Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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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

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-cai.fJrJ.,f-H12,1gHfr.f'm1L1m4irw-,aqcaf1DEmY- ---S. - . . and our graduates are, therefore, prepared for college in the fullest sense of the word. Most colleges require fifteen units for unconditional entrance, specifying certain ones as necessary and others as elective. Qur requirements call for sixteen units of which we have made compulsory those specified by colleges as being necessary, but the cadet may malce up the remainder from a list of electives. The Castle Heights diploma represents what the reputable university demands for entrance, and its standard is as high as that of the best preparatory schools. To receive rating as a Senior at Castle Heights a student must have met the following requirements: 'i. He must have earned not less than eleven full units of credit before beginning his Senior year. Q. These units of credit must be such as will meet the Castle Heights requirements for graduation at the completion of the Senior year. 3. Castle Heights will accept from the candidate for a diploma not more than twelve units of credit earned at other schools. 4. One full year's scholastic worlc must be done at the Academy and four full units of credit earned here. The units without which a cadet cannot graduate are: English .......,............. 4 units Mathematics .... - 3 UnitS Languages ... . Q units Total .................. 9 units The additional units which the candidates for-our diploma must present may be selected from. Algebra, beyond Quadratics .......... M Unit Plane' Trigonometry .................. W English, Ancient, Modern and Medieval, and American History, each ......... 'I Civics ...................... .... M or 1 Latin . . . . . . 4 French . . . . . Q Greelc . . . . . . 3 German ...Q Spanish ............. .... Q Physical Geography ..... .... W General Science ..-.... -.- i Physiology and Hygiene .... . . . 'i Chemistry ............. ... 'l Botany . . .... 5 or 'i Zoology .... M or 1 ----5' 3 Biology .......... .. 'I Mechanical Drawing ... .. 1 Manual Training .... .... . . 'l All colleges and universities which admit on cer- tificates in lieu of entrance examinations accept the diploma of Castle Heights. ln view of the fact that the entrance requirements of the better universities are not the same, it is of distinct advantage to the student to inform the Headmaster at an early date of the college of his choice. Castle Heights offers its students intelligent and careful guidance in the matter of choosing a life worlc. As a man's happiness, peace Vocational Guidance of mind, financial success, and even his health, de- pend upon the lcind of worlt he is doing, does it not seem reasonable to devote some consideration to choice of vocation? The selection of worlc in which a lifetime is to be spent is the most important choice a man malces in his whole life and the school has a great responsibility in Dll2ECTlNG THAT CHOICE. Even a cursory observation will convince any one that great numbers of young people malce poor choices of vocations, in fact, often choose vocations for which they are totally unfitted, either by certain limitations inherent in themselves, or their inability to adapt themselves to certain necessary ,demands which the worlc malces. The greater number of these poor choices is due to ignorance on the part' of young people as to available occupations for which they are-suited. Such poor choice is fraught with potential unhappiness and discontent all through the life of the individual, which might be easily avoided, for certainly opportunities to enter almost any conceivable line of worlc exist abund- antly in this country. The average young person is unaware of them-, however. Castle Heights Military Academy has made an effort to meet this situation in a way that will benefit the boy and lead him to malce an intelligent selection of his life worlc, a selection that will not malce of his life the tragedy of the 'isquare peg in the round hole. The aim of vocational guidance as it is practiced here is CaD to find out through a study of the boy just what line of work his talents and abilities fit him for, CbD to help him into that worlc, CCD to advise himi. to fit his school course to meet the needs of his individuality. How do we do these things? First we give the boy the chance to learn something about the professions, particularly those with which