REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR 1903. Volume 1. WASHINGTON: 1905. THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Created as a Department March 2, 1867. Made an Office of the Interior Department July 1, 1869. COMMISSIONERS. HENRY BARNARD, LL. D., John Eaton, Ph. D., LL. D., NATHANIEL H. R. Dawson, L. H. D., August 6, 1886, to September 3, 1889. September 12, 1889, to date. CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1. Page IX XX THE COMMISSIONER'S INTRODI'CTIOX. Enrollment in schools and colleges....... Number of pupils in all grades of public and private schools Average amount of schooling per inhabitant.. Laws relating to agricultural and mechanical land-grant colleges Education in Great Britain and Ireland The work of the school board for London Early English writers on education.. Public school systems of the United States. The educational movement in the South. The public schools of West Virginia and other Southern States Manual, industrial, and technical education Total population, school population, and adult male population School ages and State school censuses Teachers ........ CHAPTER 1.-VACATION SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SETTLEMENTS. By HENRY S. The children of the poor in our great cities Development of vacation schools.... General conditions as to playgrounds Activities of school playgrounds.. Social conditions in the playground. History of the settlements movement ada (RECAP) 102299 JUN -7 1905 CHAPTER III.-EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1903. Information on education in Great Britain in previous Reports..... Summary of current educational statistics, Great Britain and Ireland. Brief conspectus of elementary education in England In Scotland.... Progress as shown by retrospective tables. Present outlook; continued opposition to the law of 1902 Progressive aspects of the law The education law for London Criticism of the law, by Doctor Macnamara, James Bryce, and others Retrospective tables .. Secondary and technical education Universities and university colleges in Great Britain and Ireland Education in Ireland...... Legislation respecting the employment of children in Great Britain and Ireland 227 228 229 232 232 234 235 236 241 247 253 258 262 267 CHAPTER IV.-EDUCATION IN LONDON UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. Magnitude of the work committed to the London school board Constitution and work of the first school board for London... Subjects of instruction...... Compulsory school attendance. 273 274 280 286 Chapter V.-AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. By CHARLES F. THWING, LL. D. The first colleges..... English influence in studies and gifts French influence German influence Ecclesiastical, private, and public foundations.. Enlargement of the higher education 293 294 297 298 299 304 |