now holds the honor and distinction of being the first woman elected to serve as a member thereof.

In conclusion we again wish to express our appreciation to the people of this city and the members of the Board for the loyalty and support rendered us while serving as its presiding officers.

W. F. CARTER,

H. A. ROSSKOPF.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Superintendent of Instruction

St. Louis, Mo., March 1, 1922.

To the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis.

Gentlemen:

The annual reports of Assistant Superintendents, Supervisors and other heads of divisions record with interesting detail and illustration the more significant features of the work of the schools for the past year. They are therefore submitted herewith as well representing the report of matters usually made to the Board of Education and the public by the Superintendent of Instruction.

I take pleasure in commending them as a reflection. of a year of progressive development of our school system. and of the good will and cooperation of the many men and women who have devoted their time and attention both gratuitiously and for compensation to the improvement of child life in our city.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN J. MADDOX,

Superintendent of Instruction.

IN MEMORIAM

This page is set aside as a memorial of faithful services ended by death during the school year of 1920-1921.

HARRIS TEACHERS COLLEGE.

Report of E. George Payne, Principal Harris Teachers College:

The following table shows the graduates of the Junior College Department of the Harris Teachers College from the beginning down to the present time, a total of one thousand four hundred seventy-two graduates:

These graduates comprise virtually three-fourths the teaching force of the city of St. Louis. There has, however, appeared a considerable shortage of teachers in the last two years, and I am submitting this table for purposes of anaylsis to determine to what extent this shortage is due to the fact that there has been a decline in the number attending the College as has been generally true with respect to other similar institutions throughout the country during the period of the war. This table has been thrown into the following graph in order to picture more definitely just what has occurred.

It will be noticed that the number graduating from the College increased rapidly until June 1913 when a class of seventytwo students graduated. This was the last class that graduated under the old rule of admission to the College. Under this rule it was possible for graduates of any accredited high school to be admitted to the College. To be sure there was a nominal exam