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Show PAGE 20 WEBER ACADEMY at any time, but it is to their advantage to enter at the beginning of the academic year. The entrance requirements may be satisfied by the presentation of certificates or by examination, as follows: (a) Admission on Certificate. Students presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools will be admitted without examination to any of the academic courses. (b) Admission by Examination. Students not presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade may, by passing successfully the entrance examinations, be admitted to the academic courses. Students beyond the public school age, who are deficient in some of the studies of the grades, will be given special consideration. Advanced Standing.Students presenting approved credits from other high schools or academies will be admitted to advanced standing. No students pursuing any of the higher courses shall be permitted to register for more than twenty or fewer than fifteen hours per week, nor shall changes in registration be granted, except by special vote of the faculty. Graduation. Students completing any of the four-year courses will be given diplomas; pupils will be given certificates on completion of the two-year shorthand or bookkeeping courses. Students completing the two-year courses may take part in the commencement exercises, but are not permitted to share in the Senior class exercises nor to wear the official graduating pin. A candidate for WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 21 graduation from the High School course may be presented with a High School diploma on the earning of sixteen units of credit; three in English, one in mathematics, two in history, two in science or economics, and eight consistent electives. If a student has completed fifteen units of any course with an average grade of 85 percent, he may be graduated, provided the unit not completed does not include English or the professional subjects for which the course stands. Graduation requires passing grades in all courses in theology for which a pupil has been registered. A diploma will be denied a student of defective character or who is in the habit of frequenting pool halls, or of using tobacco or intoxicating liquor. No student will receive credit toward graduation in any study in which percentage of excellence falls below 70; nor shall any student be graduated who does not attain an average of 75 percent in all studies included in the course. Students who do not graduate with the class in which they enter will be held to the requirements made of the class in which they are finally graduated. Credit is given for work done in other high schools, but at least four units of work must be done in this school. Not more than five units of work in any one year will be accepted toward graduation. Pupils' grades are based on attendance, class recitation, and examinations, and are recorded on the books of the school and on reports to the parents by means of the marks A, B, C, D, Inc., and E. A represents about 95 percent. B represents about 85 percent. C represents about 75 percent. |