.■ ■ ■-■■-■. ■-■ -,-■ - .;.■ ■--"■■ N-S7M, Library of the University of North Garelina Endowed by the Dialectic and Philan- thropic Societies tpgriq. I7-OS7M 25 May Educational Publication No. 35 Division of Supervision No. 7 Rules and Regulations Governing- Public High Schools List of Accredited Schools Classification of High Schools 1921-22 Published by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Raleigh, N. C. DIVISION OF SUPERVISION J. Henry Highsmith, Supervisor of High Schools. » INTRODUCTION The General Assembly of North Carolina at the extra session in 1920 and the regular session in 1921 enacted laws that vitally affect the high schools of the State. High schools are now recognized as a vital, integral, organized part of the public school system. The legislation affecting high schools may be stated as follows : 1. The salaries of high school teachers will be provided as the sal- aries of all other public school teachers, the State schedule furnishing the basis for these salaries. (See "An Act to Provide Revenue for the Public Schools for Six Months for Teacher Training and Administra- tion.") • 2. In a great many districts high school work has been retarded because of the lack of adequate facilities. The high school will share in the benefits of the legislation providing for a special building fund. (See "An Act to Provide a Special Building Fund to be Loaned to County Boards of Education to Aid in Erecting School Houses.") 3. The high school is affected by the law relating to vocational education. For the provision of this act see section 5394 of the School Law entitled, "Amended Sections of the Law Relating to Vocational Education." 4. The most significant legislation with reference to high schools is section 13 of the "Act to Provide Revenue for the Public Schools for Six Months." The section reads as follows : "Section 13. There shall be appropriated annually from the State Public School Fund the sum of $224,000 for the encouragement of vocational edu- cation, and for the building of standard high schools in the rural districts, and providing teacher training courses in public high schools. So much of this amount as may be necessary shall be used by the State Board for Vocational Education to meet the Federal appropriation under the Smith- Hughes Act for the encouragement of vocational education and for the re- habilitation of persons injured in industries or otherwise. The State Board of Education is hereby authorized to spend the remainder in aiding the estab- lishment in rural districts of consolidated schools containing high schools. The preference shall be given first to those having no standard high school, and second to those counties having no standard high school in the rural districts: Provided, that no part of this fund shall be used in any school unit containing less than five teachers, nor in districts having a special local tax rate voted by the people less than the average rate voted in the State, in addition to the State and county school tax for the six months school term, nor in any district containing a town of more than 1,500 inhabitants, unless O^the number of children living in the rural district attending school shall Of exceed the number attending from within the incorporated limits of said CK town." 4 INTRODUCTION It is estimated that relatively $75,000 of this fund will be available for high schools. It is the purpose of the Department of Public Instruction to apply this fund as stated in the law for the establishment and maintenance of standard high schools of the thirty or more counties that have no standard schools at the present time. It will be the pur- pose of the State department to use this money in sufficiently large amounts to make it really effective in securing a high grade of institu- tions and therefore of instruction rather than to spend it in small amounts upon a larger number of schools. Attention is called to the following conditions upon which this fund of $224,000 will be administered, so much of it as will be devoted to high schools. 1. The school unit must have at least five teachers. As a rule, however, it will require a school employing seven or more teachers and having an enrollment of not fewer than 250 pupils. 2. The school district must have a special tax rate of approximately thirty cents (.30), as that is about the average rate voted in the State. 3. Appropriations will be made only to schools in the rural dis- tricts or in towns of not more than 1,500 inhabitants, unless the num- ber of children living in the rural district attending school shall exceed the number attending within incorporated limits of any town. 4. In order to secure appropriations from this fund it will be neces- sary in most cases for small schools to be consolidated in order to create a school unit of sufficient size. Qj£y$9jL*$f\. State High School Inspector, RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS The State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State High School Inspector have worked out the following plans providing for high school instruction under North Carolina's New Six Months School Law. Both superintendents and high school principals are requested to study these plans with reference to their application to their respective schools. High School Instruction in Non-Standard Schools 1. aSO school shall be recognized as competent to sustain a high school department, unless it is maintained for at least eight months. 2. There must be at least twenty pupils in average daily attendance in grades above the seventh, or elementary school, for a school to be recognized as a high school. 3. There must be at least five teachers in the school unit, at least one of whom must devote his whole time to distinctively high school work. 4. A holder of a High School Teachers' Certificate of Class A may be principal of a nonstandard high school. 5. A school may employ two high school teachers if there are thirty pupils in average daily attendance in the high school. 6. A third high school teacher will be allowed when the number of high school pupils in daily attendance for the year is forty-five or more ; provided the number of pupils in the fourth year high school course is sufficient to justify it, and the building and equipment are adequate to the needs of such school. Courses of Study The former policy with regard to the high school program of studies will be continued. There will be no prescribed curriculum for all high schools to follow. Local school authorities will have ample freedom to make such local adaptations in the high school curriculum as are pos- sible with the means at hand and as they may deem wise, subject to the State's standards for accredited schools. The State Department of Public Instruction will, as in the past, issue suggested courses for the guidance and the assistance of principals and other local authorities, but there will be no rigid prescription in this matter. Any department of the high school that has heretofore been maintained at public ex- pense may be continued. 6 Rules and Regulations Governing The School Building A complete plant for a Consolidated School, besides the regular class- rooms, should contain : 1. An auditorium with movable seats so that it can also be used as a gymnasium. The minimum size being 40x60 feet. 2. A room for nature study, biology and agriculture to be known as a General Science Room. 3. A room for domestic science and sewing to be known as a Home Economics Room. 4. A room where skill and practice in the use of tools can be given, repair work done, etc., to be known as a Shop Work Room. 5. A Library Room with reading table on which books can be placed. 6. A teachers' rest room which may be used also as a Medical Inspection Room. 7. A Principal's Office. Records and Reports All public high schools will be required to keep complete records and to make the "preliminary" and "annual" reports of their work, as heretofore required, on forms to be furnished by the State Department of Public Instruction. Inspection All public high schools will be subject to inspection at any time by the Department of Public Instruction. In this matter the policy of the department will continue to be, as it has been in the past, one of sympa- thetic cooperation, stimulation, and suggestion. The Classification of High Schools There are two groups of standard high schools in North Carolina. Group I — Class A and Class B, and Group II — Class A and Class B. Group II — Class B is the lowest standard or accredited school. The standards for these groups are set forth as follows : Group I — Class A. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term- — nine months, or 180 days, exclusive of holi- days. 3. Number of teachers — four teachers of academic subjects and two teachers of vocational subjects — a total of six teachers. ■4. Length of recitation periods — at least forty minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 500 volumes. Public High Schools of Xorth Carolina T Group I — Class B. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term — nine months, or 180 days, exclusive of holi- days. 3. dumber of teachers — four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be a teacher of vocational subjects. 4. Length of recitation periods — at least forty minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 500 volumes. Group II — Class A. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term — eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holi- days. 3. Four whole-time teachers, one of whom may be a teacher of vocational subjects. 4. Length of recitation periods — at least forty-five minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes. Group II — Class B. 1. Four-year course of study. 2. Length of term — eight months, or 160 days, exclusive of holi- days. 3. Three whole-time teachers. 4. Length of recitation periods — at least forty-five minutes. 5. Fifteen units required for graduation. 6. Laboratory facilities for the teaching of Science. 7. Library of not fewer than 300 volumes. 8. At least forty-five pupils in average daily attendance. LIST OF ACCREDITED SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA 1920-21 BY COUNTIES County School Place Control Alamance Burlington High School-.- Burlington Alleghany Glade Valley High School Glade Valley Private Anson .Wadesboro High School Wadesboro Beaufort Belhaven High School Belhaven Washington High School Washington Bertie Aulander High School Aulander... Bladen. Bladenboro High School Bladenboro Buncombe Asheville School Asheville .Private Bingham School Asheville Private City High School Asheville Grove Park School Asheville Private Normal and Collegiate Institute Asheville Private St. Genevieve's Academy Asheville . Private Biltmore High School Biltmore Montreat Normal School Montreat Private Burke Rutherford College Rutherford College Private Morganton High School ._ Morganton Cabarrus Concord High School. Concord Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute Mount Pleasant Private Mont Amoena Seminary Mount Pleasant Private Scotia Seminary (col.) Concord Private Caldwell Lenoir High School Lenoir Davenport College Lenoir Private Catawba Catawba Academy Newton Private Concordia College Conover Private Startown High School Newton, R. F. D.. Hickory High School Hickory Chatham Siler City High School Siler City Cherokee Andrews High School Andrews.- Chowan Edenton High School Edenton Cleveland Boiling Springs High School Boiling Springs Private Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain.. Shelby High School.. Shelby Piedmont High School Lawndale Columbus .Chadbourn High School Chadbourn Whiteville High School Whiteville.... Craven New Bern High School. New Bern Craven County Farm-Life School Vanceboro Cumberland Fayetteville High School Fayetteville State Normal School (col.)... Fayetteville Currituck Poplar Branch High School Poplar Branch Davidson Churchland High School Linwood, R. 1 Lexington High School Lexington Thomasville High School Thomasville Duplin Teacheys High School Teacheys Wallace High School Wallace. Durham... Durham High School Durham East Durham High School. East Durham West Durham High School West Durham Trinity Park School. Durham. Private National Training School (col.) Durham. Private Edgecombe.. ..Tarboro High School Tarboro Forsyth Salem Academy Winston-Salem Private Winston-Salem High School Winston-Salem State Normal and Industrial (col.) Winston-Salem Franklin Franklinton High School Franklinton Louisburg High School- Louisburg Gaston Cherry ville High School Cherry ville ..-- Dallas High School... Dallas Mount Holly High School Mount Holly... Gastonia High School. Gastonia Bessemer Citv High School Bessemer City Granville- Oxford High "School. __ Oxford Guilford Greensboro High School Greensboro High Point High School High Point — Jamestown High School Jamestown Pleasant Garden High School Pleasant Garden Oak Ridge Institute Oak Ridge Private Agricultural and Technical College (col.) Greensboro Bennett College — Academic Dept. (col.) Greensboro Private Halifax Enfield High School Enfield Roanoke Rapids High School Roanoke Rapids Scotland Neck High School Scotland Neck Weldon High School Weldon. Public High Schools of North Carolina 9 County School Place Control Harnett Buies Creek Academy Buies Creek Private **i Lillington High School Lillington Haywood Canton High School Canton Snyder School for Boys Lake Junaluska Private Waynesville High School Waynesville Haywood Institute.. Clyde Private Henderson Blue Ridge School for Boys ___-Hendersonville Private Hendersonville High School Hendersonville Fassifern School Hendersonville Private Fruitland Institute Hendersonville, R. F. D Private Hertford Ahoskie High School Ahoskie Hoke Raeford High School Raeford Iredell Harmony High School Harmony Mooresville High School Mooresville Statesville High School Statesville Jackson Cullowhee Normal School Cullowhee Johnston Clayton High School Clayton Selma High School Selma Smithfield High School Smithfield Lee Jonesboro High School __ Jonesboro Sanford High School Sanford Lenoir Kinston High School Kinston Lincoln Lincolnton High School Lincolnton Macon_. Franklin High School Franklin Madison Mars Hill College Mars Hill Private Martin Williamston High School Williamston McDowell Marion High School Marion Mecklenburg Charlotte High School Charlotte Hunters ville High School Huntersville Biddle University — Academic Dept. (col.).. .Charlotte Private Montgomery Troy High School Troy Moore Carthage High School Carthage Sandhill Farm-Life School Vass Nash_ Red Oak High School. Rocky Mount, R. 2 Rocky Mount High School Rocky Mount New Hanover Wilmington High School Wilmington Northampton Rich Square High School Rich Square Orange Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill Pasquotank Elizabeth Citv High School. Elizabeth City State Normal School (col.) Elizabeth City Pender Burgaw High School . Burgaw Person Roxboro High School Roxboro Pitt ...Ayden High School Ayden Farmville High School Farmville Greenville High School Greenville Griffon High School , Grifton East Carolina Teachers Training School Greenville Polk Stearns High School Columbus Randolph Asheboro High School Asheboro Richmond Hamlet High School Hamlet Rockingham High School Rockingham Robeson St. Pauls High School.. :..St. Pauls Rowland High School Rowland Lumberton High School Lumberton Rockingham Reids ville High School Reids ville Leaksville High School. Leaksville. Rowan Spencer High School Spencer Salisbury High School Salisbury Rowan County Farm-Life School China Grove Livingston College — Academic Dept. (col.) ..Salisbury Private Rutherford Forest City High School Forest City. Round Hill School Union Mills Private Rutherfordton High School Rutherfordton Westminster School Rutherfordton .Private Sampson Clinton High School Clinton Salemburg High School Salemburg Pineland School for Girls Salemburg Private Scotland Laurinburg High School Laurinburg Stanly .Albemarle High School Albemarle Baden High School Baden Surry Mount Airy High School Mount Airy Swain Bryson City High School Bryson City Transylvania Brevard Institute Brevard Private Union Monroe High School Monroe Wingate High School Wingate Private Vance Henderson High School Henderson Vance County Farm-Life School Middleburg Wake Cary High School Cary... Raleigh High School Raleigh Wakelon High School Zebulon St. Augustine School (col.) Raleigh Private Shaw University — Academic Dept. (col.) Raleigh Private 10 Rules and Regulations County School Place Control Warren Warrenton High School Warrenton Macon High School Macon Watauga -Appalachian Training School Boone Wayne ..Fremont High School Fremont Goldsboro High School Goldsboro Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Wilkes _ Mountain View School Hays Private North Wilkesboro High School North Wilkesboro Wilson. Elm City High School Elm City Wilson High School Wilson Atlantic Christian College Wilson Private CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH SCHOOLS GROUP I — GLASS A. School Place County Asheville High School Asheville Buncombe Burlington High School.- -- Burlington Alamance Charlotte High School Charlotte Mecklenburg Concord High School Concord Cabarrus Durham High School --- Durham Durham Elizabeth City High School Elizabeth City .-Pasquotank Fayetteville High School Fayetteville '..Cumberland Gastonia City School Gastonia Gaston Goldsboro High School Goldsboro Wayne Central High School Greensboro Guilford Greenville High School Greenville Pitt Hendersonville High School -Hendersonville Henderson High Point High School High Point Guilford Kinston High School Kinston Lenoir Lexington High School Lexington Davidson Lumberton High School Lumberton Robeson Monroe High School Monroe Union New Bern High School New Bern Craven North Wilkesboro High School North Wilkesboro Wilkes Pleasant Garden High School Pleasant Garden Guilford Raleigh High School. Raleigh Wake Reidsville High School Reidsville Rockingham Roanoke Rapids High School Roanoke Rapids Halifax Rocky Mount High School Rocky Mount Edgecombe Rockingham High School Rockingham. Richmond Salisbury High School Salisbury Rowan Sanford High School Sanford Lee Shelby High School... Shelby.- Cleveland Smithfield High School Smithfield Johnston Tarboro High School .Tarboro -Edgecombe Wadesboro High School Wadesboro Anson Washington High School Washington Beaufort West Durham High School West Durham.- Durham Wilmington High School .Wilmington New Hanover Wilson High School Wilson.. Wilson Winston-Salem High School - Winston-Salem Forsyth GROUP I — CLASS B. School Place County Albemarle High School Albemarle Stanly Andrews High School.- Andrews Cherokee Asheboro High School Asheboro Randolph Biltmore High School Biltmore Buncombe Canton High School Canton Haywood Chadbourn High School Chadbourn -Columbus Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill Orange Churchland High School Linwood Davidson East Durham High School East Durham Durham Edenton High School Edenton Chowan Hamlet High School Hamlet Richmond Laurinburg High School Laurinburg Scotland Lenoir High School Lenoir Caldwell Marion High School.. Marion McDowell Morganton High School Morganton Burke Mount Airy High School... Mount Airy Surry Mount Olive High School Mount Olive Wayne Oxford High School Oxford Granville Scotland Neck High School Scotland Neck Halifax Spencer High School... Spencer Rowan Thomasville High School Thomasville Davidson 12 Rules and Regulations GROUP II — CLASS A. School Place Ahoskie High School Ahoskie Burgaw High School Burgaw Bladenboro High School Bladenboro. Bessemer City High School Bessemer City_ County - Hertford Pender -Bladen -Gaston Craven County Farm-Life School ...-Vanceboro Craven Clayton High School Clayton___ Johnston Clinton High School Clinton Sampson Cary High School Cary Wake Dallas High School Dallas Gaston Elm City High School Elm City Wilson Fremont High School Fremont Wayne Forest City High School Forest City Rutherford Grift on High School Grifton Pitt Huntersville High School Huntersville Mecklenburg .Tamest own HighSchool Jamestown Guilford Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain Cleveland Leaksville High School Leaksville Rockingham Lillington Farm-Life School Lillington Harnett Lincolnton High School Lincolnton Lincoln Mount Holly High School Mount Holly Gaston Mooresville High School Mooresville Iredell Roxboro High School Roxboro Person Raeford High School Raeford Hoke Red Oak Farm-Life School Red Oak Nash Rich Square High School Rich Square Northampton Startown Farm-Life School Newton, R. 5 Catawba Sandhill Farm-Life School Vass, R. 1 Moore Salemburg High School.. Salemburg Sampson Vance County Farm-Life School Middleburg Vance Wallace High School Wallace Duplin Wakelon High School Zebulon Wake GROUP II — CLASS B. School • Place Aulander High School Aulander Ayden High School Ayden Belhaven High School Belhaven Bryson City High School Bryson City. Carthage High School Carthage Enfield High School lEnfield : Franklin High School ^---Franklin Franklinton High School Franklinton. Jonesboro High School Jonesboro. Counly Bertie Pitt Beaufort Swain M oore Halifax Macon Franklin Lee Louisburg High School Louisburg Franklin Macon High School Macon Warren Piedmont High School Lawndale Cleveland Poplar Branch High School Poplar Branch Currituck Rowland High School Rowland Robeson Rutherfordton High School Rutherfordton Rutherford Siler City High School Siler City Chatham Stearns High School Columbus Polk St. Pauls High School St. Pauls 1 Robeson Teacheys High School Teacheys Duplin Troy High School Troy Montgomery Waynesville High School. Waynesville Haywood Warrenton High School Warrenton Warren Weldon High School Weldon Halifax Whiteville High School Whiteville Columbus Pressboard Pamphlet Binder Gay lord Bros. Makers Syracuse, N. Y. PAT. JAN 21. 1908 . UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00034026802 This book may be kept out one month unless a recall notice is sent to you. It must be brought to the North Carolina Collection (in Wilson Library) for renewal.