Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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-A III. Postgraduate Courses As indicated in connection with the outline of postgraduate courses on page 34, the purpose of this work in Tennessee Military Institute is better preparation of high school graduates for more successful college work than would be possible for them without such a year of special preparation. In most cases, it is not advisable or desirable that this work should take the place of college work, but rather that it serve as a foundation on which students may be able to rank high in college work. Only in exceptional cases would we request a college to grant advanced standing on the basis of our Fifth Year work in Tennessee Military Institute. ENGLISH V ICOLLEGE ENGLISHI The object of this course is to accustom the pupil to the methods fol- lowed in early college courses in English. School customs and college entrance requirements have been such for many years that a great deal of time and work have to be devoted to the study of literature in the third and fourth years of the high school course in English. While this may be desirable for the large number of pupils whose education ends with high school, for those who are to continue the study of English in college a more thorough mastery of the use of English is essential. Instead of a smattering acquaintance with lighter literature, popular in many schools, we undertake to cultivate a mastery of fundamentals in grammar and composition and later to develop ease and grace in various types of writing required of first and second year college students. MATHEMATICS V Practically every survey dealing with failures in college work reveals that the highest percentage occurs in the departments of Mathematics. This is largely due to the fact that other courses have been allowed to crowd the study of Algebra into too short and too early a period in the public high schools. In most schools, Algebra is completed in the second year, and frequently by the middle of the second year. For high school graduates entering Tennessee Military Institute, we prescribe a course in Advanced Algebra, continuing either for a half year or whole year, depending on the previous work. Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry are likewise oiered. Many of our post- graduate pupils carry two mathematics courses throughout the year. Mastery of these courses in Advanced Algebra, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry provides an excellent foundation for successful work in college and engineering schools. CHEMISTRY II For pupils who have completed a first year course in Chemistry, we offer the course in Chemistry II. A large share of the pupils' time is devoted to laboratory work in both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Page Forty-Five

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f sf The All-American Group - One Boy in Group from Each Skate Represented There is an educative value in contacts with boys from all parts ol the nation not to be had in schools havlnq only sectional patronage. ,,L , K W

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