VNCTEDSTATESBUREAUOF EDUCATION BULLETIN, 191S, NO. 7 - - WHOLE NUMBER 631 ACCREDITED SECONDARYSCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES SAMUEL PAUL CAPEN SPECIALIST IN HIGHER EDUCATION, BUREAU 'OFEDUCATION I 4 0 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1915 ADDITIONAL COPIES Or TIIIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED PROM TUE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OMCE WASIIINGTON, 0. C. AT lb CENTS PER COPY V ir 111111111.1111111111M_________ CONTENTS. 4 Page. Letter of transmittal 4 ' 5 Accredited secondary echool defined 7 Unit defined '8 Variations in requirements of accrediting agencies 8 Methodirof accrediting 9 Contents of the bulletin 10 41, Part I.State lists' 13 Part. II.I.istaof accrediting associations 76 The commission on accredited schoots of the Southern_States of the Awn- elation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern States 76 New England College Entrance Certificate Board 80 North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary School 84 Part III.Lists of certain private institutions 93 Schools in Washington, p. C., accredited by George Washington Univer- sity, October 13, 1914 93 Schools affiliated with the Catholic University of America, June. 1914 93 Accredited by the University of Chicago, Chicago, III., June, 1914 95 Affiliated with Tulane University of Louisiana, October 1, 1919 99 Accredited by Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., June, 1914 99 Schools in Maryland accredited by St. Johns College, October, 1914..r 100 Schools outside of New England accredited by Mount Holyoke College, Octo- ber 3, 1914 100 Schools sending students to Wellesley College on certificate in September, 1914 103 Private secondary schools in Maryland and Pennsylvania (not listed else- where iq the bulletin) belonging to the Association of Oolleges and Prepara- tory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland and having the privilege of certificating their graduates to various colleges of high standing 106 3 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT bF Tlit INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, January 19, 1915. SIR: On the first of May, 1913, i recommended the publication of a pamphlet containing lists of accredited secondary schools in the United States as a bulletin_ of the. Bureau of Education.In my letter of transmittal I called attention to the fact that many students apply for admission to higher institutions in other States and sec- tions than those in which they haws" received their high-school prepa- ration.Many also seek certificatel from .,examining and licensing boards, which have no direct means of knowing the standards of the schools from which the applicants come.The demand for this information led the Bureau of EducatiaP to undertake the collec- tion and preparation of lists of high schools and academies accred- ited by State universities, approved by State departments of educa- tion, or recognized by examining and certifying boards.The demand proved to be even greater than had been anticipated.The edition of the bulletin was soon exhausted, and there have since been many requests from college and university officers for copies of it, which could not be met.Moreover, changes are made in these lists of accredited schools from. year to year.For these rea- sons, I have requested Dr. S. P. Capen, specialist in higher education in the bureau, to revise the pamphlet on a somewhat different The revision is contained in the accompanying manuscript which I recommend for publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education. Respectfully submitted. P. P. CLAXTON, Corn inissioner. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. 5 \.. ACCREDITEDSECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. The lists of accredited secondary schools 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, univer- sities, professiorral 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 of parents who may want to know about. the high schools ofany particular State .or section. The first issue of the bulletin was published in 1913.The great annual increase in the number of secondary schools (in 1910-11 there were 12,213; in 1911-12 the number had grown to 13,268; in 1912-13 it had reached 13,445), together with the sudden changes in standing, generally for the better, of many .secondary schools in all parts of the country, necessitate frequent revisions. A few new lists have been added, and certain minor c4nges have been made in the arrange- ment of the bulletin.These are mentioned below.For the rest, the essential part of the introduction to the previous issue is reprinted here. 4 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOL DEFINED. An "accredited secondary school," as the term is used in this bulletin, is a school which is equipped to prepare students for col- leges requiring at least 14 units for unconditioned admission and which has been investigated or approvethfor this purpose by one of the following agencies: A State officer of education, a universityor college inspector or committee on admissions, all officer or committee of an accreditih(association.Except in the case of certain of the Southerh States whose high-school courses are based upon seven years of elementary training, it is understood that these 14 units represent secondary work above the standard eight-grade elementary- school course.It is assumed that the curriculum of an accredited 7 8 ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOL& .ectiool represents four years of 36 or more Nteelu3 each; that at least three teachers give their whole time -to high - school work; 1 and that the school keeps up an adequate library and laboratory equipment. UNIT DEFINED. The following authoritative definition of the word "unit" has been made by the National Conference Committee on Standards of Col- leges and Secondary Schools, which is composed of representatives of the National Association of State Universities', the New England College Entrance Certificate Board, the College Entrance Dxamina- tion Board, the A.s.scciatioiv of Colleges and Preparatory Scnools of the Middle States and Mary and, the North Central Association. of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Association of Colleges and pre- . paratoty Schools of the Southern States, the New England Associa- tion of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the United States Conimis- sioner of Education: A Unit represents a year's study In any subject in a secondary 'school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full year's work. This statement is designed to afford a standard of measurement for the %alai:done in secondary schools.It taker, (1) The four-year high-school course as a heals and assumes that (2) The length of the school r irefroin 36 to 40 weeks; Viet -- (3) A period is from 40 to 60 it in length; and than (4) The Study is pursued foe lye periods a week-; a but under ordinary circurnstanc satisfactory year's work in any subject can not be accomplished in lees than 120 sixty-minute hours, or their equivalent.Schools organized on any other than a four-year basis can nevertheless estimate tEeir work in terms of this unit. VARIATIONS IN REQUIREMENTS OF ACCREDITING 'AGENCIES. The number of subjects recognized by the various accrediting bodies as forming an acceptable part of the college preparatory course'varies greatly; for example, the subjects rotogniied by the College Entrance Examination Board as permissible in a standard high-school course are: Units. Units. Eng liah up to 3I Spanish 2 Mathematics up to 3iHistory 4 Latin ' 4 ; Science 4 Greek ' 3 Drawing 1- French I 3 Music 2 German 3 On th) other hand, there are State universities andprivat4ly endowed institutions, like Leland Stanford University, which permit . gEiceptiona are amide schools In the Hits of Otercia, New Hampshire, and Vermont which have ills than 0s tasters, but otherwise conform to the dednition and are approved by the Ettite reclaim. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. 9 great enlargement of' the range of electives.The University of Minnesota, for example, accepts the following: t:afts. Vista. English 3-4 i Bulauers1arithme:ic Mathematics 2-34 Ermines' law Latin 2-4 1 Bookkeeping Greek 1 Stenography and typewriting French 2.-4 1. Freehand drawing German 2-1 ; Mechanical drawing 2 Spaniah 2-4 Shopwork . ' 2 Scandinavian 2-I 1 Modeling and woodcarving History and social science 4-4i 1 Domestic art and science up to 4 Natural science 4-1.1 1 Agriculture 1-4 VocationalBUb j ec te H Normal training sobjects , 1-3 it will thi:refore be apparent (list the_ only close correspondence among the requirements of the various institutions mentioned in this pamphlet is the "quantitative one.All specify at least 14 units, except. the University of South Carolina, which admits with 10. None requires mom, than 16 units for admission. The requirements of each accrediting agency are briefly stated at the head of the list of schools. which each accredits.At the head of each list of schools accredite3 by a State university or private institution the requirements for admission to the A. B. course are summarized. The schools on the accredited list. generally have; the privilege of certificating students to other courses as well:To outline the .admisSion requirements for all these coursesQuid consume much space and 'nigh,. lead to confusion.The requirements for admission to the A. B. course may in each case be considered fairly typical'of the institution's