The Educational System Of South Dakota PDF Download

Excerpt from The Educational System of South Dakota: Report of a Survey Made Under the Direction of the United States Commissioner of Education Sir: I am submitting herewith for publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education the manuscript of the report of a survey of the educational system of the State of South Dakota, made under my direction at the request of the South Dakota Educational Survey Commission created by the legislature of the State, as set forth in the body of this report. The survey includes the State and local educa tional organization and administration in South Dakota; the ele mentary and secondary schools of the State and the preparation of teachers for these schools; and the higher educational institutions of the State, including the University of South Dakota, the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, the State School of Mines, the four State normal schools, and such accredited private colleges and schools for special classes as it was found necessary to include to make this a comprehensive study of the entire educational system of the State. The survey was made by Dr. H. W. Foght, specialist in rural school practice, who had charge of the field work and the preparation of the manuscript; Dr. Samuel P. Capen, specialist in higher education; Mrs. Henrietta IV. Calvin, specialist in home economics; Dr. Chester D. Jarvis, specialist in agricultural education; Miss Edith A. Lathrop, assistant-ih rural education; Dr. H. B. Wilson, superintendent of schools, Topeka, Kans; Dr. William F. Russell, dean of the school of education, University of Iowa; and Dr. Alexander J. Inglis, professor of secondary education, Harvard University. The report and con elusions of the committee were approved by me and were transmitted to the South Dakota Educational Survey Commission June 16, 1918. Accompanying this report is a brief report by the South Dakota Survey Commission to the Governor of the State, approving and accepting in full the conclusions of the survey committee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.