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DEPARTMENT OF ART.
The study of art must necessarily be considered as a whole rather than the work of different classes; therefore, the course of drawing is arranged to meet the needs of the individual student and is varied to suit any requirements.
Pupils are not only fitted for continuing their studies in advanced schools, but also to appreciate the best in art.
The general plan is as follows:
Free-hand drawing of objects in pencil, and pen and ink, and principles of perspective.
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Study of form, light and shade.
Study of design, applied decoration.
Study of color in water colors and in oil.
Modeling and casting.
Mechanical drawing.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE AND ARTS.
The first year includes :
I. A simple outline of the location and surroundings of a home and the proper conditions existing in that home. Special attention is given to the dining room and kitchen, together with the care and use of their furnishings and utensils.
2. Study of air, fire, water and some of the most important elements in relation to life, heat, cooking.
3. Study of food, its functions; growth, waste and repair of the human body.
4. Food principles; water, proteid, mineral matter. Under these subjects foods are prepared and cooked by the pupils. The composition, food value, growth, market value and best method of serving are dis- cussed.
5. Visits to the markets to see the cutting up of beef, lamb and veal, that the pupils may be able to buy eco- nomically and understandingly the different cuts of meat.
The second year course will be a continuation and en- largement of the first year course, with lessons on invalid cooking and serving, table service and table etiquette, the
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preparation of inexpensive but nourishing meals and the serving of the same, instruction in drawing plans of a kitchen and dining room, and in furnishing them conveniently, eco- nomically and tastefully.
Founder's Day Monday evening, March 12, 1906.
PROGRAM.
[. Music by the School
Under the direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham
a. Holy Redeemer, Marchetti
b. The Mill-Jensen,
Clough-Leighter
c. A Little Dutch Lullaby, Patty Stair
2. The Proposal,
Charles Dickens
From Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs. Nickleby Helen K. Horton '06
Kate Nickleby
Clara B. Totman '06
The Insane Gentleman
Rubina M. Bates '06
The Keeper Gladys R. Pinel '07
3. Rhythmical Calisthenics
(a)
(b)
Stella Barker '06
Grace F. Spear '06
May F. Clare '06
Helen King '06
Annie B. Harding '07
Anastasia Lavelle '07
Marian E. Johnson '08
Nettie N. Loud '08
Ruth Penniman '08
Helen M. Lincoln '07 Esther N. Sidelinger '07 Irene C. Dasha '08 Alice Dinegan '08 Edna M. Hammack '08 Abby K. Wilde '08 Dorothy R. Sayward 'og
(c)
Muriel A. Rogers '05
May F. Clare '06
Marguerite Davis '06
Minnie R. Hardwick '06
Ethel G. Hersey '06
Carlena Walker '06
Maud E. Read '07
Catherine Saville "07
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Graduation Exercises
Wednesday evening, June 20, 1906.
PROGRAM. -
I. Music by the School
Under the direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham
a. Chorus,-Oh That We Two Were Maying, Gounod
b. I. Little Sandman, Brahms
2. Absent, Metcalf
Miss Minnie Rideout Hardwick
c. Chorus,-May Dew, Bennett
d. The Hills o' Skye, Victor Harris
Miss Helen Teresa Keating
e. Chorus,-Bridal Chorus, Cowen
2. Address-Subject: The Art of Living
Rev. Edward Cummings
3. Conferring Diplomas
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Rev. Ellery C. Butler
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CLASS OF 1906.
Carlena Walker
Marguerite Davis
Lillian Josephine Aulbach Elsie Marion Badger
Stella Barker
May Olive Berry
Mary Ellen Boyle
Grace Irene Burch
Alice Mildred Colgan
May Florence Clare
Ethelreda Elcock
Anna Teresa Flaherty
Florence Milton Ford
Mary Gertrude Ford
Minnie Rideout Hardwick
Sarah McAloon Harkins
Ethel Gordon Hersey
Helen Krogmann Horton Helen Teresa Keating Elizabeth Keefe Helen King Josephine Elizabeth Larson Lauretta Viola Lowe Renna Berry Mannex Miriam Nichols Marsh Emma Rose McDonnell Sabina Louise Mclaughlin Lillian Agnes Moodie Mary Gordon Murray Olga Mary Olson Annie Sandison Lela Isabelle Smith Grace Frederick Spear Clara Bryant Totman
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Class Dde
WRITTEN BY MARGUERITE DAVIS
The gates of Life's arena swing apart,
Three blasts of brazen trumpets shrilly sound, And thrice the heavy hammer strikes the mark To summon us to loss or world renown.
Whate'er the proof, whate'er the foe we meet, Or be it Man or Beast or Wooden Cross, Let's on with courage high and strong heart-beat To win the vict'ry, scorn the thought of loss.
When laurel-crowned Vict'ry's palm is raised And thunder echoes thunder of applause,
Heed not the World's vain-glorious, flattering praise; True judgment follows th' ensuing breathless pause,
While tier on tier with one accord arise To catch His words, the Judge of every strife:
"To thee is due, this day, the victor's prize, The guerdon that shall ever crown thy life."
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Calendar for 1907
Winter term: Wednesday, January 2-Friday, March 22. Founder's Day: Tuesday, March 12.
Spring Term: Monday, April I-Friday, June 21.
Graduation: Wednesday, June 19.
Entrance examination: Friday, June 21, and Tuesday, Sep- tember 10, at nine o'clock A. M.
Fall term: Tuesday, September 10-Wednesday, Decem- ber 18.
New Year: Monday, January 6, 1908.
Holidays: February 22, April 19, May 30, June 17, and the remainder of the week from Wednesday noon next pre- ceding Thanksgiving
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Department
OF THE
City of Quincy
Massachusetts
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31,1906
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QUINCY?
BOSTON FARRINGTON PRINTING CO. 1907
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1906.
At Large.
Term Expires
Dr. Henry C. Hallowell, 1244 Hancock Street, Quincy
Dec. 31, 1906
Dr. Nathaniel S. Hunting, 1136 Hancock Street, Quincy
Dec. 31, 1907
Mr. Arthur W. Newcomb, Dec. 31, 1908
98 East Howard Street, Quincy Neck
By Wards.
Ward I. Hon. Charles H. Porter, Dec. 31, 1906
I Adams Street, Quincy
Ward 2. Mr. Frederick H. Smith, Dec. 31, 1908
701 Washington Street, Quincy Point
Ward 3. Mr. John L. Miller, 2II Franklin Street, South Quincy
Dec. 31, 1907
Ward 4. Mr. Charles H. Owens, Dec. 31, 1908
64 Willard Street, West Quincy
Ward 5. Dr. Wellington Record, Dec. 31, 1906 357 Newport Avenue, Wollaston
Ward 6. Mr. John A. Duggan, Dec. 31, 1907 117 Atlantic Street, Atlantic
Chairman of the School Board: Dr. Henry C. Hal- lowell.
Secretary of the Board and Superintendent of Schools: Mr. Frank Edson Parlin; office, 8 Washington Street, Quincy ; residence, 74 Lincoln Avenue, Wollaston.
Office open: Every week day, except Saturday, from 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Saturday, 8 to 12 A. M.
Regular hours of Superintendent: Monday, 7.30 to 8.30 P. M. Tuesday, 4 to 5 P. M. Thursday, 4 to 5 P. M. Fri- day, 8 to 9 A. M.
The regular meetings of the School Board are held at eight o'clock P. M., the last Tuesday in each month.
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STANDING SUB-COMMITTEES FOR 1906.
For the Different Schools.
High Messrs. Porter, Hallowell, Record
Adams Messrs. Miller, Newcomb, Owens
Coddington Messrs. Hallowell, Miller, Smith
Cranch Messrs. Miller, Hunting, Owens
Gridley Bryant Messrs. Porter, Owens, Smith
John Hancock Messrs. Newcomb, Owens, Porter
Lincoln
Messrs. Hunting, Miller, Newcomb
Massachusetts Fields Messrs. Record, Porter, Duggan Quincy Messrs. Duggan, Record, Hallowell
Washington Messrs. Smith, Newcomb, Miller
Willard Messrs. Owens, Hallowell, Porter
Wollaston Messrs. Record, Duggan, Newcomb
Books, Supplies and Sundries: Messrs. Hunting, Smith, Miller.
Textbooks: Messrs. Record, Hunting, Duggan.
Transportation: Messrs. Duggan, Smith, Record.
Evening Schools: Messrs. Newcomb, Owens, Hunting.
Special Subjects: Messrs. Smith, Duggan, Miller.
Rules and Regulations: Messrs. Porter, Newcomb, Owens.
Teachers: The Chairman, Messrs. Record, Hunting.
Finance and Salaries: The Chairman, Messrs. Porter, Smith.
IReport of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Quincy:
The schools of the city are in good condition, are in charge of good teachers and commendable progress is being made in all departments.
The work of the High School is not what it would be, if it were housed in one building where the full spirit of the school would be developed. Notwithstanding the objection- able conditions that prevail, it is fair to say that good prog- ress is being made. It is believed that at the beginning of the winter term a part of the new building will be in such shape that it may be occupied, and that at no distant day the entire building will be finished. In the opinion of your committee, the city will then have a thoroughly equipped building in which all citizens may take just pride. How long this will be large enough to meet the needs of the school it is impossible to say. The city is growing so rapidly that any prediction in this direction is unwise. When the time does come for another high school building it will have to be built in a new location.
In the. Lincoln and Coddington districts there is a press- ing demand for greater school accommodations. At the Lincoln, enlarged quarters are needed; at the Coddington, the demand is for a modern school building of at least four- teen rooms. The present building is in much the same con- dition as when originally built more than fifty years ago, ex- cept that it has been enlarged by the addition of a story. Land has been purchased which materially increases the school lot. The school house at Atlantic, already contracted
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for, will be ready for occupancy in 1907 and will relieve the long standing overcrowding in that district.
There seems to be on the part of those who are respons- ible for the present situation, an unwillingness to recognize the necessity for greatly increased school accommodations, yet this growth of our school population has been so con- stant for several years that the need is quite clear and, in- deed, can be very accurately forecast. There are over six hundred new pupils entering the schools each year. There are less than five hundred going out, therefore, there are from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty additional scholars to be provided for annually; hence, it is clear that an eight room building is required every two or three years to meet the demand. The increase in accommo- dations has not kept pace with the increase in pupils. The schools are crowded far beyond their proper limits and the classes are much too large for one teacher. It does seem to your committee that wise forethought should have pre- vented this condition. Civic pride, to say nothing of sani- tary law, should lead us to avoid further just criticism of the overcrowding of our schools.
It is impossible to supply the schools and to teach six thousand children for a smaller sum than is annually re- quested by the School Committee. The cheese-paring econ- omy which has prevailed for the last few years has injured our schools in certain important details. The city, as all know, is required to support public schools, and this is a wise requirement. In the opinion of your committee, the first duty devolving upon the city government is to provide for the schools in a wise and conservative, yet ample manner, giving to the people the best possible return for the money expended and one that will be of lasting value to the com- munity.
It will be remembered that the charter of our city cre-
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ates a governing power of three heads, namely, the execu- tive, the legislative, and the school department, each supreme in its particular work.
Among the duties prescribed by the charter is one. which requires that no school building shall be erected until the plans for the same have been approved by the School Committee. This cannot be mentioned too often as it has been said in some quarters that delays in building school- houses have been due to the exercise of this right so dis- tinctly given to the Committee. It is a cardinal point of our charter that no department shall encroach upon the rights and duties of the others; and it is clear that in exercising its rights the School Committee has followed the charter most closely.
The City Council approved the increase in the salaries of teachers and janitors, recommended by the Committee, and appropriated the amount necessary for the current year. The increase was none too large. The city has received its equivalent in faithful service and in good results.
The Superintendent of Schools in our city has per- formed his duties in a manner most acceptable to your Com- mittee. His earnestness and ability are fully appreciated by us and the schools show by their good work his careful supervision and the high ideals which have actuated him ever since he has been at the head of our schools.
The details of the school management, such as attend- ance, finances and other matters, will be found in the Super- intendent's report which is published herewith and to which your attention is called.
To the Board of Directors of the Woodward Institute the sincere thanks of the School Committee and the com- munity are due for its kindness in allowing the pupils of the High School the use of the institute building during the last term. It would, indeed, have been a serious problem for
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the Committee had not these rooms been placed at its dis- posal.
The legislature of Massachusetts at its last session established medical inspection of the public schools of the state. The physicians to perform this duty were to be ap- pointed either by the Board of Health or the School Com- mittee. In our city, the Board of Health decided to make the appointments and there has been regular inspection since the middle of October. It is believed that the inspection will be of great value; at present writing, however, it is too early to make positive report upon the work.
Hoping that the schools of our city will ever appeal to the people as the one thing of first importance and that gen- erous support will always be guaranteed to them, your Com- mittee submits its annual report, desiring and believing that our children will be given such instruction as will make them better citizens and bring greater credit to our good old com- munity.
The above report was presented by a special committee consisting of Hon. Charles H. Porter, Dr. Wellington Rec- ord and Mr. Frederick H. Smith and was adopted as the annual report of the School Committee Saturday evening, December 22, 1906.
FRANK E. PARLIN, Secretary.
Report of the Superintendent
To the School Committee of Quincy :
Herewith I submit my seventh annual report which is the thirty-second in the series of annual reports by the superintendent of public schools and the fifty-seventh of the printed reports of the School Board of Quincy.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
By far the most important educational bill passed in recent years is "An Act Relative to the Appointment of School Physicians," passed at the last session of the Gen- eral Court, the first five sections of which read as follows:
Section I. The school committee of every city and town in the Commonwealth shall appoint one or more school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facili- ties for the performance of their duties as prescribed in this act: provided however, that in the cities wherein the board of health is already maintaining or shall hereafter maintain substantially such medical inspection as this act requires, the board of health shall appoint and assign the school physician.
Sec. 2. Every school physician shall make a prompt examination and diagnosis of all children referred to him as hereinafter provided, and such further examination of teach- ers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the pro- tection of the health of the pupils may require.
Sec. 3. The school committee shall cause to be re- ferred to a school physician for examination and diagnosis
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every child returning to school without a certificate from the board of health after absence on account of illness or from unknown cause; and every child in the schools under its jurisdiction who shows signs of being in ill health or of suf- fering from infectious or contagious disease, unless he is at once excluded from school by the teacher; except that in the case of schools in remote and isolated situations the school committee may make such other arrangements as may best carry out the purposes of this act.
Sec. 4. The school committee shall cause notice of the disease or defects, if any, from which any child is found to be suffering to be sent to his parent or guardian. When- ever a child shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculosis, diphtheria or influenza, tonsilitis, whooping cough, mumps, scabies or trachoma, he shall be sent home immediately, or as soon as safe and proper conveyance can be found, and the board of health shall at once be notified.
Sec. 5. The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once in every school year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defec- tive sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educa- tional results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teachers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or disability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child, and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the State Board of Education shall prescribe.
Under this act the local Board of Health early in Oc- tober divided the schools of the city into five districts and
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appointed a school physician to each, These physicians have regularly visited the schools twice a week. They have exam- ined all pupils showing any abnormal physical conditions and have sent those presenting signs of ill health home to be treated or advised by their family physician. Even if a few have been needlessly sent home, the inspection has already proved its great value not only to individuals, but to the community. To name a single case, a child after a brief ill- ness, returned to school, was examined by the inspector and found to have traces of scarlet fever. This child and the other children from the same family were sent home at once. A few days later one of the children excluded from school developed a clearly marked case of scarlet fever. Had there been no medical inspection, the first child would probably have been allowed to join his class and thus have spread the disease which could easily have become epidemic in that part of the city at least. Had it become so, the aggregate cost of medical attendance in the families afflicted would have been much greater than the annual cost of medical inspection of the schools, to say nothing of the probable loss or perma- nent injury of some of the children. This case illustrates the chief work of the inspector, which is to detect disease in its incipient stage, isolate it and thus prevent it from spreading. It not only protects the children and prevents much absence due to fear of contagion, but it relieves parents of much anxiety. Moreover, the inspector often calls the parent's attention to a morbid condition of his child which would en- tirely escape his own unpracticed eye, and so secures for the child early and necessary treatment. The whole tendency of medical inspection of the public schools is to diminish, not to increase the work of physicians in our city, and careful thought upon the subject should lead parents unanimously to approve and to support it. When their child is sent home by the inspector it is folly for parents to be indignant. They
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should be thankful and see that the child promptly receives the treatment he needs. If parents will heartily co-operate with the school physicians, medical inspection will speedily justify itself in the minds of all.
Under section five of the above law the teachers in the public schools are required to test annually the sight and hearing of their pupils. In conformity with this requirement the tests were made in all the elementary schools during the last term. They were not made in the High School because it was found impracticable under the existing conditions in that school. The enrolment in the elementary schools at the time the tests were made was 5,125, the number of pupils found defective in eyesight was 586 and the number found defective in hearing was 151. Notices were sent to 556 parents or guardians, it not being necessary to notify those parents who were already aware of the defects of their chil- dren and had called in the services of a specialist. It was found impossible to apply the required tests satisfactorily to most of the pupils in the first grade. The results of the ex- amination, however, show that nearly twelve per cent. of the pupils suffer from defective sight and three per cent. from defective hearing. Of course the eye test reveals only the most prominent defects, no attempt being made to discover cases of astigmatism, color blindness and other defects which the examination of a specialist might reveal.
It is not necessary for us to argue at length the import- ance of the sight and hearing tests in this report as we did so in our report of 1904 when our first tests were made. Some parents seem not to appreciate the importance of cor- recting, as far as possible, the visual defects of their children and the children suffer from the neglect, suffer not only physical discomfort and injury, but suffer educational loss, which means loss in the opportunities of life. Other parents make the mistake of taking their children to vendors of spec-
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tacles to be fitted with glasses instead of to an oculisst to find what is the trouble. The result is some children are wear- ing glasses which are absolutely useless, if not positively harmful to them. A matter which often means so much to the children should certainly receive the prompt and careful attention of parents. This fact cannot be urged too strongly.
GRADED SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING.
In many places the teaching in the public schools has gone from the abuse to the neglect of the memory, from measuring the results of school work largely by the ability of the pupil to repeat the words of the text book to avoid- ing nearly all the direct training of the exact memory. Both extremes are bad and unnecessary. The observation, thought and language of the child may be successfully culti- vated without depriving him of the convenience and accu- racy of helpful rules or important data, and certainly without robbing him of the guidance, enjoyment and inspiration as- sured to the mind well stocked with choice quotations from our best literature. Not to store the memory with the pur- est expressions of patriotic sentiment, with the maxims of the sages, with the visions of the poets and the aspirations of saintly souls, is to neglect a very important part of the edu- cation of youth. When one has adorned the halls of memory with these truths and these beauties of form and imagery, he not only has safe standards of taste and conduct under all conditions of life but he has the constant companionship of the noblest thought of the ages and an adequate expression of the best in himself. His reading and meditation, his feel- ings and ideals, his motives and actions, are likely to be on a higher plane than they otherwise would be. He cannot easily escape their silent teachings even if he would. They give comfort and good counsel when one most needs them.
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They are true friends who reprove his folly and shame his selfishness but never desert or betray him.
Much depends upon how such selections are taught. Merely to have the words committed to memory, although valuable, is a small part of what should be accomplished. In the first place, the teacher should carefully study the selec- tion, memorize it and think of it until she knows it, sees it, feels it, lives it and then she is prepared to present it to her class with all the clearness and expression at her command, and to lead her pupils, as far as possible, to catch its mean- ing, its beauty, its spirit and inspiration. By thus making it significant and enjoyable from the first, the child's imagina- tion draws the pictures more vividly, his feelings respond more strongly and his memory makes the record more quickly. The impression is deeper and more lasting, and the sentiment is more likely to become a potent force in his in- tellectual and moral life. Above all things, she should avoid literary anatomy and preaching. Just let the piece itself speak to the mind and heart of each child according to his capacity to receive it. If it is worth learning, no child can comprehend its full meaning and heauty at once. See that it is properly transplanted in his memory and leave it there to grow and bear fruit through all his future years. If after thoughtful study the teacher does not believe or enjoy a selection, if she cannot put heart and enthusiasm into it, she should not attempt to teach it to any one, much less to chil- dren.
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