North Dakota State University - Bison Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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RT WORK DOIIE BV CORRESP Supervised Correspondence Study Broadens Educational Field With the help of this set-up every high school pupil can ask himself purposefully- HAm I studying courses that will fit me for the Work I am best suited for'?l' If not, he can consider any of the sixty subjects from Latin to Poultry which he may study by a new individualized method of instruction often called Hcontract planw or Hlaboratory methodl' used in many of the best city schools in America. He may study such courses in high school along with his regular subjects. Already the supervised correspondence study program has become the largest high school in North Dakota. Its campus covers the Whole state. More than half of the high schools in the state are using this service for broadening their curricula to meet individual student's needs. Pupils unable to attend regular high schools pursue their studies in their rural schools. Disabled pupils study at home. People desiring to earn college credits may do their work at home. Experimental High School Improves Program To learn how best to fit this educational pattern to the needs of the people and to improve the program, a small complete regular high school has been set up in the Division of Correspondence Study for the specific purpose of experimenting with new methods and techniques of individualized instruction. Over forty pupils enrolled the first year. The school is called The Progressive High School and is open to the K . people of the Whole state. r. Q W mmm mf M, K. -GAS Enmns couasf- a ----K V . . 1 ' 9 L 'bfi . 'if I q 1,1 st iff' .. Yi Wa , , La s sow s -1.---v w I , At aff '- f V ,r .ai 'rl 74 , . . a .. , 7' . S 'N . ' Q - f V ,- . , , .1 V. . .oe . A- ll! MILS 4 LESSOIISM' BOOKS IZEZSUPERVISED CGLRESPOHDEIKE STUDY

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CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE . . . yoloes a school problem for North Dakota . . . Repeated crop failures and general economic depression has created an educational problem in many of the drought stricken states but in the last five years North Dakota has found a method of alleviating the maldistribution of educational opportunities through a system of correspondence study. Educational systems above the eighth grade and often even these cannot be supported in the sparsely settled areas which cover a large part of T. W. Tho1'da1'so11 U16 Stal?- The Correspondence College, under the direction of T. W, Thordarson, offers an educational service available to every high school, every community, and every home in the state. Through this program the college comes to the people-instead of the people to the college. During the past year 6,000 high school enrollments and almost 1,000 college correspondence and night school registrations have come to the corres- pondence study division. Office of the COl l'6:'SDO7Ld9'lLC6 College

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Study Hall in the Experimental High School The faculty of the Correspondence Study Department believes that if a person is given freedom and opportunity to do something that is of vital interest to him, he will soon become an educated person. That objective, coupled with the aim to equalize school opportunities for all the people of North Dakota, is the main purpose of this project. The Correspondence school urges everyone to Write to the Department of Correspondence Study for further information on how this program can help him in his rural school or at home. Corresponding Teachers' Staff