Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Q2 c The Packer Collegiate Institute General Itiequirements. Glbe Hhmisziuu uf Stuhents. A student may be admitted to the Institute at any time when there is a vacant desk in the room to which she should be assigned. The afternoons of the Week ending June 7, 19o7, and the mornings of the first three days of the fall term, September 18, 19, and ao, Will be given to the classihcation of new students. A student's grade is decided by ra private examination, necessarily briei but extended sufficiently to assure the examiner of the student's place in the school. 1 Hhmissiun frum tba Dublin Scbuulz. A student who has passed graduating ex- aminations from the grammar schools of Brooklyn in arithmetic, grammar, and geog- raphy, can gain admission to the Third Academic grade of the Institute. The cer- tificate of her standing at the public school Will be accepted in lieu of examination. Q, f......1-' A--i . '.i V

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The Packer Collegiate Institute QI Deumausbip. I Class-room drill in penmanship is given by a special teacher inthe Preparatory and Academic departments. it The teaching is personal and critical. a Mlbpztral Ghaiuiug. Physical training, under the direction of an experienced instructor, is given to every class. Special attention is paid to the health and the development of the student. The gymnasium is spacious, Well venti- lated and properly equipped. Daily, syste- imatic, and intelligently directed exercise is required of each student. rfhe children have games and simple Work suited to their physical needs, While the Work given to the more advanced classes is corrective, and does much to overcome the sedentary conditions of school life.

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The Packer Collegiate Institute Q3 Upon presenting her certificate of gradua- tion from the Girls' High School of Brook- lyn, or the Erasmus High School, a student can gain admission to the Collegiate depart- ment of the lnstitute Without an entrance examination. i Qlttzuliaurz. The lnstitute requires prompt and regular attendance from its student pliance with this requirement is demanded, eneral Welfare of the school, s. Faithful com- not only for the g but also for its effect upon personal habit. An student becoming careless in the matter Y of punctuality finds it necessary to Withdraw from the school. Favor is shown to a st does not permit her to - two recitations daily, and udent Whose health do full Work She may attend one or have leave of absence from other duties in school, but such privilege is not granted the regular Work vsthere it would interrupt of classes. i, n or A Written message from her pafCHfS. F ' e o guardian is require excusable absence or tardrness. 1 d of a student in cas