The Transitional Period: 1893-1918

• Committee of Fifteen on Elementary Education

• Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies

• Committee on College Entrance Requirements

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Fifteen: 3R’s, English grammar, literature, geography, and history. Hygiene, culture, vocal music, and drawing--manual training, sewing/cooking, algebra and Latin in grade 8: resisted newer subjects, principles of pedagogy, kindergarten, interdisciplinary

Ten: The BIG one!!--nine academic subjects, four tracks, no art music, PE, or voc ed

Entrance Requirements: mental training at high school and college levels; it best serves all students; Carnegie Unit