A CHART AND KEY OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. PUBLISHED BY AUTIIORIT' OF TIHE MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF CENTENNIAL MANAGERS. MA:NTAG:ERS: Gov. J. J. BAGLEY, DETROIT, President. IION. 3M. I. MILLS, DETROIT. HON. JAY A. IIUBBELL, HIOUGHTON. HON. TIENRXY FllALICTK, GRAND RAPIDS. IHON. J. J. WOODMAN, PAW PAW. F. W. NOBLE, DETROIT, Secretary COMPILED BY D. C. JACOKES, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. LANSING: W. S. GEORGE & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 1876. A CHART AND KEY OF THE EDUCATIO NAL SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF CENTENNIAL MANAGERS. M:ANAGE:RS; Gov. J. J. BAGLEY, DETROIT, President. HON. M. I. MILLS, DETROIT. HON. JAY A. HUBBELL, HOUGHTON. HON. HENRY FRALICK, GRAND RAPIDS. HON. J. J. WOODMAN, PAW PAW. F. W. NOBLE, DETROIT, Secretary COMPILED BY D. C. JACOKES, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. LANSING: W. S. GEORGE & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 1876. PPEFATORY NOTE.-This chart of the Michigan State system of education is compiled chiefly from the admirable wall chart designed for exhibition at the Centennial by Professor Charles H. Dennison of the State University; and the key or descriptive sketch accompanying it is in substance the -report prepared forthe Centennial Commissioner by Professor Henry S. Frieze. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. The State of Michigan has, by constitutional provisions, by legislative enactments, and by municipal ordinances subsidiary thereto, established and carried into successful operation A SYSTEM OF FREE EDUCATION, embracing. First, all grades of qeneral education from the primary school to the highest university courses of study in literature, science, and the arts; and Second, all branches of TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL education, with the exception of military science and of theology. The accompanying chart is intended to present to the eye in a tabular view the various courses of study in general education, in all their grades and connections, as organized in the several divisions from the lowest to the highest; and, also, the courses of technical and professional studies established in the special schools. I. GENERAL EDUCATION. Under this head are placed, 1, the Primary or Rudimentary schools; 2, the Grammar or Intermediate schools; 3, the High schools; and, 1, the Collegiate, Academic, or non-professional department of the University. Each of these divisions, it will be perceived, embraces a course of four years of study; and thus the entire course of elementary and liberal education covers a period of sixteen years. The conditions of promotion from one grade to another become more uniform, and also more exacting and severe,.from year to year, in consequence, first, of the frequent interchange of views amongst the teaching corps, especially at their annual conventions, at their occasional institutes, and through their State magazine; secondly, of the influence of the State superintendency, and the annual report of the State superintendent of education; and, lastly, by the close connection existing between the leading high schools and the university, which reacts upon the schools, by promoting a more uniform and constantly stimulating to a higher standard of scholarship. In explanation of the last statement, it should be remarked, that a system of 4 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. visiting and inspection has been established, by which committees of the Faculty of the University, by request of the school boards, annually visit and examine those high schools which have organized courses preparatory to the University; and by which, when such schools are reported favorably to the Faculty, their graduates are admitted to the University on presentation of the High School diploma, and without farther examination. As a necessary result of this correlation, the High Schools have organized their preparatory departments with parallel courses of study, each course affording the preparation necessary for admission to the corresponding course in the academic department of the University. The effect of this system has been to bring the schools into a close and vital connection with the University, and to quicken and energize the educational work in all its grades, from the lowest to the high. The parallel courses of study above referred to are, 1, the Classical; 2, the Latin-Scientific; and 3, the Scientific. These are pursued in the High Schools for the period of four years, and continued in the University to the period of graduation with the first degree. The academic department of the University also affords the opportunity to post-graduates, of study and examination for the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Philosophy, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy. II. SPECIAL EDUCATION. The schools for technical and professional education, with the exception of the Normal and Agricultural Schools, are organically connected with the University; forming, with the non-professional department, one institution under the control of the State board of regents. These special schools are: First. The Polytechnic School, embracing a course of civil enyineerzng, a school of' mines, a school of architecture, courses of special and a dvanced studies in science, and a school of plhacrmacy. Second. A Department of Medicine and Surgery. Third. A Department of Law. Fourth. A Homueopathic Medical College. Fifth. A School of Dental Surgery. The State Normal School and the State Agricultural College are organized independently of the University and of each other, and are under the control of the State Board of Education. An inspection of the chart will show that in all the technical and professional schools ample provision is made for all the courses of study appropriate to such institutions. It will be perceived by this brief outline, that the free educational system of Michigan embraces very nearly all that can properly be included in the public EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. 5 education of a republican State. Theology is necessarily excluded. Military education has hitherto been omitted. In conclusion, it should be observed that this system is in active and complete operation, from the elementary schools and the high schools to the culmination of the whole in the highest studies of the University. The appended tables present some interesting statistics relating to some of the leading schools of the State. No general statistical tables, covering the entire State, have yet been made. HIGH SCHOOLS. I0 o I I- | E lz I -*- 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 Adrian - - 156 125 113 1-6 4 28 28.47 32.44 40.11 Ann Arbor- -380 278 266 3 4 40 20 80 2475 32.08 Battle Creek - -120 101 93 1 434 23 26.70 31.09 38.20 Bay City- - - - Sa ne as Gram mar. cho ol. East Saginaw —---------- -100 83 50 1 24 24 40.85 45.80 50.53 Grand Rapids -- - 300 192 176 3 1 44 30.73 35.13 41.82 Grand Haven, —-------- 96 50 46 1 2 25 28.86 32.62 38.12 Houghton - -58 51 49 1 1 26 49.02 62.19 66.32 Howell - - 91 28 26 1 1 28 44.07 49.90 56.19 120 ^ iiI 9 3 {n bI &:| 1^ oia165 132 128 1 38 19.50 24.02 28.42 Kaldrimazn —.. —------------ 168 103 97 1 3 26 31.42 36.30 40.08 Man isteeor- ------ ---- 66 46 43 1 3 16 2080 75 32.08 Mattshalle Creek —-------— 78 62 59 1 3 20.7 31.097 38.20 Nis —- 109 85 81 1 1 43 15.51 20...a49 29h. 50 Pontiac -ter —-------—;. —----- 132 96 95 1 3 24 30.20 35.87 42.93 Saginaw ity —-- ------- 73 57 53 180 19 39.44 4 4.42 53.22 Gratnd Rcapids —.. — —,,.,,.-. 300 192 176 3 1 44 30.73 35.13 41.82 Hoghtonwr....................... 58 51 49 1 1 26 49.02 62.19 66.32 Saint Johns ------- -- - -- 6 1 43 40 1 1 22 24.45 32.65 34.85 Lansing ----—.. —--------—.- I 63 43 39 1 1 22 30.49 33.73 39.47 GENERAL STATEMENT.,~ ~, r ~~.6.I ~.... * ~,' *, I "4 -'P., o.l o __- _. _., _, C) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 121314 51 6 17 18 Adrian 8,800 3,008 1,558 1,122 1,031 2 28 39 62 602.20 123,000 14,560.00 4,456.00 12.97 3.97 7.671694 24.61 Ann Arbor. ---- ----- 8,100 2,398 1,794 1,337 1,281 5 29 42 246 4,029.00 140,000 18,228.50 5,279.19 13.63 3.95 7.3317.58 25.00 L a' O I'1' /' 0 Battle Creek - 6,000 1,546 1,28 930 852 1 25 37 88 83L52 150,000 11,752.75 4,075.30 12.63 4.39 11.2917.02 28.31 Bay City —-- --- 16,000 3,988 2,579 1,585 1,476 4%31 43 30 20000 120,000 20,100.00,335.00 12.68 3.39 5.30 16.05 21.35 Coldwater. 5,000 1,201 1,058 718 668 2 19 35 60 510.39 68,000 9,688.00 5,021.30 13.50 6.99 6.63 20.49 27.13 H Flint -- ------ 8,500 2,447 — 5 1,195 1,039 3 24 46 869.65 150,000 14,511.95 4,296.80 12.14 3.59 8.78 15.73 24.51 Grand apids —-- 29,400 8,40 0 4,854 3,103 2,844 6 67 43 112 909.31 270,000 39,547.60 13,652.05 12.74 4.40 6.09 17.14 23.23 Grand Haven —--------- 5,000 1,466 1,534 700 643 1 16 44. ---- ------ 55,000 9,032.00 2,630.00 12.86 3.76 5.50 16.62 22.12 Houghton -------- 3,827 906 814 630 506 1 9 63 21 460.00 37,000 7,000.00 8,296.88 11.12 13.17 4.11 24.29 28.40 Howelle C —eek --- 2,200 564 589 3340 852 1 37 82 559.62 30,000 4,270.00 1,956.82 12.78 5.839 116.29 18.61 24.931 oniay City —----------- 3,428 1,000 65 890 691 660 2 13 476 4143 1,221.00 43,500 8,450.00 3,126.00 12.46 4.52 4.40 16.98 21.38 Kalamazoo — ---- 11,000 3,139 2,187 1,481 1,335 2 39 37 63 703.40 80,000 17,856.36 7,228.72 12.12 4.88 3.78 17.00 20.7 m M anistee - ------ 5,000 1,276 861 677 499668 2 18 35 60 510.39 68, 932, 000 57,9345 4,1.30 11.72 6.08 3.31 1780 21.18 Marshallgnaw 4,623 1,380 1,0203,66 722 6862 2 418 35 45 518.50 153,725 28,892.69 3,036.84 12.32 4.20 9.83 16.52 26.32 uskegon - --- 10,00 2,520 1,565 94 804 3 2 43............ 93,000 11,081.645,288.0 12.40 5.92 7.28 18.32 25.65 Nilesd Rapid - ------- 29,400 4,827 1,519 1,040 699 639 1 67 43 1 65 716.509.31 270,000 8,420.00 3,485.005 12.04 4.9840 69.019 17.02 26.00 Pontiac Haen —--- 4,023 1,122 968 694 67043 2 156 41 97 1,000.71 70,000 9,967.00 3,931.67 12.92 5.67 7.06 18.59 25.64 HSaginaw City — ---- 10,080 2,795 1,788 1,075 1,00 1 26 40 20 550.00 135,000 19,400.00 5,361.9088 11. 10 4 3.17. 13 31.85. Saint Johnse - -- ----- 2,500 610 535 335 280 1 8 42 25 20 9.50 25,000 3,600.00 1,732.46 10.74 5.17 5.23 15.91 21.14 Lansing — a- 7,445 2,090 1,535 980 895 2 39 33 35 75.25 80,000 12,4506.36,200.00 12.70 3.26 5.72 15.96 2.68 Niles, —-,, —------ ---- 4,8'27 1,519 1,040 699 639/ 1 16 41 65 716.50 90,000 8,420.00 3,485.00 12.04 4.98 9.01 17.02 26.00 Saginaw City_, —------ 10,080 2,795 1,788 1,075 1,009 7 26 40 20 55.00 135,000 19,400.00 5,361.90 18.05 498 8.806 23.13 31.85 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. 7 SUPPLEMENTARY STATE CHARITY SCHOOLS. In addition to the above described general system of State education, the State of Michigan has also established three charitable institutions, in which provision is made for industrial and common school education. These are, first, the State School for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind; Second, the State Reform School; And, third, the State Public School for Dependent Children. All these are in full and successful operation. In the school for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, one-half of the time is given daily to labor and half to study. In the Reform School also the time of the pupils is divided between study and labor, and in its discipline no corporal punishment is allowed. The State Public School has been established for the benefit of all children in the State, whether with or without parents, who are dependent, and likely to grow up without education. Such children, wherever found by the supervisors of townships throughout the State, are sent to the charge of the superintendent of this school, educated in common school studies, and trained for usefulness. With this ample provision for the educational wants of the unfortunate, whether blind, deaf, and dumb, or poor and neglected, or victims of youthful depravity, added to the State system of education, properly so called, it would seem that nothing now remains to be done by the people of the State in its educational interests, than carefully to watch, sustain, and strengthen the work carried on under the guidance of a plan so wise and comprehensive. 8 EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN. DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGES Besides the institutions belonging to the State system, the following colleges have also been organized in Michigan by religious denominations: Kalamazoo College, established by the Baptist denomination, at Kalamazoo; Olivet College, by Presbyterians and Congregationalists, at Olivet; Albion College, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Albion; Hillsdale College, by the Free-will Baptists, at Hillsdale; Adrian College, by the Methodists, at Adrian; Hope College, by the Reformed Dutch Church of the United States, at Holland.