REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1892-93.

VOLUME 2.

CONTAINING PARTS III AND IV.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1895.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

PART III.

CHAPTER I.-DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.

Congressional grants of land and money for colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts

The Bureau of Education

1275

1288

Early views and plans relating to a national university.

Provisions concerning education in the State constitutions

.....

1293

1312

Report of the committee of ten....

CHAPTER II.-Report of the COMMITTEE OF TEN ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDIES, WITH PAPERS

RELATING THERETO.

The reform of secondary education in the United States, by Nicholas Murray Butler.

1415

1448

The curriculum for secondary schools, by William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of

Education

1457

The unity of educational reform, by Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University.

Notes on the report of the committee of ten, by James H. Baker, president of University of

Colorado......

1465

1473

The report of the conference on English, by A. F. Nightingale, superintendent of high schools,

Chicago.....

1484

The report from the point of view of the large mixed high school, by O. D. Robinson, principai

Albany (N. Y.) High School.

Organization and functions of the Association, by William T. Harris, LL. D.

1502

Constitution of the National Educational Association..

1506

Constitution of National Council of Education....

1508

List of meetings, officers, and annual membership from each State...

CHAPTER IV. THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO-ITS CHARACTER AND FACILITIES.

Statistics of institutions for educating the colored race, showing grade of students during 1892-93.