The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-24


In addition to these the report con-
tains substantial chapters on the
following subjects: General survey of
the year; educational legislation dur
ing 1912; higher education; city school
systems; rural education; recent move
ments in negro education; review OF
agricultural education; progress in vo-
cational education; library develop
ment; education in Alaska, the Philip
pines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and other de-
pendencies Indian education, education
al activities in Canada, Latin America,
Great Britain, Northern Europe, France,
and Switzerland Germany, Southern
Europe and Russia; together with a
general view of conditions in Asia, At
RIGA, Australia, and New Zealand.
In his introduction to the report the
commissioner discusses the wide dis
erepeney between the increase in the
number of children of school age and
the actual enrolment; an apparent re-
duction in teachers salaries during the
year; the remarkable increase in high
schools and high school enrolment
throughout the country; the decrease
in professional schools, due to the en-
forcement of higher standards lack of
of teachers, which DR.. Clax-
ton characterizes as one of the greatest
evils of our school systems;" the short
ness of the school term in the United
States as compared with other civilized
nations; and the abnormally large per-
centage of iliteracy in the rural dis
tricts. In noting signs OF real advance
ment curing the year. DIR. Claxton lays
special emphasis upon the growing real
ization of the unity of all educational
effort. That education, however diff
nrentiated and complex, is one thing,
not many, seems to be better under
stood than it has been for many years"
he declares. This is probably the most
important symptom of ALL
Vocational education occupies
prominent place in several chapters of
he report. The progress of the year,
he clash of opinions that has developed
,ver certain phases of industrial train
ny, new vocational experiments in
many cities and states, new legislation
IN the subject these and other mat
ers are impartially recorded. Current
OF the public school is sum
narized and discussed in the report, and
he point is made that most of this
riticism is bearing fruit in actual con-
tructive programs, several of which are
'iven. School inquiries are considered
no and con, particularly in. the chap
er on city school systems Agricultur-
/ education and the rural advance are
reated Interestingly and in detail in sew
raj important chapters. The foreign
cid is covered with unusual eomprehen-
iveness and breadth of view. The
HAPPIER on higher education contains in
eresting discussions of the attempt TO
ombine higher institutions in some OF
he states, standard colleges and jun
,r colleges tragnng for journalism,
nd other live issues of the universe
es. colleges, and professional schools.
These represent but few of the sub
cts treated in the 700 pages of the
rst volume of the commissioners an
ual report. Unlike some government
this report has been edited
it'll the idea that the information in
is to be read by the general public,
that very large part OF the general
Ibic which is interested in education.
Decial efforts have been made to have
lie material concise and readable as
ell as accurate. 1t is also carefully
dexed. Both volume one and volume
70 tstatistes) are available for free
stributon. For those who do not
ed the large volumes. reprints of the
parate chapters are available.