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SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
MASSACHUSETTS,
2 1893.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
1892.
NEW BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY & SONS, Incorp., PRINTERS. 1893.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ELLEN M. MAXFIELD, SARA E. MANCHESTER. JOB C. TRIPP, WILLIAM P. MACOMBER,
GEORGE W. STEVENS,
Term expires 1893. Term expires 1893. Term expires 1894. Term expires 1894. Term expires 1895.
HENRY P. CROWELL, Term expires 1895.
Report of School Committee.
TO THE CITIZENS OF FAIRHAVEN :
During the last year the thirteen schools of Fairhaven have been attended by 461 pupils. For the proper care of these schools fourteen teachers and six janitors have been employed. The total cost for teachers, janitors, fuel, school books and supplies, repairs and incidentals, has been $7,672.20. Ap- pended to this report will be found a table showing the cost of each school and also the cost per scholar. The census taken last May shows 497 children between 5 and 15 years of age, being an increase of 46 over the number reported in the previous year.
Your committee think that our town is fortunate in the possession of school buildings and apparatus,-better, prob- ably, than the average found in the State: fortunate in her - teachers, who are faithful and efficient : fortunate in her pu- pils, most of whom have had a good home training; and for- tunate in an intelligent citizenship, which adopts a liberal policy in appropriations for her public schools, knowing that this service, so far-reaching in its good results, is of vastly more consequence than any other service or industry in town, providing always that the money given therefor is wisely spent, with an eye single to the best good of the schools. Now, with these conditions given, the citizens have a right to expect not only good schools but better than the average,- schools the graduates of which, by their improved mental at- tainments and general excellence in deportment and character, shall give promise of becoming good American citizens. Your committee has labored with this aim in view, and are
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glad to know that the estimate we hold as to the excellence of our schools is confirmed by outside and disinterested testi- mony. One academy of established reputation notifies us that our Grammar school diploma admits our pupils to that school with no other conditions. And still another institution, of higher grade and of acknowledged excellence, offers Fairhaven pupils its superior advantages on the presentation of our High school diploma, and volunteers the remark that of all pupils who present themselves for admission, those from Fairhaven are the best fitted. And better still, the Massachusetts State Board of Education says : "In our opinion the schools of Fairhaven stand well in comparison with other schools of the State, and far better than in most towns paying equal salaries to teachers."
Our schools are open to parents and citizens, who can form a better estimate by a visit now and then, and draw their own conclusions as to the present condition of our schools.
MUSIC.
The decision of your committee to make the study of music compulsory in all our schools is producing most satisfactory results. In most of our schools commendable progress has been made in this branch, especially among the boys. This is most encouraging to your committee, for we know of no study or practice better calculated to elevate the nature and favorably affect the character than that of music.
ROGERS SCHOOL.
Three hundred and nine pupils attended the Rogers school the last year. Of this number, 48 come from the rural school districts. The attendance gradually increases from year to year. The average per room is 39. Nearly all educators recommend not over 40 pupils for each teacher and room, in order to obtain the best results. But the building will accom-
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modate 50 to a room. For many years to come most of the children in our town will complete their school course when they graduate from this school. Your committee therefore aim to make the course of study and teaching, during the pupils' stay of nine years in this building, as useful, compre- hensive, and efficient as possible. With the eight rooms care- fully graded, and competent teachers to teach, there is no reason why a good practical mental equipment for our chil- dren cannot be obtained here, if a reasonable cooperation is exercised on the part of the pupil.
Your committee would deprecate any attempt to disturb the present conditions of grade and study, or any attempt to divert the building to any other purpose than that for which it was originally designed.
STANDARD FOR PROMOTION.
Your committee believe that the interests of the High school demand a higher standard of scholarship for admission than that required in former years. It is obvious that scholars in- adequately prepared will not only find the studies there diffi- cult and uninteresting, but will be the means of retarding the progress of the class, lowering the standard of the school, and in many cases causing the discouraged pupil to leave school before the close of the first year. The school superintendents of this State, at their late convention, favored a nine years' Primary and Grammar course, provided ample provision be made for the completion of the course in less time for those capable of doing so. Your committee, acting in the spirit of this recommendation, have made the course of study as now arranged more comprehensive and the condition of grade pro- motion more rigid, having the assurance that many scholars will complete the course in eight years. We believe a system of promotion for each grade is desirable, and that it will prove to be a greater incentive to study. Ordinarily the work done in the first three rooms will require four years, but no pupil
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will be retained in a lower grade who is qualified to advance. The conditions for promotion are as follows :
Firstly .- An average of 70 per cent. in all studies will be required.
Secondly .- Should the percentage in a certain study fall below this, a general excellence in scholarship and deportment will enable the pupil to make up the deficiency during the following year.
Thirdly .- Pupils who have been two years in one grade may be promoted without an average of 70 per cent. if in the opinion of the teacher and principal they can work to better advantage in a higher grade.
Scholars who complete the Grammar school course will be granted diplomas.
A reasonable cooperation on the part of parents and pupils with the school authorities will make the Rogers school not only equal in grade to any in the State, but make its diploma a guarantee of admission to any High school.
COLUMBUS DAY.
Agreeable to the request of our state and national authori- ties, all the schools in our town observed Columbus Day, Oc- tober 21. Efforts were made to procure a suitable place where the public could be admitted to these interesting exer- cises, but none could be obtained. It was finally decided to use Rogers hall, which could just accommodate 450 scholars, with their teachers and the town officials. It was the first occasion when all the school children of the town were brought together. The sight was a most impressive one. The exer- cises on the lawn, the salute to the flag, the recitations, and the music from the children's sweet voices, were all beyond criticism, while the deep interest shown by the children in the exercises, their bright, glad faces, and their orderly deport- ment, were not only most inspiring to those present, but we fully believe will prove to be an earnest of a better future for
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our town. We append to this report the programme of the exercises on that occasion.
EXHIBIT FOR COLUMBUS EXPOSITION, CHICAGO.
The Massachusetts Commission of the World's Columbian Exposition, of which General Francis A. Walker is chairman, desires us to contribute pupils' work for the Massachusetts Public School Exhibit at Chicago. Believing that Fairhaven pupils can make a creditable exhibit for this occasion your committee have accepted the invitation, and expect to have the exhibit completed by March. If possible, either before or after the World's Fair it will be placed in some convenient place for the inspection of parents and citizens.
A full and explanatory schedule of all branches taught in our schools will be found at the close of this report, followed by a list of all the text-books in use at the present time in the three grades of Primary, Grammar, and High.
FINANCIAL.
Our financial report will be found annexed. It will be ob- served that the bills contracted and approved for 1892 are $86.21 in excess of our resources. This amount, with the deficit of last year, we could not meet for the following rea- sons. Unexpected repairs on our school-houses, particularly those in the rural districts, could not be delayed. There was also a necessary increase in the salaries of the teachers in our rural schools. These two items alone involved an expendi- ture of $440, and thus prevented us from keeping within our usual resources, but any other action on the part of the com- mittee would have proved injurious to the schools.
Your committee are of the opinion that on account of the gradual increase of children in our town, and the maintenance
of our present school standard, not less than $7000 is needed for the ensuing year.
Annexed will be found tables showing statistics in relation to the schools for the past year.
HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
month.
Whole No.
enrolled.
Average
membership.
Average
attendance.
Per cent. of
attendance.
No. of weeks.
Etta L. Chapman.
$80
48
47
43
92
Winter.
12
Margaret P. C. Tucker.
55
46
45
42
93
Spring.
12
49
48
46
96
Fall.
15
RURAL SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Wages per
month.
Whole No.
enrolled.
Average
membership.
Average
attendance.
Per cent. of
attendance.
No. of
weeks.
Oxford, Kate Drew.
$28
37
35
31
89
Winter.
11
28
46
36
30
83
Spring.
11
..
..
32
39
37
32
87
Fall.
15
24
15
14
10
71
Winter.
11
24
17
16
12
75
Spring.
11
26
16
14
11
79
Fall.
15
New Boston. Mary E. Mcauliffe. .. ..
32
27
24
21
88
Spring.
11
..
36
30
25
24
96
Fall.
15
Sconticut, Carrie A. Hook. .. 66
28
20
19
15
79
Winter.
11
28
17
14
12
86
Spring.
11
Minnie C. Ritter.
32
18
16
15
94
Fall.
15
32
30
28
22
79
Winter.
11
Naskatucket. Eliza D. Haney,
TERM.
TERM.
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ROGERS SCHOOL.
PRINCIPAL. Lucy F. Winchester.
Wages per
month.
Whole No. enrolled.
Average
membership.
Average
attendance.
Per cent. of
attendance.
No. of weeks.
Room 8, L. F. Winchester,
$50
28
27
26
96
Winter.
11
6.
6.
66
50
26
26
25
96
Spring. Fall.
15
Room 7, Mary A. Nye,
40 )
40
32
29
27
93
Winter.
9
66
Mrs. James Ede,
20
29
29
28
97
Spring.
11
40
29
29
28
97
Fall.
15
40
34
33
29
88
Winter.
11
66
..
40
36
35
31
S9
Spring.
11
40
35
35
30
86
Fall.
15
Room 5, Sara L. Tallman,
40
37
34
30
88
Winter.
11
66
.6
40
35
33
29
SS
Spring.
11
66
66
36
41
35
32
91
Fall.
15
36
39
38
36
95
Winter.
11
66
Florence McGlashen,
40 )
47
45
40
89
Spring.
10%
32
32
53
44
39
89
Fall.
15
Room 3, Idella M. Libbey,
32
40
37
31
84
Winter.
11
66
66
32
41
40
30
75
Fall.
15
Room 2, Jenny H. Tripp,
32
24
23
19
83
Winter.
11
66
Alice Tallman,
24
26
24
22
92
Spring. Fall.
15
Room 1, Eliza W. Childs,
40
42
40
34
85
Winter.
11
66
66
40
43
39
35
90
Spring.
11
Louise M. Keith,
36
62
50
39
78
Fall.
15
66
50
22
22
21
95
Grace Bates,
66
Room 6, Lillian E. Page,
Room 4, Grace L. Bates,
66
Annie Maxfield.
32
Annie C. Hart,
32
37
35
30
86
Spring.
11
32
38
36
29
81
11
. 6
66
TEACHERS.
TERM.
11
Emma W. Hunt,
40
10
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
COST OF SCHOOLS IN 1892-93.
Teachers' salaries,
$5,324.75
Janitors' salaries,
76S.00
Fuel.
341.32
School books and supplies.
571.90
Incidentals,
666.23 87,672.20
Add deficit for 1891.
219.15
$7.891.35
RESOURCES.
Appropriation,
$7,000.00
State fund,
268.31
County fund,
316.98
Cash for broken glass,
.70 $7,585.99
Leaving unpaid.
$305.36
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TABLE SHOWING COST OF EACH SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Scholars.
Yearly Cost.
Cost per Scholar.
High,
Rogers, No. 1, Primary,
62
564.00
9.10
. 6
66
3,
41
488.00
11.90
53
508.00
9.58
66
5,
66
41
548.00
13.36
66
66
S,
22
668.00
30.36
39
495.00
12.68
Naskatucket,
16
310.00
19.37
New Boston,
30
478.00
15.93
Sconticut,
18
349.00
19.39
..
66
26
443.00
17.04
4, Grammar,
6,
35
562.00
16.06
29
528.00
18.21
Oxford,
Average cost per scholar in Rogers school, $13.94.
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66 Rural schools, 15.84.
It should be stated that Miss L. F. Winchester is both teacher and prin- cipal in Rogers school, but the whole of her salary is charged to No. 8 Grammar school in making up the above statement.
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$1,736.00
$35.43
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EXERCISES,
Wednesday, June 29, 1892.
SONG-" God Speed the Right,"
School
PRAYER,
Rev. H. B. Greene Russell Hathaway, Jr.
CLASS HISTORY,
PIANO SOLO.
Emma Hanna
MERCHANT OF VENICE-Act II. Scene I.
Portia.
Eleanor Bradford
Nerissa,
Abbie Williams
Bassanio.
Pierce Brown
Gratiano.
John Hillman
SONG-" Silver Chimes,"
School
SCENE FROM SCHILLER'S MARY STUART.
Elizabeth, Mary.
Clara Hathaway Mabel Potter
VOCAL DUET.
Abbie Williams, Mattie Wilbor Alice Tallman
VALEDICTORY,
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
SONG-" Sweet and Low."
School
ADDRESS, John T. Prince, Agt. State Board of Education Class
PARTING SONG,
BENEDICTION,
Rev. D. C. Stevens
GRADUATING CLASS.
Alice Maud Tallman,
Russell Hathaway, Jr.,
John Morton Hillman.
Mabel Louise Potter,
Emma Fairchild Hanna.
Eleanor Mabel Bradford,
Clara Frances Hathaway, Abbie Harriet Williams,
Mattie Hathaway Wilbor,
Pierce Drew Brown.
No.
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FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
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ROGERS SCHOOL GRADUATION EXERCISES,
July 1. 1892.
SONG-" Praise the Lord."
INVOCATION,
PIANO SOLO,
HISTORY EXERCISE,
Class
Winston Valentine, Gertrude Allen, Mary Macomber, Ethel Battles, Elsie Washburn.
PIANO DUET, Ethel Battles, Edith Eldred PAPER, Editors, Mary Dowling, Mary Mott Class
SONG-" Carol of Spring Water,"
RECITATION,
Lida Carpenter Lot Besse
EXAMINATIONS,
Helena Ricketson
RECITATIONS-" Drowned," " Home Study,"
Bessie Hathaway Class
SONG-" Twilight,"
RECITATIONS-" The Stranger in the Pew," Mary Macomber
" Farmer Jones and the Cyclopedia," Eddie Sanders " Grandma's Patchwork," Bertha Allen
VOCAL DUET. Alice Bumpus, Elsie Washburn
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
SONG-" Farewell,"
Class
GRADUATING CLASS.
Bertha Mayhew Allen, Lot Palmer Besse,
Emma Gertrude Allen,
Alice William Bumpus,
Ethel Fairchild Battles, Mary Teresa Dowling,
Bessie Winsor Hathaway,
Edith Tobey Eldred,
Mary Elizabeth Macomber, Mary Alzada Mott,
Manuel Fraga,
Helena Eliza Ricketson,
George Winston Valentine,
Edward Wilmot Sanders,
Elsie Almy Washburn.
RECITATIONS,
Class Rev. W. P. Macomber Edith Eldred
Alida Howard Carpenter,
The TO ENE CO N.Y.
ROGERS SCHOOL BUILDING. Presented by Henry H. Rogers, of New York.
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COLUMBUS DAY EXERCISES AT ROGERS SCHOOL,
Friday. October 21. 1892.
READING OF PROCLAMATION. J. C. Tripp
RAISING OF FLAG, Veterans lead in three cheers for " Old Glory "
SALUTE TO FLAG,
Teachers, pupils, and veterans
SINGING-" America."
Schools
MARCH TO HALL.
PRAYER, Wm. P. Macomber
SINGING-"Columbia, my Land," Schools
ESSAY-" Meaning of the Four Centuries,"
H. D. Waldron
DIALOGUE-" Columbus." Children from Primary department
SINGING, Grade IX "AMERICA'S PROGRESS," Pupils from all the schools
SINGING-" America. my Native Land," EXERCISE,
Schools
Oxford school
ODE.
Grammar school
SONG-" Blow ye Wild Winds."
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2 H
COLUMBUS DAY.
Course of Study in the Fairhaven Schools.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
There are certain general principles very important, and upon which the success of a teacher's work depends, which deserve special mention.
Observation is the first of the child's faculties to be exer- cised. Illustrate each fact to be taught. Proceed from the known to the unknown. During the first seven years of school life, knowledge is obtained mostly through observa- tion.
Teaching should be so methodical and systematic as to se- cure the best mental discipline. Principles should be clearly stated.
Teachers should be especially careful to make their instruc- tion intelligible. Do not over-rate the capacity of the child.
The pupil should be made self-reliant, and taught to think, question, and reason.
Make a thinker of the child, rather than a mere memorizer of words which have no meaning, and originate from no men- tal picture.
Attention is essential. Make the lessons attractive. Give each pupil something to do. Do not make the recitations too long.
Insist on concise, definite statements.
Make each pupil feel that you have an interest in him per- sonally.
Let there be no opportunity for idleness.
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FIRST YEAR.
READING .- Lessons from blackboard, chart, and primer. Use the "phonic method." Teach the pronunciation and meaning of words before they are used in a reading lesson. Two or more lessons each day. Require the pupils to write letters and words on slate until they can call each letter at sight. Phonic spelling should accompany each reading exer- cise. Teach the proper position of holding book and turning leaves. Supplementary reading should be commenced here and continued through the entire course.
SPELLING .- Words in the reading lesson, and simple words used in oral instruction, are to be written upon the slate, and also spelled orally. Two or more lessons daily. Insist on distinctness of articulation.
LANGUAGE .- The systematic correction of common errors in the use of language should be begun in this grade, and continued throughout the course. Encourage the child to express his thoughts, and to add a new word to his vocabu- lary daily. Copying words and sentences from the black- board. Short sentences from dictation. Memory gems learned and recited. Teach the use of the period, the ques- tion mark, and capital letters.
NUMBERS .- Counting to one hundred. Relations and con- binations of numbers. Section A to fifteen, Section B to ten, inclusive,-all by means of objects. Roman numerals to fifty, inclusive. Simply practical problems daily.
PHYSIOLOGY. - Teach parts of body and uses. Pupils should be taught to care for the body.
DRAWING .- Study of forms, and modelling in clay.
WRITING .- Tracing Book No. 1.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Color,-Red, yellow, blue, orange, green, white, black, brown, gray. Measure,-Gill, pint, quart, gallon, peck, bushel, inch, foot, yard. Coins,-From
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one cent to one dime, inclusive. Morals and Manners,- Lead pupil to distinguish right from wrong by awakening his moral sense. Teach habits of order; proper behavior at school, in church, at home, and on the street : duties to par- ents, teachers, brothers and sisters, the poor, the aged, and the infirm ; the duty of doing as he would be done by.
SECOND YEAR.
READING. - Finish First Reader, begin Second Reader. Two lessons daily. Insist on full, clear tones, and distinct enunciation. See that the meaning of each word is under- stood. Keep constantly in mind that proper emphasis and inflection can be secured only by a thorough comprehension of the thought on the part of the pupil. Phonic spelling in connection with each reading exercise. Give special attention to the dull and backward.
SPELLING .- Spell words in the Reader, also names of days of week, months of the year, articles of clothing, objects in the schoolroom. Two lessons daily : one oral, the other written.
LANGUAGE .- Correct errors in use of language. Let each answer be a complete sentence. Copy from board, and write from dictation. Let pupil, under guidance of teacher, write what he knows about some familiar object. Teach use of capitals, comma, period, and interrogation mark. Memory gems learned and recited.
PHYSIOLOGY .- Review of parts. Teach principal parts of the parts, and something of relation of parts. Care of the body.
WRITING .- Always use one style of script letter, and that the simplest found in the prescribed series of writing-books. Group letters according to similarity of form. Insist on cor- rect proportions, position, and manner of pencil-holding.
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Encourage all children to use the right hand. Tracing Book No. 2.
NUMBERS. - Roman and Arabic notation and numeration to one thousand. Addition to and subtraction from numbers not exceeding one hundred, by ones, twos, etc., up to tens. C'olumns of units to be added on slate and blackboard, no re- sult to exceed one hundred. Multiplication and division tables to twelve, inclusive. Practical problems, involving weights and measures, daily.
DRAWING .- Study of forms, and modelling, continued.
ORAL INSTRUCTION. - Color, - Purple, scarlet, crimson, pink, violet. Weights and Measures,-Ounce, pound ; sec- ond, minute, hour, day, week, month, year; dozen, score, quire, ream. Coins,-Silver and gold coins of the United States. Morals and Manners, -Repeat verses and maxims. Lead pupil to appreciate and name moral qualities. Illus- trate by familiar anecdotes and narratives such qualities as industry, obedience, kindness, generosity, perseverance, etc.
THIRD YEAR.
READING .- Finish Second Reader. Supplementary read- ing. Let the meaning of what is read be made plain by the use of definitions and illustrations. Drill on the elementary sounds of vowels and consonants, together with phonic spell- ing, should accompany each exercise.
SPELLING .- All words in Reader to be spelled ; also sea- sons of year, names of town, state, objects in schoolroom, household furnishings, gardener's tools, carpenter's tools.
LANGUAGE. - Form sentences of words defined in the Reader. Reproduce in simple sentences short stories told or read by the teacher. Sentences written from dictation. Cor- rect errors in speech and conversation. Teach use of capitals and punctuation marks. Quotations. Letters. Memory gems learned and recited.
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PHYSIOLOGY .- Second year work continued and enlarged.
WRITING .- Teach use of pen. Copy book No. 1 com- pleted.
DRAWING .- Cutting and drawing of faces of objects.
NUMBERS .- Require pupils to write the tables on slate or blackboard from memory. Dictate mental exercises in addi- tion, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Practical questions involving similar combinations of concrete numbers. Daily drill in rapid combinations. Insist on accuracy and rapidity. Everything to long division with small numbers.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Morals and Manners,-Teacher strive to counteract selfishness, cruelty, deception, and profanity. Color,-Show how tints and shades of color are produced ; lessons on blending colors ; practical lessons on harmony of colors as applied to dress. Weights and Measures,-Hun- dred weight, ton, rod, acre, mile, gross, century, the number of days in each month. Teach pupils to tell time by clock.
FOURTH YEAR.
READING .- Third Reader. Give special attention to flu- ency of utterance, distinctness of articulation, correctness of pronunciation, and the cultivation of natural and easy expres- sion. Drill upon elementary sounds and phonic spelling daily. The meaning of new words should be carefully learned.
SPELLING .- Harrington's Speller No. 1, to Lesson XLIX. Each lesson should be read by the class, before assigned for study. Oral and written spelling daily. Difficult words that occur in connection with other lessons should be spelled. Abbreviations on page 78. Give synonyms of words occur- ring in the reading lesson each day.
LANGUAGE. - Language book, first third, to Lesson XXXVII.
WRITING .- Much attention should be given to movement exercises. Legibility, rapidity, and beauty, are the ends to
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be sought. The first is essential, the others desirable. Copy Book No. II, completed.
DRAWING .- Use the outline given.
PHYSIOLOGY .- Health Primer.
GEOGRAPHY .- Topographical features, directions, etc.
ARITHMETIC .- Elementary arithmetic to addition of frac- tions, page 87. Plenty of mental work.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Object lessons from cards. Nature lessons. Morals and, Manners,-Impress on pupil value of a good character.
FIFTH YEAR.
READING .- Finish Third Reader. Read King's Geograph- ical Reader, No. 1. Remember that enthusiasm is especially essential when reading is to be taught. There must be a vivid, irresistible inspiration in the exercise, or the pupils would better be doing something else.
SPELLING .- Harrington's Speller No. 1, to Lesson CXV. Review abbreviations.
PHYSIOLOGY .- Continue work with Health Primer.
DRAWING .- Drawing and cutting of forms already taught. Draw faces of pyramid. Pyramid and ovoid are taught this vear. Make designs from cut faces. Drawing in connection with nature. Lessons: 1, leaves; 2, flower faces: 3 buds. "2" and "3" in Spring term.
WRITING .- Exercise tireless vigilance regarding position and pen holding. Copy Book No. III.
LANGUAGE .- Miss Hyde's Lessons in Language, No. 1, to Lesson twenty-three in Part II.
ARITHMETIC .- Elementary Arithmetic to page 120. Men- tal work.
GEOGRAPHY .- Observation of topographical features re- viewed and definitions taught. Learn to read a map. Map
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study. The earth as a whole, and systematic study of North America according to King's Outline, No. 1.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Morals and Manners,-History stories illustrative of moral qualities.
SIXTH YEAR.
READING .- Davis' Third. While all positive faults of read- ing are always to be noticed, such as hesitating, repeating and clipping words, sing-song emphasis, stumbling, and the like, express drill in elocution should not occupy more than two-fifths of the time given to the reading exercises. The other three should be devoted to historical and biographical references, etymology and meaning of words, the character of the style, and the peculiarities of the imagery. Use the dic- tionary a great deal.
SPELLING .- Harrington's Speller. Finish Book I.
PHYSIOLOGY .- Health Primer.
LANGUAGE .- Finish Lessons in English, Book I.
WRITING .- Copy Book No. III. Be careful about the forming of letters.
ARITHMETIC .- Franklin Written Arithmetic, pages 64-136. Omit G. C. F. and L. C. M.
GEOGRAPHY .- Topical study of each of the continents ex- cept North America, with simple outline. Finish subject matter in small geography.
DRAWING .- Drawing of faces. See that good lines are made. Designs made of different faces.
HISTORY .- Reading of Child's History.
MORALS AND MANNERS .- Importance of restraining bad passions. Practical topics suggested by events of the day.
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SEVENTH YEAR.
READING .- Normal Fourth Reader. Observe previous di- rections.
SPELLING .- Harrington's Book II, to page 25.
LANGUAGE .- Book II. Lessons in English, to page 93.
PHYSIOLOGY.
WRITING .- Copy Book No. IV.
ARITHMETIC .- Weights and measures to percentage. Omit metric system. Introduce common and decimal fractions in practical problems daily.
GEOGRAPHY .- Teach North America and the United States topically, by a full outline. Teach parallels, meridians, polar circles, tropics, zones, latitude and longitude.
HISTORY .- Higginson's History, to the Revolutionary War. DRAWING .- Drawing from objects.
MORALS AND MANNERS .- Teach self-denial to be exercised in avoiding self-indulgence in eating, drinking, etc. ; improper remarks about others : whispering, playing, and wasting time. Practical topics suggested by events of the day.
EIGHTH YEAR.
READING .- Davis' Fourth Reader. Expressive reading is to be aimed at in connection with the study of the thought and emotion of the selections. Observe previous directions.
SPELLING .- Harrington's Speller, Book II, p. 25 to p. 61. PHYSIOLOGY.
WRITING .- Copy Book No. IV.
DRAWING .- Drawing from objects based on forms, also ro- view the primary forms.
LANGUAGE .- Finish Lessons in English, Book II. Oral and written analysis of simple sentences.
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ARITHMETIC .- Two lessons a week on compound numbers, involving fractions and decimals. Percentage to partial pay- ments.
GEOGRAPHY .- Topical study of South America and Europe, paying special attention to the British Isles. Germany, and France. Also Chapters XIV-XXIX.
HISTORY .- Review from the beginning. Teach topically to the constitutional period.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Burt's Science, Book I. Topics sug- gested by events of the day. Illustrate by historical and bi- ographical sketches importance of good habits, faithfulness, etc.
NINTH YEAR.
READING .- Normal Fifth Reader. Observe previous di- rections.
SPELLING .- Finish Harrington's Book II. Spelling of dif- ticult words in connection with other subjects.
WRITING .- Copy Book No. V.
PHYSIOLOGY.
DRAWING .- Draw groups of objects. Sketches from plants, with conventional forms. Designs.
LANGUAGE .- Southworth & Goddard's Grammar. Oral and written analysis of sentences.
ARITHMETIC .- Finish arithmetic, omitting equation of pay- ments, average of accounts, compound proportion, and men- suration of solids. Teach greatest common factor and least common multiple.
GEOGRAPHY .- Teach topically the remaining continents. Have production and surface maps drawn.
HISTORY .- Begin at constitutional period and finish. Re- view previous work. Montgomery's History. Discuss freely lives of prominent men, and show their influence upon the
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country. Dwell less upon events than upon their causes. Compare our history with that of other nations.
BOOK-KEEPING .- Meservey's Single Entry. Insist on neat- ness and accuracy. Constant practice in writing notes, drafts, checks, and any other business forms.
ORAL INSTRUCTION .- Talks on events of the day. Study of some poet and one of his writings. Talks on the depart- ments of government.
HIGH SCHOOL.
FIRST YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Arithmetic, Physical Geography, Grammar. SECOND TERM .- Arithmetic, Physiology, French and Latin (optional).
THIRD TERM .- Book-keeping, Natural History, Language. Music and Drawing twice a week.
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Algebra, Chemistry, Rhetoric.
SECOND TERM .- Algebra, English History, Chemistry. THIRD TERM .- Algebra, Botany, English History. Music and Drawing twice a week.
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Geometry, English Literature, Physics. SECOND TERM .- Geometry, English Literature, Physics. THIRD TERM .- Geometry, English Literature, Mineralogy.
FOURTH YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Geology, Civics, Language.
SECOND TERM .- Astronomy, Civics, Review Algebra.
THIRD TERM. - Review United States History, Review Arithmetic, Essay work.
Latin and French optional throughout.
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MUSIC.
The work to be done is laid out by special teachers, and it is carried on under their supervision where practicable. The aim is to create a love for singing, rather than fine tones.
GYMNASTICS.
Gymnastics are taught in all the grades. There are arm, head, leg, and foot movements, thus bringing all the muscles into activity. The aim is to develop and control the muscles. and secure grace in the movement and carriage of the body.
Dumb bells are used in the High school.
List of Authorized Text-Books Used in the High School.
MATHEMATICS.
Arithmetic.
Walton
Algebra,
Wentworth
Geometry, original work.
Book-keeping, Meservey
SCIENCE.
Physics, Gage
Chemistry,
Shepard
Botany, .
Gray
Astronomy, Young
Zoology. Moutmahon
Physiology, . Steele
Physical Geography.
Warren
Civil Government, .
Martin
ENGLISH.
English Literature,
Kellogg
Rhetoric,
Lockwood
Shakespeare.
Hudson
English Classic Series,
Effingham
HISTORY.
English History,
Anderson
General History,
Anderson
FRENCH.
Grammar,
Keetels
Petites Causeries,
Sauveur
Fa Fontaine's Fables.
Mere Michel et Son Chat. . Bidollierre
La Cigale,
Van Daell
LATIN.
Grammar,
Harkness
Easy Latin Lessons, Lindsay & Rollins
Cæsar.
Harkness
Virgil.
Frieze
MUSIC.
Independent Music Reader,
Mason
List of Authorized Text-Books Used in the Grammar and Primary Schools.
The Normal Course in Reading. Harper's First Reader.
Franklin's First Reader. Lippincott's Readers.
Writing Books. Normal Review System.
Harrington's Speller.
Hyde's Practical Lessons in English.
Southworth & Goddard's Elements of Composition and Grammar.
Franklin's Arithmetic.
Meservey's Book-keeping. (Single entry.) Harper's Geography. King's Geographical Reader.
Higginson's History of the United States.
Montgomery's History of the United States. Bert's First Steps in Scientific Knowledge. Normal Music Course.
Respectfully submitted. J. C. TRIPP, Secretary. FAIRHAVEN, Mass., Feb. 1, 1893.
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