Marist School - Guidon Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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The High School Department FHIYLI The. Marist lligh School department is ac- l. Our credited by the Universities of the South, Rank. and is in Group I, the highest class ou the list of the University of Georgia. That is, our High School course gives, fullest satisfactiong without fur- ther examination, our graduates are admitted, not only into our Marist College, but also into all the schools of higher ecl- ucation in the South. lfor those not familiar with the high school standards and courses of the present day, the following with quotations from the University of Georgia bulletin, Vol. X, No. 2, will be helpful in explaining high school systems in general, and in making very clear the Marist High School work: Any school seeking complete accredited re- 2' lations, that is, see-king to have'its graduates momsin enter the U, of G. eonr.ses.without having System. to take the entrance examinations of the Uni- versity, should strive to meet the following re- quirements: 1. The high school course of study should cover a mini- mum period of four years above at least seven elementary grades. 2. The work should be done according to the departmental plan of teaching. 3. The minimum length of recitation period must be 40 minutes. Clligh school work in any branch is measured by the Unit, which represents approximately the amount of work done in 36 weeks with the equivalent of live recitations per week, having a. minimum period of 40 minutes. Studying Mathe- matics for three years according to this measure would equal 3 units of mathematicsb 4. At least three teachers who should have had college training. should teach exclusively in the high school. One of these might be the superintendent or principal, in which case part of his time should be allowed for supervision of the lower grades, if a part of the system. 5. Schools desiring credit in the sciences must provide ade- quate laboratories, as all such students will be required to do some individual laboratory work with note book properly .kept before full 'credit in these subjects will be give11- -U111vef- sity of Georgia Bulletin. In complete satisfaction of the fullest require- 3. Our ments: . , System. 1. We give a four-year literary high school course: a four-year science high school courseg a three-year commercial high school courseg and these, above eight elementary grades. 2. Our work is done strictly on the departmental plan. 3. Our recitation period is 45 minutes. ' 4. Seven teachers are exclusively engaged in high school workg and they hold university degrees- 0116 Of these 15 engaged almost ,exclusively in supervision. ' 5. NVe have adequate laboratory facilitiCS3 OUT PUD'-15 Pelf' form their own experiments and are required to submit their notes on the same regularly. 17 1

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Scholarships lfilfil IXIQXRIST offers her students of the College Department tllay Classesj, at the close of each scholastic year, a scholar- ship, equivalent in value to a year's tuition, on the following conditions: l. The candidate must have attended regularly, during the year then ending. the class in which the scholarship is offeredg must have won promotion: must have paid his tuitiong must have no serious objection on the part of the military or ath- letic authoritiesg and must have at least one competitor. 2. The candidate must win in the competitive examination averages of 75 per cent. in each of the live obligatory sub- jects and further must reach the highest general average above 75. 3. This scholarship examination will be held during the fourth week of August. CThe College Department opens reg- ular worl: with the lirst week-day-not Saturday-of Septem- berj. QQ! The three scholarships offered are: A.-The Saint Augustine scholarship, offered the Sopho- more Classg B.--The Catholic Ladies scholarship, offered the Junior Class: and C.-The 'lCatholic Gentlemen scholarship, offered the Sen- ior Class. N. B.-Although these three scholarships are founded by Catholics, they are open unreservedly to non-eatholics other- wise duly qualifying. . 16

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4. U. of G.'s llzzzlgrfrl gia gives this : Work. WVith reference to the subjects generally re- quired, the Bulletin of the University of Geor- Credit may be secured in the following sub- jects with their respective values: PRESCRIBED. English, 3 units. Algebra, 1.5 units... History, 2 units. Plane Geometry, 1 unit. ELECTIVE. English, .5, 1 unit. History, .5, 1, 1.5, 2. Civics, .5. Scienru: Physics, .5, 1 unit. Botany, .5, 1 unit. Physiology, .5 unit. Agriculture. 1, 2 units. Biology, 1 unit. Zoology, .5, 1 unit. Chemistry, .5, 1 unit. Lafiguagex: Latin, 1, 2, 3 or 4 units. Greek, 1, 2 or 3 units. German, 1, 2 units. French, 1, 2 units. Spanish, 1, 2 units. Mathematic: : Solid Geometry, .5 unit. Plane Trigonometry, .5 unit. Advanced Algebra, .5 unit. Drawing, 1 unit. Manual Training, 1, 2 units. Music, 1, 2 units. No school will he placed in Group I that cannot gain credit for at least.14 units for its graduates. lt may offer as many as 20 units, but it must offer 14 units. -U. of G. Bulletin. Marist requires 20 units for graduation in the 5. Our literary course, and 17 for graduation in the Work. science course. For graduation in the com- . rnercial course, 14 units, though all ot' these commercial subiects have not been recognized by the univer- sities even as elective subjects. In detail: The Literary Courxe ajiers: 4 units English .......... Latin ..... . . .4 units French .. ...3 units History ........... 3 units Algebra ........... 2 units Plane Geometry. . .1 unit Solid Geometry .... .5 unit Trigonometry ..... .S unit Physics ........... 1 unit Physical Geography 1 unit 20 units iSze ubedule page 201 Thq Science Courxe ojkrx: English ........... 4 units Languages ........ 4 units 1 year Latin, and 3 years either Latin or French. History ........... 3 units Algebra .......... Z units 'Plane Geometry .. .1 unit Solid Geometry .5 unit Trigonometry ..... .5 unit Physics ........... 1 unit Physical Geography 1 unit 17 units The Science pupil has four pre- scribed studies a day: but he must take a fltth study. His parents may choose for him. ac- cording to the possibilities cf the schedule of studies in the other departments. either Bookkeep- ing, Arithmetic, Stenography, ex- tra English. tSee :rhzdule page 201 18