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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC,
FOR THE
ER
F
TOWN
MASS
INCOF
1876.
RAT
E
Year Ending January 31,
1906.
MERRIMAC, MASS., PRINTED BY THE MERRIMAC BUDGET, CLIFTON B, HEATH, MANAGER. 1906.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, School Committee, Water and Light Boards, and Town Officers OF
The Town of Merrimac,
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31,
1 906.
MERRIMAC, MASS., PRINTED BY THE MERRIMAC BUDGET, CLIFTON B. HEATH, MANAGER. 1906.
SCHOOL REPORT.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
C. A. LANCASTER, Chairman,
Term expires 1906
F. E. SWEETSIR, SILAS L. MORSE, Secretary,
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1907
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1908
GEORGE E. CHICKERING, SUPERINTENDENT
TEACHERS.
CHARLES W. CUTTS, Principal High School
MITTIE A. Dow,
AMANDA I. SYMONDS,
Assistants High School
SUSANNA I. SAYRE,
E. J. WHITTEMORE,
Principal Centre First Grammar
LILLA M. PHELPS, -
Second Grammar
ELSIE GORMAN,
MARY H. HEAD,
Third Grammar
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SCHOOL REPORT.
MARION W. SMITH, ETTA H. COLBY,
Prospect St. Third Grammar Centre First Primary
SARA S. ALLEY, HATTIE A. BAXTER,
Prospect St. Second Primary
Middle St. Second Primary S. BLANCHE CUNNINGHAM,
Merrimacport ANNIE M. SARGENT,
HATTIE A. BAXTER, ANNIE L. HOSFORD, 1
Bear Hill
ANNIE L. HOSFORD, MARY A. HUGHES, -
Birch Meadow
WILLIAM E. HARTWELL, Supervisor of Music NETTIE J. SPOFFORD, Supervisor of Drawing Substitute
ELLA M. HAYES,
N. MAE WITHEY,
Substitute
SAMUEL SCOFIELD, TRUANT OFFICER
Thirtieth Annual Report of the
School Committee.
We hereby respectfully submit the annual report for the past year together with that of the Superintendent which has been adopted.
At the town meeting in March Rev. S. L. Morse was elected on the School Board for three years. After the election of Mr. Morse the School Board at once organized with C. A. Lancaster as chairman, F. E. Sweetsir, purchas- ing agent, and Rev. S. L. Morse, secretary.
Our union with North Andover in employing the Super- intendent for the schools having given perfect satisfaction, a like arrangement was made for a Superintendent in April 1905.
We have made quite a number of improvements in the school buildings during the past year and have been obliged to make several expensive repairs such as shingling the roof of the Prospect Street school house and one-half of the roof on the High school building. We also connected two of the school buildings with water which has proven to be quite a convenience to both teachers and scholars.
At the Bear Hill school we made quite a few necessary improvements, among them being a change of desks in the school room, discarding all the old fashioned double desks
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and substituting single desks which were taken from other schools where they were not used. We were also obliged to build a new chimney on the outside of the building, remov- ing the old chimney formerly used.
We made a change in the school room at Merrimacport, which is now on the first floor of the building instead of on the second floor. We furnished the room with much better desks and chairs than formerly used, which were taken from our supply room.
The Centre First Primary school we have moved into the adjoining room which is larger, lighter and in better repair. We furnished this room with several new desks and chairs and thoroughly renovated all of the desks and chairs by repainting the iron work and revarnishing the wood work.
In the ninth grade we substituted about one-half the number of desks and chairs with others taken from our stock room which were in a much better condition than those removed.
In the High school a large part of the woodwork was revamished and also all the desks and chairs.
The School Committee are much pleased with the work of the superintendent and teachers during the past year, and all of our schools are in excellent condition.
The tax rate for the past year was $23 per thousand and we have been assured by the Board of Selectmen that unless our appropriations are reduced the tax rate for 1906 will be $25 or more per thousand.
As the school appropriation is by far the largest, we were asked how much this could be reduced. There are three ways in which this question can be solved ; all of which are impractical, if we are to keep our schools at the same high standard as in the past,
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First. By reducing the school curriculum of the nine grades to the legal limit of thirty-two instead of thirty-eight weeks, which they have had for many years. Under this plan we would save in salaries and fuel about $800.
Second. By the reduction of the salaries of all teachers, with what that means. At the present time $8,000 of the $10,000 spent for school purposes is for teachers' and jani- tors' salaries. Now we have a corps of teachers of which any town may well be proud ; all of them experienced and most of them normal school graduates. By reducing salaries our schools must become training schools for inexperienced teachers as we pay the minimum salary at the present time for teachers who have had experience.
Third. And what seems to be the most feasible method is to close all district schools, namely, Birch Meadow, Bear Hill and Merrimacport, and have the scholars receive their education in the graded schools at the Centre. Under this plan the following amounts can be saved : the school at Mer- rimacport has cost the past year for teacher, janitor, fuel and repairs more than five hundred dollars ($500) for eighteen scholars ; the Bear Hill school, with twenty-two scholars, has cost four hundred and seventy dollars ($470) ; the Birch Meadow school, with three and sometimes only two town scholars, and eight State poor children, has cost three hun- dred and fifty-eight dollars ($358). The town can save on this school, if transported to the Centre as follows: if the State should take away all the State poor children it would leave a school of only two or three scholars. Under these circumstances from the very smallness of the school it would close itself, and we could convey the pupils to the Centre via the electric railroad at one dollar per month each, or twenty to thirty dollars per school year. If on the other hand, the State should leave the eight State poor children and refuse to pay
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transportation and we paid the eighty dollars a year to the electric railroad the town would save two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) in one year ; this does not include trans- portation of the Melvin child in Hadley district, but she can be conveyed with Highland scholars at a cost of about $60, which would still save the town one hundred and ninety dol- lars ($190) a year on this school.
The saving to the town under this plan would be Birch Meadow, $190; Bear Hill with transportation by electric railroad, $250; Merrimacport without transportation, $506; making a total of $946.
We, as a School Board, do not recommend the adoption of any one of these three plans, as the first two most serious- ly reduces the efficacy of our schools, and the third would meet serious opposition from the rural districts. However, your Committee will gladly receive any instructions the voters of the town see fit to give them.
If our schools are to be run the following year as in the past we recommend the town appropriate the sum of $8,000 for general school purposes, $375 for superintendent of schools and $200 for transportation of scholars.
The above is the minimum amount as computed by our superintendent which the town can legally appropriate and not endanger the amount received from the State.
C. A. LANCASTER, F. E. SWEETSIR, School Committee.
SILAS L. MORSE,
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SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.
Order No.
Amount.
104 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
$787 10
105 F. L. Parker, supplies, I 25
106 American Book Co., supplies, 1 50
107
Merrimac Budget, supplies, 4 10
IOS I. B. Little Co., supplies,
3 01
109 I. B. Little Co., supplies,
68
110 J. L. Hammett Co., supplies, 1 02
III
Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
782 10
112 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll, 643 82
I13 J. A. Lancaster & Co., school furniture, 16 47
114 C. A. Lancaster, money advances,
6 35
115
I. B. Little Co., supplies,
2 45
Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
782 10
116 117 Sargent Coal Co., fuel,
567 09
Merrimac Budget, supplies, 4 45
119 J. C. Libby, work in Centre school house,
5 55
120 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll, 783 68
121 S. Scofield, supplies, repairs, etc.,
II OS
122 Silas L. Morse, supplies, etc.,
5 29
123 Sargent Coal Co., fuel, 7 19
124
S. II. Woodrow, graduation address, 15 00
125 City of Ilaverhill, tuition, 60 00
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126 Merrimac Water Department, $ 27 97
127 J. A. Lancaster & Co., shingles, repairs on desks, etc., 88 06
128 C. A. Stevens, cleaning vaults, 18 10
129 F. H. Trefethen, repairs and cleaning High School house, 44 40
130 D. D. Chase Lumber Co., shingles, 75 00
131 Harrison R. Morse, repairs and cleaning school houses, 79 20
I32 C. W. Chapman, mason work on school house, 49 82
I33 I. B. Little Co., supplies, 17 55
134 T. W. Sheridan, filters, 5 25
135
D. D. Chase Lumber Co., shingles,
30 00
136 Michael Connor, cleaning vaults,
4 00
137 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
908 10
138 John B. Heath, repairs on school houses,
99 54
139 S. Scofield, cleaning Centre school house, repairs, etc., 43 25
140 W. W. Lydston, cleaning and repairing stoves and pipes, 27 OI
141 A. O. Nicol, wood and teaming, 31 75
142 E. Dean Williams, repairs on Merrimacport school house, 4 50
143 Silas L. Morse, supplies, etc., 3 76
144 John C. Swett, repairs on school houses, 3 86
145
I. B. Little Co., supplies,
: 62
146 F. C. Williams, supplies,
1 00
147 W. C. Bennett, plumbing,
So 13
148 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
783 10
149 Merrimac Water Department,
IO 29
150 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll, 783 10
15I C. A. Lancaster, freight on desks,
1 89
152 Merrimac Budget, supplies,
17 85
153 O. Wentworth, setting desks, Centre school house, I 50
154 Silas L. Morse, school census, 15 00
155 Michael Connor, cleaning vault, 1 00
156 Ellen L. Sargent, work at Merrimacport
school house, 2 00
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157 N. J. Spofford, supplies,
$ 1 14
158 I. B. Little Co., supplies,
I 4I
159 W. C. Bennett, plumbing, 6 72
160 W. C. Bennett, plumbing,
1 44
Rosengard Furniture Co., specimen case for Centre school house, II 25
163 164
C. F. Winchester, supplies,
5 00
165 City of Haverhill, tuition,
10 00
166 167 168
F. C. Williams, supplies,
I 25
Curtis & Wood, express and freight,
2 36
C. F. Winchester, supplies,
6 40
169 Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies, 5 20
170
F. H. Trefethen, repairs at Centre and High school houses, IO IO
171 Merrimac Water Department,
3 00
172
W. C. Bennett, plumbing,
I 25
173
C. W. Chapman, mason work,
4 13
174
John B. Heath, repairs on Prospect street school house, 4 38
175 Zenas Lovell & Co., supplies,
16 50
176 177
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
7 75
178
Edward E. Babb & Co., supplies,
45 96
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies.
25 46
39 22
12 00
677 SI
I83
S. Scofield, truant officer and distribution of school supplies, 25 00
184 N. F. Stevens, clock repairing, 1 00
W. W. Lydston, supplies and repairs, 5 59
185 186 Henry C. Manning, clock repairing, 1 00
187 John E. Currier, lumber, 7 76
188 Fred L. Parker, supplies, I 35
$8,733 85
Unexpended,
1,237 37
$9,971 22
161 162 Merrimac Budget, supplies,
6 50
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
6 09
C. F. Winchester, supplies, 28 95
179 180 Ginn & Co., supplies, ISI George W. Sargent's Sons, wood, I82 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
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General appropriation. $8,425 00
Superintendent of schools, 375 00
Transportation of scholars, 200 00
Received from State, education State children,
220 00
State, acct. superintendent, 625 00
County, dog tax,
126 22
$9,971 22
From the above amount there has been paid out for salaries of superintendent, teachers, janitors and conveyance of pupils $6,930.91 as follows :
SUPERINTENDENT.
George E. Chickering,
$687 50
$687 50
TEACHERS.
Charles W. Cutts,
$1,080 00
Mittie A. Dow,
165 00
Susanna I. Sayre,
365 00
E. J. Whittemore,
428 75
L. M. Phelps,
190 00
Mary H. Head,
343 75
M. W. Smith,
341 87
Etta H. Colby,
343 75
Sara S. Alley,
1IO 00
S. Blanche Cunningham,
341 87
Annie M. Sargent,
320 00
Hattie A. Baxter,
316 25
Mary A. Hughes,
112 50
Annie L. Hosford,
273 75
W. E. Hartwell,
185 00
Nettie J. Spofford,
175 00
Ella Ilayes,
So 00
Linda M. French,
36 00
Amanda I. Symonds,
160 00
Elsie Gorman,
150 00
N. Mae Withey,
10 00
5,528 49
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JANITORS.
S. Scofield,
$201 28
Frank H. Trefethen,
202 50
Mrs. Edward Whaland,
68 00
Ellen M. Sargent,
42 50
Annie L. Hosford,
14 25
C. B. Martin,
19 00
Mary A. Hughes,
1I 25
Oran W. Burke,
18 00
576 78
CONVEYANCE.
Gilbert G. Davis,
$138 14
138 14
Amount paid for salaries,
$6,930 91
Amount paid for supplies and repairs,
1,802 94
Total expenditures,
$8,733 85
Unexpended,
1,237 37
$9,971 22
SALARIES PER MONTHI FOR SUPT. OF SCHOOLS,
JANITORS AND CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
NAME OF SCHOOL.
PERSON IN CHARGE.
SALARY.
Supt. of Schools,
George E. Chickering,
$62.50
High,
Frank H. Trefethen,
22.50
Centre,
Samuel Scofield,
23.68
Prospect Street,
Julia V. Whaland,
8 00
Merrimacport,
Ellen M. Sargent,
5.00
Birch Meadow,
Mary A. Hughes,
3.00
Bear Hill.
Oran Burke,
5.00
Conveyance of pupils,
Gilbert G. Davis,
18.42
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MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FUND.
Order No.
Amount.
1-6 Pay roll,
$27 00
7 C. F. Winchester, supplies,
2 33
S D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
3 95
9 Ginn & Co., supplies,
4 92
10-19 Pay roll,
42 50
20 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
29 49
2I Silver, Burdette & Co., supplies,
4 67
22 D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
2 65
23 Rand, McNally & Co., supplies,
S So
24 Ginn & Co., supplies,
21 16
25 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
34 75
26 C. F. Winchester, supplies,
1 15
27 Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies,
3 65
28 S. Scofield, supplies,
5 85
29 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
41 00
30 C. F. Winchester, supplies,
7 70
31 D. C. Heath & Co., supplies,
2 81
32
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
5 20
33 Fred W. Peabody, supplies,
9 20
34 Howard & Brown, supplies,
16 07
35 C. W. Cutts, supplies,
3 66
36 J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
30 25
37 Merrimac Budget, supplies,
18 50
38 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
25 00
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39 Ginn & Co., supplies,
44 93
40 George E. Chickering, supplies, 9 45
41 D. C. Heath & Co., supplies, 10 15
42 American Book Co., supplies,
34 05
43 Hinds, Noble & Eldridge, supplies,
2 40
44 C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., supplies,
7 00
45 Silver, Burdette & Co., supplies,
34 10
46 Maynard, Merrill & Co., supplies,
S 21
47 Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies,
I 07
48
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies,
3 08
49 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
25 00
50 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
25 00
51 Wadsworth, Howland & Co., supplies,
1 00
52 Silver, Burdette & Co., supplies,
7 95
53 C. F. Winchester, supplies,
40 76
54 Ginn & Co., supplies, 26 07
55 American Book Co., supplies,
4 09
56 J. L. Hammett Co., supplies, 3 73
57 D. C. Heath & Co., supplies, 30 99
58 American School Furniture Co., supplies, 22 50
59 Clifton B. Heath, Treas., pay roll,
SOS 10
60 University Publishing Co., supplies, I 44
$1,503 33
Balance unexpended,
874 44
$2,377 77
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1905,
$1,518 78
Received January 26, 1906,
858 99
$2,377 77
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From the Massachusetts School fund the following salaries have been paid :
SUPERINTENDENT.
George E. Chickering, $62 50 $62 50
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TEACHERS.
Lilla M. Phelps,
$37 13
Sara S. Alley,
4 37
Mittie A. Dow,
15 00
Mary H. Ilead,
83 75
Etta H. Colby,
S3 75
E. J. Whittemore,
93 75
S. Blanche Cunningham,
61 87
Marion W. Smith,
59 37
Charles W. Cutts,
120 00
Susanna I. Sayre,
80 00
Amanda I. Symonds,
40 00
Elsie Gorman,
40 00
Hattie A. Baxter,
40 00
Annie M. Sargent,
40 00
Annie L. Hosford,
35 00
Mary A. Hughes,
30 00
W. E. Hartwell,
20 00
Nettie J. Spofford,
20 00
903 99
JANITORS.
Samuel Scofield,
$23 68
Frank HI. Trefethen,
22 50
Mrs. Edward Whaland,
8 00
Ellen M. Sargent,
5 00
Oran Burke,
5 00
C. B. Martin,
5 75
Mary A. Hughes,
3 00
72 93
CONVEYANCE.
Gilbert G. Davis,
$18 42
IS 42
Amount paid for salaries,
$1,057 84
Amount paid for supplies,
445 49
$1,503 33
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1906,
874 44
$2,377 77
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Merrimac, Mass., January 15, 1906
To the School Committee :
The work of the schools for the year just ended has been carried out on the same lines as last year. Commendable zeal has been shown by the teachers, and exceptionally good results are anticipated at the end of the school year. The method of teaching reading in the primary grades has been made uniform so as to conform to that which the experience of the last three years has shown us to be the best for our schools. Number work has been kept within proper bounds, and promotion from the first to the second grade is no longer dependent entirely upon the pupil's ability to give all the com- binations up to ten. Geography as a study now begins in the fitth grade and ends with the ninth.
A new text book on physiology has been placed in the 7th, Sth and 9th grades, and a new course of study on this subject provided. This course is based on a "Report on a Course of Study in Physiology and Hygiene for the Massa- chusetts Public Schools" prepared by the "Committee of Twelve." It is hoped that with these aids the instruction in physiology and hygiene may be placed upon a rational basis and furnish results both practical and satisfactory.
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The opening of the fall term in September was marked by an unexpected decrease in the number of pupils. This was most apparent in the upper grades, particularly in the eighth and ninth, and resulted in the consolidation of both grades in Mr. Whittemore's room. The seventh grade under Miss Gorman was increased in number by the promotion, on trial, of a few of the most advanced pupils of the sixth grade, thus relieving Miss Head's room from what at the time threatened to be a serious congestion. Since the change was made, however, not a few more have removed from town, not only relieving the congestion in Miss Head's room but also reducing the total to a number less than ever before since I have had any knowledge of the schools. The total number now in school as returned by the teachers at the close of the fall term is 360. This corresponds very closely with the decrease in the school population of the town as reported by the census taker.
It is with pleasure I note the improvements at the Port, Bear Hill and Centre buildings, and also the introduction of town water into the High and Prospect street schools. It is to be hoped that some means may be devised to supply the Centre school with the town water.
The improvement in attendance is very encouraging. The per cent. for the past year was 94, three points higher than the previous year and the highest attained for several years.
TEACHERS.
The changes in the corps of teachers have been com- paratively few although more numerous than last year. Miss Mittie A. Dow, assistant teacher in the High school, resigned at the close of the school year and Miss Amanda I. Symonds was chosen her successor. Miss Symonds was a graduate of Boston University and had taught successfully in Goffstown,
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N. H. Miss Lilla M. Phelps was granted a vacation of one year and her place has been filled very satisfactorily by Miss Elsie Gorman. Miss Gorman was a graduate of the Salem Normal School in 1902 and has taught with good success since that time. Miss Mary A. Hughes, a graduate of our own High school, was elected to the Birch Meadow school. Transfers were made of Miss Hosford to the Bear Hill school and Miss Baxter from the Bear Hill school to the Prospect street school to fill the position left vacant by the death of Miss Alley.
IIIGHI SCHOOL.
The condition of the High school will be given in detail by the Principal, M1. C. W. Cutts, in his report which fol- lows. In many respects there seems to be an improvement both as regards application and discipline. Some work that ought to be done can not be done with the present number of teachers, and so I refrain from any suggestions in this line.
The one change that can be made in our High school and which in my opinion should be made at the earliest opportunity, is the lengthening of the English course from three to four years and making four years of such work necessary for securing a diploma. If thought best it could be arranged that a certificate of proficiency be given
when desired to those choosing to leave at the end of three years. It seems to me that in a town like this there is no oc- casion for shortening the course of study, especially in English, the most important branch of all, unless it is desired to have a purely business or commercial course. Such a course, in order to compete successfully with the modern busi- ness college, would need appliances that we do not have and can not afford, and qualifications on the part of teachers that they are not supposed to possess.
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The names of those who graduated last June will be found on another page as also the names of those who gradu- ated from the grammar grade and were promoted to the High school.
TARDINESS.
Tardiness is becoming an evil in the Centre school that calls for prompt and decisive action. The fault in many cases, I regret to say, seems to rest with the parents. It is unnecessary to say that the habit of punctuality in all the duties of life is of vital consequence, and the school training that will bring this about is of great value, and should be en- couraged by parents.
BOOKS.
The books are now in a very satisfactory condition. Most of the old and worn out book were, as you know, eliminated from the stock, and the new ones that have been added have put us on a new and sound basis. The only books now needed, and which you have authorized me to purchase, is a speller. There has been no spelling book in our schools for a good many years-from inquiry I should say at least ten years. It was quite the proper thing ten years ago, and has been since until within a year or two, to discard the spelling book. It was supposed the teachers could prepare their own lists of words. The disposition now is to return to the spelling book. It has been proved that the teachers cannot be relied upon to make their own lists of words ; that the same words are often repeated in successive grades ; that the reading books from which the selections are usually made do not contain the names of many of the most common things. Hence a word list based on authority should be used by teachers, and a good spelling book contains such a list, As the result of using no spelling book the spelling is
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poor, and is particularly noticeable in the High school. I cannot attribute this condition to any other reason than the absence of the spelling book. This deficiency cannot be made up in one year or two, but there ought to be a gradual im- provement each year, and the progression should be of a geometrical nature. We hope to be able to begin the work early in the winter term.
IN GENERAL.
In a general way it can be truthfully said that our schools are in a healthy condition. We are not frittering away time on fads, but are trying to concentrate attention upon essentials. Perhaps, if thought best, we can branch out next year and pay more attention to some of the culture studies. We have already attempted to improve the work in drawing by giving more time to this branch in the High school and hope to show some practical results in the near future. Throughout the year there has been manifested by the teachers a com- mendable spirit of loyalty and an earnest effort to attain the best results.
In addition, your kindness and courtesy together with your disposition to respond to any reasonable request for books, supplies and other aids has been a great help to us all and is, I can assure you, fully appreciated by your super- intendent.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO, E. CHICKERING.
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REPORT OF PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL.
To the Superintendent of Schools :
The work of the High school for the past year has been, in the main, satisfactory. The class that was graduated in June was unusually large-the largest ever graduated from the school, yet the membership of the school for the present year is almost exactly the same as for the preceding year. The present senior class is smaller than usual, and hence the membership of the school next year is likely to be consider- ably larger than at present.
There has been one change in the teaching force. Miss Dow, who had taught in the school for four years, severed her connection with the school in June. Miss Symonds, who succeeded her, has already gained a strong position in the school.
Through the efforts of Mr. Hartwell, the instructor in music, a fund has been started with which to purchase a new piano. A little over sixty dollars were realized from the concert given in May, and recently the Alumni Association has added twenty dollars to the fund. It is hoped that the desired amount may be obtained so the new piano may be se- cured during the present year.
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