Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
MANY HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE
BEEN BUILT IN VIRGINIA
Number Increased In Ten Years
From. Eighty.Six to
440.
INSPECTOR TERRELL REPORTS
Traces Source OF Supply Of High
School Teachers and Shows That
Enrolment Is Steadily Increasing.
Where Graduates Go.

partment Of Public instruction. yester
day Issued his annual report for 1ol4-15
on the high schools of Virginia. The re-
port is carefully and intellgently pre-
pared. and indicates splendid cduca-
uonal progress throughout the State.
In TACT. the growth of Virginia's high
schools during the past decade has been
one or the marvcls of Southern educa
tohal advancement. Ten years ago
there were only cighty-six such schools
IN me commemorative; to-day there
arc 4t5. or these 446 elghty-fve are
two-year high schools. 1871 are three
year high schools and PA are four-year
hign schools OF the 2li four-year
high schools. 1875 are accredited first
grade nigh schools. IT might he well
TO explain here that tho departments
dehnition OF high school is a school
doing at least two years of organized
nigh school work with a school term
Of at least eight months.
Eighty-fve counties and fifteen cities
nave one or more first grade high
schools and ninety-th--e counties and
seventeen cities have one or more high
schools
The following counties have no h!rn
schools: Alexandria. Charles City. King
George. New Kent, Powhatan. Spotsyl-
rania and Stafford.
HIGH school. TEACHING
FORCE NUMBERS 1870
tedchlnE
IN Virginia for the session lel4-l5 num-
Der 1920 This represents an increase
OF l35. or IA per cent over last year
and an increase OF 227, or 20 per cent
over 1928. 1t should also he noted
that while the percentage Of increase
In lsl3-li over the percentage OF in
crease In 1878 was only 81 per cent
tho increase in lo1t-i5 over leI3-l4
was ia per cent.
In 1928 the number of teachers
IN hltyh
instruction was Sit: IN l3I3-l3. s93. and
in leli-l5. 1859 The increase in whole
time teachers this year over lo13-l4 is.
therefore, l6G, or nearly ~ per cent.
while the increase this year over 1872
IS Is 2l5. or over % per cent
In 1928 there were 249 teachers
giving part-t!me to high school in
struction: in l9l3-l4. 2e2; and in 1914
Is. ISL
Please note" says the report The
Interesting fact that there is a de-
crease Of thirty-one teachers or los
per cent. in tho number Of part-tirne
teachers for lel4-l5 as against l9l3-14.
This marked decrease in the number OF
part-time high school teachers az we'll
as the marked increase In the number
OF whole-t!me high school teachers in
nicat!ng as they do the passing OF tho
practice OF allowing grade teachers
without certificate qualifications or
training for high school work, to teach
some subjects in the high school and
the provision for additional teachers
trained for high school work should be
most gratifying. II undoubtedly marks
our first great step in the standardiza-
t!on of high school INSTRUCTION. 80.
SOURCES OF SUPPLY @s% y
OF HIGH SCH OoL TEA CHEERS
OF the i.320 high school teachers in
Virginia, T4s, or a1.3 per cent. are coll
iese trained 'have had at least two
years Of college t-a!ning). This rep
rcsents gain over l9l3-li Of l75
teachers. or 1913 per cent
"Of the college trained teachers the
State institutions University of Vir-
GINA. William and Mary College, Vir-
g!nia Military Institute and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute) furnished lis.
or about l6 per cent: the registered pri-
vate and denominational colleges. 3ll,
or about 4: per cent: the Junior coll
leges colleges requiring two years OF
standard college work for Graduation)
lie, or about Is per cent: and the rec
ognized out State colleges and uni.
versities col. nearly 81 per cent
''Of the State institutions furni shing
college-,rained teachers. William and
Mary leads with sixty six; the Uni
versity OF Virginia furnishes thirty:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, twelve.
and Virginia Military Institute. ten. OF
the 427 high school teachers furnished
US BY the standard private and denomi-
national colleges OF Virginia, the fe-
male institutions furnish eiGhty-seven
and the male GncludinE Richmond Col
leEe. coordinate, and Washington and
Lee University. pa. OF all institutions
in the State Estate private and denomi-
national, male and female schools in
cluded) Randolph Macon Woman's Col
lege leads with her splendid contribu-
tion of seventy teachers.
But perhaps the most striking and
surprising feature Of Table Is is that Of
all the college-trained teachers in Vir-
Enia, 427. or nearly fifty-eiEht per cent.
are furnished by the private and de-
nominational colleges and junior coll
leges."
SALARIES AS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
The average monthly salary paid the
high school teachers In Virginia last
session was S56.66. Among the counties
which ranked best in the matter OF
salaries were Smyth. with twelve high
school teachers, averaging s9355; Wise,
with eighteen teachers, averaging
s901o Loudoun. with twenty-five
teachers, averaging ss4.o2. and Halifax,
with eighteen teachers. averaging
SS203. Among the cities, Roanoke leads
with twenty teachers, averaging $500
and Richmond ranks among the first
with seventy-eight teachers. averag-
ing s94.2s.
The average monthly salary paid the
teachers in the elementary grades was
s43.57 without mentioning figures,
the counties which rank in the first
division in the pay OF teachers in the
elementary department of the high
school are Henrico, Isle OF Wight
Prince Edward, Roanoke, Russell
Surry. SUSSEX and Wise-the last named
county leading the State. Among tho
cities reporting. Roanoke leads the
State. with Fredericksburg and Alex
andria occupying the second place
The average cost of the tuition Of
each high school pupil in Virginia for
the past session was s4052, while the
average cost of the child in the Gle
mentary department of the high school
was 5000. In other words. the State
is spending almost four times as much
per pupil for the instruction Of the high
school pupil it is spending for the
instruction OF the pupils in the ele-