The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-18
HALF OF H. 5. GRADUATES
CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES
Most of Remainder Seek Clerical
Work, According to Statistics
Boys Lead in Withdrawals

Virtually half the boys and girls
who graduate from high schools in
the counties of Maryland continue
their education in higher institutions
of learning, it is shown in statistics
made public Saturday by the State
Department of Education at Balti-
more.
For the remaining so per cent it is
shown in the first data on the subject
to be collected by the State, clerical
work furnishes the most general oc-
cupation.
Withdrawals and failures, the de-
partment found, were more frequent
among boys than among girls, while
among specific courses failures were
more numerous in the study of Latin
than of any other subject.
Percentages Given.
Of S22 boys and 1894 girls who
graduated from high schools in the
counties in June, 1925, per cent of
the boys went to normal schools, "a
per cent to colleges or universities
and per cent to private commercial
! schools.
Twenty-one per cent of the girls
went to normal schools, IA per cent
to colleges and universities and 9 per
cent to private commercial schools.
Seventeen per cent of the boy grad
yates and 10 per cent of the girls
went into clerical work. Trade and
agriculture furnished employment, re-
| spectively, for s and per cent of the
boys and 6 per cent of the girls took
up nursing, while 20 per cent remain
ed at home.
English Leads List.
The department also made a study
of the enrolment in the courses Of
fered in the 1872 high schools during
the school year ended June, 1925, to
show in a general way the prepara-
ton which graduates receive for their
subsequent vocations.
English was found to be the only
subject required of all students. Math-
ematics was next in Importance, hav-
ing 80 per cent of the boys and rs
! per cent of the girls enrolled. Sew
I enty-two per cent of both boys and
girls took the so-called social studies,
which include civics, history and the
problems of American democracy.
Science was taken by SO per cent of
the boys and SO per cent of the girls.
Given Manual Training.
Fifty-eight per cent of the boys
took courses in manual training Of
fered in 60 schools for two periods a
week and SO per cent of the girls were
instructed in general or vocational
home economies in 81 schools.
| Latin was studied by % per cent of
the boys and 81 per cent of the girls
in III schools; French by 20 and "a
per cent, respectively, of the boys and
girls in 20 schools. Spanish was
taught in 3 schools and German in l..
Agriculture was taken by II per
cent of the boys in 40 high schools,
the work being on a vocational basis
in some of the cases.
Other Studies Noted.
Stenography, typewriting and book
keeping were taught in 48 schools to
| juniors and seniors, comprising %
per cent of the junior and senior boys
and 80 per cent of the junior and SEN
ior girls in all the high schools. In
addition, % schools gave second year
courses in commercial arithmetic,
spelling and penmanship, which We're
taken by "a per cent of the second
year boys and 18 per cent of the girls
in the same class.
| approximately one-fourth the boys
and girls took courses in physical ed
ucation two periods a week in %
schools, while 40 per cent took courses
in music for one or two periods a
week in 60 schools. Art work was
given in 1 school to 76 girls.
| Boys Lead in Failures.
The per cent of boys withdrawing
and failing in each high school sub
ject is considerably larger than that
of the girls. In English, mathematics
and social studies anG science, with
drawals of boys amounted to approx
imately Is per cent Of the group COM
pared with 10 per cent of the girls.
Failures in these subjects ranged
from to Is per cent of the boys and
from to Is per cent of the girls.
! Latin, it was said, more than any
other subject, seemed to be stumbl-
ing block to promotion. Failures
amounted to II per cent of the boys
and 10 per cent of the GIRLS studying
it. In mathematics Is per cent of the
boys and 10 per cent of the girls
failed of promotion. Withdrawals
and failures in stenography, typewrit-
ing and bookkeeping were somewhat
lower than in other subjects. This is
attributed to the fact that only jun
niors and seniors in high school are
| admitted to these courses and the