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Economics, the
facilities in this field
The expansion
tended.
in these
two
fields
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have been materially extogether with the recent
re-organization of the Farmville schools put this institution in a very
now expand
its program of preparing teachwhich was its original specialty, and it can also meet the needs of students interested in Commercial Education and Home Economics.
favorable position.
It
can
ers for the general high school fields,
New
Training School Facilities
For many years there existed school system. in the
One elementary
in the
town of Farmville a dual
school and one high school were housed
Training School building, and another elementary school and an-
High School building. Edward County School Board and the
other high school were housed in the Farmville
In August, 1937, the Prince
College agreed on a cooperative plan for the reorganization of the schools of the town.
As
a result, the two elementary schools were com-
bined into one elementary school which
is
now housed
in the
Training
School building, situated on the College Campus, and the two high is now housed in new Farmville High School building, situated near the College Campus. The principals and faculties of both schools are especially qualified for demonstration work and supervision. Hence the opportunities now offered students of the College for professional growth
schools were combined into one high school, which the
through student teaching are practically
ideal.
National Standing
The
privilege of granting the standard A. B. degree
and the stand-
ard B. S. degree places the college on an equal footing with the arts colleges for
As
women.
fessional rating that places
it
a teacher-training institution in the
very highest rank.
it
It is
liberal
has a proa
member
of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States,
which
the college
and
is
is
universities
further study.
the highest rating agency in the South.
The work
of
therefore fully recognized and accredited by the colleges
which the graduates of the It is also
Teachers College and rating organizations.
is
a
member
institution
may
enter for
of the American Association of
ranked as a standard teachers college by other