This 1962 survey of speech education in 123 representative secondary schools in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming provides information about (1) the number and percentage of students enrolled in speech classes; (2) qualifications of the speech faculty, and the organization and administration of the speech program; (3) the relationship between the student and the speech program regarding requirements, performance standards, and participation; (4) the curriculum of classroom speech programs including types of materials and methods of evaluation; (5) the types of extra-class speech programs and activities, such as plays and clubs; and (6) the results of self-evaluations of the speech programs by the schools. (Author/JM)