Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1919 — HOOSIER URGES SIX YEAR COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL. [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER URGES SIX YEAR COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

Indianapolis.—The six year high School course is needed in Indiana in order to keep the boys and girls in school, according to Clifford Funderburg, superintendent of the schools in Huntington county, in addressing the county superintendents at their recent meeting here. The plan, which is followed in a number of cities where there are junior high schools, was t promoted by 'him in his home county with success, he said. “The placing of the seventh ana eighth grade pupils in the high school is proper because it is at this time that the child is entering adolescent , life and his education should be made scientific and social to a greater extent than before, said Mir. Funderburg. The high school does this,” he continued, “while the country school does not. Trained teachers, he pointed out, are M charge of pupils in the high schools. They specialize, on their favorite subjects and. have the equipment needed to teach the subject. Another benefit from the system, he said, is that it eliminates cramming” in - the upper elementary grades for the one diploma examination for entrance into high school.