---
title: 'The Place of the Academy in the Education of Today'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Marion Edmund Melvin'
date: 1914-02-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/melvin-1914-the-place-of-the-academy-in-the-education-of-today
---

# The Place of the Academy in the Education of Today

Assesses the role of private academies versus rising public high schools—tracing history, enrollment trends, and arguing academies still meet needs public schools cannot.

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