Accredited Secondary Schools in the United States. Bulletin 1913, No. 29
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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION BULLETIN, 1913, NO. 29 - - - . WHOLE NUMBER 539 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES I * By KENDRIC CHARLES BABCOCK SPECIALIST IN HIGHER EDUCATION BUREAU OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1913 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION. [W ith the exceptions indicated, the documents named below will be sent free of charge upon application to the Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer available for free distribution, but may be had of the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., upon payment of the price stated. Documents marked with a dagger (t) are out of print. Titles are abridged.] 1909. No. 1. Facilities for study and research in Washington. Arthur T. Hadley. No. 2. Admission of Chinese students to American universities. John Fryer. *No. 3. Daily meals of school children. Caroline L. Hunt. 10 cents. *No. 4. 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UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION BULLETIN, 1913, NO. 29.WHOLE NUMBER 339 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES By KENDRIC CHARLES BABCOCK n SPECIALIST IN HIGHER EDUCATION BUREAU OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1913 CEJLL&!96V£jtHIU L ill .A6 1913 no.29-41 Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Education) Bulletin CONTENTS, Page. Letter of transmittal... 5 Introduction.-... 7 Accredited secondary schools in— Alabama. 12 Arizona. 13 Arkansas. 13 California. 14 Colorado..-.. 16 Connecticut. 16 Delaware. 17 District of Columbia. 17 Florida.-. 17 Georgia. 18 Idaho. 18 Illinois. 19 Indiana. 21 Iowa... 24 Kansas. 27 Kentucky. 29 Louisiana. 29 Maine. 31 Maryland... 32 Massachusetts. 33 Michigan. 34 Minnesota... 36 Mississippi. 38 Missouri..... 39 Montana. 40 Nebraska. 41 Nevada. 42 New Hampshire..,. 42 New Jersey... 43 New Mexico. 45 New York... 45 North Dakota. 51 Ohio... 51 Oklahoma... 53 Oregon... 53 Pennsylvania. 54 Rhode Island. 56 South Carolina. 56 South Dakota.... 57 Tennessee. 57 Texas. 58 Utah...... 59 Vermont. 60 Virginia. 60 Washington. 61 West Virginia. 62 Wisconsin. 62 Wyoming. 65 3 . LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. G., May 1, 1913. Sir : Large numbers of young men and women now apply for admis¬ sion to college, normal school, or professional school in other States and sections than those in which thfey have received their high-school preparation. Many apply for certificates to examining and certify¬ ing boards which have no direct means of knowing the standards of the high schools from which the applicants come. Many parents moving or contemplating moving from one State to another wish to know what high schools are accredited by State universities and recog¬ nized by examining and certifying boards. For these and many other reasons there is a demand for such a list of accredited high schools as has been prepared by Dr. Kendric C. Babcock, specialist in higher education in this bureau. I therefore recommend that this list, with the accompanying explanations, be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education. Respectfully submitted. P. P. Claxton, Commissioner. The Secretary of the Interior. 5 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. The lists of accredited secondary schools in the different States which are presented in this bulletin are designed to meet the needs of officers charged with the admission of new students to secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools (especially schools of law and medicine), normal schools, etc., of State examining and certifying boards, which are concerned with the status of secondary schools located at a distance, and parents who may want to know about the high schools of any particular State or section. The improvement during the past two decades in the number, scope, efficiency, and popular estimation of secondary schools of all kinds is unparalleled in tne educational history of the United States. From 1890-91 to 1900-1901 the number of secondary schools, both public and private, rose from 4,885 schools, with 309,996 students, to 8,210 schools, with 649,951 students; by 1910-11 these figures had increased to 12,213 schools, with 1,115,326 students. In 1911-12 there were 13,268 schools and 1,246,827 students. The schools belong to many types, ranging from those with only the strictly classical curriculum to those which are essentially vocational high schools organized with little or no reference to higher education. Among them are one-year, two-year, three-year, and four-year schools. From the one-year, one-teacher rural high school, practically without equipment, they reach up to great metropolitan high schools, with buildings, equip¬ ment, teaching staff, and registration rivaling universities. In differ¬ ent sections, and even in the same section of a single State, wide differences appear in strength, stability, soundness of organization, and direction of effort. High schools change with surprising swiftness, even in the older States. What was last year a registered three-year high school in New York often becomes this year a registered four-year high school. During the past decade a steady stiffening of the requirements for admission has occurred. Only the better high schools have been able to keep pace with these changes and to meet fully these requirements. Strong new schools spring up in sections like southern California, Washington, and Oregon. The whole system of secondary education of a State may undergo in half a decade a thorough reorganization and uplift; the State of Virginia offers an example. The movement of families for residence, and of individuals for edu¬ cational opportunities, from one part of the country to another is now 8 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. an everyday occurrence. A thousand miles counts for very little. When the principals of such schools as the Los Angeles High School in California, or the Central High School of Washington, D. C., or the registration officers of institutions like the University of Chicago, the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, or the University of Washington, attempt to estimate the standards and standing of sec¬ ondary schools in Malden, Mass.; Sumter, S. C.; San Antonio, Tex.; or Billings, Mont., large difficulties are fairly sure to arise, especially if such schools do not appear in the lists prepared by organizations like the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The system of accepting credentials or certificates from secondary schools in lieu of written examinations for admission to colleges and universities began with the University of Michigan, in 1871. Except for a small number of universities and colleges of the East, the major¬ ity of universities, colleges, technological schools, normal schools, professional schools, and State certifying boards have now adopted this system in some form, for full or partial satisfaction of admission requirements. In New York State, which exercises the most thoroughgoing super¬ vision of its secondary and higher education, four grades of schools are registered by the State education department as affording suitable facilities for maintaining approved courses of stated length: Junior (one year), middle (two years), senior (three years), and high schools (four years).