ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 20 CENTS PER COPY STATISTICS OF NORMAL SCHOOLS, 1917-18. CONTENTS.-Types of schools represented-Number of schools reporting-Length of sessions-Number of instructors-Number of students enrolled-Graduates from normal courses-Practice teaching and facilities for it-Libraries-Property-Income-Expenditures-Accuracy-Summer sessions in 1917-Changes in the normal-school list—General summary. TYPES OF SCHOOLS REPRESENTED. This report includes data on public and private normal schools. It does not include data on the State teachers' colleges of Colorado, Iowa, and New York. These institutions are included under statistics of universities, colleges, and professional schools in another chapter of the Biennial Survey. The normal schools have been classified chiefly on the basis of control. Those under State control are State normal schools. The State normal schools of Pennsylvania were, prior to 1911, only partly under State control. They were owned by corporations. Of the 18 trustees for each institution, 6 were appointed by the superintendent of public instruction. The code of 1911 provided for the purchase of the institutions by the State. Six of them have become the property of the State under this act. A city normal school is one under the control of the city board of education. The definition of a county normal school varies somewhat in the different States. Wisconsin has the only true county normal schools. They are separate from the regular public schools in control, school plant, and all other respects. In Michigan the county training classes have their own boards. In Ohio the county normal schools are operated in connection with first-grade high schools. They are under the supervision of the county superintendent, and he nominates the director of the school. The county normal schools of Wisconsin and Ohio are included here, as are also several from Michigan. Eighteen other States make provision for the training of teachers in a number of secondary schools. Private schools are under private control. On this basis several schools formerly included under public normal schools have been included with the private schools for the purposes of this study. 1 School Code of Pennsylvania and Other Laws. Act of May 18, 1911, Harrisburg, 1911, p. 101. 2 See "Rural Teacher Preparation in County Training Schools and High Schools," by H. W. Foght. Bu. of Educ., Bul., 1917, No. 31. Number of volumes in libraries. 807,963 908,032 1,088, 769 1, 158, 128 1,279,052 1,521, 528 1,585, 142 1,729,486 1,849, 034 2,172,627 Receipts for the year: a. From State, city, and county for improve 1 The institution at Geneva, Ohio, is omitted from all these data (1899-1900). Engaged half time or more in instructing resident students in normal courses. A number of pupils in model schools are included in these data. |