From Table I it is seen that 41 schools believe that manual training and domestic science have been instrumental in keeping a larger percentage of boys and girls in school, nine of which have statistics; seven do not believe so, two of which furnish statistics; and eight are indefinite in their replies. There are 39 which have no statistics; II have statistics; I was not submitted; and 6 make statements which are not classified under statistics. The statistics of those schools which believe that manual training and domestic science have been instrumental in keeping a large number of boys and girls in school are given. below: 21. Lynn, Mass. "In 20 years the enrollment in the high school increased from 130 to 860." 24. Ironwood, Mich. "In 6 years the enrollment increased from 160 to 315." 32. Berlin, N. H. "Before these courses were introduced (1905) 60% of the boys and 20% of the girls never came to high school. Today 98% of those eligible to come do so, and in those particular courses probably 85% remain four years." 40. Oklahoma City, Okla. "Manual Training was introduced in September, 1904-enrollment in the high school 301; Domestic Science Department introduced in January, 1907500; present enrollment, 1,550." 42. Lebanon, Pa. "In four years our high school enrollment has increased from 216 to 320. It is estimated that 10% of this increase is due to the addition of these departments in 1907.' 52. Snohomish, Washington. "The Snohomish High School has increased from less than 100 to an enrollment of 282 in ten years. The growth of the town has been inconsiderable." 57. Menominie, Wis. "Up to eight years ago, the highest enrollment in the Menominie High School for any year was 165 students. At that time the manual training work was considerably extended both in the grades and the high school. For the past four years the enrollment has reached 250 yearly, an increase of about 65%. There has been no change in the industrial conditions and practically none in other conditions in the city during that time; the school census shows perhaps a dozen less children of school age in the city than there were eight years ago. At the same time a county training school and a county school of agriculture have been opened in the city and both have been well attended and have probably taken some students that otherwise would have enrolled in the high school. The only reason I can give for the increased attendance or the fact that the eighty grade pupils stay and enter high school is the attraction of the manual training work given in the grades and the high school. I know from personal contact with patrons of the school that things that their children are now able to get in manual training in our city schools have kept many of them in school beyond the compulsory age of 14." Statistics submitted by schools which do not believe that manual training and domestic science have been instrumental in keeping a larger percentage of boys and girls in school: 10. Fort Wayne, Ind., and Kansas City, Kan. "The validity of the first assumption, that manual training would attract to the high school many young people, especially boys, who would not otherwise enter, can only be determined by statistics which are not at hand except for Kansas City. There, in 1898, a well-equipped Manual Training High School was opened with an enrollment of 842 students, and yet the total enrollment for that year of all the other high schools of the city decreased only 142. One might jump to the conclusion that the establishment of the Manual Training High School attracted 700 students who would not otherwise have entered. But when it is observed that the total enrollment of all the non-manual training schools was, at the end of five years, more than 200 less than it was for the year preceding the opening of the manual training high school, instead of being 1,242 greater as it would have been had the average annual increase of the non-manual training high schools for the preceding five years been maintained, it becomes evident that the total increase in the high school enrollment of the city, due to the attractive power of the manual training high school, did not exceed 230 at the end of the five years. The only conclusion justified by the figures is that the manual training high school is more popular than the others and has probably increased the total attendance a little above what it would otherwise have been. That some 550 students entered the high schools during the opening of the manual training high school who would not otherwise have done so is obvious. The question is, what became of them? The answer may perhaps be found in the following facts. In 1903, 26% of the boys enrolled in the manual training high school dropped out before the end of the year and 19.5% of the girls. The corresponding figures for the largest non-manual training high school were 18.2% and 19.2%. In 1905 the number of graduates from the latter school, with a total enrollment of 1,453, was 206, and from the former, with an enrollment of 1,683, was 135. The percentage of the enrollment graduated in the non-manual training school was 14.2%, in the manual training school it was 8%. The percentage of male graduates upon male enrollment was 11.09 in the former and 7.16 in the latter. As far as the figures for a single year in a single school justify a conclusion, it must be that the pupils in the manual training school do not "stick" as well as those in the non-manual training schools. That this fact is observable throughout the five preceding years, Superintendent Greenwood distinctly states. A general investigation with a view to ascertaining what the facts of experience show, in regard to the validity of the assumption above stated, would be worth while. 54 "Our own experience has been too short to settle anything, but the following table and statements may help towards a conclusion. Table II refers to the high school. Table III shows promotions from 8-A grade. The negative sign (—) indicates decrease.'' 55 54 C. T. Lane, Principal of High and Manual Training School, Fort Wayne, Indiana, "Report of Public Schools," 1907, Fort Wayne, Indiana, p. 56. 55 Ibid. "We entered our new building and introduced manual training in the fall of the school year ending June, 1905. The increase in the enrollment of that year over the preceding year was 112, by far the largest increase in the history of the school. Part of this increase would have followed the opening of a handsome and commodious new building, regardless of what was taught in it. It seems fair, however, to assume that a part of this unusual increase of that year was due to interest and curiosity concerning manual training work. It must be observed, however, that the increase in the boys was only 30, 5 more than the preceding year, while the increase in the girls was 82, 56 more than in the preceding year. Comparing the period of |