more than twenty lectures where attendance was 300 or over each lecture, taught five hours a week in class room, kept office hours one to four hours a day depending on the time of the semester, and been present at all drills of all companies, an average of eight hours per week. The remuneration should be $1,000.00 per year. Respectfully submitted, P. G. WRIGHTSON, 1st Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Commandant. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON President Charles R. Van Hise, The University of Wisconsin. Dear Sir: The biennial report of the Committee on Accredited Schools and Appointments for 1912-14, during which period Professor Elliott was Chairman of the Committee for 191213, and the undersigned for 1913-14, is herewith submitted. Tables I to IV set forth the essential statistical information so far as it relates to accredited schools, including for comparative purposes similar data from 1908. By action of the faculty the inspection and accrediting of secondary schools outside of Wisconsin were discontinued at the close of the academic year 1909-10. The noticeable decrease in the number of schools visited by the Inspector of High Schools is caused by the increase in the time required for the work of appointments and by the increasing specialization of inspections by members of the faculty concerned in the training of teachers. TABLE II Showing Accredited Relation of the Free High Schools of the State Perhaps the most important development in the Committee's work has been the increase in the inspection of vocational subjects. Since the action of the faculty and Regents accepting for entrance to the University inspected and approved high school courses in agriculture, commercial work, domestic science and manual arts, there has been a very great increase in the number of these courses in the high schools. Table IV gives the number of schools inspected in special subjects and the number of schools accredited, without regard to the number of units accredited. This table shows that inspection in agriculture, commercial work, and manual arts has been well provided for. No satisfactory arrangement has, however, been made so far for inspection in domestic science. The problem of a more specific definition of units in the vocational subjects will soon have to be faced. The more important questions with which the Committee has been concerned are: 1. Greater uniformity in standards of inspection and accrediting. The increase in the number of inspectors both for academic and vocational subjects makes this an urgent problem. Frequent special conferences of all inspectors have been held during the past two years for the purpose of securing such standards and uniformity in evaluating work. It is hoped that during the coming year a more definite formulation will be made. 2. Increase in the frequency of inspections or a prolongation of an inspector's visit to the smaller high schools. The inspectors can be of the greatest service in the small high school where close supervision can not be given by the principal or superintendent, who has the supervision of both the elementary school and the high school and teaching in the high school to care for. Half yearly inspections in such schools would be of undoubted service. 3. With the increase in the number of schools accredited, inspection for purposes of accrediting has been subordinated to inspection for purposes of constructive service to the schools. By increasing the specialization of inspection through utilizing as inspectors those members of the faculty who are in charge of departmental teacher's courses, the effectiveness of the Committee's work has been greatly increased. The great increase in the number of requests from schools for special inspectors to assist in the solution of particular local problems is an evidence of this. Closer co-operation with the high schools in this direction will increase the efficiency of the University's service. Table V summarizes the work of the Committee on Appointments to teaching positions. |