Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-30
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Regulations Necessary to be Followed to
be Entitled to State Aid.


be Entitled to State Aid.
Friday the GLOBE gave a list of the high
schools selected by the state high school,
board for state aid under the provisions Of
the act ''for the encouragement of higher ed
ucation." The board has now issued a cir
cular, giving certain regulations to be followed
to entitle school to receive the aid com
templated by the act, as follows:
/. Its principal shall hold the certificate Of
the High school board stating his qualifica
ton to teach in this department. This GER
tificate shall be granted by the examiner, in
his discretion, to all graduates of colleges and
universities, to all graduates Of normal
schools, advanced course, and to others, upon
satisfactory examination in studies taught in
the department.
(2) All pupils received in the High school
shall pass, or shall have passed a salts
factory examination under direction of the
principal or superintendent of the school in
the following subjects
same; arithmetic, including operations in the
fundamental rules; common and decimal frac-
tions and compound numbers.
Grammar, syntaX and etymOlOgy, of Green's
Introduction, or its equivalent.
Geography, including a general knowledge
of location Of political divisions and climate
of the world, and also of a fuller knowledge
of the United States.
United States History.
(3) The High school shall consist of at least
twenty pupils, and shall be provided with
separate room and teacher.
az At the close of each term, report shall
be made by the principal to the secretary Of
the board as follows:
(a) OF the names of all students received
together with the standing of each student in
the branches in which examination is required
~ Of the whole number and average
number attending.
(c) Of the number in each. class.
(d) Of the classes prepared for examina
ton.
(e) Of the money expended in support Of
the High school department.
You will therefore, in obedience to this reg.
ulation, proceed as follows:
/. Direct your principal to procure the
certificate of the High school board Apply
to President VIM. W. Folwell, University OF
Minnesota, examiner.
Q. Provide room for your High school.
8. Examine, if not already done, every mem
bel of the High school, in studies required in
the regulations.
4. See that you have at least twenty pupils
in your High school, of which number a.
least five are in the preparatory class, taking
the course of study prescribed by the board.
5. Before the end of the term report in gooG
season all classes prepared for examination.
6. When questions under seal are sent you,
see that the examination is conducted as di
rected.
Let the principal examine all papers and
mark as the blanks to be sent shall direct
Let him then forward TO this office all papers
belonging 10 fhe stud MS OF the preparatory
class am. preserve the remainder until the enc
of the ear far the inspection of the board.
z. Your school will be visited during The
year by the board, or its committee, to learn
whether II is conducted as High school il
good faith
s. Remember that these regulations are de-
signed to insure efficient preparatory instruc-
ton in bona tide High schools, and any vic
lation will be interpreted as a disposition tC
evade the law, in which case all claims to the
apportionment will be considered forfeited.
J. S. PILLsBURY, President,
VIM. w. FoLwELL, Examiner,
D. L. KIEHLE, Secretary,
High School Board.