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The schools were all taught by teachers having certificates of ap- proval, except part of the fall and also a part of the winter term in the Fourth District. The circum- stances were essentially as follows. Miss Corrigan, who commenced the fall term, having a Normal School certificate, was taken sick after teaching a few weeks, and a Miss Moriarty put into the school as a temporary substitute, the committee of the district evidently supposing that in case of such a substi- tute an examination and a cer- tificate of approval was not needed. As Miss Corrigan, how- ever, failed to return, Miss Moriarty finished the term and taught the
larger part of the term following, the fact of her not having been ex- amined apparently not occurring to the committee, and the Acting Vis- itors supposing she had a Normal School certificate. The fact was dis- covered when I was asked, as sec- retary of the board, for copies of certificates of all the teachers. It was near the last of the week when I called upon her, and at the week's close she went to her home and failed to return, ostensibly on account of illness.
The number of persons in the several districts between 4 and 16 years of age, according to the enumeration of October, 1904, was as follows: In the First, 47; Second, 10; Third, 19; Fourth, 36; Fifth, 16; Sixth, 20; Eighth, 18; Ninth, 16, and in the Tenth, 22, a total of 206. The number of pupils registered was in the First District, first grade, 35, second grade, 28; Second District, 5; Third, 22; Fourth, 30; Fifth, 10; Sixth, 23; Eighth, 15; Ninth,19, and in the Tenth, 19, a total of 206, of whom seven were over 16 years and and a few of the number were in school hardly long enough to be considered pupils. Eleven were regis- tered in more than one school, so that the actual number of different
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pupils was 195. Three of the regis- | District, $251.16; in the Third, $250; tered were from adjoining towns, and six living in Hebron and under 16 years of age attended school in other towns, two of whom were in non-local High Schools.
All those of school age, except those under 7. and those over 14, at work, were, I think, in school, either in Hebron or elsewhere, though some of them with greater irregular- ity than is desirable. The fact is, I should say, children should not be allowed out of school when schools are in session, except on account of sickness, and after reaching the age of 14 should be taken out of school for work only under exceptional cir- cumstances. I know it is essential that the young should be broken into work, but I think it should be done when schools are not in session, and certainly with as little abridge- ment of their right to at least a common school education as possible.
Perhaps, however, for those over 14, whose earnings are especially needed, to attend school four and one-half months during each year miglit suffice.
The average attendance for the year was in the First District, first grade, 22.85, second grade, 22.477; Second District, 3.988; Third District, 15.19; Fourth District, 16.68; Fifth District, 6.49; Sixth District, 9.99; Eighth District, 9.70; Ninth District, 8.02, and in the Tenth, 12.47. The aggregate daily attendance was 127.86. The cost of the several schools, in- cluding wages and incidentals, was, in the First District for two schools, $1,086.25, of which $300 was for wages in the first grade and $720 for wages in the advanced grade. In the Second
Fourth, $310.61; Fifth, $250; Sixth, $250; Eightlı, $250; Ninth, $248.64, and in the Tenth, $269, amounting to $3,147.66. There was also paid for transportation $80.98, and for super- vision and examination of teachers $57, making the total cost $3,285.64, of which $3,247.03 was drawn from the town treasury. The total cost
per pupil in average attendance was $25.69. The amount per pupil in average attendance as drawn from the town treasury was $25.39.
The schools under my more im- mediate supervision were in the Third, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Dis- tricts. The teachers in these schools were Miss Jennie E. Loomis in the Third, Miss Clara F. Watkins in the Eiglith, Miss Harriet S. Lord in the Ninth and in the Tenth Miss Marion W. Watkins during the fall and Miss Gertrude E. Phelps during the re- mainder of the year. Of these teach- ers Miss Lord and Miss Marion Wat- kins were without previous experi- ence. None of them were Normal School graduates. These teachers, I think, all tried to do their best and were commendably successful, except that the teacher of the fall term in the Tenth District seemed unable to maintain the best of discipline, and her school of course suffered in con- sequence.
Few of the schools are well sup- plied with apparatus and reference books, and some are almost entirely destitute, and I would recommend that the Joint Board make a moder- ate appropriation for at least some of the most needy schools. I think it would probably tend to the im- provement of the schools if they
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were under the supervision of a well qualified superintendent, who is not hampered in his work by other business and who can give more time to supervision than the Acting Vis- itors are able to, or feel at liberty to, and charge the town for such supervision would of course add some- what to the expenses of the town, but, I apprehend, might be money profitably expended. With regard to free text books, while my own view is, that parents ought to be at least willing to furnish the necessary text books for the common school educa- tion of their children, free text books would probably be for the improve- ment of the schools, in that it would do away with the difficulty more or
Icss experienced in nearly all the schools from pupils coming to school destitute of at least some of the books needed, from the appar- ent reluctance of parents to pur- chase them.
With regard to spelling
and reading, in which there seems to be room for much improvement, es- pecially in reading, I am not sure but that a return to the methods of fifty years ago would be an improve- ment.
With regard to teachers, perhaps teachers with better average quali- fications would be secured if they were employed by the School Vis- itors than, as at present, by district committeemen.
Respectfully submitted, CYRUS H. PENDLETON, Acting School Visitor,
Hebron, Conn , Sept., 18, 1905. Read and accepted, Attest: CYRUS H. PENDLETON, Secretary.
Health Officer's Report.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Hebron :
As Town Health Officer I would re- specfully report for the year ending August 31, 1905, as follows:
During the year tliere occurred contagious diseases as follows: Two cases of probably diphtheria, one in December and one in June, of un- certain origin, ending in recovery. They were of moderate severity. There were two cases of typhoid fever, one developing near the last of November and one in July, the former of a somewhat severe grade, the latter quite mild, both ending in recovery. The origin of the case in November could not be ascertained, but more likely it was not of local origin. The case in July was in the person of one employed as a musi- cian on a steamboat, who came home with the disease after he had been sick about a week.
There were some twenty-five cases of whooping cough occurring during the past spring and summer. The cases were not at first recognized as whooping cough and of course, in consequence, were not reported, and there was no hinderance to the dis- ease spreading. There was one death of a child less than a month cld, born in a family where other chil- dren were suffering from the disease at the time. These cases were all secondary to one case in a young
child, who contracted the disease from some unknown exposure when away from home with its mother. The disease developing after its return.
There was one death from consump- tion, but the case had never been reported to me. There are no cases of consumption in the town at present so far as I have any knowledge. There were no known cases during the year of measles, scarlet fever, membranous croup, cerebro spinal fever or smallpox.
I received during the year no complaints of nuisances, except in connection with the location of the watercloset at the railroad station in Turnerville. It was so located in- side of the building that upon the building being opened in the morn- ing, the air was decidedly offensive. The case was finally reported to the County Health Officer, and the nuis- ance was at length abated by the removal of the watercloset to a dis- tance from the building.
The district committeemen in the several school districts were in Au- gust notified to put their respective school premises in good sanitary con- dition before the opening of school in the fall. The school premises of the town were subsequently inspect- ed and their condition found satis- factory.
CYRUS H. PENDLETON. M. D.
Town Health Officer.
Hebron, Conn., Sept. 20, 1905,
List of Dogs Registered in 1905
Name of Owner. J. N. Hewitt Bessie M. Bartholomew E. W. Slater Clarence H. Hanna Hart E. Buell Sarah B. Raymond Minnie Lockwood Ben Jones L. L. & A. C. Spafard Myer Lubchansky Arnold Sutter John H. Fitzgerald Norman Wilson Frank L. Bliss Adny Glading Ben Jones Giles H. Olin Giles H. Olin Alphonso H. Demensy G. F. & G. L. Simons William Weise Edward H. Horton William J. Keefe Alfred Minon August Schneider Genevieve J. Little George A. Minon George A. Minon Alfred Minon Julius Hills Clarence E. White Clarence E. White Loren C. Chittenden Lewis A. Rathbone Lewis A. Rathbone
Name of Owner. Howard Hart Everett G. Lord James A. Robinson Edward A. Smith Elisha D. Lewis
Everett J. Thompson George C. Tennant
E. E. Foote
F. S. Doane C. E. Eskert James B. Noyes
William Warner N. S. Way Fred Burnham P. W. Turner & Co. Wilbur N. Hills Edward A. Raymond
Joe Youngs Joe Youngs Joe Youngs Loren M. Lord
L. A. Waldo
E. Shekhetoff Patrick Daby Conrad Deitz C. W. Loomis
John B. Sloane
George M. Buck Mrs. Richard Stevens
C. F. Burt B. C. Dingwell W. W. Jones Arthur R. Gillett E. Buell Pastor Francis Kalixt
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Name of Owner. Francis Kalixt Francis Kalixt John S. Strickland Clarence A. Banning Fred J. Smith Edward L. Doane James E. Dingwell Dennis Keefe, Jr. Mrs. Maria W. Ellis John August Richard Hanna Miss Jennie A. Root A. Kubler William E. Latham C. Daniel Way George Braman Fitch Jones Dan Jones Edward A. Raymond Noble E. Lord Asa W. Ellis August Schneider Miss Lucy Smith Agnes M. Wood Adell White Tra Lee Allen F. P. Bissell
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Name of Owner. F. A. Rathbun A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson A. E. Hutchinson Rufus R. Rathbun J. A. Sanger Charles H. Dryer Theodore H. Hunnewell Merton W. Hills
Charles M. Pinney Arnold Baumberger Agnes M. Wood J. D. Hunt Charles Sperling Norman Wilson J. Shoen S. G. Maker William Lockwood
C. E. Buck W. C. Jones
Whole number, 121.
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