The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-16
STANDARD MAY BE
SET FOR SCHOOLS

Rules for the standardization of the
states high schools, which will prob
ably be adopted by the State Borad of
Education at its meeting in Portland
July, have been submitted to Superin-
tendent of Public instruction Church
i'll.
The rules were prepared by com
mittee consisting of w. r. Rutherford,
superintendent of the McMinnVille
schools; j. o. Mclaughlin, superinten-
dent of the schools of Hood River.
and George W. Hub, principal of the
Eugene high school. appointed at
meeting of the city superintendent IN
Portland in December. The rules pro-
vide that high schools shall be classi-
fed as standard four-year schools, or
accredited three year, two-year on one
year schools, as they shall be approved
and accredited by the State Board of
| Education.
At least three teachers shall be re-
duired to devote their entire time to
high school work under tue rules, and
any teacher employed in standard
| high school of the state shall be the
graduate of standard college or uni
versity, as defined by section Is. 1913
edition of the Oregon school law. The
teachers shall be holders of life state
certificates or state diplomas obtained
by examination before the state de-
partment. Life certificates now in
effect will be satisfactory.
The rules, in part, are as follows:
"A standard high school shall follow
the state course of study except in
| iatp Of ba fret class ub
must be approved by the State Board
of Education. Fifteen units shall be
required for graduation. and at least
40 minutes for each recitation. Two
periods of laboratory or vocational
work shall be considered of equal in
structional value with one period of
recitation. A unit is the completion
of a subject of five recitatiOns or their
equivalent laboratory or vocational
periods per week, pursued throughout
school year of not less than 36 school
weeks.
There shall be at least $500 wisely
invested in apparatus for teaching sci
ence, appOrtioned as follows: Physical
geography, $75; biology, $5; physics,
$l50 For teaching the subject of
physical geography the following APP
paratus is recommended: Set of John
ston maps, globes, mercurial barometer
and aneroid barometer; for biology,
microscope, demonstration magnitiers,
dissecting sets, slides and covers, glass
ware and chemicals; for physics, $l25,
wisely expended providing such lab
oratory as will permit performing the
majority of the experiments given in
the Mllikan and Gale Manual.
"The library must contain mini
mum of $50 books, which are, or have
been, included in the State School Ii
brary List, Part IL.
Requirements for three. year course
1.-Two teachers shall give full time in
, high school work, where more than
four subjects each year are offered or
, one teacher shall give full time and
! another at least half time when but
four subjects are offered each year, no
, choice of electives being given.
"All teachers of three.year accred-
tied high schools shall be graduates of
, standard college. university or nor
/ NAL school, or be the holder of a five
q year state certificate in Oregon, or an
Oregon life certictiate, or a special GER.
ticate for special subjects issued in
accordance with sections l6 and 20.
q 1919 edition of the Oregon school laws,
"The course of study shall be as pre-,
q scrbed by the State Board of Educa.
\. ton.
9 There shall be at least $500 wisely
invested in apparatus for teaching sci.
+, enCe, apportioned as follows: Physical
+ geography, $751; biology, $75 physics,
Y $3.50
!. The library must contain mini.
mum of $50 books which are, or have
q been, included in the state school Ii.
n brary list. part IL.
Requirements for one and two year
/. courses:
"a teacher doing two years of high
school work cannot teach in the grades
"A teacher doing one year of high
school work would be permitted tC
teach all of the work in the seventh
, and eighth grades also.
I The length of the reCitations in s
= one and two-year high school shall moi
be less than 30 minutes, and in al
classes where there are more than II
: pupils there shall be five recitation
periods each week, and the school yeai
+ will consist of at least 30 weeks.
:. There shall be at least $3.50 wisely
f invested in apparatus for teaching sci
n ence, apportioned as follows: physica
e geography, SIS; biology, SIS.
4 The library must contain a mini
mum of Is books which are, or have
. been, included in the state school H.
$ brary list. part ii.