Kourion Complex Basilica? Survey calculations (Oct.–Nov. 1938)

In accepting new boys, preference is given to brothers of our alumni and our students provided they meet the requirements and stand fairly high in the competitive examinations.This year there were 19 alumni who had their brothers in the College, and 43 students who brought in their brothers. [handwritten: ·]

The last three years have shown a marked change in the composition of our student body. Although we have always had many poor boys, the greater number have come from fairly well-to-do middle class families. The present increase of representation of boys of better social standing is an indication of the growing fame of the College.

A glance at the attached map shows that our students come from all over Greece. There is not a single district which is not represented on our lists. They come from the provinces and from the islands, from tiny villages and from big cities. The rest of Europe, and America, Asia, Africa and Australia are also well represented. This year 22% of our students were from abroad. They represented no less than 21 countries and all five continents.

The increase in the number of students from the United States indicates that Greeks in America also appreciate the services that Athens College can render to their children. An average of 30 students from the United States study at the College each year. A total of 200 Greek Americans have spent one, two, or more years here and gone back to their homes.

Does Athens College deserve its wide-spread fame? We need more time to prove this. For the present as proof we have 1) the influx of new students, 2) the attachment of our alumni to their Alma Mater, and 3) the standing of our graduates who have entered higher institutions of learning in Greece.

Up to July 1936 our alumni numbered 181. Of these 79 have entered business. The rest have taken up higher studies as indicated below:

23 went to schools abroad 35 entered the University of Athens 18 entered the Polytechnic School of Athens 31 entered the Higher Commercial School of Athens 2 entered the Higher Agricultural School of Athens

Admission to the various institutions of higher learning is allowed only after competitive examinations. Only a small percentage of the applicants are admitted. At the Polytechnic School for example 30-40 candidates enter each year out of a total of 500 applicants. The results of our graduates in these examinations have been extremely satisfactory as the following figures indicate. (Note: The ratio is based on the number of Athens College graduates who took the examinations and the number who were admitted.)

The letter of appreciation sent us by the President of the Higher Commercial School concerning our alumni who entered that school last autumn is indicative of the sound training Athens College gives its students.

Besides the above, that is, personal contact with the public and the compilation of statistics, the Registrar's Office has to keep a full record of each student. Every boy has a personal file and a scholarship card. By the time a boy graduates his file shows a full record of his life in our school. The scholarship card is used to collect information about the boy's progress in the various subjects. Both the student and the parent are kept informed of the former's scholastic standing by the monthly report cards sent out and by the parents and teachers' meetings organized during the school year. Another special file is kept to follow up and keep a full record of our alumni.