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Educational Publication No. 74 Division of Supervision No. 18 THIRTEENTH FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORTS of the State Supervisor of Public High Schools of NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE Scholastic Years Ending June 30 1920, 1921, AND 1922 BY J. HENRY HIGHSMITH State Supervisor of Public Schools published by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Raleigh, N. C. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Mr. a. T, Allen,'} Superintendent of Puhlic Instruction, Raleigh, N. C. My dear Mr. Allen : The Annual Report of the High School Inspector has not been printed separately since 1919, when the Twelfth Annual Report was published. The reports for 1919-20, 1920-21, and 1921-22 are en-closed herewith for publication. These constitute, therefore, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Annual Reports of the High School Inspector. For the sake of convenience and to lessen expense the three reports are printed in one volume. The essential facts relative to the high school situation are given for the various years. Sincerely yours, Supervisor of High Schools. Raleigh, February 13, 1924. CONTENTS Pa{,e Letter of Transmittal 3 The High School Situation, 1919-1920 5 Accredited High Schools, 1919-1920 7 Facts Relative to the High School Situation, 1920-1921 9 High School Organization, 1920-1921 10 Classification of High Schools, 1920-1921 12 High School Organization, 1921-1922 16 High School Standardization, 1921-1922 18 Schools Added to the Accredited List June 1, 1922 19 Special Aid for Establishment of Standard High Schools, 1921-1922.. 20 Total Number of Students of Each Subject Taught, 1921-1922 22 Statistical Summary for the Years 1919-1920; 1920-1921; 1921-1922 23 Table I Statistical Report 1919-1920 24 Table II Statistical Report 1920-1921 68 Table III Statistical Report 1921-1922 118 Summary: Private Schools 1921-1922 168 Table IV Statistical Report Private Schools 1921-1922 169 THE HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION, 1919-1920 There has been much progress iu the development of our high schools during the past decade, but an analysis of the present situ-ation reveals the fact that much remains to be done. The tables given in this report were taken from the annual reports of 420 public high schools, (white), giving one or more years of high school work. The total number of pupils enrolled was 29,294, the largest enrollment in the history of the State. While this is signifi-cant, a study of the enrollment by years reveals the fact that there is decided elimination of pupils from the schools during the first and second years particularly. It may be possible to account for this elimination, but the fact remains that it is enormous and should be prevented as far as possible. The holding power of the high school should be increased. The number of graduates indicates that ten per cent of those enrolled in high school completed the course. This percentage should be higher, but the fact that enrollment in institutions of higher learn-ing is increasing so rapidly is a tribute to the effectiveness of our high schools in training boys and girls to meet college entrance re-quirements. The number of high schools per county ranges all the way from one each in Graham and Brunswick to 19 in Buncombe and 20 in Mecklenburg. There is great need for consolidation of schools in order that a few strong, centrally located high schools may be developed in each county. For example, there are 14 schools in Rowan attempting high school work, and 12 in Davidson, 11 in Johnston and 13 in Guilford. More satisfactory results could be secured if the smaller schools were consolidated and the pupils transported. There is growing interest in the matter of standard or accredited schools. There are 147 accredited high schools in the State. Of these schools, 141 are white schools, 6 are colored, 102 urban, 45 rural; 13 6 public, and 31 private. An accredited school is one that meets the following requirements: 1. Three Avhole-time teachers, holding proper class of certificates. 2. Four-year course of study. 3. Term at least 160 days. 4. Recitation periods 45 minutes in length. 5. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of science. 6. Library facilities. 7. Fifteen units required for graduation. 8. Forty-five pupils in average daily attendance. 6 Public High Schools, 1919-1920 The following counties have no standard public high schools: Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Cas-well, Currituck, Dare, Davie, Gates, Graham, Greene, Harnett, Hert-ford, Hyde, Jones, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Ons-low, Pamlico, Perquimans, Stokes, Transylvania, Washington, Yad-kin, Yancey. There should be, at least, one public high school of standard grade in every county in the State. The action of the General Assembly at its special session in August, making available a fund for assist-ing in establishing standard high schools, will greatly facilitate this work. From the facts given it is very manifest that a good deal of the high school work is not of the character that it should be because no one teacher ought to undertake to give four years of high school work. In fact in order to do satisfactory work three teachers should be em-ployed in schools offering four years of high school work and a four year course should never be offered unless the school has, at least, two whole time teachers. Even then a four year course cannot be given unless provision is made for alternation of subjects. Some of the outstanding features of the present situation should be noted. The great need of all of our high schools is a sufficient amount of money. High school instruction is more costly than in-struction in elementary schools and the high schools of the State should be subsidized or the appropriations increased in some way. An enormous amount of money is needed for buildings and equip-ment. There are very few high schools in the State that are at all adequately equipped. This is not a criticism, it is simply a state-ment of facts and the only way to remedy the situation is to get and spend the necessary amount of money. The source of this money for high schools, as in all other cases, is the property of the folks, and the method of securing it is taxation. We need to understand this and to provide more liberally for our high schools. In the next place, the high school course of study should be changed. There is too great insistence upon traditional subjects. A great many schools still require each student to take Latin, and will allow no substitution therefor. This is wrong. Such a subject as Latin ought to be oifered to everybody, but required of nobody. The high school course of study in a great many instances needs to be enriched and made more elastic. There is great need for the teach-ing of science in the high schools. Science teachers are needed. To snpply this need, an arrangement is being made with directors of summer schools for special work in general science during the sum-mer of 1921. It will be possible for a high school teacher to go to a summer school and spend the entire six weeks on general science, Public High Schools, 1919-1920 doing text-book work and laboratory work together with some dis-cussion of methods of teaching science. A teacher who has had good general academic training will be able to secure such mastery of gen-eral science as will enable her to do effective work in teaching this subject. A constant need is well trained teachers for our high schools. The institutions of higher education are not turning out a sufficient number of "well trained men and women to become teachers in our high schools and every effort possible should be made to make it attractive for strong young men and women to become teachers in the high schools of the State. Our obligation, then, is : 1. Adequate support for our high schools. 2. Well trained teachers. 3. Consolidation of schools and transportation of pupils. 4. A broader course of study. Minimizing the classics and an em-phasis upon science. 5. Better buildings and better equipment. 6. At least one standard high school in every county in ]^orth Carolina. ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS, 1919-1920 (Name and Location of School.) Andrews: High School Asheboro: High School Asheville: Asheville School Bingham School City High School Normal and Collegiate Institute St. Genevieve's Academy Aulander: High School Beaufort: High School Belhaven: High School Belmont: High School Bessemer City: High School Biltmore: High School Boiling Springs: High School Brevard: Brevard Institute Burgaw: High School Burlington: High School Carthage: High School Cary: High School Chadbourn: High School Chapel Hill: High School Charlotte: City High School Horner Military School Cherryville: High School China Grove: High School Churchland: Churchland High School Clayton: High School Clinton: High School Columbus: Stearns High School Concord: High School Conover: Concordia College Dallas: High School Dunn: High School Durham : City High School Trinity Park School East Durham: High School Edenton: High School Elizabeth City: High School Enfield: High School Farmville: High School Fayetteville: Donaldson Military School Fayetteville Higli School Fremont: High School Gastonia: High School Goldsboro: High School Greensboro: High School Greenville: High School Hamlet: High School Harmony: High School Henderson: High School Public High Schools, 1919-1920 Hendersonville: High School Fassifern School Blue Ridge School for Boys Hickory: High School High Point: High School Huntersville: High School Jamestown: High School Kinston: High School LaGrange: High School Laurinburg: High School Leaksville: High School Lenoir: High School Lexington: High School Lillington: High School Lincolnton: High School Louisburg: High School Lumberton: High School Marion: High School Mars Hill: Mars Hill College Maxton: High School Monroe: High School Montreat: Montreat Normal School Mooresville: High School Morganton: High School Mount Airy: High School Mount Holly: High School Mount Olive: High School Mount Pleasant: Collegiate Institute Mont Amoena Seminary New Bern: High School Newton: Startown High School North Wilkesboro: High School Oak Ridge: Oak Ridge Institute Oxford: Oxford High School Pleasant Garden: High School Raleigh: High School Red Springs: Philadelphus High School Reidsville: High School Rockingham: High School Rocky Mount: High School • Red Oak High School Rutherfordton: High School Westminister School Salisbury: High School Sanford : High School Scotland Neck: High School Selma: High School Shelby: High School Smithfield: High School Spencer: High School Statesville: High School Tarboro: High School Troy: High School Vanceboro: Craven Co. Farm-life School Vass: Sand Hill High School Wadesboro: High School Warsaw: High School Washington: High School Whiteville: High School Waynesville: High School Williamston: High School Wilmington : High School Wilson: High School Winston-Salem: High School Salem Academy Zebulon: Wakelon High School FACTS RELATIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION 1920-1921 The General Assembly of N'ortli Carolina at tlie extra session in 1920 and the regailar session in 1921 enacted laws that vitally affect the high schools of the State. High schools are now recognized as a vital, integral, organic part of the public school system. The legis-lation affecting high schools may be stated as follows : 1. The salaries of high school teachers will be provided as the sal-aries of all other public school teachers, the State schedule furnishing the basis for these salaries. (See "An Act to Provide Revenue for the Public Schools for Six Months for Teacher Training and Administra-tion.") 2. In a great many districts high school work has been retarded because of the lack of adequate facilities. The high school will share in the benefits of the legislation providing for a special building fund. (See "An Act to Provide a Special Building Fund to be Loaned to County Boards of Education to Aid in Erecting Schoolhouses.") 3. The high school is affected by the law relating to vocational education. For the provision of this act see section 5394 of the School Law, entitled "Amended Sections of the Law Relating to Vocational Education." 4. The most significant legislation with reference to high schools is section 13 of the "Act to Provide Revenue for the Public Schools for Six Months." The section reads as follows : Sectiox 13. There shall be appropriated annually from the State Public School Fund the sum of $224,000 for the encouragement of vocational edu-cation, and for the building of standard high schools in the rural districts, and providing teacher training courses in public high schools. So much of this amount as may be necessary shall be used by the State Board for Vocational Education to meet the Federal appropriation under the Smith- Hughes Act for the encouragement of vocational education and for the re-habilitation of persons injured in industries or otherwise. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to spend the remainder in aiding the establishment in rural districts of consolidated schools containing high schools. The preference ^hall be given first to those counties having no stand-ard high school, and second to those counties having no standard high school in the rural districts: Provided, that no part of this fund shall be used in any school unit containing less than Ave teachers, nor in districts having a special local tax rate voted by the people less than the average rate voted in the State, in addition to the State and county school tax for the six months school term, nor in any district containing a town of more than 1,500 inhabitants, unless the number of children living in the rural district attending school shall exceed the number attending from within the incor-porated limits of said town. 10 Public High Schools, 1920-1921 It is estimated that relatively $75,000 of this fund will be available for high schools. It is the purpose of the Department of Public Instruction to apply this fund as stated in the law for the establishment and maintenance of standard high schools in the thirty or more counties that have no standard schools at the present time. It will be the pur-pose of the State Department to use this money in sufficiently large amounts to make it really effective in securing a high grade of institu-tions and therefore of instruction, rather than to spend it in small amounts upon a larger number of schools. Attention is called to the following conditions upon which this fund of $224,000 will be administered, or so much of it as will be devoted to high schools: 1. The school unit must have at least five teachers. As a rule, however, it will require a school employing seven or more teachers and having an enrollment of not fewer than 250 pupils. 2. The school district must have a special tax rate of approximately thirty cents (.30), as that is about the average rate voted in the State. 3. Appropriations Avill be made only to schools in the rural dis-tricts or in towns of not more than 1,500 inhabitants, unless the num-ber of children living in the rural district attending school shall exceed the number attending within incorporated limits of any town. 4. In order to secure appropriations from this fund it will be nec-essary in most cases for small schools to be consolidated in order to create a school unit of sufficient size. RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State High School Inspector have worked out the following plans providing for high school instruction under North Carolina's New Six Months School Law. Both superintendents and high school principals are requested to study these plans with reference to their application to their respective schools. High School Instruction in Non-standard Schools 1. 'No school shall be recognized as competent to sustain a high school department, unless it is maintained for at least eight months. 2. There must be at least twenty pupils in average daily attendance in grades above the seventh, or elementary school, for a school to be recognized as a high school. 3. There must be at least five teachers in the school unit, at least one of whom must devote his whole time to distinctively high school work. 4. A holder of a High School Teachers' Certificate of Class A may be principal of a non-standard high school. Public High Schools, 1920-1921 11 5. A school may employ two high school teachers if there are thirty pupils in average daily attendance in the high school. 6. A third high school teacher will be allowed when the number of high school pupils in daily attendance for the year is forty-five or more; provided the number of pupils in the fourth year high school course is sufficient to justify it, and the building and equipment are adequate to the needs of such school. Courses of Study The former policy with regard to the high school program of studies will be continued. There will be no prescribed curriculum for all high schools to follow. Local school authorities will have ample freedom to make such local adaptations in the high school curriculum as are possible with the means at hand and as they may deem wnse, subject to the State's standards for accredited schools. The State Department of Public Instruction will, as in the past, issue suggested courses for the guidance and the assistance of principals and other local authorities, but there will be no rigid prescription in this matter. Any department of the high school that has heretofore been maintained at public expense may be continued. The School Building A complete plan for a Consolidated School, besides the regular class-rooms, should contain : 1. An auditorium with movable seats so that it can also be used as a gymnasium. The minimum size being 40x60 feet. 2. A room for nature study, biology and agriculture to be known as a General Science Room. 3. A room for domestic science and sewing to be known as a Home Economics Room. 4. A room where skill and practice in the use of tools can be given, repair work done, etc., to be known as a Shop Work Room. 5. A Library Room with reading table on which books can be placed. 6. A teachers' rest room which may be used also as a Medical Inspection Room. 7. A Principal's Office. Records and Reports All public liigli schools will be required to keep complete records and to make the "jDreliminary" and "annual" reports of their work, as heretofore required, on forms to be furnished by the State Depart-ment of Public Instruction. Inspection All public high schools will be subject to inspection at any time by the Department of Public Instruction. In this matter the policy of the department Avill continue to be, as it has been in the past, one of sympathetic cooperation, stimulation, and suggestion. 12 Public High Schools, 1920-1921 The Classification of High Schools There are two groups of standard high schools in North Carolina. Group I—Class A and Class B, and Group II—Class A and Class B. Group II—Class 11 is the lowest standard or accredited school. The standards for these groups are set forth as follows : Group I — Class A. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term—nine months, or ISO days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Number of teachers—four teachers of academic subjects and two teachers of vocational subjects—a total of six teachers. 4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 500 volumes. Group I Class B. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term—nine months, or ISO days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Number of teachers—four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be a teacher of vocational subjects. 4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library, of not fewer than 500 volumes. Group II — Class A. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term—eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be a teacher of voca-tional subjects. 4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty-five minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes. Group II Class B. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term—eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Three whole-time teachers. 4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty-five minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes. 8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance. CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH SCHOOLS (1920-1921) There is given below a classification of all the high schools in the State, according to the requirements as set forth above. This is the first time that such a classification has been printed in a report of the high school supervisor. Public High Schools, 1920-1921 13 GROUP I—CLASS A. School Place County Asheville High School Asheville Buncombe Burlington High School Burlington Alamance Charlotte High School Charlotte Mecklenburg Concord High School Concord Cabarrus Durham High School Durham Durham Elizabeth City High School Elizabeth City Pasquotank Fayetteville High School Fayetteville Cumberland Gastonia City School Gastonia Gaston Goldsboro High School Goldsboro Wayne Central High School Greensboro Guilford Greenville High School Greenville Pitt Hendersonville High School Hendersonville Henderson High Point High School High Point Guilford Kinston High School Kinston Lenoir Lexington High School Lexington Davidson Lumberton High School Lumberton Robeson Monroe High School Monroe Union New Bern High School New Bern. Craven North Wilkesboro High School North Wilkesboro Wilkes Pleasant Garden High School Pleasant Garden Guilford Raleigh High School Raleigh W^ake Reidsville High School Reidsville Rockingham Roanoke Rapids High School .....Roanoke Rapids Halifax Rocky Mount High School Rocky Mount Edgecombe Rockingham High School ..Rockingham Richmond Salisbury High School Salisbury Rowan Sanford High School Sanford Lee Shelby High School Shelby Cleveland Smithfield High School Smithfield Johnston Tarboro High School Tarboro Edgecombe Wadesboro High School Wadesboro Anson Washington High School Washington Beaufort West Durham High School West Durham Durham Wilmington High School -Wilmington New Hanover Wilson High School : -Wilson Wilson Winston-Salem High School Winston-Salem Forsyth GROUP I—CLASS B. ScJiool Place County Albemarle High School Albemarle Stanly Andrews High School Andrews Cherokee Asheboro High School Asheboro Randloph Biltmore High School Biltmore Buncombe Canton High School Canton Haywood Chadbourn High School Chadbourn Columbus Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill Orange Churchland High School JLinwood Davidson East Durham High School East Durham Durham Edenton High School Edenton Chowan Hamlet High School Hamlet Richmond Laurinburg High School Laurinburg Scotland Lenoir High School Lenoir Caldwell Marion High School Marion McDowell Morganton High School Morganton Burke Mount Airy High School Mount Airy 3urry 14 Public High Schools, 1920-1921 School Place County Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Wayne Oxford High School Oxford Granville Scotland J>feck High School Scotland Neck Halifax Spencer High School Spencer Rowan Thomasville High School Thomasville Davidson GROUP II—CLASS A. School Place County Ahoskie High School Ahoskie Hertford Burgaw High School Burgaw Pender Bladenboro High School Bladenboro Bladen Bessemer City High School Bessemer City Gaston Craven County Farm-life School Vanceboro Craven Clayton High School Clayton Johnston Clinton High School Clinton Sampson Cary High School Gary Wake Dallas High School Dallas Gaston Elm City High School Elm City Wilson Fremont High School Fremont Wayne Forest City High School Forest City Rutherford Grifton High School Grifton Pitt Huntersville High School Huntersville Mecklenburg Jamestown High School Jamestown Guilford Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain Cleveland Leaksville High School Leaksville Rockingham Lillington Farm-life School Lillington Harnett Lincolnton High School Lincolnton Lincoln Mount Holly High School Mount Holly Gaston Mooresville High School Mooresville Iredell Roxboro High School Roxboro Person Raeford High School Raeford ...Hoke Red Oak Farm-life School Red Oak Nash Rich Square High School Rich Square Northampton Startown Farm-life School Newton, R. 5 Catawba Sandhill Farm-life School Vass, R. 1 Moore Salemburg High School Salemburg Sampson Vance County Farm-life School Middleburg Vance Wallace High School Wallace Duplin Wakelon High School Zebulon Wake GROUP II—CLASS B. School Place County Aulander High School Aulander Bertie Ayden High School Ayden Pitt Belhaven High School Belhaven Beaufort Bryson City High School Bryson City Swain Carthage High School Carthage Moore Enfield High School Enfield Halifax Franklin High School Franklin Macon Franklinton High School Franklinton Franklin Jonesboro High School Jonesboro Lee Louisburg High School Louisburg Franklin Macon High School Macon Warren Piedmont High School Lawndale Cleveland Public High Schools, 1920-1921 15 School Place County Poplar Branch High School Poplar Branch Currituck Rowland High School [....Rowland Robeson Rutherfordton High School Rutherfordton Rutherford Siler City High School Siler City Chatham Stearns High School Columbus Polk St. Pauls High School St. Pauls Robeson Teacheys High School Teacheys Duplin Troy High School Troy Montgomery Waynesville High School Waynesville Haywood Warrenton High School Warrenton Warren Weldon High School Weldon Halifax Whiteville High School Whiteville Columbus HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, 1921-22 There has been steady development in the field of Secondary Edu-cation in this State since 1907. There are more boys and girls in the high schools today than ever before. A larger number of high school graduates went to college last year than ever before in the history of the State. In our program of training for citizenship in a democracy high school education assumes an increasingly important role. It is necessary, therefore, that the high school become the best possible agency for the training of the future citizens of the State and J^ation. To this end high schools should be so organized that the most effective work possible may be done. Some persons have had the notion, no doubt, that a teacher Avith indifferent equipment and a handful of students, Avithout definite classification, pursuing one or more of the traditional high school subjects, constituted a high school. This, however, is not the conception of a high school which should be entertained today. In order to do effective high school work there must be well trained teachers, properly prepared and classified pupils, adequate school room space and equipment, and the necessary amount of money to maintain the school. In an attempt to improve the work in high schools further classifi-cation is deemed advisable. The schools will be classified, therefore, r.s follows : I. EECOGNIZED II. CEETIFIED III. STA^DAED OE ACCEEDITED I. EECOGJsTIZED. A EECOGNIZED school is one that meets the following requirements : 1. Two year course of study beyond the seventh grade. That is, the work of the 8th and 9th grades, or the first and second years of high school. 2. A term of eight months or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. One whole-time high school teacher, holding proper certificate. 4. Eecitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length that each course may be 120 clock hours, or one unit of work. 5. Eight units required for the completion of the course. 6. A library of not fewer than 100 volumes. (See bulletin 33, High School Library.) 7. At least twenty pupils in average daily attendance. The time element in a EECOGNIZED school is the same as that in standard or accredited schools. This is necessary in order that a Public High Schools, 1921-1922 17 student may do sucli work as will be recognized at face value when the work of the last two years is undertaken. A student can go from a KECOGNIZED school to the next higher class, namely, CERTI-FIED and get credit for two years of work and complete the course in a CERTIFIED school in one year. Or a student may go from a RECOGNIZED school to a STANDARD school and complete the course in two years and receive all the benefits of graduation from a standard school. One teacher gives whole time to instruction. It is pretty clear that one teacher cannot do satisfactorily more than two years of work when there are twenty pupils in average daily attendance and only then by such alternation of subjects as is indi-cated in the Course of Study. II. CERTIFIED. A CERTIFIED High School is one that meets the following requirements : 1. Three years of work beyond, the seventh grade. That is, the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, or first, second and third years of high school. 2. A term of thirty-two weeks or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Two whole-time high school teachers, holding proper certificates. 4. Recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length in order that each course may be 120 clock hours, or one unit of work. 5. Twelve units of work required for completion of the course. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of General Science at least. 7. A library of not fewer than 200 volumes. (See bulletin 33, High School Library.) 8. At least thirty pupils in average daily attendance. The length of term and the length of recitation periods are identical with requirements for a STANDARD school. This is done that a student may get full credit for work completed when going from a CERTIFIED to a STANDARD School. In other words a person, who has completed the work in a CERTIFIED School can graduate from a STANDARD High School in one year and receive all the benefits of graduation from a STANDARD School. By certain alter-nation of subjects it will be possible for two teachers to give a good three year course and lay a good foundation for any further work that the student may undertake. III. STANDARD. The meaning of a STANDARD High School is prQtty clear to th^e high school people of the State. By a STANDARD or ACCREDITED School of the lowest class is meant the following : 1. A four year course of study beyond the seventh grade. 2. A term of eight months or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Three whole time high school teachers, holding proper certifi-cates. 2 18 Public High Schools, 1921-1922 4. Recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length, in order that each course may be the equivalent of 120 clock hours, or one unit of work. 5. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science, especially Gen-eral Science and Biology. 6. A library of not fewer than 300 volumes—(See bulletin 33, High School Library.) 7. Fifteen standard units required for graduation. 8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance. By proper organization and administration three teachers can give a very satisfactory course—equipping pupils for admission to college, or giving a good foundation for any work that the pupil may wish to undertake. The purpose of all classification or standardization of all high schools is that the work may be of the largest possible benefit to the student. The one aim of the high school is preparation of boys and girls for the best sort of living and any organization or classification that contributes to the realization of that aim is highly justified. HIGH SCHOOL STANDARDIZATIOJT, 1921-22 Intelligent interest in the development of high schools in ISTorth Carolina is manifested in no way better than in the attention which people in general are giving to the matter of standard high schools. Parents and pupils are raising the question as to the standing of their schools. There is constant demand for a standard school that the graduates may be the recipients of such benefits as are known to go along with standardization. The emphasis upon the establishment of standard schools in this State has not been for the sake of the standard, but for the sake of the increased effectiveness which standard-ization secures. It is true that the standard in this State is not as high as could be desired, but the standard can be raised when a suffi-cient number of schools have attained the goal already set. There are in this State 223 standard schools, public and private, urban and rural, white and colored. Of these standard schools 206 are white and 17 colored. Of the Avhite schools 171 are public and 35 private. Of the 17 colored schools 3 are public and 14 are private. The significance of this achievement is more clearly indicated when it is understood that a standard school of the lowest class is one that meets the following requirements : 1. A four-year course of study. 2. Length of term eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays. 3. Three 'whole-time high school teachers, holding proper certificates. 4. Length of recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in order that each course may be 120 clock hours or a unit of work. Public High Schools, 1921-1922 19 5. Fifteen standard units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science, at least Gen-erall Science and Biology. 7. A library of not fewer than 300 volumes, selected from the high school library list. 8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance. The schools which have been added to the list this year are as follows : Graham, Taylorsville, Jefferson (Pri.) Virginia-Carolina at Grassy Creek, Altamont at Crossnore, Pantego, "Windsor, Glen Alpine, More-head City, I^ewton, Bonlee, Dover, Manteo, Mocksville, Warsaw, Lowes Grove, Clemmons, Kernersville, Bunn, Belmont, Creedmoor, Pomona, Dunn, Sylva, Old Fort, Cornelius, Davidson, Mount Gilead, Jackson Springs, Seaboard, Jacksonville, Richlands, Stonewall, Philadelphus, Madison, Roseboro, Mitchell Home School (Pri.) at Misenheimer, King, Walnut Cove, Almond, Apex, Fuquay Springs, Wendell, N'orlina, Littleton, Pikeville, Stantonsburg, Boonville, Yancey Collegiate Institute, (Pri.) at Burnsville. The following private schools for the children of the colored race have been accredited this year : Joseph K. Brick School at Bricks, Albion Academy at Franklinton, Mary Potter School at Oxford, Kittrell College at Kittrell, Hender-son Institute at Henderson. SCHOOLS ADDED TO THE ACCREDITED LIST AS OF irXE 1, 192-2 SchnnI Principal County Irrr-uft Class Virginia-Carolina R. E. L. Plunimer....Ashe II B Jefferson High School (Pri.) W. L. Scott Ashe II B Taylorsville High School M. C. Terrell Alexander II A Altamont High School B. D. Franklin Avery II B Pantego High School P. Parker Beaufort II B Glen Alpine High School W. T. Bvrd Burke II B Newton High School J. P. Sifford Catawba I A Dover High School H. Lee Thomas Craven II A Manteo High School L. R. Williford Dare II B Mocksville High School F. R. Richardson Davie II B Warsaw High School C. B. Garrett Duplin II A Lowe's Grove High School T. H. Taylor Durham II A Clemmons High School T. F. Brower Forsyth II B Kernersville High School R. A. Sullivan Forsyth II B Bunn High School Herbert Randolph Franklin II B Pomona High School W. J. Sloan Guilford II A Dunn High School W. S. Snipes Harnett I B Sylva High School *. Melvin Robinson Jackson II B Benson High School J. R. Weaver Johnston II A Cornelius High School T. B. Whitener Mecklenburg II A Davidson High School A. L. Carrie JVIeckleaburg II B Fitting School (Pri.) (Queen's College) Dr. W. H. Frazer 3Iecklenburg I B Jackson Springs High School W. C. McCoU Moore II A Mount Gilead High School R. C. Cox Montgomery II B Seaboard High School L. E. Stuart Northampton II A Richlands High School R. C. Zimmerman Onslow II A Jacksonville High School Harry R. Frehn Onslow II A Stonewall High School Beulah Holton Pamlico II B Philadelphus High School J. L. Memory, Jr Robeson II A Madison High School J. C. Lassiter Rockingham II B 20 Public High Schools, 1921-1922 School Principal County Group Class Roseboro High School. D. V. Carter Sampson II B Mitchell Home School (Pri.) Ethel M. Chapin Stanly II B Walnut Cove High School E. F. Duncan Stokes II B Almond High School J. C. Reid Swain II B Apex High School Randolph Benton Wake II A Fuquav Springs High School W. E. Fleming Wake II B Wendell High School E. H. Moser ...Wake II A Norlina High School G. B. Harris Warren II B Littleton High School P. S. Sykes Warren II A Pikeville High School W. W. Rogers Wavne II B Boonville High School H. F. Pardue Yadkin II B Yancey Collegiate Institute I. N. Carr Yancey I B O.xford College (Prep. Dept.) P. P. Hobgood Granville I B Windsor High School J. G. Eldridje Bertie II B King High School H. A. Carroll Stokes II B « SPECIAL AID FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD HIGH SCHOOLS, 1921-1922 At the beginning of the session 1921-22 there were twenty-seven counties in the State that had no standard schools. They were as follows : Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, BrunsAvick, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Clay, Dare, Davie, Gates, Graham, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Madison, Mitchell, Onslow, Pamlico, Perquimans, Stokes, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Washington, Yadkin, Yancey. Standard schools were established in the following counties during the year and placed upon the accredited list at the close of the session 1921-22: Alexander—Taylorsville High School Ashe—Virginia-Carolina High School, Grassy Creek Avery—Altamont Consolidated High School, Crossnore Dare—Manteo High School Madison—Marshall High School Onslow—Jacksonville and Richlands High Schools Pamlico—Stonewall Stokes—Walnut Cove Yadkin—Boonville In addition to the appropriation of funds for the establishment of standard schools in counties which had no standard schools, appro-priations were made for the establishment of standard schools in the rural districts of certain counties. The following schools were assisted in becoming standard schools and were placed upon the list at the close of the session 1921-22 : Chatham—Bonlee High School Franklin—Bunn High School • Granville—Creedmoor High School Swain—Almond High School The following schools were added, but requirements for accredited rating were not met : Lenoir—Pink Hill High School McDowell—Nebo High School Randolph—Trinity High School Public High Schools, 1921-1922 21 The foundation was laid for the establishment of high schools in every county in the near future. The total list of appropriations, together with the amount appropriated to each school is given as follows : Coimty . ScJiool Amount Alexander Taylorsville $ 1250 Alleghany Piney Creek Sparta 1250 Ashe Srassy Creek 1250 Avery Avery r County-wide proposition) 2000 Bertie Mars Hill H. S 500 Bladen ...White Oak 1200 Brunswick Southport 1250 Camden South Mills ;.. 1250 Carteret Newport 1250 Caswell Yanceyville 1200 Chatham ,... Bonlee 1250 Clay Hayesville 1250 Currituck Poplar Branch 1250 Dare Manteo 1000 Davie Mocksville 1250 Franklin Bunn 1250 Gates Sunbury 1250 Graham Robbinsville 1250 Granville Creedmoor 500 Greene Snow Hill 1250 Haywood Bethel 1000 Hyde Lake Landing 1250 Jones Trenton '. 1250 Lenoir Pink Hill 1250 Macon Franklin 1250 Madison Marshall 1250 McDowell Nebo 1250 Mitchell Harris-Spruce Pine 1250 Montgomery Troy 1250 Onslow Jacksonville Richlands 1250 Pamlico Pamlico (Co. wide proposition) 2000 Perquimans Whiteston 500 Person Bethel Hill 1250 Polk Stearns 1100 Randolph Trinity H. S 1250 Rockingham Stoneville 1250 Stokes Walnut Cove 1250 Swain Almond 1250 Transylvania Brevard and Rosman 1250 Tyrrell , Columbia 1250 Washington Plymouth-Creswell 1250 Yadkin Boonville 600 Yancey Bald Creek 1250 Total $54,350 22 Public High Schools, 1921-1922 TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS PURSUING EACH SUBJECT TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL, 1921-22 Subject Total Grammar 13,962 Composition and Rhetoric 13,225 Literature 32,590 Spelling 12,452 Advanced Arithmetic 12,258 Algebra 21,897 Plane Geometry 6,310 Solid Geometry 6;74 Trigonometry 116 Business Arithmetic 867 Ancient History 7,959 English History 3,316 General, Modern and Medieval 6,844 United States 4,954 North Carolina 491 Civics 10,451 Latin 23,505 French 9,254 German 230 Spanish 870 Greek 4 General Science 11,259 Physical Geography 3,669 Physiology 1,571 Botany 650 Physics - 2,195 Chemistry 1,413 Biology 3,037 Bookkeeping 804 Commercial Arithmetic 691 Shorthand 603 Typewriting 767 Manual Training 882 Agriculture 1,476 Home Economics 4,316 Drawing 434 Singing 1,199 Piano 1,144 Business Law 93 Other Subjects '. 1,895 Public High Schools, 1921-1922 23 STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEARS 1919-1920, 1920-1921, 1921-1922 School: 1919-20 Schools reporting four-year courses 274 Schools reporting three-year courses 85 Schools reporting two-year courses 51 Schools reporting one-year courses 10 Teachers: Total number of high school teachers 1423 Number whole-time teachers 1143 Number part-time teachers 280 Number male teachers 484 Number female teachers 939 Enrollment: Total number of students enrolled 29,294 Number of boys enrolled 12,563 Number of girls enrolled 16,731 Enrollmea^t by Grades or Years: Number of first-year students enrolled 12,685 Number of second year students enrolled.... 7,780 Number of third year students enrolled.... 5,460 Number of fourth year students enrolled.... 3,366 Average Daily Atthndance: Total average daily attendance 22,513 Number of boys in Av. D. Att 9,076 Number of girls in Av. D. Att 13,437 Graduates : Total number of graduates 2,999 Number of boys graduating 1,001 Number of girls graduating 1,998 1920-21 24 Public High Schools, 1919-1920 o a o "o o a 00 I. , Public High Schools, 1919-1920 C3 3 o c4 'o a c h» c^i CO CO c-1 CO ci c^ to lo 00 CO CJ -^ ^^ ^- fO IM t^ -^ »— CO 00 ic^JiO^H ^ <C^C-> ^"(M 03 > o o T I. o o >> o a o o o o >1 o CO CO CO 0> CO 00 00 lO r^ CO I c^ <}* m c^ C^-* CMCOt^^^ TT-^'^O CMCO O 00 CO ^ ^^ Oi fr) 'rt* ^^ -rp -rp CM-* CI CO COCO 26 , Public High Schools, 1919-1920 03 uo >> Si Public High Schools, 1919-1920 27 28 Public High Schools, 1919-1920 T3 OS o H >. Public High Schools, 1919-1920 29 30 Public High Schools, 1919-1920 o >. S V s a O OS I. 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M Cj JT ">S O C t. C j; X « ° o tH a; '^ ^ n fi< « « C3 a o 162 Public High Schools 1921-1922 O >> a 0 00 I. u oH m Public High Schools 1921-1922 163 164 Public High Schools 1921-1922 a a Public High Schools 1921-1922 166 166 Public High Schools 1921-1922 o a Public High Schools 1921-1922 167 o o cDX''r».'^c^3J Oiff ^ C^ C-1 C-l C) O ^ C<i o H ^ C5 C^ •<J* -^ 00 o C^ c a c 0) < r^ ^ o o T U -*^ 00 I. O ^^ ;D cc »o C-l 00 >1 O CD CC -M trj cc --o h* t." (M t— -* cc -^ I^ — CO T— r*. 00 ^ oo c >> o r- c-i I lo r* ci c^i :o 1— t^ n c-i CO C-l 1 ^ o T— t^ . * a h* t^ rj* -.O O o CO CI t^ OO O ^1 O '-0 *-0 O 00 0) _-,,_,.-.^ mc^j ^H o o pa Oi :o r^ o J2 o O oo Mom a ao o oot^"^«ocoo cor>- c o D3 OJ-^dtM-^t^ CJCO fj^ C^ CO CO rjH «o o> o ro o CD CO T" o c P5 00 O CO CO t^ C5 00 O CO bt QJ -3 g w H^ c: W &: ^ t^ CO -* CO (M I -^ 01 « ^ " :S Z O 3 M -O S o O S C3 g K O W >- •< T3 ^ S ^ O s a 03 » ^ g m a o 268 Public High Schools 1921-1922 SUMMARY: PRIVATE SCHOOLS 1921-22. Male Female Total Number whole time High School Teachers 110 121 251 Number part time High School Teachers 34 80 114 Bovs Girls Total Enrolhnent 2,276 2,302 4,578 Average daily attendance 1,708 1,662 3,370 Enrollment by Grade : Istyear 552 700 1,252 2d year 505 628 1,133 Sdyear 460 549 1,009 4th year 357 517 S74 Average daily attendance by Grade: Istyear 321 350 671 2d year 323 345 668 3dyear. 295 315 610 4th year 215 267 482 Graduates 289 337 626 Pkivate High Schools 1921-1922 169 T5 o c I O 170 Private High Schools 1921-1922 u5 >n 1^ n < Eh 3 o '3 Q o O O T •3 o •a O J3 O o o o D3 °3 "o H O o ffl C3 O O o P9 o a o ^ eo 00 O J3 o o Tu >* -0 oo C 3O O o o o O o cq Private High Schools 1921-1922 171 •a O c O o 02 172 Private High Schools 1921-1922 03 3 13 C3 uo si O Oi o en CO OTJ Private High Schools 1921-1922 173 o a C3 om o oo o O o Q 174 Pkivate High Schools 1921-1922 Private High Schools 1921-1922 175 176 Pkivate High Schools 1921-1922 t^ -H 03 C-1 •-( S3 3 uo oH O >> on t^ -s CO -^ S s o 03 c '3 Q <i> cS a) > -d ca O J3 O 13 -d o J3 >* A o -d CO oOA o QQ I •s 3Oo oH O o PQ o H a o PQ o 5 o pq o O >> o ffl o a o P5 03 O O o CO »-H CO ^ O rt %n -^ t^ ^ t^ '-* oo _ 3 W £ O M 2: -^ B a
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Title | Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina to Governor..., for the scholastic years... |
Other Title | Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina to Governor, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth annual reports, State Supervisor of Public High Schools |
Creator | North Carolina. Department of Public Instruction. |
Date | 1920; 1921; 1922 |
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Educational Publication No. 74 Division of Supervision No. 18
THIRTEENTH
FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORTS
of the
State Supervisor of Public High Schools
of
NORTH CAROLINA
FOR THE
Scholastic Years Ending June 30
1920, 1921, AND 1922
BY
J. HENRY HIGHSMITH
State Supervisor of Public Schools
published by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Raleigh, N. C.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Mr. a. T, Allen,'}
Superintendent of Puhlic Instruction,
Raleigh, N. C.
My dear Mr. Allen :
The Annual Report of the High School Inspector has not been
printed separately since 1919, when the Twelfth Annual Report was
published. The reports for 1919-20, 1920-21, and 1921-22 are en-closed
herewith for publication. These constitute, therefore, the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Annual Reports of the High
School Inspector. For the sake of convenience and to lessen expense
the three reports are printed in one volume. The essential facts
relative to the high school situation are given for the various years.
Sincerely yours,
Supervisor of High Schools.
Raleigh, February 13, 1924.
CONTENTS
Pa{,e
Letter of Transmittal 3
The High School Situation, 1919-1920 5
Accredited High Schools, 1919-1920 7
Facts Relative to the High School Situation, 1920-1921 9
High School Organization, 1920-1921 10
Classification of High Schools, 1920-1921 12
High School Organization, 1921-1922 16
High School Standardization, 1921-1922 18
Schools Added to the Accredited List June 1, 1922 19
Special Aid for Establishment of Standard High Schools, 1921-1922.. 20
Total Number of Students of Each Subject Taught, 1921-1922 22
Statistical Summary for the Years 1919-1920; 1920-1921; 1921-1922 23
Table I Statistical Report 1919-1920 24
Table II Statistical Report 1920-1921 68
Table III Statistical Report 1921-1922 118
Summary: Private Schools 1921-1922 168
Table IV Statistical Report Private Schools 1921-1922 169
THE HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION, 1919-1920
There has been much progress iu the development of our high
schools during the past decade, but an analysis of the present situ-ation
reveals the fact that much remains to be done.
The tables given in this report were taken from the annual reports
of 420 public high schools, (white), giving one or more years of high
school work. The total number of pupils enrolled was 29,294, the
largest enrollment in the history of the State. While this is signifi-cant,
a study of the enrollment by years reveals the fact that there
is decided elimination of pupils from the schools during the first and
second years particularly. It may be possible to account for this
elimination, but the fact remains that it is enormous and should
be prevented as far as possible. The holding power of the high
school should be increased.
The number of graduates indicates that ten per cent of those
enrolled in high school completed the course. This percentage should
be higher, but the fact that enrollment in institutions of higher learn-ing
is increasing so rapidly is a tribute to the effectiveness of our
high schools in training boys and girls to meet college entrance re-quirements.
The number of high schools per county ranges all the way from
one each in Graham and Brunswick to 19 in Buncombe and 20 in
Mecklenburg.
There is great need for consolidation of schools in order that a
few strong, centrally located high schools may be developed in each
county. For example, there are 14 schools in Rowan attempting
high school work, and 12 in Davidson, 11 in Johnston and 13 in
Guilford. More satisfactory results could be secured if the smaller
schools were consolidated and the pupils transported.
There is growing interest in the matter of standard or accredited
schools.
There are 147 accredited high schools in the State. Of these
schools, 141 are white schools, 6 are colored, 102 urban, 45 rural;
13 6 public, and 31 private.
An accredited school is one that meets the following requirements:
1. Three Avhole-time teachers, holding proper class of certificates.
2. Four-year course of study.
3. Term at least 160 days.
4. Recitation periods 45 minutes in length.
5. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of science.
6. Library facilities.
7. Fifteen units required for graduation.
8. Forty-five pupils in average daily attendance.
6 Public High Schools, 1919-1920
The following counties have no standard public high schools:
Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Cas-well,
Currituck, Dare, Davie, Gates, Graham, Greene, Harnett, Hert-ford,
Hyde, Jones, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Montgomery, Ons-low,
Pamlico, Perquimans, Stokes, Transylvania, Washington, Yad-kin,
Yancey.
There should be, at least, one public high school of standard grade
in every county in the State. The action of the General Assembly
at its special session in August, making available a fund for assist-ing
in establishing standard high schools, will greatly facilitate this
work.
From the facts given it is very manifest that a good deal of the
high school work is not of the character that it should be because no
one teacher ought to undertake to give four years of high school work.
In fact in order to do satisfactory work three teachers should be em-ployed
in schools offering four years of high school work and a four
year course should never be offered unless the school has, at least, two
whole time teachers. Even then a four year course cannot be given
unless provision is made for alternation of subjects.
Some of the outstanding features of the present situation should
be noted. The great need of all of our high schools is a sufficient
amount of money. High school instruction is more costly than in-struction
in elementary schools and the high schools of the State
should be subsidized or the appropriations increased in some way.
An enormous amount of money is needed for buildings and equip-ment.
There are very few high schools in the State that are at all
adequately equipped. This is not a criticism, it is simply a state-ment
of facts and the only way to remedy the situation is to get and
spend the necessary amount of money. The source of this money for
high schools, as in all other cases, is the property of the folks, and
the method of securing it is taxation. We need to understand this
and to provide more liberally for our high schools.
In the next place, the high school course of study should be
changed. There is too great insistence upon traditional subjects. A
great many schools still require each student to take Latin, and will
allow no substitution therefor. This is wrong. Such a subject as
Latin ought to be oifered to everybody, but required of nobody.
The high school course of study in a great many instances needs to be
enriched and made more elastic. There is great need for the teach-ing
of science in the high schools. Science teachers are needed. To
snpply this need, an arrangement is being made with directors of
summer schools for special work in general science during the sum-mer
of 1921. It will be possible for a high school teacher to go to a
summer school and spend the entire six weeks on general science,
Public High Schools, 1919-1920
doing text-book work and laboratory work together with some dis-cussion
of methods of teaching science. A teacher who has had good
general academic training will be able to secure such mastery of gen-eral
science as will enable her to do effective work in teaching this
subject.
A constant need is well trained teachers for our high schools. The
institutions of higher education are not turning out a sufficient number
of "well trained men and women to become teachers in our high schools
and every effort possible should be made to make it attractive for
strong young men and women to become teachers in the high schools
of the State. Our obligation, then, is
:
1. Adequate support for our high schools.
2. Well trained teachers.
3. Consolidation of schools and transportation of pupils.
4. A broader course of study. Minimizing the classics and an em-phasis
upon science.
5. Better buildings and better equipment.
6. At least one standard high school in every county in ]^orth
Carolina.
ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS, 1919-1920
(Name and Location of School.)
Andrews: High School
Asheboro: High School
Asheville:
Asheville School
Bingham School
City High School
Normal and Collegiate Institute
St. Genevieve's Academy
Aulander: High School
Beaufort: High School
Belhaven: High School
Belmont: High School
Bessemer City: High School
Biltmore: High School
Boiling Springs: High School
Brevard: Brevard Institute
Burgaw: High School
Burlington: High School
Carthage: High School
Cary: High School
Chadbourn: High School
Chapel Hill: High School
Charlotte:
City High School
Horner Military School
Cherryville: High School
China Grove: High School
Churchland: Churchland High School
Clayton: High School
Clinton: High School
Columbus: Stearns High School
Concord: High School
Conover: Concordia College
Dallas: High School
Dunn: High School
Durham
:
City High School
Trinity Park School
East Durham: High School
Edenton: High School
Elizabeth City: High School
Enfield: High School
Farmville: High School
Fayetteville:
Donaldson Military School
Fayetteville Higli School
Fremont: High School
Gastonia: High School
Goldsboro: High School
Greensboro: High School
Greenville: High School
Hamlet: High School
Harmony: High School
Henderson: High School
Public High Schools, 1919-1920
Hendersonville:
High School
Fassifern School
Blue Ridge School for Boys
Hickory: High School
High Point: High School
Huntersville: High School
Jamestown: High School
Kinston: High School
LaGrange: High School
Laurinburg: High School
Leaksville: High School
Lenoir: High School
Lexington: High School
Lillington: High School
Lincolnton: High School
Louisburg: High School
Lumberton: High School
Marion: High School
Mars Hill: Mars Hill College
Maxton: High School
Monroe: High School
Montreat: Montreat Normal School
Mooresville: High School
Morganton: High School
Mount Airy: High School
Mount Holly: High School
Mount Olive: High School
Mount Pleasant:
Collegiate Institute
Mont Amoena Seminary
New Bern: High School
Newton: Startown High School
North Wilkesboro: High School
Oak Ridge: Oak Ridge Institute
Oxford: Oxford High School
Pleasant Garden: High School
Raleigh: High School
Red Springs: Philadelphus High
School
Reidsville: High School
Rockingham: High School
Rocky Mount:
High School
• Red Oak High School
Rutherfordton:
High School
Westminister School
Salisbury: High School
Sanford : High School
Scotland Neck: High School
Selma: High School
Shelby: High School
Smithfield: High School
Spencer: High School
Statesville: High School
Tarboro: High School
Troy: High School
Vanceboro: Craven Co. Farm-life
School
Vass: Sand Hill High School
Wadesboro: High School
Warsaw: High School
Washington: High School
Whiteville: High School
Waynesville: High School
Williamston: High School
Wilmington : High School
Wilson: High School
Winston-Salem:
High School
Salem Academy
Zebulon: Wakelon High School
FACTS RELATIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SITUATION
1920-1921
The General Assembly of N'ortli Carolina at tlie extra session in
1920 and the regailar session in 1921 enacted laws that vitally affect
the high schools of the State. High schools are now recognized as a
vital, integral, organic part of the public school system. The legis-lation
affecting high schools may be stated as follows
:
1. The salaries of high school teachers will be provided as the sal-aries
of all other public school teachers, the State schedule furnishing
the basis for these salaries. (See "An Act to Provide Revenue for the
Public Schools for Six Months for Teacher Training and Administra-tion.")
2. In a great many districts high school work has been retarded
because of the lack of adequate facilities. The high school will share
in the benefits of the legislation providing for a special building fund.
(See "An Act to Provide a Special Building Fund to be Loaned to
County Boards of Education to Aid in Erecting Schoolhouses.")
3. The high school is affected by the law relating to vocational
education. For the provision of this act see section 5394 of the School
Law, entitled "Amended Sections of the Law Relating to Vocational
Education."
4. The most significant legislation with reference to high schools
is section 13 of the "Act to Provide Revenue for the Public Schools for
Six Months." The section reads as follows
:
Sectiox 13. There shall be appropriated annually from the State Public
School Fund the sum of $224,000 for the encouragement of vocational edu-cation,
and for the building of standard high schools in the rural districts,
and providing teacher training courses in public high schools. So much of
this amount as may be necessary shall be used by the State Board for
Vocational Education to meet the Federal appropriation under the Smith-
Hughes Act for the encouragement of vocational education and for the re-habilitation
of persons injured in industries or otherwise. The State Board
of Education is hereby authorized to spend the remainder in aiding the
establishment in rural districts of consolidated schools containing high
schools. The preference ^hall be given first to those counties having no stand-ard
high school, and second to those counties having no standard high school
in the rural districts: Provided, that no part of this fund shall be used in any
school unit containing less than Ave teachers, nor in districts having a
special local tax rate voted by the people less than the average rate voted
in the State, in addition to the State and county school tax for the six
months school term, nor in any district containing a town of more than
1,500 inhabitants, unless the number of children living in the rural district
attending school shall exceed the number attending from within the incor-porated
limits of said town.
10 Public High Schools, 1920-1921
It is estimated that relatively $75,000 of this fund will be available
for high schools. It is the purpose of the Department of Public
Instruction to apply this fund as stated in the law for the establishment
and maintenance of standard high schools in the thirty or more counties
that have no standard schools at the present time. It will be the pur-pose
of the State Department to use this money in sufficiently large
amounts to make it really effective in securing a high grade of institu-tions
and therefore of instruction, rather than to spend it in small
amounts upon a larger number of schools.
Attention is called to the following conditions upon which this
fund of $224,000 will be administered, or so much of it as will be
devoted to high schools:
1. The school unit must have at least five teachers. As a rule,
however, it will require a school employing seven or more teachers and
having an enrollment of not fewer than 250 pupils.
2. The school district must have a special tax rate of approximately
thirty cents (.30), as that is about the average rate voted in the State.
3. Appropriations Avill be made only to schools in the rural dis-tricts
or in towns of not more than 1,500 inhabitants, unless the num-ber
of children living in the rural district attending school shall exceed
the number attending within incorporated limits of any town.
4. In order to secure appropriations from this fund it will be nec-essary
in most cases for small schools to be consolidated in order to
create a school unit of sufficient size.
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State High
School Inspector have worked out the following plans providing for
high school instruction under North Carolina's New Six Months School
Law. Both superintendents and high school principals are requested to
study these plans with reference to their application to their respective
schools.
High School Instruction in Non-standard Schools
1. 'No school shall be recognized as competent to sustain a high school
department, unless it is maintained for at least eight months.
2. There must be at least twenty pupils in average daily attendance
in grades above the seventh, or elementary school, for a school to be
recognized as a high school.
3. There must be at least five teachers in the school unit, at least
one of whom must devote his whole time to distinctively high school
work.
4. A holder of a High School Teachers' Certificate of Class A may
be principal of a non-standard high school.
Public High Schools, 1920-1921 11
5. A school may employ two high school teachers if there are thirty
pupils in average daily attendance in the high school.
6. A third high school teacher will be allowed when the number of
high school pupils in daily attendance for the year is forty-five or
more; provided the number of pupils in the fourth year high school
course is sufficient to justify it, and the building and equipment are
adequate to the needs of such school.
Courses of Study
The former policy with regard to the high school program of
studies will be continued. There will be no prescribed curriculum
for all high schools to follow. Local school authorities will have
ample freedom to make such local adaptations in the high school
curriculum as are possible with the means at hand and as they may
deem wnse, subject to the State's standards for accredited schools. The
State Department of Public Instruction will, as in the past, issue
suggested courses for the guidance and the assistance of principals and
other local authorities, but there will be no rigid prescription in this
matter. Any department of the high school that has heretofore been
maintained at public expense may be continued.
The School Building
A complete plan for a Consolidated School, besides the regular
class-rooms, should contain
:
1. An auditorium with movable seats so that it can also be used as a
gymnasium. The minimum size being 40x60 feet.
2. A room for nature study, biology and agriculture to be known as a
General Science Room.
3. A room for domestic science and sewing to be known as a Home
Economics Room.
4. A room where skill and practice in the use of tools can be given, repair
work done, etc., to be known as a Shop Work Room.
5. A Library Room with reading table on which books can be placed.
6. A teachers' rest room which may be used also as a Medical Inspection
Room.
7. A Principal's Office.
Records and Reports
All public liigli schools will be required to keep complete records and
to make the "jDreliminary" and "annual" reports of their work, as
heretofore required, on forms to be furnished by the State Depart-ment
of Public Instruction.
Inspection
All public high schools will be subject to inspection at any time by
the Department of Public Instruction. In this matter the policy of
the department Avill continue to be, as it has been in the past, one of
sympathetic cooperation, stimulation, and suggestion.
12 Public High Schools, 1920-1921
The Classification of High Schools
There are two groups of standard high schools in North Carolina.
Group I—Class A and Class B, and Group II—Class A and Class B.
Group II—Class 11 is the lowest standard or accredited school. The
standards for these groups are set forth as follows
:
Group I
—
Class A.
1. Four-year course of study.
2. Length of term—nine months, or ISO days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Number of teachers—four teachers of academic subjects and two
teachers of vocational subjects—a total of six teachers.
4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty minutes.
5. Fifteen units required for graduation.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science.
7. Library of not fewer than 500 volumes.
Group I
Class B.
1. Four-year course of study.
2. Length of term—nine months, or ISO days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Number of teachers—four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be
a teacher of vocational subjects.
4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty minutes.
5. Fifteen units required for graduation.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science.
7. Library, of not fewer than 500 volumes.
Group II
—
Class A.
1. Four-year course of study.
2. Length of term—eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be a teacher of voca-tional
subjects.
4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty-five minutes.
5. Fifteen units required for graduation.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science.
7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes.
Group II
Class B.
1. Four-year course of study.
2. Length of term—eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Three whole-time teachers.
4. Length of recitation periods—at least forty-five minutes.
5. Fifteen units required for graduation.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science.
7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes.
8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance.
CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH SCHOOLS
(1920-1921)
There is given below a classification of all the high schools in the
State, according to the requirements as set forth above. This is the
first time that such a classification has been printed in a report of
the high school supervisor.
Public High Schools, 1920-1921 13
GROUP I—CLASS A.
School Place County
Asheville High School Asheville Buncombe
Burlington High School Burlington Alamance
Charlotte High School Charlotte Mecklenburg
Concord High School Concord Cabarrus
Durham High School Durham Durham
Elizabeth City High School Elizabeth City Pasquotank
Fayetteville High School Fayetteville Cumberland
Gastonia City School Gastonia Gaston
Goldsboro High School Goldsboro Wayne
Central High School Greensboro Guilford
Greenville High School Greenville Pitt
Hendersonville High School Hendersonville Henderson
High Point High School High Point Guilford
Kinston High School Kinston Lenoir
Lexington High School Lexington Davidson
Lumberton High School Lumberton Robeson
Monroe High School Monroe Union
New Bern High School New Bern. Craven
North Wilkesboro High School North Wilkesboro Wilkes
Pleasant Garden High School Pleasant Garden Guilford
Raleigh High School Raleigh W^ake
Reidsville High School Reidsville Rockingham
Roanoke Rapids High School .....Roanoke Rapids Halifax
Rocky Mount High School Rocky Mount Edgecombe
Rockingham High School ..Rockingham Richmond
Salisbury High School Salisbury Rowan
Sanford High School Sanford Lee
Shelby High School Shelby Cleveland
Smithfield High School Smithfield Johnston
Tarboro High School Tarboro Edgecombe
Wadesboro High School Wadesboro Anson
Washington High School Washington Beaufort
West Durham High School West Durham Durham
Wilmington High School -Wilmington New Hanover
Wilson High School : -Wilson Wilson
Winston-Salem High School Winston-Salem Forsyth
GROUP I—CLASS B.
ScJiool Place County
Albemarle High School Albemarle Stanly
Andrews High School Andrews Cherokee
Asheboro High School Asheboro Randloph
Biltmore High School Biltmore Buncombe
Canton High School Canton Haywood
Chadbourn High School Chadbourn Columbus
Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill Orange
Churchland High School JLinwood Davidson
East Durham High School East Durham Durham
Edenton High School Edenton Chowan
Hamlet High School Hamlet Richmond
Laurinburg High School Laurinburg Scotland
Lenoir High School Lenoir Caldwell
Marion High School Marion McDowell
Morganton High School Morganton Burke
Mount Airy High School Mount Airy 3urry
14 Public High Schools, 1920-1921
School Place County
Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Wayne
Oxford High School Oxford Granville
Scotland J>feck High School Scotland Neck Halifax
Spencer High School Spencer Rowan
Thomasville High School Thomasville Davidson
GROUP II—CLASS A.
School Place County
Ahoskie High School Ahoskie Hertford
Burgaw High School Burgaw Pender
Bladenboro High School Bladenboro Bladen
Bessemer City High School Bessemer City Gaston
Craven County Farm-life School Vanceboro Craven
Clayton High School Clayton Johnston
Clinton High School Clinton Sampson
Cary High School Gary Wake
Dallas High School Dallas Gaston
Elm City High School Elm City Wilson
Fremont High School Fremont Wayne
Forest City High School Forest City Rutherford
Grifton High School Grifton Pitt
Huntersville High School Huntersville Mecklenburg
Jamestown High School Jamestown Guilford
Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain Cleveland
Leaksville High School Leaksville Rockingham
Lillington Farm-life School Lillington Harnett
Lincolnton High School Lincolnton Lincoln
Mount Holly High School Mount Holly Gaston
Mooresville High School Mooresville Iredell
Roxboro High School Roxboro Person
Raeford High School Raeford ...Hoke
Red Oak Farm-life School Red Oak Nash
Rich Square High School Rich Square Northampton
Startown Farm-life School Newton, R. 5 Catawba
Sandhill Farm-life School Vass, R. 1 Moore
Salemburg High School Salemburg Sampson
Vance County Farm-life School Middleburg Vance
Wallace High School Wallace Duplin
Wakelon High School Zebulon Wake
GROUP II—CLASS B.
School Place County
Aulander High School Aulander Bertie
Ayden High School Ayden Pitt
Belhaven High School Belhaven Beaufort
Bryson City High School Bryson City Swain
Carthage High School Carthage Moore
Enfield High School Enfield Halifax
Franklin High School Franklin Macon
Franklinton High School Franklinton Franklin
Jonesboro High School Jonesboro Lee
Louisburg High School Louisburg Franklin
Macon High School Macon Warren
Piedmont High School Lawndale Cleveland
Public High Schools, 1920-1921 15
School Place County
Poplar Branch High School Poplar Branch Currituck
Rowland High School [....Rowland Robeson
Rutherfordton High School Rutherfordton Rutherford
Siler City High School Siler City Chatham
Stearns High School Columbus Polk
St. Pauls High School St. Pauls Robeson
Teacheys High School Teacheys Duplin
Troy High School Troy Montgomery
Waynesville High School Waynesville Haywood
Warrenton High School Warrenton Warren
Weldon High School Weldon Halifax
Whiteville High School Whiteville Columbus
HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, 1921-22
There has been steady development in the field of Secondary Edu-cation
in this State since 1907. There are more boys and girls in
the high schools today than ever before. A larger number of high
school graduates went to college last year than ever before in the
history of the State. In our program of training for citizenship in a
democracy high school education assumes an increasingly important
role. It is necessary, therefore, that the high school become the best
possible agency for the training of the future citizens of the State
and J^ation. To this end high schools should be so organized that
the most effective work possible may be done. Some persons have
had the notion, no doubt, that a teacher Avith indifferent equipment
and a handful of students, Avithout definite classification, pursuing
one or more of the traditional high school subjects, constituted a
high school. This, however, is not the conception of a high school
which should be entertained today. In order to do effective high
school work there must be well trained teachers, properly prepared
and classified pupils, adequate school room space and equipment, and
the necessary amount of money to maintain the school.
In an attempt to improve the work in high schools further classifi-cation
is deemed advisable. The schools will be classified, therefore,
r.s follows
:
I. EECOGNIZED
II. CEETIFIED
III. STA^DAED OE ACCEEDITED
I. EECOGJsTIZED. A EECOGNIZED school is one that meets
the following requirements
:
1. Two year course of study beyond the seventh grade. That is,
the work of the 8th and 9th grades, or the first and second years of
high school.
2. A term of eight months or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. One whole-time high school teacher, holding proper certificate.
4. Eecitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length that each
course may be 120 clock hours, or one unit of work.
5. Eight units required for the completion of the course.
6. A library of not fewer than 100 volumes. (See bulletin 33,
High School Library.)
7. At least twenty pupils in average daily attendance.
The time element in a EECOGNIZED school is the same as that
in standard or accredited schools. This is necessary in order that a
Public High Schools, 1921-1922 17
student may do sucli work as will be recognized at face value when
the work of the last two years is undertaken. A student can go from
a KECOGNIZED school to the next higher class, namely, CERTI-FIED
and get credit for two years of work and complete the course
in a CERTIFIED school in one year. Or a student may go from a
RECOGNIZED school to a STANDARD school and complete the
course in two years and receive all the benefits of graduation from a
standard school. One teacher gives whole time to instruction. It
is pretty clear that one teacher cannot do satisfactorily more than
two years of work when there are twenty pupils in average daily
attendance and only then by such alternation of subjects as is indi-cated
in the Course of Study.
II. CERTIFIED. A CERTIFIED High School is one that
meets the following requirements
:
1. Three years of work beyond, the seventh grade. That is, the
eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, or first, second and third years of
high school.
2. A term of thirty-two weeks or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Two whole-time high school teachers, holding proper certificates.
4. Recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length in order
that each course may be 120 clock hours, or one unit of work.
5. Twelve units of work required for completion of the course.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of General Science at least.
7. A library of not fewer than 200 volumes. (See bulletin 33,
High School Library.)
8. At least thirty pupils in average daily attendance.
The length of term and the length of recitation periods are identical
with requirements for a STANDARD school. This is done that a
student may get full credit for work completed when going from a
CERTIFIED to a STANDARD School. In other words a person,
who has completed the work in a CERTIFIED School can graduate
from a STANDARD High School in one year and receive all the
benefits of graduation from a STANDARD School. By certain alter-nation
of subjects it will be possible for two teachers to give a good
three year course and lay a good foundation for any further work that
the student may undertake.
III. STANDARD. The meaning of a STANDARD High School
is prQtty clear to th^e high school people of the State. By a
STANDARD or ACCREDITED School of the lowest class is meant
the following
:
1. A four year course of study beyond the seventh grade.
2. A term of eight months or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Three whole time high school teachers, holding proper certifi-cates.
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4. Recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in length, in order
that each course may be the equivalent of 120 clock hours, or one
unit of work.
5. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science, especially Gen-eral
Science and Biology.
6. A library of not fewer than 300 volumes—(See bulletin 33,
High School Library.)
7. Fifteen standard units required for graduation.
8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance.
By proper organization and administration three teachers can give
a very satisfactory course—equipping pupils for admission to college,
or giving a good foundation for any work that the pupil may wish to
undertake.
The purpose of all classification or standardization of all high
schools is that the work may be of the largest possible benefit to the
student. The one aim of the high school is preparation of boys and
girls for the best sort of living and any organization or classification
that contributes to the realization of that aim is highly justified.
HIGH SCHOOL STANDARDIZATIOJT, 1921-22
Intelligent interest in the development of high schools in ISTorth
Carolina is manifested in no way better than in the attention which
people in general are giving to the matter of standard high schools.
Parents and pupils are raising the question as to the standing of their
schools. There is constant demand for a standard school that the
graduates may be the recipients of such benefits as are known to go
along with standardization. The emphasis upon the establishment
of standard schools in this State has not been for the sake of the
standard, but for the sake of the increased effectiveness which standard-ization
secures. It is true that the standard in this State is not as
high as could be desired, but the standard can be raised when a suffi-cient
number of schools have attained the goal already set.
There are in this State 223 standard schools, public and private,
urban and rural, white and colored. Of these standard schools 206
are white and 17 colored. Of the Avhite schools 171 are public and
35 private. Of the 17 colored schools 3 are public and 14 are private.
The significance of this achievement is more clearly indicated when
it is understood that a standard school of the lowest class is one that
meets the following requirements
:
1. A four-year course of study.
2. Length of term eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holidays.
3. Three 'whole-time high school teachers, holding proper certificates.
4. Length of recitation periods at least forty-five minutes in order
that each course may be 120 clock hours or a unit of work.
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5. Fifteen standard units required for graduation.
6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science, at least Gen-erall
Science and Biology.
7. A library of not fewer than 300 volumes, selected from the high
school library list.
8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance.
The schools which have been added to the list this year are as
follows :
Graham, Taylorsville, Jefferson (Pri.) Virginia-Carolina at Grassy
Creek, Altamont at Crossnore, Pantego, "Windsor, Glen Alpine, More-head
City, I^ewton, Bonlee, Dover, Manteo, Mocksville, Warsaw,
Lowes Grove, Clemmons, Kernersville, Bunn, Belmont, Creedmoor,
Pomona, Dunn, Sylva, Old Fort, Cornelius, Davidson, Mount Gilead,
Jackson Springs, Seaboard, Jacksonville, Richlands, Stonewall,
Philadelphus, Madison, Roseboro, Mitchell Home School (Pri.) at
Misenheimer, King, Walnut Cove, Almond, Apex, Fuquay Springs,
Wendell, N'orlina, Littleton, Pikeville, Stantonsburg, Boonville, Yancey
Collegiate Institute, (Pri.) at Burnsville.
The following private schools for the children of the colored race
have been accredited this year
:
Joseph K. Brick School at Bricks, Albion Academy at Franklinton,
Mary Potter School at Oxford, Kittrell College at Kittrell, Hender-son
Institute at Henderson.
SCHOOLS ADDED TO THE ACCREDITED LIST
AS OF irXE 1, 192-2
SchnnI Principal County Irrr-uft Class
Virginia-Carolina R. E. L. Plunimer....Ashe II B
Jefferson High School (Pri.) W. L. Scott Ashe II B
Taylorsville High School M. C. Terrell Alexander II A
Altamont High School B. D. Franklin Avery II B
Pantego High School P. Parker Beaufort II B
Glen Alpine High School W. T. Bvrd Burke II B
Newton High School J. P. Sifford Catawba I A
Dover High School H. Lee Thomas Craven II A
Manteo High School L. R. Williford Dare II B
Mocksville High School F. R. Richardson Davie II B
Warsaw High School C. B. Garrett Duplin II A
Lowe's Grove High School T. H. Taylor Durham II A
Clemmons High School T. F. Brower Forsyth II B
Kernersville High School R. A. Sullivan Forsyth II B
Bunn High School Herbert Randolph Franklin II B
Pomona High School W. J. Sloan Guilford II A
Dunn High School W. S. Snipes Harnett I B
Sylva High School *. Melvin Robinson Jackson II B
Benson High School J. R. Weaver Johnston II A
Cornelius High School T. B. Whitener Mecklenburg II A
Davidson High School A. L. Carrie JVIeckleaburg II B
Fitting School (Pri.)
(Queen's College) Dr. W. H. Frazer 3Iecklenburg I B
Jackson Springs High School W. C. McCoU Moore II A
Mount Gilead High School R. C. Cox Montgomery II B
Seaboard High School L. E. Stuart Northampton II A
Richlands High School R. C. Zimmerman Onslow II A
Jacksonville High School Harry R. Frehn Onslow II A
Stonewall High School Beulah Holton Pamlico II B
Philadelphus High School J. L. Memory, Jr Robeson II A
Madison High School J. C. Lassiter Rockingham II B
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School Principal County Group Class
Roseboro High School. D. V. Carter Sampson II B
Mitchell Home School (Pri.) Ethel M. Chapin Stanly II B
Walnut Cove High School E. F. Duncan Stokes II B
Almond High School J. C. Reid Swain II B
Apex High School Randolph Benton Wake II A
Fuquav Springs High School W. E. Fleming Wake II B
Wendell High School E. H. Moser ...Wake II A
Norlina High School G. B. Harris Warren II B
Littleton High School P. S. Sykes Warren II A
Pikeville High School W. W. Rogers Wavne II B
Boonville High School H. F. Pardue Yadkin II B
Yancey Collegiate Institute I. N. Carr Yancey I B
O.xford College (Prep. Dept.) P. P. Hobgood Granville I B
Windsor High School J. G. Eldridje Bertie II B
King High School H. A. Carroll Stokes II B
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SPECIAL AID FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD
HIGH SCHOOLS, 1921-1922
At the beginning of the session 1921-22 there were twenty-seven
counties in the State that had no standard schools. They were as
follows : Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, BrunsAvick, Camden,
Carteret, Caswell, Clay, Dare, Davie, Gates, Graham, Greene, Hyde,
Jones, Madison, Mitchell, Onslow, Pamlico, Perquimans, Stokes,
Transylvania, Tyrrell, Washington, Yadkin, Yancey.
Standard schools were established in the following counties during
the year and placed upon the accredited list at the close of the session
1921-22:
Alexander—Taylorsville High School
Ashe—Virginia-Carolina High School, Grassy Creek
Avery—Altamont Consolidated High School, Crossnore
Dare—Manteo High School
Madison—Marshall High School
Onslow—Jacksonville and Richlands High Schools
Pamlico—Stonewall
Stokes—Walnut Cove
Yadkin—Boonville
In addition to the appropriation of funds for the establishment of
standard schools in counties which had no standard schools, appro-priations
were made for the establishment of standard schools in the
rural districts of certain counties. The following schools were assisted
in becoming standard schools and were placed upon the list at the
close of the session 1921-22
:
Chatham—Bonlee High School
Franklin—Bunn High School •
Granville—Creedmoor High School
Swain—Almond High School
The following schools were added, but requirements for accredited
rating were not met
:
Lenoir—Pink Hill High School
McDowell—Nebo High School
Randolph—Trinity High School
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The foundation was laid for the establishment of high schools in
every county in the near future. The total list of appropriations,
together with the amount appropriated to each school is given as
follows
:
Coimty . ScJiool Amount
Alexander Taylorsville $ 1250
Alleghany Piney Creek
Sparta 1250
Ashe Srassy Creek 1250
Avery Avery r County-wide proposition) 2000
Bertie Mars Hill H. S 500
Bladen ...White Oak 1200
Brunswick Southport 1250
Camden South Mills ;.. 1250
Carteret Newport 1250
Caswell Yanceyville 1200
Chatham ,... Bonlee 1250
Clay Hayesville 1250
Currituck Poplar Branch 1250
Dare Manteo 1000
Davie Mocksville 1250
Franklin Bunn 1250
Gates Sunbury 1250
Graham Robbinsville 1250
Granville Creedmoor 500
Greene Snow Hill 1250
Haywood Bethel 1000
Hyde Lake Landing 1250
Jones Trenton '. 1250
Lenoir Pink Hill 1250
Macon Franklin 1250
Madison Marshall 1250
McDowell Nebo 1250
Mitchell Harris-Spruce Pine 1250
Montgomery Troy 1250
Onslow Jacksonville
Richlands 1250
Pamlico Pamlico (Co. wide proposition) 2000
Perquimans Whiteston 500
Person Bethel Hill 1250
Polk Stearns 1100
Randolph Trinity H. S 1250
Rockingham Stoneville 1250
Stokes Walnut Cove 1250
Swain Almond 1250
Transylvania Brevard and Rosman 1250
Tyrrell , Columbia 1250
Washington Plymouth-Creswell 1250
Yadkin Boonville 600
Yancey Bald Creek 1250
Total $54,350
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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS PURSUING EACH SUBJECT TAUGHT
IN HIGH SCHOOL, 1921-22
Subject Total
Grammar 13,962
Composition and Rhetoric 13,225
Literature 32,590
Spelling 12,452
Advanced Arithmetic 12,258
Algebra 21,897
Plane Geometry 6,310
Solid Geometry 6;74
Trigonometry 116
Business Arithmetic 867
Ancient History 7,959
English History 3,316
General, Modern and Medieval 6,844
United States 4,954
North Carolina 491
Civics 10,451
Latin 23,505
French 9,254
German 230
Spanish 870
Greek 4
General Science 11,259
Physical Geography 3,669
Physiology 1,571
Botany 650
Physics - 2,195
Chemistry 1,413
Biology 3,037
Bookkeeping 804
Commercial Arithmetic 691
Shorthand 603
Typewriting 767
Manual Training 882
Agriculture 1,476
Home Economics 4,316
Drawing 434
Singing 1,199
Piano 1,144
Business Law 93
Other Subjects '. 1,895
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEARS 1919-1920,
1920-1921, 1921-1922
School: 1919-20
Schools reporting four-year courses 274
Schools reporting three-year courses 85
Schools reporting two-year courses 51
Schools reporting one-year courses 10
Teachers:
Total number of high school teachers 1423
Number whole-time teachers 1143
Number part-time teachers 280
Number male teachers 484
Number female teachers 939
Enrollment:
Total number of students enrolled 29,294
Number of boys enrolled 12,563
Number of girls enrolled 16,731
Enrollmea^t by Grades or Years:
Number of first-year students enrolled 12,685
Number of second year students enrolled.... 7,780
Number of third year students enrolled.... 5,460
Number of fourth year students enrolled.... 3,366
Average Daily Atthndance:
Total average daily attendance 22,513
Number of boys in Av. D. Att 9,076
Number of girls in Av. D. Att 13,437
Graduates :
Total number of graduates 2,999
Number of boys graduating 1,001
Number of girls graduating 1,998
1920-21
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