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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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328 THE UNIVERSITY AND STATE published a high school manual, or general course of study; a treatise on the township high school, which is used as a campaign text by the State Superintendent and various civic bodies; a treatise on high school buildings and their equipment; and bulletins containing the proceedings of the High School Conference. Another bulletin, for teachers of English in the high schools, is edited by Prof. H. G. Paul of the English department. The University is attempting to extend a new system of agricultural high schools, each with its ten or fifteen acres of farm plots. The autumnal conference has grown from an attendance of 75 in 1905 to nearly 1,300 in 1916, and now carries on its proceeding in thirteen sections. It has accomplished various important tasks: the preparation of syllabi in a score of high school subjects; the recommendation of different methods of high school administration; and the outlining of model curricula for schools of three, four, five, or more teachers. But of greater value are the intangible accomplishments of keeping alive in high school teachers a scientific interest in pedagogy, and of effecting a warmer understanding between the University and the high schools. Practice teaching at the University, which began in 1893 under Prof. McMurry, and was revived more than a decade later by Prof. E. G. Dexter, is nowon the point of expanding into a genuine practice school, to be administered by the faculty of the school of education, in consultation with the members of other departments assigned to specific duties in connection with the training of teachers. The new building will give full facilities for this and for publication. In 1914 the State Superintendent authorized an educational survey of the State, and Prof. Lotus D. Coffman undertook its directorship, the University contributing $1,000 to the work.
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