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65,906
Children's room
23,623
West Quincy reading room
23,354
Atlantic reading room (Oct. 23-Dec. 31)
4,951
Schools
2,725
Total
120,559
This is an increase of 12,677 over the year 1911. There
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has been a gain of about 3 per cent. in non-fiction from the main desk. Sociology, Science, and Useful and Fine Arts have been prominent in the year's circulation here. Owing pre- sumably to the labor disturbances in Quincy and other cities, the demand for books on Sociology has made a gain in that class of 46 per cent. over the preceding year.
The large bulletin board near the door of this hall has attracted readers to such topics as Gardening, Birds, Avia- tion, China, Panama, Turkey, etc. Besides lists on the above subjects and those on Music and for High school students, the following have been compiled: Stereoscopic views, Robert Browning, Commission government, Hunting, Work with boys, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Some of these lists have been mailed to those interested or whom it was hoped to interest.
Articles written to bring the library to the attention of the people have been published free of charge through the courtesy of the Daily Ledger. Letters have been written to the different clubs of the city expressing our desire to be of service to them in their work.
Music.
The library now has 29 volumes of the Musicians library and 39 other works of various musical collections, including 5 oratorios and 3 opera scores. These 68 volumes have circu- lated 407 times during the year, all except the Musicians library having been added as late as November. Lists of the collection and of the works in the library relating to the art, its study, history, composers, etc., have been printed and dis- tributed.
Children's Room.
There has been an increase in the circulation of this de- partment of 2,798 over the year 1911, and 458 new borrowers have registered as against 380 the year before. Only 8 books
452
have been lost from the open shelves. Much conscientious work is here done in direct contact with the children. Pict- ure bulletins and special lists of good books have been posted. The percentage of fiction has fallen off from 58.6 to 53.6. A beginning has been made in the circulation of mounted pict- ures to the schools, and it is hoped next year to increase the work along this line. The stereographs are very popular here, their use in the room numbering 36,619. The hours were ex- tended during school vacations by the opening of the room also in the morning from 10 to 12 o'clock.
Schools.
The regular sending of cases of books monthly to the 10 schools outside of those nearest the library has continued from the Children's room. We have no school duplicate collection and no separate room for the work, as many libraries have. Since September the newly formed Quincy Independent In- dustrial school has also been supplied with a small number of books. Miss Camp's visit to the High school has been pro- ductive of most encouraging results. Through co-operation with the English department, the list of required reading was posted at the library, and the demand for these books has been so great that many duplicate copies have been bought and still more ordered. Two lists were compiled at the library, one on the study of English literature and the other on Shakespeare, resulting in increased use of these books.
Accessions.
The call for books along the lines of trade unionism, so- cialism, and other sociological subjects has continued, and we have purchased as far as we could to satisfy the demand. Of adult fiction there were purchased 652 volumes, and for the children's room 117 volumes, making a total of 769 or 41.7 per cent. of fiction in the year's accessions. A very, very small
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percentage of books in foreign languages has been bought this year, namely, 25 in Italian, 4 in French, and 1 in German.
The following are among the important purchases of the year-Century dictionary, Makers of Canada, Warner's Li- brary of the world's best literature, Bailey's Cyclopedia of agriculture, Champlin's Cyclopedia of painters and painting, and the Standard reference work for the children's room.
Cataloguing.
Instead of our usual annual list, it was decided in the late summer to change to a quarterly index of additions to the library, and the first issue, in September, included all books added from January. The next number was published in De- cember. Besides the regular work of ordering, accessioning, and cataloguing the additions to the library, there has been an entire revision of the card catalogue, subdivisions have been made of many of its larger subjects, and subject cards of individual biography in the children's room have been added to it. A long felt want was supplied by a list of detective stories in the cards, also an author card list was made of all books which have been cancelled for various reasons,-out of print, discarded, etc .- since the opening of the library. A topical list was prepared for the season's work of one of the study clubs, new material being added to that already in the library. The checking of the last A. L. A. subject headings list has added to the year's work.
Periodicals, Binding, Mending.
Magazine publishers seem to be very trying individuals or there seems to be some missing link between their subscrip- tion department and their mailing list. Duplicate copies are received or none sent at all when they should be, to the vexa- tion of the public who have been seeing them at the news.
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stands. At the Central library there is a subscription list of 123 different periodicals, including 18 gifts, extra copies mak- ing a total of 164 newspapers and magazines. Even these do not supply the demands of the waiting readers. These period- icals are prepared for circulation and the reading tables, and the greater number of them later are sorted and made ready for the binder, as we keep an up-to-date file of all those which we receive that are indexed in the Readers' Guide.
" The amount spent for binding the past year has been $747.85. The number of books bound, rebound, and repaired by the binder is, 1,914. The number of periodicals bound and rebound is 157, making a total of 2,071 volumes. With a sys- tem as simple as possible it is apparent that this involves, be- sides records, much handling of many books, large and small, every month.
The number of books mended at the library and at the reading rooms is 5,788; of periodicals mended, 307.
Staff.
Miss Cochrane returned to her duties the latter part of February. In March, Miss Alexander, who had been with us nearly four years, left us to accept a position in the catalogue department of the St. Louis Public Library. Miss Blanche Morrison, who began as an apprentice in 1910, took the sum- mer course in library science at Simmons College in 1911, and had since been assisting Miss Alexander, was then added to the staff. In July, Miss Stegmaier, who had been in charge of the Main hall desk since Oct. 1908, resigned to do library organization work for the Massachusetts Free Library Com- mission. In September the position was filled by the appoint- ment of Miss Elizabeth H. Camp, from the public library of Seymour, Conn., also a graduate of the Simmons College sum- mer school.
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Apprentices.
I wish to speak of the success of what has developed into a regular system of apprentice service. As early as 1906 one young woman from a neighboring town applied to serve us in any capacity that might prepare her to enter Simmons Col- lege summer school. As a result of the success of this experi- ment, and as our needs were increasing and one after another from our own city applied, the thought grew that, although we could not open a library training school, there might be mutual benefit and profit.
'Notwithstanding the fact that much time has to be spent in training these apprentices for careful work, it has proved to be a very good business investment for the library, growing, as it is, as fast as its finances will allow. Each apprentice in turn found her niche of usefulness and proved a welcome ad- dition to our happy corps of workers, although nothing was promised at the outset. Since November 1907, we have had 8, 4 of whom have positions. One is now in the St. Louis public library after nearly four years' service here, and 3 are upon our own staff. The other 4 are at present doing useful work in the library.
Before closing this report I must voice the great loss sus- tained by us all in the death of our beloved Mr. Butler, the Chairman of the Board for seventeen years. His almost daily presence is still missed, his kindly interest and devotion to the library which he served for so long, setting the mark of his broad culture upon it. By the death of Mr. Burke, for the second time we have lost two members of the Board within the year, this time one in the prime of his life and usefulness. It must surely be no common occurrence when in exactly one year and a half four members of a Board are removed from it by death.
I wish to thank your Honorable Board for the response to the suggestion of increasing even by ever so little the sala- ries of your faithful workers. Statistics of 32 representative
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libraries from various sections of the country, compiled by the American Library Association one year ago, showed ours to be the lowest but 3 in its proportion of salaries to other ex- penses of maintenance. I hope that we may advance farther up the list.
One thing I might suggest is the opening of the Central library until 9 o'clock in the evening instead of the 8 o'clock closing hour, as I think that in a city and library the size of ours it is to be expected, and that the public would appreciate the convenience. Perhaps at the same time we might add an hour in the morning, making the opening hour 9 instead of 10 o'clock. At least I trust that we may see the way clear to do this next autumn.
Respectfully submitted, ALICE G. WHITE, Librarian.
457 STATISTICS.
Accessions.
Added by purchase, new books
1,842
Added by purchase, to replace old copies
577
Added by gift
255
Added by binding periodicals
137
Added by return of missing books
6
Total gain
2,817
Discarded and replaced
503
Discarded and not replaced
127
Discarded from contagious diseases
19
Lost and paid for
14
Charged and not returned
16
Missing from outside shelves, Main hall
18
Missing from open shelves, Children's room 8
Missing from open shelves, West Quincy
reading room
11
Total loss
716
Net gain
2,101
In the library, Dec. 31, 1911
31,765
In the library, Dec. 31, 1912
33,866
Number of books bought from City Appropriation 2,399
Number of books bought from Cotton Center Johnson fund 74
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SIZE AND GROWTH BY CLASSES
No. of Vols.
Dec. 31, 1912.
Added by
purchase,
Added by gift,
Added by
binding peri-
odicals, 1912.
General Works
161
3
9
Philosophy and Religion
1,179
43
3
Sociology
1,127
103
9
Science
1,152
54
6
Useful and Fine Arts
1,430
170
9
Literature and Philology
2,533
145
3
History
2.414
65
4
Travel
1,396
74
4
Biography
2,528
88
10
Fiction
6.278
€52
16
133
Refer nce
1.038
96
S
Document Room
3,212
5
36
Children s Room Fiction
2,424
117
Non-fiction
2,454
210
1
4
West Quincy Reading Room
200
3
2
Atlantic Reading Room
186
14
135
Total
33,866
1,842
2.5
137
Vols. replaced, 1912
577
CIRCULATION BY CLASSES, 1912
Reading Room
Atlantic Bead-
ing Room.
Schools
Total
General Works
585
717
1.183
116
2.601
Philosophy and Religion
794
102
17
37
4
954
Sociology
1,345
146
54
65
20
1,630
Science
1,335
587
490
232
77
2,721
Userul and Fine Arts
2,982
1,101
629
162
142
5,016
Literature and Philology
2,858
1,703
1,240
308
119
6,228
History
1,625
1,341
1,119
185
271
4,541
Travel
1,595
1,488
514
326
280
4,203
Biography
1,233
892
400
107
231
2,863
Fiction
38,932
12,676
15,907 3,299 1,581
72,395
Periodicals (unbound)
12,622
2,870
1,801
114
17,407
Total
65,906
23,623
23,354 4,951 2,725 120,559
-
Main Hall
Children's
Room
West Quincy
Unclassified bound periodicals
4,154
1912.
1912
in Library,
459
Days open
305
Largest day's circulation, Main hall, Mar. 16 .
458
Largest day's circulation, Children's room, Nov. 25 190
Largest day's circulation, West Quincy reading room, Mar. 25 . 148
Largest day's circulation, Atlantic reading room, Nov. 25
140
Average daily circulation, Main hall
216
Average daily circulation, Children's room
77
Average daily circulation, West Quincy reading room ·
76
Average daily circulation, Atlantic reading room ·
85
Average daily attendance, West Quincy reading room
103
Average daily attendance, Atlantic reading room
126
Percentage of fiction, Main hall
59
Percentage of fiction, Children's room
53.6
Percentage of fiction, West Quincy reading room
68.1
Percentage of fiction, Atlantic reading room
66.6
Vacation books loaned
302
Stereographs loaned, Main hall
21,533
Stereographs used in Children's room
36,619
Stereographs used in West Quincy reading room
22,858
Library Art Club exhibits
13
Books borrowed, Inter-library loan
.
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REGISTRATION
New Registrations
Cancelled by death or removal
Whole No. of borrowers Dec. 31., 1912
Main hall
766
97
4,659
Children's room
458
17
1,195
West Quincy reading room
262
19
1,237
Atlantic reading room
409
+ 546
*1,895
133
7,637
Increase in number of borrowers, 1912, 1,762
*Includes 141 re-registered
+Includes 137 formerly registered at Central library.
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QUINCY DONORS TO THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR: 1912'
Arnold, John R. "The Philippines"
Atlantic Shakespeare Society. Furniture and a set of Rolfe's. "Shakespeare" to Atlantic reading room
Branscheid & Marten's. Free delivery of local papers
First Church of Christ Scientist. Periodicals
Selinck, Mrs. Alfred W. Flowers at opening of Atlantic read- ing room
Molendy, A. Edward. "Woman's National Weekly" Prescott Publishing Co. "Quincy Daily Ledger" to the read- ing rooms
Quincy Branch National Alliance. "Christian Register" Richardson, Earle. Print of Shakespeare's statue to Atlantic. reading room
Safford, Mrs. Charles R. Picture to Atlantic reading room Spargo Print. "Quincy Telegram" to the reading rooms
Spear, Mrs. Charles A. "Universalist Leader"
Tobey, Miss Avis C. Books
Tobey, Rev. Rufus B. Books
Wade, Edmund R. Books to Atlantic reading room
Wainwright, Miss Belinda E. Books
Waterhouse, George S. "Ambition"
Whitcher, W. Ward. Globe to Atlantic reading room
Whitcher, Mrs. W. Ward. Plants and stands to Atlantic read- ing room
PERIODICALS AT ATLANTIC READING ROOM
American Boy
Boston Herald
Century
*Christian Science Monitor Delineator
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Monthly
Harper's Weekly
Ladies' Home Journal
McClure's Magazine
National Geographic Magazine
Outing
Popular Mechanics:
*Quincy Daily Ledger
*Quincy Telegram:
St. Nicholas
Scientific American
Scientific American Supplement World's Work
Gift
Annual Report OF THE
Board of Directors and Superintendent OF THE
Woodward Institute
1912
CITY OF QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS
WOODWARD INSTITUTE
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1913
Chairman REV. ADELBERT L. HUDSON
Vice-Chairman REV. BENJAMIN A. WILLMOTT
Secretary REV. WESLEY WIGGIN
Superintendent ALBERT L. BARBOUR
THE FACULTY
Principal
HORACE W. RICE Latin and History
Teachers
CHARLOTTE J. BURGESS Commercial Subjects
Art GEORGIANA C. LANE.
JOHN D. BUCKINGHAM. . Vocal Music
MARTHA E. MACCARTY Physical Training
GRACE L. BURKE. Mathematics
MARY W. DINEGAN English and Latin
C. LOUISE STEELE English
LILLIAN M. ANNIS
.Natural Science
GERTRUDE F. HOLLAND French and German
SUSAN A. LYLE Household Science
Engineer and Janitor
ALLAN W. WALKER
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held December 31, the report of the Superintendent was accepted, adopted and ordered printed as the report of the Board.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
Gentlemen: I submit herewith my fourth annual report as Superintendent of Woodward Institute.
The most important matter to call to your attention and one which requires immediate consideration and action is the increased enrollment and attendance at the Institute during the past term. In the report of last year it was stated that in two years' time it would probably be necessary to restrict the attendance in some way to such numbers as the organization of the school can properly care for. An unexpectedly large freshman class in September, the largest in the history of the school, together with the fact that few of the upper class pupils left school during the year, has already carried the registration well beyond the proper limit and forces the Board to take action at an earlier date than was anticipated.
The enrollment for the present school year has been 211 thus far, and for a time there was considerable overcrowding in the study room and one or two of the class rooms. An increase in attendance next September equal to that of the present year would undoubtedly make a registration of 240. As the present building and organization are not large enough to handle an attendance of more than 175 to 190 to the best ad- vantage, it is plain that there must be an immediate restriction of attendance.
Two possible methods of keeping the attendance within bounds were suggested in the report of last year: admitting pupils by examination instead of by certificate, or narrowing the field of work which the school now covers.
For several reasons the latter course seems the only logical and satisfactory one to pursue. The work of this school should be mapped out with a view to the place which it can best fill in the educational system of the city. The city of Quincy is growing in population very rapidly; its school system is expand- ing; its High School has grown to a marked degree and the departments of the High School are becoming well specialized.
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Within comparatively few years there will be a second High School in Quincy with still greater specialization, particularly along lines which are essentially vocational and with increasing effort to make those lines of the highest possible efficiency in the task of preparing young people for the vocations which they may choose. It stands to reason that under such circumstances it is better that a girl secure her vocational training in a depart- ment where she can do so to the best advantage and that it is not advisable for this school to continue to attempt with a small organization that work in which the public High School is already specializing.
It would be best for Woodward Institute to discontinue the vocational work now offered, to parallel the work of the public High School in as few courses as possible and to lay the chief stress ultimately upon those courses which constituted secondary school work before the introduction of vocational training into the school system. Woodward Institute would then be a school of the type which its founder, Dr. Woodward, originally had in mind, with strong English and Classical courses and capable of doing work of the highest order in that particular field.
Under such a plan, the problem of attendance would take care of itself for many years to come, as girls seeking vocational training would go to the proper department of the public High School for such training, while those seeking an education along the traditional academic lines would attend Woodward Institute. Action on this matter is necessary at once in order that pupils now in the grammar schools may have proper time for the choice of courses.
There has been little change in the teaching corps during the year. Miss Addie E. Towne, who was on leave of absence, did not return in September, and Miss Gertrude F. Holland, who had acted as her substitute, was appointed to fill the vacancy. Miss Isabelle Linnell, who had charge of the Do- mestic Science department, also resigned in June, and her place was filled by the appointment of Miss Susan A. Lyle, a graduate of Simmons College.
The spirit of the school has, as usual, been most excellent, pupils and teachers working without friction of any kind and with the utmost harmony and co-operation. The classes of
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1913, 1914, 1915 have each presented to the school a slab of the Parthenon Frieze to add to its decorations. Semi-annual meet- ings of the Alumna Association bear witness to the interest which the graduates still have in the Institute. At the last meeting of this Association the Alumna prize of five dollars' worth of books for the best essay written by a member of the class of 1912 on an assigned subject was awarded to Elizabeth May Golden.
The Institute building and grounds have been maintained in their usual good order during the year. The only important item of repairs was the installation of two new boilers to replace the ones which had been in use since the school was opened. These are now giving satisfactory service and making an appre- ciable saving in fuel.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT L. BARBOUR, Superintendent
STATISTICS
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CLASS AND TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY YEARS
Teachers
Seventh Class
Sixth Class
Fifth Class
Fourth Class
Third Class
Junior Class
Senior Class
Post Graduates
Total
Regular
Part Time
Total
Spring of 1894
28
15
17
13
7
. .
. .
.
80
7
7
1894-1895
41
44
18
17
5
. .
8
115
8
2
10
1896-1897.
29
28
32
5
8
5
107
8
3
11
1897-1898
. .
13
22
23
28
5
3
94
8
3
11
1898-1899
. .
. .
20
14
13
14
21
3
85
8
3
11
1900-1901
3
28
18
11
14
14
88
8
3
11
1901-1902
13
40
28
15
9
14
2
121
7
3
10
1902-1903
11
55
35
27
16
9
2
155
8
2
10
1903-1904
. .
43
46
30
25
15
5
164
8
2
10
1904-1905
. .
. .
47
38
38
33
4
160
8
3
11
1905-1906.
47
43
35
37
6
168
8
3
11
1906-1907
. .
51
40
37
34
9
171
8
3
11
1907-1908.
.
49
48
28
33
4
162
8
3
11
1908-1909.
.
50
43
39
23
6
161
8
3
11
1909-1910
. .
. .
55
47
34
30
5
171
8
3
11
1910-1911.
. .
. .
66
43
31
30
8
178
8
4
12
1911-1912.
. .
73
47
35
31
2
188
9
2
11
Fall of 1912
. .
. .
82
62
36
25
6
211
9
2
11
Average Attendance. . .94.9 per cent
FITTING FOR HIGHER INSTITUTIONS
Fitting for College
Fitting for Normal School
Post Graduates.
1
2
1913.
5
3
1914
4
10
1915.
4
13
1916.
7
11
Total
21
39
.
9
1895-1896
9
41
36
10
11
27
92
8
3
11
1899-1900
14
13
17
21
125
8
1
. .
SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY COURSES
Enrollment September 3, 1912
English
Physical
Training
Physiology
Music
History
Science
Mathematics
Latin
French
German
Commercial
Arithmetic
Bookkeeping
Drawing
Science and Arts Household
Stenography
Typewriting
Commercial
Geography
Sewing
Business Forms
Post Graduates . ......
. .
. .
. .
1
2
2
1
1
3
. .
. .
2
2
co
3
1
-
1913.
25
25
..
·
.
2
15
4
5
6
2
or
1
4
=
. .
18
18
17
.
.
1914.
36
36
. .
.
12
3
=
16
9
20
Co
15
00
15
15
2
4
1
1915.
62
62
. .
. .
47
16
21
27
11
27
2
30
16
21
.
. .
13
1
1916.
82
82
78
81
7
27
18
2
32
2
14
52
. .
. .
. .
15
43
Totals .
211
205
. .
78
143
36
45
76
48
54
00
35
53
51
73
36
36
19
33
46
·
·
..
.
· .
.
.
.
.
. .
.
11
12
STATISTICS OF REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION 1911-1912
Graduated 1912
To Next
Lower Class
From Next
Higher Class
Poor Work
Moved
from City
Illness
To go to
Work
Not Known
Total Left
Post Graduates
2
2
1912.
31
30
1
1
6
1913.
35
1
4
1
4
1
10
25
1914.
46
4
1
1
10
2
9
36
1915.
74
4
7
3
2
1
2
10
10
62
1916.
7
82
Total
188
30
9
14
4
6
4
8 8
or
29
211
LEFT SCHOOL CAUSES
Registration Fall of 1912.
13
COURSES OF STUDY, 1912 GENERAL COURSE
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Required
English . .
4
Physiology
4
Music (2).
1
Physical Training
(2). . . 1
Elect not more than ten points.
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Cooking
2
Latin .
5
Latin .
5
Latin . . 5
Science (5)
4
French . .
5
German
5
Review of Mathe-
matics .
. . . 4
Commercial Geog-
raphy ..
... 4
American History.5
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Required
English . . 4
Arithmetic. 4 Business Forms. . . 4
Physiology 4
Music (2) 1
(2) 1
Elect not more than ten points.
Drawing ( 1
Cooking.
2
Science (5)
4
French .
5
Algebra
5
Algebra .
5
Geometry
5
English History . . 5
French ..
.5
Sewing (6) .
.3
Required
English . . . 4
Commercial Geog- raphy. 4
Stenography .
.. 5
Typewriting (5) . . 3
Music (1)
Physical Training ... (2) 1 .
Elect five or six points.
Drawing (2) 1
Harmony .
1
Drawing (2) 1
Science (5)
4
Harmony .
1
French .
5
American History.5
NORMAL COURSE ALL STUDIES REQUIRED
English . 4
Algebra. 5
Algebra 5
Geometry 5
( Latin or
5
French
Science (5) 4
Drawing (2) 1
Music (2) . 1
Music (1)
Physical Training Physical Training (2). 1 (2) 1
(2). . . 1
Harmony may be taken in the third and fourth years.
English .
.. 4
Review of Mathe-
matics . .
4
Latin or 5
French
Physiology 4
Drawing (2) 1 Music (2) . 1
Physical Training
Required
English . . . 4
Bookkeeping. 5
Music (2) ..
1
Physical Training
Physical Training
.... . . 1
May elect one or both.
Drawing (2) .1
Cooking. . .. 2
Required
Required
English . .
.4
Music (1)
Music (1)
Physical Training (2) ... .. 1
Elect not more than fifteen points.
Harmony
1
Latin .
5
Science (5)
4
Science (5)
4
Science (4)
3
Arithmetic.
.4
Ancient History . . 5
German.
5
Geometry .
.5
Bookkeeping.
..
5
English History . . 5
Required
English . . 4
English . 4
Music (2)
1
Physical Training (2) 1
Physical Training (2) 1
Elect not more than fifteen points.
Elect not more than fifteen points.
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