Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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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.

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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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