PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Preface The writing of this bulletin has been largely the labor of compilation and editing of material submitted from various sources. The compiler and editor hereby acknowledges his indebtedness to his colleagues of the Faculties of the University and of the State College, to Mr. P. E. Leavenworth of the Albuquerque High School, to the deans and officers of a number of American universities and colleges, and to the authors of the Bulletin of the University of Illinois, Volume XII, No. 43. Albuquerque, N. M. June, 1916. LYNN B. MITCHELL. Preface to Second Edition. The present edition represents the revision of certain sections, the introduction of some new material, and the retention of some portions as they appeared in the first edition. LYNN B. MITCHELL. Albuquerque, N. M. Introduction Not so very long ago the institutions of higher learning assumed towards the high school an attitude of dictatorial tyranny. It was assumed that no high school could offer any course that would not primarily and directly meet the entrance requirements of the colleges. Lately, however, it has been realized that great harm has been done to the cause of education by this attitude. In the first place, the majority of high school graduates do not attend college and it is admitted by college authorities now that the high school curriculum should be arranged to meet primarily the needs of this majority. The great State universities of the Middle West have been the leaders in accepting for entrance a diminished amount of Latin and Greek, history, etc., and in enlarging the list of studies that may be offered for entrance. The studies prescribed for entrance to the Colleges of Letters and Science, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, are now reduced to a minimum and are looked upon as being those subjects that any high school officer would regard as being the necessary foundation of any high school course. The University of New Mexico, following the lead of other institutions, rarely now gives any entrance examinations to candidates, but examines rather the high schools from which the candidates present themselves. The basis of granting to the high schools the privilege of allowing their graduates to enter the University without examination has been visitation and inspection. While looking forward to having a special officer (High School Visitor) for this purpose in the near future, the University has been accrediting high schools by means of visitation and inspection by the President and other members of its Faculty. The purpose of establishing the accredited relations between high schools and the University has been to aid the high schools, in a constructive way, as well as to benefit the University. The University also seeks to co-operate with school authorities to effect higher standards of high schools |