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DEPARTMENT 
CONGRESS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
FIRST SESSION—WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893. 
TuE Congress of Secondary Education met in Hall 22, at 10 o’clock A.M., Wed- 
resday, July 26, 1898. The meeting was called to order by Ray Greene Huling, of 
Jambridge, Mass. He made an opening address, introducing the president of this 
department, Dr. James C. Mackenzie, of Lawrenceville, N. J., who read a paper on 
i« Supervision of Private Schools by the State or Municipal Authority.” 
This subject was discussed by G. N. Carman, of Chicago, IIL. ; by E. W. Coy, of 
Jincinnati, Ohio ; by Charles C. Ramsey, of Fall River, Mass ; by H. L. Boltwood, of 
Evanston, Ill. ; Miss Zimmern, of England ; Frank Plummer, of Des Moines, Iowa ; W. 
I. Poynter, Shelbyville, Ky.; R. E. Cutler, of Chicago ; W. H. Bartholomew, of Louis- 
rille, Ky.; and Charles E. Putney, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
Dr. W. T. Reid, Head Master of the Belmont School, Belmont, Cal., read a paper on 
‘he following thesis: <The course of study in secondary schools designed simply to 
prepare pupils for life (or designed as a finishing school) : should it be different from 
that designed to prepare students for college or the professional school ?” This paper 
was not furnished for publication. It was briefly discussed, and followed by a paper on 
The Course of Study in Secondary Schools,” by G. N. Carman, Dean of the Morgan 
Park Academy, of the University of Chicago ; after which the meeting adjourned to 
July 27th. 
SECOND SESSION—THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1893. 
The second session of the Congress of Secondary Education was called to order by 
she president, Dr. James C. Mackenzie, at 9.30 A.M., Thursday, July 27, 1893. The 
first paper was by Dr. C. F. P. Bancroft, of Andover, Mass., on the thesis : ‘“ Should 
the amount of time given to languages in our secondary schools (as they are) be dimin- 
‘shed, in order to make room for a more extended course in physics, botany, and chem- 
stry 2” Dr. Bancroft was unable to be present, and his valuable paper was read by 
Mr. Huling. This was followed with a paper by Dr. D. W. Abercrombie, of Worcester, 
Mass., on ‘Should Language Studies be limited in Secondary Schools, as they are, in 
he Interests of the Sciences 2” The subjects of the papers by Dr. Bancroft and Dr. 
Abercrombie were discussed by W. T. Poynter, of Shelbyville, Ky.; by Dr. Moses 
Merrill, Head Master of the Public Latin School of Boston, Mass. ; Mr. Boltwood, of 
Evanston, Ill. ; by the chairman, Dr. Mackenzie; by W. H. Snyder, of Worcester, Mass. ; 
by R. E. Cutler, of Chicago; by Dr. Edward Osterburg, of Sweden; by Miss Cordelia 
Kirkland, of San Francisco, Cal. 
A paper was read by Mlle. Marie Dugard, of Paris, on ¢ The Secondary Education of