SPECIAL REPORTS ON EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS. VOLUME 10. EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1. Presented to botb houses of Parliament by Command of his Majesty. PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY WYMAN AND SONS, LIMITED, FETTER LANE, E.C. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH; or E. PONSONBY, 116, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN. [Cd. 837.] Price 2s. 3d. 1902 [Introductory Letter to Volumes 10 and 11 of the Series. ] To SIR GEORGE KEKEWICH, K.C.B. SIR, Secretary of the Board of Education. I HAVE the honour to present to you the accompanying volumes of Special Reports on various aspects of education in the United States of America. For many reasons, and not least on account of the close relationship between the English-speaking peoples, American education has always been a subject of special interest to English students Of recent years this interest has rapidly increased, and the educational methods and experiments in the United States are watched by many English teachers and students with a marked degree of sympathy and attention. I desire to take this opportunity of thanking many of the chief educational authorities in the United States for their courtesy in supplying information for these volumes; and especially Dr. W. T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, not only for the warm welcome and wise guidance which he willingly gives to English students of education visiting America, but for the wellknown series of reports issued under his direction. The latter are, in range of topics, in mass of information and in the liberality of their distribution, unrivalled in the world. My cordial thanks are also due to President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University in the City of New York, for much valuable information, for help in the revision of some of the proofs and for the assistance derived from the Monographs on American Education published under his editorship for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. I beg leave also to express my thanks to Sir Joshua Fitch for his kindness in contributing an introductory paper to these volumes. To each report is appended the name of its author, and it should be understood that the latter alone is responsible for the opinions therein expressed. December, 1901. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, MICHAEL E. SADLER, Director of Special Inquiries and Reports 5602. Wt. 25798. 3000—8/02. Wy. & S. |