High School Seniors Carry College Studies In Summer Courses

The director of the Summer School has termed the new high school acceptance program a success and stated that according to present plans the experimental program will be continued next summer.

According to Thomas E. Crooks, this year's high school undergraduates received A's or B's in 70 per cent of their graded courses. In contrast, only about 40 per cent of full time undergraduates generally rank Group III or higher.

Viewing the experiment as another step in breaking down the "diminishing frontier" between high school and college, Crooks claimed the high grades provided "further evidence along with the advanced placement program of the ability of the younger student to do college level work."

Twenty-two metropolitan area high school students, nominated by their principals, took courses at the Summer School this summer. Ten others, from various parts of the country, were admitted on the basis of special petitions. The students enrolled in 48 half-courses, largely in chemistry, mathematics, and the languages.

While secondary school seniors have occasionally attended the Summer School in the past, they were allowed to take final examinations for the first time this summer.

Some expansion of the program is possible, Crooks said, if there is increased demand for admission. The project is designed primarily to serve local students by enabling them to take college level courses for which they have been prepared in high school, but which do not exist in the high school.