In May, 1927, with the assistance of the United States Bureau of Education, the writer sent out a questionnaire containing twentyfour questions dealing with student councils in high schools. The questionnaire was sent to 250 representative high schools in all the states and in the District of Columbia. Replies were received from 179 schools. The term "student councils" as here used presupposes a definite organization existing primarily tbo share in school administration. The council is not thought of as a court although it may have such a function. The term also excludes student government in any full sense. It includes student participation in government, a tendency which seems to be rapidly increasing in both senior and junior high schools and is even appearing in elementary schools with apparently wholesome and satisfactory results. Many of the schools replying gave their reasons for having councils. Several schools gave their reasons for not having councils. Quotations from the replies appear at the end of this article. The schools reporting councils represent all parts of the United States. Nine are in California, seven in Wisconsin, six in New York, and five each in Ohio, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Washington. Vermont, Delaware, Utah, Kentucky, and other states are represented by one school each. It would seem, therefore, that a substantially true cross-section of conditions as they exist is portrayed by the results. It would appear that the council is a relatively new form of student organization and that it is functioning in a very helpful way both in the matter of actual achievement for the schools and in the training given those who participate. Question I. Has your school a student council? One hundred and