Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

 - Class of 1943

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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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Purpose and Discipline. The military work in a good military school is sufiiciently appreciated by the general public to need little explanation. It is, of course, a means to an end and not an end in itself. The proper military training teaches the boy to be orderly, prompt, neat in appearance, cour- teous in manner and respectful to authority. It teaches him self-reliance and self-control. It builds into his fibre the ingredients that go to make of him a real man. The military worlc at Castle Heights is helpful to every department in the Academy. Through it a boy develops character, as in no other way. The daily routine is planned with a view to giving the students sufiicient time to per- form the duties required of them. One event follows another with quiet regularity. Boys learn to use their time wisely. An apprecia- tion of the value of leisure, as well as the value of concentration is developed. It has been found boys not only respond to the demands of the discipline but appreciate the necessity for it. The military school, in which a boy merely wears a uniform, slouches through a few drills, comes down to reveille half dressed, and addresses his superiors familiarly, throws away the advantages the civilian school might possess, and gains none of the advantages inherent in the military system. Hundreds of former Castle Heights cadets are today serving in all branches of the serv- ice. They and their country are profoundly appreciative of the years spent here, which enabled them to meet the national call for trained officers in its hour of peril. And the Castle Heights boy learns all this during the time when the hoy in high school and the civilian school is doing nothing. What are the requisites of a soldier? He must be physically fit, mentally alert, and morally straight. Unless he has these qual- ifications, it is impossible that he be a good soldier. The real military school works day in and day out for the threefold development of spirit, mind, body. Its teaching directs the trained mind to function usefully through the developed body. 1 ? z'3 3 V ' ,QR MILITARY TIZAIN First Steps. The cadet's first test comes when he goes on sentinel duty. Definite responsibilities are laid on him. For the time being, even though he be only fourteen years old, he occupies a position where not even the Commandant may approach him except formally and with the utmost respect. He halts all who would cross his post, permitting none to pass until they have satisfied his challenge. The Senior Cap- tain is of less consequence, on that post and at that time, than he. When emergencies arise, he handles them. The preser- vation of discipline there is his, and his alone, unless he choose to summon the Corporal of the Guard, which he will E421

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