts. sam.-. I aw tt .l' at Cadet are well appointed and attractive. Lavatory, steam heat, electric Iightsingle folding beds, and abundant sun-light. A real home for nine months. The student at Castle Heights really gets personal attention. lt is probably generally lcnown that hundreds of boys in the public school Personal Attention systems are willing to study, and do study, but fail to malte passing grades. lt is possible that laclc of proper classification originally, and personal attention and re-classification later, is the real cause of their trouble, Castle Heights will put your boy where he belongs and where he will do the best worlc of which he is capable. There will be no attempt to hasten a boy's graduation to suit an ambitious parent nor to delay his graduation to indulge a lazy boy. His worlc is checlced daily and weelcly, and a written report from the Head- master goes to the parent monthly. The matter of malcing the system fit the boy rather than the boy fit the system is up for continuous study, conference and decision. We do not allow a boy to continue to fail. There are many factors in starting a boy toward success with his boolcs, which are not always talcen into consideration by the parent. Qne of these is the per- sonality of the boy's roommate. Another matter is the various lengths of time it taltes different boys to do the same amount of worlc. Then, again, some boys have difficulty with some subjects but not with others. All boys are not equally ambitious and studious. All boys are not equally intelligent. We are constantly working and studying to meet these problems in the most modern, successful way, and our efforts have met with marlced success in the vast majority of instances. Until the remedy is found, special attention is given the attitude and worlc of every cadet who is not passing in his subjects. The boy is encouraged in the class-room and during the study hour. The instructors are patient and persistent. They interview boys outside of study hours, explain matters to them, and help them The boy who aslcs for extra assistance always receives it and there is no tutoring fee involved. lf the boy, for any reason, does not aslc for help he needs, this help is given of the teacherls own volition during certain assigned hours whenever the boy fails in a single lesson. Practically every good preparatory school devotes considerable attention to teaching boys HOWTO STUDY but it is our Boys Taught How to Study honest belief that we obtain more than the usual degree of success by emphasizing the most modem methods. WE ACTUALLY TEACH Boys How TCD STUDY. Every cadet owns and uses as a text a pamphlet written by the Headmaster of Castle Heights entitled Learning How to Studyf' This text embodies the most modern methods of learning how to study, how to concentrate, and how to memorize, An earnest effort is made to familiarize every student with these methods and to see that he applies them in his daily

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'CdlJfl'.Lif:-HEICQ-Hffff'NiILIJfdll'NY-oflCdlD'rf:NiY- ,M E study. Through these methods of study and through our carefully supervised evening study period of two hours and a half, we feel that we establish in a boy habits of study which lead to good marlcs in his worlc with us and later success in college. All cadets are required to talte four regular subjects, not including spelling and military science, unless special authority to Amount of Walk Required do otherwise is granted bythe Head- master. At his discretion, extra subjects may be talcen or certain subjects dropped and the Academy en- courages parents to confer with him in person in regard to their wishes for the boy and any special arrange- ments that it might be to his advantage to have made. l'lowever, after a boy has been assigned a certain sub- ject, the Academy reserves the right to say whether or not he will be allowed to drop it. The reasons for this rule probably need no explanation, The academic day is so planned as to get the best out of the boy. All classes are held before lunch when his mentality is at its best, lmeen and alert. A class period is forty-two minutes in length-long enough to get sus- tained attention and yet not too long for the developing intellect and body of the boy. An unusual feature of our school day is the manner of dismissal of classes. instead of going from one class- room to another through halls and corridors all cadets march from the class-room to the oval outdoors, join a group of cadets going to the next class and march to 0 WILL YOU JOIN ME? , 3 that class. Every cadet, therefore, gets three minutes of vigorous exercise and fresh air between classes and goes to his next class with renewed enthusiasm. Examinations are held twice each year, just before the close of the fall and spring terms. The passing marlc is 7075. This grade is computed on a Examinations basis of two-thirds for daily grades and one-third for examination. No examination grade below 50, however, will be aver- aged with the daily grades. Monthly tests are given to every boy and in most classes weelcly tests are lilcewise given. ihus we have a constant means of checlcing up on a boy's worlc and a fair basis of deciding on his mark through his daily worlc and through weelcly, monthly and mid-year tests. Through our carefully planned system of review a student does not find these tests irlcsome, on the con- trary, our boys often tell us that the tests themselves are the best lcind of review they talee. ln case of failure a cadet, within reasonable limita- tions has the privilege of re-examination. l2e-examina- tions are only given to a cadet who has done a certain prescribed amount of additional study in preparation, A nominal fee is charged for re-examinations. The Semi-monthly report to parents is part of our careful system for continuous check-up on a boyis scholastic worl4, physical condition and R2p0rfS standing as to conduct. This permits parents to lcnow exactly how their sons are standing from month to month. It indicates the boy's attitude and his progress toward the ultimate success the parent wishes for him. Parents are, therefore, urged to study these reports carefully and to help their sons by appropriate commendation or reproof. We find it occasionally necessary to aslc that criticism from the parent, involving criticism of the boy's program of instruction or other matters concerning which the par- ent may not have first information, come to the Academy rather than to the boy. The feeling on the part of the student that parents and school are co-operating to help him is the best basis for loyalty to both on his part. The semi-monthly report card is complete and easily understood. Besides the grades given in the regular academic subjects, a grade is given in Military Science and iactics and demerits earned for misconduct are entered. The boy's weight and net gain in weight for the preceding month are also indicated. The Castle Heights diploma represents the completion of sixteen units of high school worlc and is granted at the end of the Senior Graduation Requirements year. It covers the particular units re- quired for entrance by the best colleges and universities o