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HISTORY OF OREGON NORMAL SCHOOLS[1]

By John C. Almack

ANALYSIS OF CONDITIONS

A comparison of statistics of significance in normal school education reveals some interesting differences between Oregon and her sister states : namely, Washington, Idaho, and California. What these facts are is indicated in the following tables:[2]

1915OregonIdahoWashingtonCalifornia
Number of Normal schools1236
Teachers195270253
Enrollment78749721304733
Graduates132813001834
Enrollment in training schools1354005803162
Value of equipment$205,000$480,000$925,000$2,500,000
Support38,000105,000195,000491,300
Number of normal schools123[3]6
Teachers1952104293
Enrollment43448924125052
Graduates146735951960
Enrollment in training schools1314329023417
Value of equipment$232,000$490,000$1,224,000$2,500,000
Support37,000103,000386,000647,000
Population[4]1,000,000500,0001,750,0003,000,000

An analysis of the data here given shows that Idaho with a population less than half that of Oregon spends three times as much for normal school education and employs over twice as many teachers in these schools. The value of her normal school equipment is approximately twice as great as, that of


  1. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Oregon. (An abstract.)
  2. Report U. S. Commissioner of Education 1915-16.
  3. The Washington legislature established another at Centralia in 1919.
  4. Estimated.
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