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Ward Aldermen,
Ward 1. Arthur L. Carpenter
Ward 2. Frederick W. Calkins
Ward 3. Alfred H. Colby
Melvin A. Walter
Ward 4. Fred E. Ellis
William E. Waterhouse
Ward 5. Walter E. Piper
William D. Reidy
Ward 6. William Coggeshall
Augustus L. Holmes
Ward 7. Charles F. Doherty
Frank J. Sherman
Joshua T. Nowell
William T. Fahy
Clerk of the Board, W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk.
Standing Committees of the Board of Aldermen
President of the Board of Aldermen, Charles E. French.
Accounts and Surety Bonds, Aldermen Colby, Carpenter, Coggeshall, Calkins and Fahy.
Annual Appropriations, Aldermen Keene, Buffum, Bowser, Reidy, Ellis, Gilman, Dike, Colby, Hitchins.
Buildings, Aldermen Doherty, Holmes, Reidy, Nowell, Walter.
Claims, Aldermen Waterhouse, Reidy, Nowell, Bowser, Holmes.
Elections and Returns, Printing and Supplies, Aldermen Calkins, Doherty, Bowser, Waterhouse, Carpenter.
Finance, Aldermen Dike, Buffum, Colby, Nowell, Piper, Coggeshall, Sherman.
Fire Department, Electric and Telephone Wires, Aldermen Hitchins, Doherty, Carpenter, Waterhouse, Walter.
Highways, Sewers, Water and Public Grounds, Aldermen Ellis, Gilman, Keene, Hitchins, Carpenter, Fahy, Piper.
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Nominations and Resolutions, Aldermen Piper, Colby, Calkins, Fahy, Coggeshall.
Ordinances, Rules, Orders and Legislative Matters, The President, Aldermen Keene, Dike, Hitchins, Waterhouse.
Police Department and Licenses, Aldermen Gilman, Fahy, Nowell, Piper, Ellis.
Public Charities, Aldermen Holmes, Buffum, Walter.
Public Health, Aldermen Reidy, Waterhouse, Dike.
Public Schools and Public Library, Aldermen Buffum, Holmes, Gilman, Dike, Keene, Bowser, Sherman.
State Military and Soldiers' Relief, Aldermen Sherman, Hitchins, Doherty.
Street Railway and Public Lighting, Aldermen Bowser, Buffum, Keene, Ellis, Holmes, Calkins, Sherman.
Special Committee on Spot Pond Brook for Conference with His Honor the Mayor, Aldermen Walter, Ellis, Colby, Reidy, Gilman.
Special Committee on Moth Pests, Aldermen Nowell, Doherty, Carpenter, Piper, Coggeshall.
Clerk of Committees, Victor C. Kirmes.
City Officers
City Clerk, W. DeHaven Jones.
Assistant City Clerk and Clerk of Committees, Victor C. Kirmes.
City Treasurer, William R. Lavender.
City Collector. James W. Murray.
City Auditor. Edwin C. Gould.
Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works. George O. W. Servis.
Mayor's Clerk. Irma A. Gurney.
City Solicitor. Claude L. Allen.
Chief of Fire Department. Joseph Edwards.
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Chief of Police. George E. Kerr.
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Inspector of Buildings. Allan S. Sims.
Inspector of Plumbing. Andrew J. Burnett.
Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. William S. Briry, Dr. Caleb W. Clark.
Inspector of Animals. William M. Simpson.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. William L. Pierce.
Agent State Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief. Charles O. Boyd.
Burial Agent. Albert L. Carlton.
Assessors, Frank R. Upham, term expires 1913. L. Frank Hinckley, term expires 1911. William Morss, term expires 1912.
Alden B. Smith,
Assistant Assessors, Merton G. Woodbury,
George A. Bailey.
Board of Health, Clarence P. Holden, M. D.,Chairman.
Arthur A. Hayden,
Fred H. Rounds.
Grace A. Buttrick, Clerk.
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CITY OFFICERS
City Physician, Clarence P. Holden, M.D.
Charles O. Boyd,
Matilda E. Stantial,
Matron Pratt Farm, Mrs. Charles W. Chapman.
Superintendent Pratt Farm, Charles W. Chapman.
Park Commission,
Clarence T. Fernald.
. Term expires 1915
Addison L. Winship
66
66
1914
Robert A. Perkins.
66
66
1913
Oliver B. Munroe.
1912
George J. Foster
66
1911
School Committee,
Eben F. Phillips
Term expires 1911
George E. Cornwall
66
66
1911
Edwin S. Small .
66
66
1912
Frank L. Welt.
60
66
1912
Elmer O. Goodridge
66
1913
Isabelle Stantial.
66
66
1913
William A. Morse
60
1913
Sinking Fund Commissioners,
Term expires 1910
Franklin P. Shumway.
66
66
1911
Everett L. Fuller
66
66 1912
66
1911
Sarah A. Day.
66
1912
Lowell F. Wentworth
Charles C. Barry .
Overseers of the Poor, Peter J. Lynch, Chairman,
Grace A. Buttrick, Clerk.
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Trustees of the Public Library,
Charles C. Barry
Term expires 1912
Paul Sterling .
66
66
1911
Mary L. Charles
66
66 1911
Neil A. Divver
66
66
1913
Anna T. Bush
66
1913
Cemetery Committee, Julian C. Woodman, Chairman,
Joseph D. Lord,
Willis C. Goss, Edwin C. Gould, Clerk, Roscoe A. Leavitt, Superintendent Wyoming Cemetery.
Registrars of Voters,
Harry C. Woodill.
Term expires 1912
Edwin L. Cragin
66
1913
Victor C. Kirmes
66 66 1911
W. DeHaven Jones, City Clerk, ex-officio.
Engineers of the Fire Department, Joseph Edwards, Chief Thomas J. Hawkes, 1st Assistant Edgar W. Mansfield, 2d Assistant
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Coal,
George M. Hall
George Goodwin Charles B. Goss
Fred H. Goss
Florence E. Sinclair Eugenie J. Verrett
Frank E. Newell.
Public Weighers of Merchandise,
William L. Pierce
Charles F. Woodward
William H. Martin
Orietta Towner James McTiernan Edward M. Caldwell H. C. Perry.
Patrick G. DeCourcy Edward A. Riley John J. Scott
66
1912
Edward M. Munyan
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CITY OFFICERS
Fence Viewers,
Charles F. Woodward,
Walter C. Stevens.
Field Driver, Charles W. Chapman.
Pound Keeper, Charles W. Chapman.
George W. Burke,
William L. Pierce,
Osborne E. Drown.
Police Officers,
George E. Kerr, Chief William A. Caswell
William C. McCarthy, Harry Brown, William H. Doherty, Louis B. Heaton,
Osborne E. Drown, Capt.
Redford M. Rand,
George E. Fuller,
Allston H. Pineo, Christopher B. Thompson, Frank N. Pierce.
Reserve Officers, Appointed 1906,
William T. Fahy, Albert McBeth,
Michael D. Reardon, Isaac Gorman,
Wallace B. Eaton.
Special Officers,
Roscoe A. Leavitt,
M. James Hanley,
George H. Cray,
John H. Thyng,
Amos W. Lynde, Charles W. Chapman,
James F. Fernald, Dennis Callahan,
Atwater B. Hathaway,
Burgess W. Grover.
Keeper of the Lock-up,
George E Kerr.
William Riley, Samuel W. Furbish,
Frank C. Newman, W. M. Penny, Edgar E. Sherburn,
Constables,
Election Officers for the Year 1910-11
Ward I.
Harry A. Batchelder, Republican Warden ,
Wm. A. Carrie, Republican
Deputy Warden
Simeon Cragin, Democrat Clerk
Wm. H. Greenleaf, Democrat
Deputy Clerk
Geo. S. McNeill, Republican Inspector
Hugh J. Knowlton, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Fred Curry, Republican Inspector
Charles F. Reed, Republican
Deputy Inspector
George H. Glover, Democrat. Inspector
Thos. F. Troy, Democrat.
Deputy Inspector
Frank H. Middleberg, Democrat
. Inspector
Corydon W. Harlow, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Ward 2.
George W. Burke, Republican . Warden
Ralph E. Sewell, Republican Deputy Warden
Augustus E. Caesar, Democrat Clerk
Dexter G. Pratt, Democrat.
Deputy Clerk
Morton F. McDonough, Republican Inspector
Alden B. Smith, Republican Deputy Inspector
Henry Watson, Republican
Inspector
Walter C. Verge, Republican . . Deputy Inspector
Frank L. Terwillerger, Democrat Inspector
Geo. W. Stinson, Democrat
.Deputy Inspector
Frank W. Lewis, Democrat
Inspector
George Brickett, Democrat.
Deputy Inspector
Ward 3.
Frank Towle, Republican. Warden
Fred H. McKenney, Republican. Deputy Warden
Francis W. Hoffman, Democrat Clerk
Edward A. Brady, Democrat Deputy Clerk
Charles Roeder, Republican . Inspector
Harold S. Woolley, Republicn
Deputy Inspector
Geo. F. Woodman, Republican Inspector
George B. Potter, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Stephen A. Hopkins, Democrat. Inspector
Geo. W. VanHorn, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Peter J. Curran, Democrat. Inspector
Daniel O'Leary, Democrat. Deputy Inspector
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ELECTION OFFICERS
Ward 4.
Edward J. Kitching, Republican Warden
Wm. P. Libbey, Republican .
Deputy Warden
Amos Dean, Democrat .. Clerk
Harold Waterhouse, Democrat
. Deputy Clerk
Charles S. Allen, Republican
Inspector
Geo. H. Kitching, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Charles A. Page, Republican
Inspector
John E. French, Republican
Deputy Inspector
George A. Dean, Democrat. Inspector
Frank H. Brown, Democrat.
Deputy Inspector
Wm. H. Sullivan, Democrat
Inspector
Fred A. Gordon, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
Ward 5.
Alrick B. Swensson, Republican Warden
Herbert Tyler, Republican .
Deputy Warden
George H. Dearborn, Democrat . Clerk
Joseph A. Sheridan, Democrat
.Deputy Cerk
Arthur H. Glines, Republican
. Inspector
Osgood F. Tarr, Republican Deputy Inspector
Arthur T. Mather, Republican
Inspector
Frank E. Dow, Republican Deputy Inspector
Thomas J. Hawkes, Democrat
Inspector
Thos. P. Connolly, Democrat.
. Deputy Inspector
John Keefe, Democrat. . Inspector
John McKinnon, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
Ward 6.
Arthur A. Hayden, Republican . Warden
Edw. P. Waitte, Republican
Deputy Warden
Jonathan H. Atkinson, Democrat Clerk
Wm. P. Duffy, Democrat. Deputy Clerk
Fred P. Kimball, Republican
Inspector
David H. Orcutt, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Chas. H. Rockwood, Republican.
Inspector
Geo. O. McNally, Republican
. Deputy Inspector
Stephen C. Deering, Democrat. Inspector
Geo. B. Grottendick, Democrat Deputy Inspector
Chas. A. Knapp, Democrat
Inspector
Geo. A. Snow, Democrat Deputy Inspector
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Ward 7.
Albert E. Dadley, Republican Warden
Samuel L. Akers, Republican
Deputy Warden
Edwin B. Baker, Democrat Clerk
John J. Buckley, Democrat
Deputy Clerk
Walter B. Copeland, Republican
Inspector
Lewis C. Copeland, Republican .
Deputy Inspector
William B. Clarke, Republican.
Inspector
George H. Varney, Republican
Deputy Inspector
Thomas Kelley, Democrat.
. Inspector
Daniel J. Foley, Democrat.
Deputy Inspector
Wm. T. Henney, Democrat.
Inspector
Henry E. Johnson, Democrat
Deputy Inspector
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
CITY OF MELROSE
1910
1
In School Committee, January 23, 1911.
Voted :- To accept the report of the Superintendent of Schools and to adopt it as the report of the School Committee for the year 1910.
School Committee for 1910
Name.
Residence.
Term Expires.
Sarah A. Day,
45 Ashland Street
January, 1911
George E. Cornwall,
54 Orient Avenue
1911
Eben F. Phillips,
12 Orient Place
1911
Edwin S. Small,
273 Main Street
66
1912
Frank L. Welt, .
31 Malvern Street
1912
Lowell F. Wentworth,
19 Bartlett Street
1912
Isabelle Stantial,
146 Florence Street
66
1913
Elmer O. Goodridge,
148 E. Foster Street
1913
William A. Morse,
15 Auburn Place
1913
Organization of Committee.
Edwin S. Small, Chairman,
Isabelle Stantial, Secretary.
Meetings of Committee.
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held in the Committee Room, High School Building, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, except July and August, at eight o'clock p.m.
Superintendent of Schools.
John C. Anthony, Office: High School Building.
83 Lake Avenue.
Office Hours: 8 to 9 a.m. on school days, and 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Office Telephone: 55; Residence Tele- phone: 400.
Superintendent's Clerk,
H. M. Aldrich, . . 128 Rowe Street
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SUB-COMMITTEES.
Mr. Cornwall
Finance and Supplies. Dr. Wentworth Mr. Phillips Mr. Goodridge
School Houses and Janitors.
Mr. Goodridge
. Mr. Cornwall Dr. Wentworth Mr. Welt
Teachers and Salaries.
Mrs. Day
Mrs. Stantial Mr. Phillips
Mr. Morse
Text Books and Courses of Study.
Mr. Welt Mrs. Day Mrs. Stantial
Mr. Morse
The Chairman of the School Committee is a member, ex- officio, of all standing committees.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Legislative: Dr. Wentworth, Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Goodridge, Mr. Morse.
Office Equipment: Mr. Phillips, Mr. Goodridge, Mrs. Stantial, Mr. Welt.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
Franklin and Whittier Schools Mrs. Day
D. W. Gooch and Horace Mann Schools Mrs. Stantial M. A. Livermore and Sewall Schools Mr. Cornwall High School. Mr. Phillips Washington and Ripley Schools Mr. Welt Lincoln and Converse Schools Dr. Wentworth Winthrop School. Mr. Goodridge Warren School Mr. Morse
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 19II.
WINTER TERM.
First Half. Begins January 3, and closes February 24. Vacation of one week.
Second Half. Begins March 6, and closes April 28. Va- A cation of one week.
SPRING TERM.
Begins May 8, and closes June 23. Vacation of ten weeks.
FALL TERM.
Begins September 12 (Tuesday), and closes December
22. Vacation of one week.
HOLIDAYS DURING TERM TIME.
Every Saturday, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, June 17, October 12, and Thanksgiving Day, with the half-day preceding and the day following it.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee of Melrose :-
The following annual report of the public schools of the city is respectfully submitted for your consideration.
Financial.
A study of the financial statement presented later in this report with other statistics shows that the school department has lived within the appropriation given by the Board of Aldermen for the fiscal year 1910. The special appropriation for furniture and equipment for the High School has not been entirely expended, but the balance of $321.59 is needed to complete the work as planned. No single item of the appro- priation has been exceeded except that for fuel, and a net balance of $101.92 has been returned on the regular items.
Economy and Efficiency.
This result has been obtained only by strictest economy and most careful planning by your Committee. Had it not been possible to close the Horace Mann School, the appropri- ation would have been considerably exceeded, and a much larger amount would have been required for 1911 than now seems necessary. Certain carefully considered plans for the improvement of the schools were abandoned, merely on the ground of economy, while others were modified until expendi- tures were within our appropriation.
As shown this year, it is the purpose of the School Depart- ment, except under stress of unexpected and extraordinary conditions, to live within its appropriation. Every outlay should be well considered and carefully checked. Every principal, every teacher, and every janitor, as employees of the city, and every child who is receiving his education at the expense of the municipality should take pride in doing his or
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her share to avoid waste and needless expenditure. In other words, the whole system should be as carefully watched for financial leakage as a modern business plant. We believe that this spirit is growing in our schools. We further believe that it is decidedly worth while, not alone as an immediate saving to the community, but because of its value as training for children who are growing up in an age of expensive living, where waste and extravagance hamper the family of average income.
On the other hand, economy should not be carried to the point where efficiency is impaired. We have established a high standard for our schools, and while a policy of retrench- ment might be approved by some as a temporary expedient, the community as a whole would not long be content with retrogression. For the present our policy should be intrench- ment rather than retrenchment. We cannot afford to retreat, but we can afford to expend our efforts for a time in maintain- ing present efficiency, in developing our system as it stands, and in working out the many problems brought by the changes that have been made during the past two years, rather than in hurrying on to further additions before this solid foundation has been laid. This may not appear to be a progressive pro- gram, but we believe that it is safer for the future permanent welfare of our schools and of the community than over- expansion under present financial conditions.
Horace Mann School.
At the close of the school year, it was found that the grades at the Horace Mann School, as made up for September, would be greatly reduced. A careful study of the situation showed that it would be possible to distribute all the children of that district among other buildings. It was therefore decided to close the Horace Mann School. The most of the children were sent to the Lincoln and D. W. Gooch Schools. A few were transferred to the Washington and Mary A. Liver- more Schools. The plan has worked well, with a few adjust- ments, and without particular hardship to any individuals.
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This step has made for economy in that it has saved the cost of maintenance of building, fuel, janitor's salary, and the salaries of two teachers. Unless there is an unexpected growth in the school population, it does not now appear that it will be necessary to reopen this building for at least another year.
The Ninth Grade.
Since the opening of St. Mary's School, the pressure in the lower grades, which were overcrowded, has been considerably relieved. The upper grades, however, continue too large for the best results. It was apparent in June that the Ninth Grade for September would be larger than ever before, and that, in order to relieve the grammar buildings, it would be necessary to transfer that grade to the High School. Six rooms were prepared for this purpose in the new North Wing, and were filled with an average of forty pupils to a room. The four ninth grade teachers were transferred from their respective buildings, with two eighth grade teachers who previously had had experience in ninth grade work, and the necessary transfers of teachers were made in the other grades. This arrangement will continue until the ninth grade is finally eliminated by the change to an eight grade system.
High School Building and Equipment.
All rooms in the High School building have been in use since September. With the ninth grades, there has been an attendance of 840 during the fall term. Furniture and equip- ment, provided for by special appropriations of the Board of Aldermen, have been installed as needed. What little still remains to be done will be completed before the opening of another school year, and is provided for by the balance left from these appropriations.
The use of the entire building taxed the heating plant to its utmost during the late fall, and with the severe weather of December it was evident that the apparatus would have to be added to before the building could be made habitable in extreme weather. An appropriation of $3,910
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was requested for this purpose, and was granted by the Board of Aldermen. Upto date, considerable work has been done, and it is hoped that we are now in a position to go through . the winter comfortably, and that the plans now under way will, when completed, solve the problem of heating and venti- lation even in the most extreme weather.
Retardation.
Last year's report dwelt at length upon the problem of the retarded child. The facts given showed unquestionably a considerable waste of the time of teachers and children, and a large extra expense to the city because of the many children who are obliged to repeat the work of one or more grades. It was apparent, further, that, in spite of the large measure of retardation in our schools, we are still carrying through the elementary grades and High School a remarkably, large number of our children.
In other words, our educational output is large, but there are evidently methods of reducing the cost of this output, if we are ready to face the problem.
Number Repeating Work.
4
Grade
1909
1910
I ...
42
17
II
37
29
III
41
37
IV
20
30
V.
20
27
VI.
11
32
VII
27
30
VIII
24
25
IX.
7
2
Totals.
229
229
37
This table shows that' we have as many pupils repeating this year as last. Of the 229 who are repeating this year, 89
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of this same group have repeated previously from one to three years. The reduction of the number in the three lower grades is encouraging. The first grade especially shows the result. of the children entering school with a more mature develop- ment.
A business firm, confronted with this proposition, would immediately install new machinery, or go to any other con- siderable immediate expense, to reduce the future cost of its product. We have not had the money for extra expenditures, by means of which we could undoubtedly have lessened the number of repeaters, and thereby reduced future costs. We have not given up the problem, however, and are doing what we can with the means at hand. Three different methods are being tried in various schools, each with considerable success.
In the four overcrowded upper grades at the Washington School, one teacher is spending all of her time with those children who, for one reason or another, are behind their class, and whose promotion was doubtful. Already enough of this number are assured of promotion to more than pay for the extra help.
In one or two other upper grades, special time is set apart for individual help for those who need it. In some of the lower grades, those children who are advanced in their work are dis- missed at 11.30 for the morning session three days a week, and the time given to those who need more help. The report of one principal on this latter method is typical of the general results secured.
Miss Swett, Principal of the D. W. Gooch School, reports in part as follows:
"We began (in one grade) with fifteen children. Five of these soon made up their deficiencies, which had come about through some accident. Out of the ten children who are de- tained at the present time, seven are making marked improve- ment. Careful thought has been given to the program for each half-hour. Most of the work has been individual. A card is kept for each child and his particular needs written upon it daily. Much interest has been awakened in the parents. Six children have been reading at home a half-
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hour each day. Work has been done on the tables, in spelling, and in writing. A dozen or more papers are placed on the teacher's desk in the morning for correction. Home work has not been suggested by the teacher. Parents have visited during the half-hour in order to see this special work. In- attentive children of fair standing have been stimulated to better work because good application for the morning warrants their dismissal at half-past eleven. As far as our experience goes, we have only good to say of this method of reaching those children who need more help than the teacher is able to give them in the ordinary school session."
The work as laid out by the teachers under all methods is carefully arranged to meet individual needs, but in its appli- cation, the child is led to do the work for himself, thus gaining independence and power.
Industrial Training.
Vocational education is steadily gaining ground through- out the country. Within a short time it will undoubtedly cause a considerable modification and re-organization of our present school systems. The work already begun in Massa- chusetts has been laid on solid foundations, but for a time it must be experimental to a considerable degree. Different communities will require special schools according to their industries and environments. No one system will fit all con- ditions. The present attitude of the State Board of Educa- tion toward vocational training is set forth in the report of Dr. David N. Snedden, State Commissioner of Education, as follows:
"Interest in the further development of vocational ed- ucation has not waned. Indeed, it has become more active and correspondingly more effective than ever. Enough schools are now in existence to form a basis for working out the problem, and the operation of these schools is being watched with much interest. It is now well recognized that vocational education presents a wide range of problems, which distinguish it in essential respects from the liberal education
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which it is designed to supplement. A brief summary of the distinctive features of this theory may not be amiss.
1. Vocational education of all sorts, and especially that designed for young people and for those in the more concrete occupations demands as one element a substantial amount of practical work. To a large extent this practical work must be made the basis, rather than the outgrowth of the more abstract and technical studies.
2. In the making of a practical farmer out of a boy, it is important to teach him certain applications of mathematics, physics, chemistry, economics, and biology, but it is also essential that he should have, under careful guidance, practical experience in growing crops, handling domestic animals, marketing products, and in farm management.
3. The vocational school should provide a means where- by its students may produce valuable and useful products. The part-time, or co-operative arrangement, whereby the factory, store or farm furnishes the opportunity for actual practice, and the school the abstract and technical instruction, seems to be the best means for obtaining this end.
4. Grants from the treasury of the Commonwealth should be made only where the independent industrial school contributes directly to the efficiency of its pupils in the in- dustries in which they are actually engaged.
5. Opportunities for vocational training should be open to youth fourteen years of age and over. Children who enter vocational schools at fourteen should remain four to six years. Evening vocational schools will not admit young people under seventeen or eighteen.
6. The teacher in a vocational school must have had early in life, actual experience in the industry taught, and this practical efficiency should be supplemented by a study of methods of instruction and of the technical side of the trade or occupation. Such teachers should be selected by the Board of Education by some system of certification.
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