Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education to the General Assembly Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...houses. The ideal is now accepted by school officials and the public that an adequate, attractive plant should be provided for the high school. 3. Courses: A minimum amount of work is required of all of the high schools in English, history, science, and mathematics. When this minimum has been covered, the high schools are at liberty to elect the remaining subjects required to complete the course. The data herein submitted show that the different high schools are endeavoring to offer courses that will meet the needs of the students pursuing them. The list embraces such items as Latin and French, commercial subjects, shopwork, home economy, agriculture, etc. 4. High School Attendance: The high school classes are still too small by half, yet every year the high schools are making a stronger appeal to children, resulting in a healthy increase in the attendance. The number enrolling in the high school departments of the state approved high schools last session was 8,588, and the number of graduates, 1,021. These figures are too small, but they so overshadow those of five years ago that we are inclined to be proud of them. 5. High School Teachers: I wish to ask you to read the figures which represent the number of college graduates employed in the high schools. They indicate that we are near the date when a college degree can be required of the high school teacher. 6. High School Inspection: A careful reading of this pamphlet will convince anyone, I think, of the high order of service which the high school inspector is rendering, of the importance of state inspection, and the necessity of at least one assistant in that office. Respectfully submitted, T. H. Harris, State Superintendent of Public Education for Louisiana. THE COURSE OF STUDY IN LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL...