Word: hill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Each boy's chart becomes a minute cumulative biography, recording calendar years instead of only school years. Tiny tragedies, failures, successes are noted by terse, keen recording angels with a flair for cross-reference. Tendencies lurking secretly behind chance acts are revealed. The Hill is thus gently turning to scrupulous study of the individual boy. It can advise and knows how best to phrase its advice. It knows too when certain students for one or another reason will find only unhappiness or failure in the looming college years...
Professor Ben D. Wood of the Educational Research Department at Columbia is the originator of the "Cumulative Education Record Forms." He, friend of English Master John A. Lester of The Hill, spoke to him about his forms, how they could help the school, how the college might be aided by them in its annual selection of potential freshmen. Dr. Lester and Headmaster Wendell benefited much from Dr. Wood's "cumulative forms" in devising the Hill method of recording progress and achievement...
Long acknowledged has been the fact that the mere passing of examinations is not a trustworthy passport to college. At college there must be adaptation to new environment. The Hill is a strict school. Students must attend classes, chapel; lights must go out at given times. At most colleges students may cut classes, chapels, and lights may burn indefinitely. Argues The Hill: If a boy's record, ability and achievement indicate that he is better fitted for some activity other than college life, it is our duty to guide him away from college, and into the environment where he will...
...Hill has gone credit from all keen educators for adopting Professor Wood's new forms, for being the first U. S. preparatory school to apply the hard yet merciful rule of college-education for the fittest...
Three additional nominees by petition for Freshman class officers had been received last night by W. R. Harper '30. Wilson Hill Crosby '32 of West Newton was nominated for the position of president while Francis Pitman Bicknell '32 and Ernest Carleton Nickerson '32 were named for the vice-presidency. Any new nominations must be handed in to 53 Claverly Hall by 5 o'clock this evening...