Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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III. Postgraduate Courses As indicated in connection with the outline of postgraduate courses on page 36, 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 workin 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 offered. 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 qualitative analysis. Page Forly-Seven

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IV. Preparatory Commercial Courses Discussion on pages fourteen and fifteen of this catalog explains our reasons for offering training in fundamental business subjects. Not all boys profit from college attendance. For boys who will not attend college, we consider adequate training for business important and desirable. This work is no experiment with us, as it has been carried on here for more than twenty years. With the business training they have received in T. M. I., hundreds of young men have become successful in business, many of them connected with nationally known concerns. In general, we do not start pupils on business courses until they have completed our First Year, or Ninth Grade, course fLatin usually omittedb. Beginning with the Sophomore Year, business courses are offered suflicient to use all the time of pupils not necessary in the required studies in English and Algebra. English is required throughout the course, but no regular Mathe- matics courses are required of Commercial pupils above the sophomore year. As will be seen from the brief outline of courses on page 37, the several business courses offered are of a very practical sort and the pupil readily begins to see the relation of such courses to lines of business with which he is acquainted or which he desires to take up. In either case, his interest is natural and better scholastic accomplishments almost immediately result. Since it frequently happens that boys do not reach a decision as to choice between business and professional life, or between preparation for business or for college by the beginning of the tenth grade, we have planned the course of study in this department so as to permit entering upon it in either the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grades. In cases where the decision is made late in the high school course, we urge the student to combine the later courses of our Preparatory Commercial Course with the foundation courses of our Advanced Business Administration Course so as to guarantee a thorough mastery of the fundamentals of business. In fact, quite a good many of the graduates of our Preparatory Commercial Course of their own volition choose to return for one or more years in our Advanced Business Course fof Junior College gradej. Page Forty-Eight