Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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work, to enter the government flying service and obtain his commission in either the Army or Navy within a year, providing his college course of study is accepted and he passes the flying tests. While taking the govern- ment training the cadet receives the same pay and maintenance allowance as the West Point or Annapolis cadet. The pre-aviation course satisfies the scholastic de- mands as an aviation student. If on the other hand he turns to aeronautical engineering he also has the basic course which is required over the first two years. fdl PRE-COMMERCE: Many of the colleges and uni- versities are now requiring at least two years of carefully chosen college work before admitting a student to the school of business or commerce and finance. This, fundamentally, is a sound practice in as much' as it provides for both a cultural and pre-business back- ground. The pre-business course covering the first two years of junior College work not only meets these re- OUTLINE 0 LIBERAL ARTS First Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Composition English Composition and Rhetoric . . . 3 and Rhetoric . . 3 Foreign Language . 5 Mathematics or Science 3-5 History, European . 3 History, European . 3 Mathematics or Science 3-5 Modern Language . 5 Military Science . . r Military . . . . . 1 Physical Education . M Physical Education . M ISM Or UM ISM Or 172 Second Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Literature 3 English Literature . 3 History, American 3 History, American . 3 Foreign Language 3 Foreign Language . 3 Electives . . . . 7 Electives . . . . . 7 Military . . . . 1 Military . . . . . 1 Physical Education M Physical Education . M UM UM PRE-LEGAL First Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Composition English Composition and Rhetoric . 3 and Rhetoric . . . 3 Foreign Language 5 Foreign Language . 5 History, European 3 History, European . 3 Science or Mathematics 5-3 Electives . .... 5 Military . . . . I Military , . . . . I Physical Education . M Physical Education . . M ISM Or IM t 175 Second Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Literature . 3 English Literature . 3 Economic History 5 Economics, Principles . 5 History, American 3 History, American , . 3 Public Speaking . 3 Electives . .... 5 Electives . . . 3 Military . . . . . 1 Military .... 1 Physical Education . M Physical Education . M -- -- we ISM E391 quirements but in addition it offers many business courses which prepare the pupil for a business career even if hisecollege career should end at the close of the second year. Such courses as Economics, Accounting, Money Credit and Banking, and Political Science are stressed during these two years. These all conform to the recommendation and requirements of the regular four-year colleges. fel PRE-joURNALIsM: The school of journalism is one of the youngest and fastest growing of all of our professional schools. It affords many splendid oppor- tunities for the training of journalist, newspaper people and advertisers. Two years of college work, however, are generally required for admission to the journalistic schools. Such subjects as written and oral English, social and political sciences, and a-foreign language are the general pre-requisites. The pre-journalism course covers these very subjects to the rigid satisfaction of all such colleges. FCOURSIES PRE-COMMERCE First Semester English Composition Hours First Year Second Semester Hours English Composition and Rhetoric . . . 3 and Rhetoric . . . 3 College Algebra or Mathematics or Elective 3 Elective ..... 3 Biological or Physical Biological or Physical Science ..... 5 Science ..... 5 History, European . 3 History, European . . 3 Geography . . . . 3 Geography . . . . 3 Military . . . . . x K Military . .... I Physical Education M Physical Education . M - 1 -- 18M 18M Second Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours Accounting , . . 3 Accounting . . . . 3 Economics ..... 5 American Government 5 Economic History . . 5 Money Credit Banking 5 English Literature . . 3 English Literature or Military . .... r Public Speaking . . 3 Physical Education , M Military , .... 1 --i Physical Education Z we - WM PRE-JOURNALISM First Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Composition English Composition and Rhetoric . . . 3 and Rhetoric . . 3 College Algebra or History, European . 3 History, European . 3 Modern Language . 5 Modern Language . . 5 Natural Science . . -5 Biological Science . . 5 Military . . . . r Military . .... r Physical Education . M Physical Education . M - -- UM WM Second Year First Semester Hours Second Semester Hours English Literature . . 3 English Literature . . 3 Modern Language . . 3 Modern Language . . 3 Economic History . . 5 American Government 5 Electives . .... 5 Electives I .... 5 Military . .... 1 Military . . . . . r Physical Education . . M Physical Education M I7yS 17M

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2. He must have completed a total of sixty semester hours, partially distributed in the following order: fal English .......,.. ,.,.. t welve semester hours fb, History, or a Social Science, . .six semester hours c Forei n lan ua e ........., ten semester hours g g g semester hours semester hours ffl A Biological Science .,,..., five semester hours fdl Mathematics .......i..,, three fel A Physical Science .,...... five The requirements may be waived on the following conditions: If a student presents three units of high school credit for entrance in fbi or fd, above, or if he presents two units in fel or If the student presents three units of a foreign language he will be excused from live hours in requirement fel provided that the language studied in the college is the same he studied in high school. In such case he may enter the second course of the language and will be able to fulfill the requirements by taking in addition to the second course live hours of another language. Under no conditions, regardless of the above excep- tions, will a student be permitted to graduate with a total of less than sixty f60j semester hours of purely academic work. Credits earned in the Military and required Physical Education program cannot be sub- stituted for any of the sixty hours. It is important that each student become fully fa- miliar with the general requirements as outlined above. It is the purpose of the Junior College to parallel the first two years work along the practices and require- ments of the better colleges and universities throughout the country. Such schools generally are unwilling for any student to indulge in narrow specialization too early in his academic career. It is better that he have a broad view of the fields of general knowledge. The time for concentration and specialization comes in the professional school, which generally begins at the end of the sophomore year, or else is deferred to the graduate schools. The requirements for graduation from each particular department are listed along with the tabulation of these various courses on another page of the catalog. Scholarship Rating. In addition to a total of sixty hours required for graduation each student also must have accumulated at least one hundred and twenty f120l grade points. For the purpose of arriving at the value of grade points all numerical grades are translated into letter grades based upon a graduated scale from A, which is the highest grade and denotes excellence, down to D, which is barely passing and is unsatisfactory. F denotes failure. The accumulated grade points are arrived at in the following way: 1. For ited with each semester grade of A, the student is cred- four credit points. 2. For each semester grade of B, three credit points. 3. For each semester grade of C, two credit points. 4. For each semester grade of D, one credit point. U81 5. For each semester mark of condition QE, , no credit point. 6. For each semester mark of failure QFQ, no credit point. No student will be permitted to graduate from the college who does not receive during the last semester that he is enrolled in the school an average of two credit points for every semester course offered for graduation. No student entering the Junior College with advanced standing shall be permited to graduate from this insti- tution unless he receives an average of two credit points for each semester course completed while here. Degrees Offered. The title of Associate of Arts is conferred upon all graduates who fulfill the require- ments of the University Preparatory diploma from the Castle Heights junior College, except those who have been enrolled in the pre-Engineering and similar courses. The title Associate of Science will be conferred upon these. The associate degree is a recognized degree conferred by Junior Colleges upon their graduates. Faculty and Curriculum. 1. THE FACULTY- The faculty of the college consists of the president, the dean, and the approved faculty oflicers. Each member is carefully chosen and must hold, as the minimum qualification, at least the Master's degree. Even then he will be permitted to teach only in those subjects in which he has a Major and a strong Minor. In addition to the educational qualifications the fac- ulty oflicer is carefully selected upon his knowledge of youth and especially his understanding and ability to get along with young men and his ability to inspire confidence and leadership. 2. THE CURRICULUM-The curriculum of the Junior College is organized into the following departments of pre-professional courses: Kal LIBERAL ARTS: The Liberal Arts course parallels that which is usually found in the regular approved four-year Liberal Arts Colleges. Here the emphasis is placed upon English, mathematics, foreign languages and the humanities. This course is designed for the pupil who is seeking only a cultural education or for the one who has not yet made up his mind as to what particular profession he wishes to enter later in life. fbl PRE-LEGAL: This curriculum is particularly set up to prepare the student for the actual study of law. All first class law schools today are requiring at least two years of college work along certain approved courses before the student is admitted to the study of law. The junior College's pre-legal course meets the most scrutinizing requirements of such schools. fel PRE-AVIATION: Never before in the history of the country have young men been so much interested in aviation or aeronautics. The government has taken the lead in encouraging this particular phase of our Na- tional Defense program. At present it is possible for a young man, who has completed one year of college

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Many times in many schools the question has been asked, Why can't Bill get this geometry, he was pretty good in algebra?', Many times the answer will be the same, Bill is a poor reader. On the secondary level very little is being done about it because most school authorities insist that reading is a job for the elementary school, and if Bill and all the rest do not learn there, they never will be good readers. Ar Castle Heights last year definite progress was made toward remedying this situation with the establishment of a Reading Clinic. Preliminary examination showed that about 20 per cent of the Cadet Corps did not measure up to the standards of what a boy of his age and grade should do. This statement would be true, applied to any normal high school. Carroll is a typical case. Carroll is a normal boy with good study habits, no bad habits, and average intelligence. The first given was the telebinocular test of visual sensation and perception. This revealed that his eyes were not strong, in fact only 60 per cent vision in the right eye. He was sent to an eye specialist who recommended glasses. These have been of great assistance. More than a dozen others have been advised to get glasses. These boys either did not know that A 'g their eyes were weak or had been A A wearing the old ones so long that they were no longer doing the job for which they were intended. Carroll was at his best in oral read- ing. This would account to some ex- tent for his being a slow silent reader. he can read no faster than his lips will REMEDIAE READING AT CASTLE HEIGHTS move. Many of the boys Hnd their greatest difficulty in oral reading. This has necessitated phonetic drill which has also been a great help to their spelling. In his first opthalm-O-graph test Carroll had a comprehension of eighty while reading at a rate of 216 words per minute. He regressed as many times as 30 while reading 100 words. After four months in the clinic Carroll's rate has increased to 316 words per minute and there has been no decrease in his comprehension. One of the interesting developments relative to the boys in the clinic has been their increase in grades. Realizing that there are many factors which might con- tribute to this, the results are not so significant as they are interesting. Carroll's grades averaged 69 for the first month of school. The next two weeks he went down to 65. It was at this time that he came into the Reading Clinic. Since that date his grades have improved steadily until the last month they reached 80. His instructors have made the statement that if improvement continues on the same basis he may reach the honor roll before the end of the school year. The average grade of boys in the clinic for the first and second months of school was 69.7. The average grade for these same boys during January and February was 74.6. Carroll, typical of most of the boys who are poor readers has never liked to read. To remedy this situation over 100 books of interest to boys have been purchased exclusively for use in the clinic. The technical difiiculties largely removed, an appre- ciation of literature developed, Carroll, Bill, and a great many other boys are learning to read and liking it.