High School Legislation In Oregon 237 CHANCE, DR. GEORGE H. — The Preparation In Our Schools for Good Citizenship. Twelfth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Oregon. 1897. pp. 160-162. An address delivered be- fore the Oregon State Teacher's Association. Contains vigorous ar- gument against public education beyond the common schools. CUBBERLEY, E. P. — School Funds and Their Apportionment. GASTON, JOSEPH — Portland, Its History and Builders. Vol. I, p. 375. Brief sketch of beginning of Portland's first high school. HOLMAN, ALFRED — Oregonian, January and February, 1899. Holman was legislative correspondent for the Oregonian and gave a good deal of attention to school legislation of the 1899 session. McELROY, E. B. — Sixth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oregon. 1885. pp. 68-69. A discussion of the importance of the work of the county superintendent and the status of that office in Oregon in 1885. Eighth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oregon. 1889. pp. 111-113. Deals with size and population of districts. OREGONIAN — Our City Schools. Editorial pages, January 1, 1878. Reports of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Oregon. 1874 to 1911. SCHAFER, JOSEPH — History of the Pacific Northwest, pp. 177-195. Tells of the sources of the "Great Migration" to Oregon. School Laws of Oregon. 1874 to 1921. SCOTT, HARVEY M.— Editorial, Oregonian, September 3, 1878. Cure for Drones, editorial column Oregonian, April 16, 1879. The Limit of State Education, editorial column, Oregonian, Janu- ary 12, 1899. SHELDON, H. D. — State System of High School Control. A brief survey of high school systems in operation in the various states in 1906. SIMPSON, S. C— Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public In- struction of Oregon. 1874. pp. 5-55. This report gives a brief but enlightening account of the conditions of the public schools of Oregon at the time of the appointment of the first state superintendent. In addition to a statement by Superintendent Simpson, the pages noted include reports from superintendents of eighteen of the counties. SNYDER, EDWIN R.—The Legal Status of Rural High Schools In the United States. (1909.) Chapter XIV discusses "the most adequate and just methods of equalizing the burdens of secondary education in the state." Thirteenth Biennial Report, etc. 1898. pp. 86-88. University of Oregon entrance requirements adopted in February, 1897, together with a statement of President C. H. Chapmon urging the need of high school legislation.
