Word: nine-year-old
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Dates: during 1891-1891
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...Harvard come from public schools is that American parents are unwilling that their children should go through the public school course of nine years. The grammar schools can be improved by introducing languages earlier in the course when children take to them more readily, and by introducing geometry, algebra, and natural science. The grammar schools will continue their low standard as long as the requirements for admission to the high schools are so low. A nine-year-old ought to pass the entrance examinations to Exeter. The fault lies also with the scientific schools; it is easier to enter...