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Harold E. Waterhouse, Democrat . Deputy Clerk
H. Russell Sawtelle, Republican . Inspector
Charles A. Page, Republican . Deputy Inspector
William P. Libby, Republican . Inspector
Charles S. Allen, Republican
. Deputy Inspector
George E. Hyde, Democrat . Inspector
Edward E. Babb, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
William H. Sullivan, Democrat
. Inspector
George A. Dean, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
Ward 5.
William D. Reidy, Republican . Warden
Benjamin F. Stafford, Republican
Deputy Warden
George H. Dearborn, Democrat . Clerk
John A. Leisk, Democrat
. Deputy Clerk
Arthur H. Glines, Republican
. Inspector
Charles E. Colby, Republican
. Deputy Inspector
Frank E. Newell, Republican
Inspector
Joseph E. Grundy, Republican . Deputy Inspector
Thomas J. Hawkes, Democrat Inspector
Thomas P. Connelly, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
John Keefe, Democrat
Inspector
John E. Mckinnon, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
Ward 6.
George H. Towne, Republican Warden
Bertram E. Lovejoy, Republican
Deputy Warden
Jonathan H. Atkinson, Democrat . Clerk
William J. Duffy, Democrat Deputy Clerk
Frank B. Drown, Republican Inspector
Frank L. McNally,· Republican
Deputy Inspector
Edward P. Waitt, Republican . Inspector
Arthur A. Hayden, Republican Deputy Inspector
Stephen C. Deering, Democrat . Inspector
George A. Snow, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Charles A. Knapp, Democrat
Inspector
Allen L. Leach, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
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Ward 7.
Albert A. Dadley, Republican . Warden
John C. Flatley, Republican
. Deputy Warden
Henry E. Johnson, Democrat . Clerk
John J. Buckley, Democrat Deputy Clerk
William L. Kershaw, Republican . Inspector
William B. Reiley, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Walter B. Copeland, Republican . Inspector
William F. Russell, Republican . Deputy Inspector
Charles F. Doherty, Democrat Inspector
Edward P. Henney, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Daniel J. Foley, Democrat
Inspector
Edwin D. Baker, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Annual Report
of the
School Department
of the
City of Melrose
for the
Year Ending December 31, 1906
MELROSE THE COPLEY PRESS 1907
In the School Committee, February 25, 1907.
Ordered :- That the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools be and it is hereby adopted as the report of the School Committee, with approval of its discussion of educa- tional questions, but without prejudice to any conclusions which the Committee may reach as to recommendations made therein.
CONTENTS OF SCHOOL REPORT.
Calendar 40
School Committee (Membership and Organization) 41
Report of Superintendent of Schools 43
1. Statistical Matter:
I. School Census and Enrollment 43
II. Summary of Principals' Reports for the School Year, 1905-1906 44
III. Number of Teachers in Different Depart- ments 47
IV. Number of Pupils in the Different Grades .. 47
V. Changes in Teaching Force during 1906 . ..
49
VI. Annual Financial Exhibit for 1906 53
2. The High School:
I. Growth in Attendance 56
II. Expenditure for High School 57
III. Special Report of Principal of High School 58
3. Matters in General:
I. Diplomas for Ninth Grade Pupils 61
II. Additional School Accommodations 62
III. Physical Conditions in the Schools 63
IV. Progress in Studies 64
(a) Penmanship 65
(b) Music 67
(c) Drawing 70
(d) Manual Training 74
V. Lengthened School Session for Grades VII. VIII. and IX. 78
VI. Vacation Schools 84
VII. Truant Officer's Report 85
86
4. Conclusion
5. Appendix:
I. Program of High School Graduation 87
II. Honors and Prizes 88
III. Pupils promoted from the Ninth Grade to the High School 90
IV. Organization of School Staff 93
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1907.
WINTER TERM.
First Half. Begins January 2 and closes February 21. Vacation, one week.
Second Half. Begins March 4 and closes April 26. Va- cation, one week.
SPRING TERM.
Begins May 6 and closes June 28. Vacation, nine weeks.
FALL TERM.
Begins September 4 (Wednesday), and closes December 20. Vacation, one week.
HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day. Memorial Day, June 17, and Thanksgiving Day, with the half-day preceding and the day following it.
School Committee for 1906.
Members.
E. Clifford Fish, 17 Wyoming avenue
Term expires Jan. 1907
Isabelle Stantial, 146 Florence street
1907
Oscar F. Frost, 10 Vine street
William D. Stewart, 21 Woodland avenue .. Sarah A. Day, 45 Ashland street.
1908
Charles A. Castle, 98 West Emerson street.
1908
George H. Hill, 16 Summer street
1909
Mary P. Holden, 32 Lake avenue
1909
Edwin E. Small, 273 Main street
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Organization of Committee.
William D. Stewart, Chairman. Isabelle Stantial, Secretary.
Meetings of Committee.
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Com- mittee Room, High School Building, on the second and fourth Mon- days of every month except July and August, at eight o'clock p. m.
Superintendent of Schools.
Fred H. Nickerson, A.M., 77 Upham street.
. Office: High School Building.
Office Hours: 8 to 9 a. m. on school days, and 4 to 5 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Tel. 210-2.
Superintendent's Clerk. Rosetta M. Pendleton, 179 Trenton street.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Accounts. Small,
Castle.
Hill,
1907
1908
.
SCHOOL REPORT.
Courses of Study and Text-Books. Stantial, Hill.
Holden,
Supplies and Printing. Day, Fish.
Day,
Fish, Stantial.
Special Studies.
Fish,
Castle,
Holden.
High School.
Stantial,
Day,
Castle.
Rules and Regulations.
Castle,
Holden,
Small.
School Houses and Janitors.
Small,
Hill,
Frost.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
HIGHLANDS.
Stewart,
Day,
Castle
CENTRE.
Stantial,
Frost,
Day.
WYOMING.
Small,
Holden,
Hill.
EAST SIDE.
Fish,
Castle,
Holden.
Frost,
Teachers and Salaries.
REPORT OF THE Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee of Melrose:
Ladies and Gentlemen :- The following report summar- izes the main features with respect to the administration of the schools for the past year.
Table 1. SCHOOL CENSUS AND ENROLLMENT.
No. of persons between 5 and 15 years of age residing in the city September 1, 1906 2856
No. of persons between 7 and 14 years of age residing in the city September 1, 1906 1983 No. of different pupils enrolled during the school year, 1905-1906 3140
No. of pupils over 15 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1905-1906 453 No. of pupils between 5 and 15 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1905-1906 2635
No. of pupils between 7 and 14 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1905-1906 1916
No. of pupils under 5 years of age enrolled during the school year, 1905-1906 52
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Table Il. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPALS' REPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1905-1906.
1. BY SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS
No. of Different Pupils Enrolled
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
A verage Member- ship
Average Attend- ance
Per Cent. of Attendance
Corporal Punish- ment
High
445
198
247
413.60
396.99
95.98
Franklin
348
175
173
328.31
306.93
93.48
. .
Washington.
395
200
195
375.84
359.88
95.75
Lincoln
409
213
196
389.67
372.00
95.46
Horace Mann
317
149
168
286.01
269.98
94.39
8
D. W. Gooch
329
174
155
306.83
291.33
94.95
. .
Livermore .
182
87
95
173.86
165.04
94.93
Warren
149
76
73
145.26
134.76
92.77
Winthrop
139
66
73
131.00
122.47
93.49
1
Sewall
154
83
71
158.77
148.09
93.29
.
Whittier.
209
102
107
186.19
169.88
90.91
. .
Converse
30
16
14
28.48
26.81
94.14
. .
Ripley
34
14
20
31.98
29.48
92.18
·
Total
3,140
1,553
1,587
2,955.80
2,793.64
94.51
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2. BY GRADES.
GRADES
No. of Different Pupils Enrolled
No. of Boys
No. of Girls
Average Member- ship
Average Attend- ance
Per Cent. of Attendance
Corporal Punish- ment
High
445
198
247
413.60
396.99
95.98
·
Grade 9.
198
96
102
184.74
176.95
95.78
Grade 8.
287
156
131
273.14
259.35
94.95
2
Grade 7.
252
115
137
235.04
221.64
94.29
1
Grade 6.
301
158
143
278.87
265.32
95.10
1
.
.
315
150
165
301.24
286.22
95.01
4
Grade 4.
332
175
157
320.49
305.95
95.46
1
Grade 3. .
315
171
144
294.66
278.56
94.54
·
...
312
159
153
301.47
283.11
93.91
. .
Grade 1.
319
145
174
292.09
263.26
90.13
.
Combined, 1-2-3
64
30
34
60.46
56.29
93.10
.
Total
3,140
1,553
1,587
2,955.80
2,793.64
94.51
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Grade 5.
Grade 2. .
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Comment on Table II.
Comparison with a similar table in the report for the previous year shows that during the school year ending with June, 1906, the average membership of the schools increased 2 1-10 per cent. The average rate of annual in- crease in the membership of the schools for the five pre- vious years is 2 3-5 per cent. It will be observed, therefore, that the increase during the past year represents a steady healthy growth in membership.
The per cent. of regularity in attendance, 94.51 per cent., is practically the same as for the previous year. It is grati- fying to note that the regularity with which our pupils attend school is 21/2 per cent. above the average for the State at large.
It appears from the table that there have been nine cases of corporal punishment reported during the year. Eight of these were from one building and four of these eight were from one room in which conditions were abnormal, owing partly to the presence of a few children who were unusually troublesome, partly to lack of effective managing power on the part of the teacher, and partly to the fact that the parents of the above-mentioned pupils did not co- operate with the teacher as parents should in such cases.
This record of nine cases of corporal punishment during the past year is a pleasing contrast to that of sixty-six cases in six months of the first year of my service in the City. With the reduction in the amount of corporal punishment that is used by the teachers there has come an improvement in the working atmosphere of the schools. The relations between pupils and teachers are more cordial and sympa- thetic and children seem to me happier in the performance of their school duties than when corporal punishment was used more frequently. This is no small gain in securing the best development of children.
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Table III. NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DECEMBER, 1906.
Males
Females
Total
High (Grades X, XI, XII, XIII)
6
11
17
Grammar (Grades V, VI, VII, VIII, IX)
2
35
37
Primary (Grades I, II, III, IV)
0
41
41
Special Teachers, Music .
1
0
1
Drawing
1
0
1
Manual Training.
0
1
1
Total
10
88
98
Comment on Table III.
Although a considerable increase in the attendance at the high school and the opening of an additional ninth grade room at the Franklin School in September, 1906, made it necessary to employ two additional teachers at the begin- ning of the present school year, yet the total number of teachers in service December, 1906, is the same as that for December, 1905, viz., 98.
This is due to the fact that in the interest of economy of expenditure the position of general assistant was abolished at the close of the school year in June and to the further fact that an abnormally small first grade at the Winthrop School made possible a re-arrangement which released one teacher to supply a vacancy caused by the resignation of a teacher at the Franklin School.
Table IV. NUMBER OF PUPILS IN THE DIFFERENT GRADES, DECEM- BER, 1906.
Primary,
Grade I, .268
Grade II, 323
Grade III, .316
Grade IV, 316
Grammar,
Grade V, 337
Grade VI,
294
Grade VII, 277
Grade VIII, 216
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Grade IX, 236
High,
Grade X, 163
Grade XI, 128
Grade XII,
89
Grade XIII,
82
Post
Graduate,
3
3,048
Comment on Table IV.
Comparison of this table with a similar one in the report for the previous year shows that in December, 1906, eleven more pupils were enrolled in the schools than in December, 1905.
Table V. CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE DURING 1906.
1. WITHDRAWALS.
Name of Teacher.
Position Held.
Date of Withdrawal.
Daisy Benthusen
9th grade, Washington School
January 1
Mary A. Bailey
1st grade, Washington School
February 21
Augustus O. Burke
Principal, Lincoln and Gooch Schools.
March 1
Lydia Mendum
8th grade, Gooch School
March 9
Marguerite Pierce
7th grade, Horace Mann School
April 16
Mabel A. Burlingham
8th grade, Washington School
May
Alton C. Churbuck
Principal, Franklin and Whittier Schools.
June 22
Mary Corcoran
3d grade, Washington School
June 22
Alice G. Drake
8th grade, Lincoln School
June 22
M. Blanche Fogg
9th grade, Washington School
June 22
Olive M. Lermond
General Assistant
June 22
Edith A. Maxwell
6th grade, Gooch School
June 22
Jennette Moulton
Modern Lang. Dept., High School
June 22
Martha Bartlett
5th grade, Horace Mann School
September 3
Lois Holmes
6th grade, Gooch School
September 5
Gertrude Mayo
· 6th grade, Horace Mann School .
·
. September 14
J. Thacher Sears
English Dept., High School
October 1
Harriet E. Benson
7th grade, Gooch School
October 12
Sara Fisher
[Business Dept., High School
December 1
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2. TRANSFERS. 1
Name.
Position Held.
Position to which transferred.
Date.
Linnie M. DeMerritt
8th grade, Franklin School
9th grade, Franklin School
September
Lydia P. Foss
7th grade, Franklin School
9th grade, Franklin School
.. September
Edith M. Maxwell
5th grade, Washington School
. 7th grade, Horace Mann School
.. September
Mary E. Tupper
2d grade, Washington School
3d grade, Washington School
.. September
Claribel P. Fisher
·
.
1st grade, Sewall School
|2d grade, Washington School
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3. NEW TEACHERS.
Name.
Position Held.
Position to which Elected.
Date.
Lillian Runnells
8th grade, Rockland, Mass.
8th grade, Franklin
Clara F. Lord
Not Teaching
9th grade, Washington
Willis S. Fisher
Prin., Grammar School, Danvers, Mass. Prin., Gooch and Lincoln Schools
Donzelle E. Benson
Not Teaching
8th grade, Gooch School English Dept., High
. September 5 .. September 5
Elizabeth Foss
Not Teaching
5th grade, Gooch School
Emma McCully
Not Teaching
1st grade, Gooch School 3d grade, Lincoln
.. September 5 .. September 5
Anne M. Coveney
6th grade, Wrentham .
6th grade, Horace Mann
.. September 5 .. September 5
Elizabeth G. Saunders
8th grade, Concord, N. H.
8th grade, Franklin School
Mary G. LaPlante
5th grade, New Bedford, Mass.
7th grade, Washington
.. September 5 .. September 5
Maud A. Norton
Not Teaching
1st grade, Sewall School
.. September 5
Elizabeth F. Abbe
. Not Teaching
Greek, High School
. . September 5
Gertrude Mayo
Not Teaching
6th grade, Mann School
Frank E. Poland
,Prin. Grammar School, Dover, N. H ... Prin., Franklin and Whittier
Elizabeth Biddlecome
Not Teaching
English Dept., High School
Mary E. Coyle Not Teaching
6th grade, Washington
September 17
Frederick Willard
. Not Teaching
English Dept., High School
·
... October 1 November 22
Harriet W. Buck
6th grade, Waterville, Me.
7th grade, Gooch School
January 1 January 15 March 5 March 14
Orren H. Smith
Worcester Military Academy
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Emma M. Thompson
Not Teaching
Asst., Livermore and Franklin
Bessie M. Lynde
Not Teaching
.. September 5 .. September 5 September 17
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Comment on Table V.
It will be observed that we have lost nineteen teachers from the corps during the year. This is practically one-fifth of the entire teaching force. It is evident, I think, that the loss of such a large proportion of the teachers in one year must seriously interfere with the successful working of the schools.
It is worth noting, however, that only seven of those who left did so to accept higher salaries. Therefore, although the per cent. of withdrawals for the past year is slightly larger than usual, this fact has been due to causes which in the main were beyond the power of the Committee to control. That only seven left to accept higher salaries is attributable chiefly to the higher maximum salary schedule for the grade teachers which went into force February I, 1906. This has prevented the loss of several of our best teachers who have been sought by other cities.
Three of the seven who left for higher salaries were from the high school corps. Couple with this the fact that within a few months two other teachers have had under considera- tion offers to go elsewhere at higher salaries and it is apparent that, if we are to avoid constant changes in the corps of this school, a higher scale of salaries must be adopted in this department of the schools. I recommend that the Committee take this matter under consideration at an early date.
Such transfers as have been made in the assignment of teachers during the year have been determined upon be- cause it was thought that the interests of the schools would be advanced thereby.
It is inevitable in the selection of new teachers that some mistakes should be made, especially in view of the fact that in many cases selection must be made during school vaca- tions when it is impossible to view a teacher in her work; but I am pleased to report that, of the new teachers who are now with us, there are only two whose work I am not able to commend heartily.
While the limits of this report forbid individual mention
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of all the teachers who have retired during the year, I may fairly speak of one, I think, without seeming to discriminate against the others. I refer to Miss Lydia Mendum, who, after serving the town and city for 32 years, resigned at the end of the last school year owing to failing health.
Miss Mendum's service was not only long but highly honorable. In her efforts to advance the interests of the boys and girls who were under her instruction, she was self- sacrificing to an unusual degree; and her professional alert- ness was an inspiration to her fellow-workers. Her with- drawal from the corps of teachers was a distinct loss to Melrose.
In accepting Miss Mendum's resignation the School Committee unanimously adopted the following resolutions, which were engrossed and presented to her :
"Resolved: That we, the undersigned, members of the School Committee of Melrose, deeply regret the retirement of Miss Lydia Mendum from the corps of teachers in our schools, and that we hereby express our sincere apprecia- tion of her unremitting efforts in behalf of public education during the 32 years of her active service."
Table VI.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL EXHIBIT FOR 1906.
1. General Statement.
Receipts.
Original appropriation for 11 mo, from Feb. 1,
1906, to Jan. 1, 1907 $81,173.50
Supplementary appropriation 500.00
Total available receipts $81,673.50
Expenditures.
Salaries (teachers, janitors, truant officer, super- intendent, clerk,) $64,926.00
Books and supplies 5,441.45
Fuel
5,989.91
Repairs
2,599.90
Miscellaneous
1,500.60
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Furniture 124.80
Transportation
522.00
Advertising and printing
328.88
Tuition
221.00
Total expenditure for 11 mo. from Feb. 1, 1906,
to Jan. 1, 1907 $81,654.54
Unexpended balance
$18.96
2. Average Expenditure per Pupil.
(Based on the average membership of the schools for the financial year, 2964.01.)
Teaching
$19.17
Supervision (superintendent and clerk), .85
Books and supplies
1.84
Janitors and truant officer
1.88
Fuel
2.02
Miscellaneous
.51
Transportation
.17
Advertising and printing
.12
Tuition
.07
Cost per pupil, excluding repairs, furniture and
new buildings
$26.63
Furniture
.04
Repairs
.87
Cost per pupil for all purposes. $27.54
Comment on Table VI.
It should be borne in mind in attempting any compari- son of the foregoing exhibit with those for former years that the figures given in the present exhibit represent the expenditure for a period of eleven instead of twelve months, owing to the fact that during 1906 a change was made in the date of the beginning of the city financial year.
Not unnaturally, perhaps, one who views simply the total cost of our schools may feel that the expenditure in this line is unduly large. It is well, however, to remember . that good schools in these days are necessarily costly ; and before one commits himself to the charge of extravagance in school expenditure he should consider carefully what the
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community demands and what it is getting from its public school system, for the test of true economy here as else- where is not what is expended, but the relation that expen- diture bears to the results secured therefrom. It is true that the total annual cost of our schools represents a large sum of money and, as I have suggested, it is not surprising that taxpayers should murmur more or less at the financial · burden which they are bearing in this line; but when one investigates the work that the schools are doing for our young people and considers, also, that for each child in the average membership of the schools for the past financial year the expenditure was only $27.54, and that with this small amount per pupil school grounds, buildings, and fur- nishings were kept in repair; fuel for heating the buildings was supplied ; salaries of teachers, janitors, and other school officials were paid ; janitors' supplies were furnished ; print- ing, transportation of pupils, expressage, and other miscel- laneous items of expenditure were cared for; and pupils were provided with pens, pencils, ink, erasers, rulers, crayon, note-books, paper, sewing and sloyd material, text-books, and various other things required in school work, the won- der is not that the schools cost so much but rather that with so small a per capita cost so much can be done.
It is to be hoped in the interest of social well-being that tax-payers universally may come in time to recognize that money expended intelligently in the education of children is the best investment a community 'can make of its public funds and that true patriotism will lead one to pay willingly his share of whatever tax may be necessary to maintain properly the system of public education to which the Ameri- can people is committed.
The following statement bearing upon this point by Dr. Ely, Professor of Political Science in the University of Wisconsin, is so good that I venture to incorporate it as part of this report. He says: "I was educated largely at public schools, and it is doubtful whether I should have been able to finish my school education had not the schools been supported by taxes; for where schools are supported
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by fees, the fees must be high in order to defray expenses, if the schools are of superior quality.
My educational advantages have been of pecuniary value to me, while the personal satisfaction which I derive from them is to me beyond price. I have become a taxpayer, and, with no children of my own at public schools, I am helping to educate other men's children. If in the course of my life I pay in taxes for schools twenty times what I have ever received from taxes levied for my education, I shall nevertheless think I have been well repaid, and shall always experience a feeling of profound gratitude for those who established the American public school system. While I individually gain, the community also gains because it receives back more than it has paid out. This holds gen- erally with regard to wise expenditures for educational purposes. The chief factor in production is man, and the better he is prepared for industrial pursuits by suitable training of head and hand, the larger will be the quantity of economic goods produced, and the more rapid the accu- mulation of wealth. A present burden may lessen future rates of taxation by increasing the taxable basis of a state or city."
The High School.
The steady growth in the attendance of this school is shown by the following tabulation which gives the maxi- mum registration for September of each year since I have been connected with the schools of the city. .
GRADE
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
X.
76
88
116
119
155
157 117
133
154
163
XI
62
59
61
95
103
110
108
128
XII
59
47
50
58
79
93
92
91
89
XIII.
29
46
40
44
51
61
77
78
84
Post Graduates
6
7
9
9
6
5
6
4
5
Totals
232
247
276
325
394
433
418
435
469
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The expenditures for this school for the financial year ending December 31, 1906, are shown in the following statements :
1. General Expenditure.
Items
Expenditures $15,618.75
25
Books and supplies
1,377.93
25
Fuel
1,022.49
17
Sundries
335.28
18
Total for support of school
18,354.45
Repairs and permanent improvements,
205.50
7
Total for all purposes
18,559.95
22
*Per cent. of the amount expended for all schools for similar items.
2. Per Capita Expenditure.
(Based on the average membership for the financial year, 429.84.)
Expenditure
per pupil
Items
Salaries
$36.34
Books and supplies
3.20
Fuel
2.38
Sundries
.78
Total for support of school
42.70
Repairs and permanent improvements
.47
Total for all purposes
$43.17
It should be remembered that the figures in the above statement of expenditures are for a financial year of eleven months, from February 1, 1906, to January 1, 1907.
The general conditions with reference to the work and administration of this school during the past year are ade- quately set forth in the following report of the Principal :
Mr. Fred H. Nickerson, Superintendent of Schools :
I hereby present the report of the High School for 1906.
During the school year ending June, 1906, 444 different pupils were registered in our High School, and thus far in the present year 488 have been enrolled.
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