Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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999999 ACADEMIC Many parents realize that not everything is going well with the educa- tion of their sons. In many cases, they do not analyze the problem sufficiently to arrive at any clear understanding as to what is wrong. Doubtless in many cases they charge it up to social and other distractions discussed on pages 10 and 12 of this catalog and seek no further explanations as to why there should be any such distractions in a school community. Parents are frequent- ly heard to remark, I don't know how son gets by, I never see him doing any Work on his lessons , or he never brings a book home with him for home studyng or his grades are good enough, I suppose he is doing fairly well. fln such cases, it is obvious that the parent is uncertain whether grades of eighty-five or ninety per cent represent that degree of mastery of the content of the subject matter or whether that is the average grade in the school, and that it is unpopular for teachers to fail too high a percentage of their pupils.J Another problem that puzzles thoughtful parents is the hap- hazgrd manner in which pupils are classified in most schools of large at- ten ance. Since these are questions about which thoughtful parents are thinking, we think it fair that you should know our position with reference to these questions and the solutions we seek for these problems. In the first place, our class sections average slightly under fifteen boys to the class, thus making possible close attention to the work of each pupil and real knowledge on the Dart of the teacher as to how well each pupil is doing his work. Contrast this with class sections ranging from thirty to fifty pupils in the public high schools. Next we would mention the planning of the course of study. We realize that in the crowded public schools teachers cannot possibly handle this, one by one, as we do. When each new boy is enrolled with us, we secure from the school previously attended an accurate transcript of work completed. With this as a base, we seek in personal conference with the boy and his parents just as much information as we can get concerning interests and plans for the future and then work out a course of study consistent with those plans. Another weakness which we curb is that of sampling -skipping about from one branch of study to another. The many fractional credits certified to us bv other schools make clear this is now almost a nation-wide evil in our educational system, brought about by the deceptive slogan of Uliberalizing the curriculum. Except in the cases of our Commercial and Business Adminis- tration students, we insist on sticking to our courses in English. Mathematics, Foreign Languages, Science, and History until a reasonable degree of mas- tery has been attained. That this requires more work than most of our pupils have been accustomed to doing in previous schools, we freely admit. Our studv period from 7:00 to 9:30 P.M. is not interrupted. The compensa- tion for this work comes through the removal of the risk and disappointment of later failure in college for those who measure up satisfactorily to our standards. Page Thirty-Three

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CALENDAR 1938 1939 September 6, Tuesday 18:00 P.M.J .... ...... O pening Eaercises September 11, Sunday ............................ Convocation Sermon November 24, Thursday ............................ Thanksgiving Day fFurloughs for visiting home or elsewhere not granted on Thanksgiving Day, since We have regular schoolwork on Friday and Saturday folloWing.J December 17, Saturday fnoonl ............... Cliristmas Holidays Begin fPermits for absence will not be issued until the full academic and mili- tary schedule to closing date have been completed.J January 3, Tuesday C7 :OO P.M.l ............... Christmas Holidays End CRegular school schedule and duties resumed at 7:00 P.M.D January 26, 27, 28 ............................ Mid-Year Examinations 0 May 27, Saturday ......................... Competitive Military Drills May 28, Sunday ....................... ....... B accalaareate Sermon May 29, Monday 19:30 A.M.J ............. ........ C ommencement Day fNo vacation or furloughs at Easter.J ORDER OF THE DAY 6 . 15 . ............ Reveille 6: 30 . ....... Setting-Up Exercises 7 : 00 . . . ...... Breakfast 7: 40 .... . . Inspection of Quarters 8: 00 ..... ...... C hapel 8: 20 to 12: 45 . . ..... Classes 1: 00 .... .... D inner 2: 00 to 3: 00 . . . Military Drill 3: 30 to 5: 30 . . Athletic Practice 4: 30 to 5: 30 . . Special Help Period 5: 50 .... .... R etreat 6: 00 .... .... S upper 7: 00 to 9: 30 . . Study Period 9: 45 .... . Lights Out SUNDAY SCHEDULE 7: 15 . ......... ..... R eveille 8: 00 . .... Breakfast 91 00 . Sunday School Call 10: 20 . . . . Church Call 12: 30 . . Room Inspection 1: 00 . . . ..... Dinner 4: 45 .... ..... P arade 6: 00 .... ...... S upper 7: 00 to 8: 30 . . Letter-Writing Hour 9: 15 .... . . . Lights Out WEEKLY SCHEDULE Instead of the usual Saturday holidays, half holidays on Monday and Thursday are substituted for all boys whose scholastic Work is satisfactory. Special supervised study periods are provided on these half-days for those ranking low in their class standing. Page Thirty-Two

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Brief Outline of Courses of Study l. JUNIOR DEPARTMENT fGrades seven and eighty Work offered below High School is limited to grades seven and eight. Subjects taught correspond to public school for same grades with greater emphasis on English and Arithmetic. II. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT CGrades nine to twelvej In this department, more subjects are offered in each grade than are re- quired. The normal student load is four classes. In some cases a pupil is allowed to carry five courses. These may be selected from more than one grade if it is clear that it is to the pupil's interest that this be done. FIRST YEAR SECOND YEAR English I English II Review of Arithmetic Algebra Introductory Algebra Latin II or Latin I German I or History I French I or Biology Spanish I History II THIRD YEAR FOURTH YEAR English III English IV Algebra College Algebra or Solid Geom. ffirst term! Plane Geometry Trigonometry or College Algebra fsecond Latin III or termj German II Latin IV or French II or German III Spanish II French III or Physics or Chemistry Spanish III Physics or Chemistry American History III. POSTGRADUATE The courses offered in this department are designed to fit the needs of high school graduates who desire an additional year's work before entering college. This work has been taught in T. M. I. for many years, and several of our own graduates return every year for these courses. For a fuller dis- cussion, see page 45. FIFTH YEAR English V CCollege Englishj College Algebra or Solid Geom. Qfirst termj Trigonometry or College Algebra fsecond termj Chemistry fsecond-year Chemistryl German, French, Spanish, or Latin CFrequently high school graduates desire to combine one or more courses selected from those offered in our Third and Fourth Year groups, with others selected from the Fifth Year group.J Page Tbirty-F our