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French. .
5
Business Forms. . . 4 Algebra 5
Algebra .
5
Bookkeeping.
.5
Required
English . . .. . .. .4
Bookkeeping. .
. . . 5
Stenography.
.. 5
Typewriting (5) .. 3
Music (1)
Elect not more than five points.
Ancient History . . 5 Sewing (10) .. .. 5
English 4 English . 4
Latin or. 5 Science (4) 3
Latin or 5
French
Science (5) 4
Drawing (2) 1 American History.5
Drawing (2) .
... 1
Music (1)
Physical Training
(2)
1
Physical Training (2). 1
Cooking. 2 Harmony 1
French .
5
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DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Required
Required
Required
Required
English . 4
English . . 4
English . 4
English . 4
Sewing (10) 5
Sewing (10) 5
Sewing (6) 3
Sewing (6) 3
Cooking. . 2
Cooking . 2
Cooking 2
Cooking . 2
Physiology .4
Music (2) 1
Music(1)
Music (1)
Music (2) 1
Physical Training (2) 1
Physical Training (2) 1
Physical Training (2) .1
Physical Training (2)
1
Elect not more six points.
than
Elect not more than ten points.
Elect not more than five points.
Elect not more than five points.
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Drawing (2) 1
Science I (4). .3
Harmony 1
Harmony.
1
Arithmetic. . 4
Science II (5) ... 4
French. 5
French. . 5
Business Forms. . . 4
French .. . 5
Science (5) 4
American History.5
Ancient History . . 5
Bookkeeping. . . 5
Bookkeeping. . . . . 5
English History . . 5
Commercial Geog- raphy. .4
COLLEGE COURSE ALL STUDIES REQUIRED
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Fifth Year
English . ... 4
English . .. 4
English . ... 4
English. . . . 4
English . . .. 2
Algebra . . . . . 5
Algebra 5
Geometry. . . 5
Ancient
Review of
Latin . . . . . . .5
Latin 5
Latin
5
History or 5 Science (5) .5 Latin . .. 5
Mathemat- ics . . . .. 4
Music (2). .. 1
Music (2). 1
German . .5
Physical
Physical
Music (1)
French .. . . . 5
Latin Prose and Sight
Training (2) 1
Training (2) 1
Physical
German .... 5
Reading .. . . 2
English
History . ... 5
Training (2)1
/ German. . . . 5 (or Science (5)4
American
History . . .. 5 Music (1)
Physiology .. 4
French. 5
French. . .5
Training (2) 1
Music (1) Physical
Preparation for admission to college is necessarily so difficult, and a thorough preparation so essential to the best results after admission, that in most cases five years should be devoted to it. The course outlined above has been arranged to in- clude the requirements of all the Eastern colleges to which women are admitted, and can easily be adapted to the requirements of each college. It can be so modified as to prepare in four years in exceptional cases where the student is mentally and physi- cally strong. The full five-year course is urgently recommended.
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EXPLANATION OF THE COURSE OF STUDY
1. The figure at the right of each study denotes the diploma points allowed for its successful completion. The figure in parentheses denotes the number of recitations per week when this differs from the number of diploma points.
2. Two foreign languages should not be begun at the same time. A foreign language to be beneficial should be studied at least two years.
3. Every pupil is required to take Physical Training unless excused upon the advice of a regular physician.
4. Place X opposite the course elected, also before each study elected.
5. A total of seventy-two points is required for a diploma.
6. Report cards are issued every eight weeks.
7. The daily session begins at a quarter past eight and closes at one o'clock.
8. A written request by parent or guardian is required for dismissal during the school session.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE
The first two years of the course in literature are spent in reading carefully, but without attempting analysis and criti- cism, as much of the world's best literature as the time will allow. The books are selected because they are adapted to the minds of the readers and are worth reading. They include not only English classics, but good translations from the litera- ture of various nations and cover many subjects. There are three distinct aims in the course: (1) To teach the students to read intelligently and enjoyably; (2) to develop in them a taste for good literature; (3) to lay a broad foundation for the subse- quent study and appreciation of the English classics selected for the third and fourth years. An outline history of English literature, supplemented by a study of English poets, completes the four years' course.
COMPOSITION
The work in composition is correlated with the course in literature - narration, description, exposition, and argument, each taken in turn. The course is designed to aid pupils in expressing themselves clearly and logically in oral as well as in written form. Weekly themes are required during the first three years. These formal compositions are supplemented by frequent class-room exercises in dictation, letter-writing and outlining. During the fourth year, at least three compositions are required each week.
The pupils are urged to write from their own experience, to write often, and to acquire the habit of using simple, correct, idiomatic English.
DEPARTMENT OF LATIN
I. Latin Lessons.
Translation of prose selections.
II. Cæsar, - Commentaries on Gallic War, books I-IV in- clusive.
Sight reading.
Prose composition. Grammar.
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III. Cicero, - Orations against Catiline, The Manilian Law, and Archias. Sight reading. Prose composition.
IV. Virgil, Æneid, books I-VI inclusive. Sight reading. Prosody.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
FRENCH
I. Pronunciation.
Grammar: Conjugation of regular verbs, and of a few irregular verbs. Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Syntax. Memorizing: Prose selections.
Reading: Lectures Faciles, Contes de Fees or Le Tache du Petit Pierre.
II. Dictation. Conversation. Paraphrasing. Composition. Grammar: Continuation. Conjugation of irregular verbs. Uses of tenses and moods. Reading: de Maistre's Prisonniers du Caucase. Sandeau's Mlle. de la Seigliere. Daudet's La Belle-Nivernaise. Roger's French Sight Reading. Le Gendre de M. Poirier.
III. Dictation.
Conversation. Constant practice in translating into French. Memorizing: Prose and poetry. Grammar: Review and continuation of difficult points, especially the subjunctive. Study of idioms.
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Reading: Moliere's L'Avare. Corneille's Le Cid. Corneille's Polyeucte (alternate years). Balzac's Eugenie Grandet. Fontaine's Fables.
Prose Composition.
Thorough review of grammar.
About twenty-five lessons in Francais.
Advanced French Prose, with detailed study and practice in idioms.
GERMAN
I. Pronunciation.
Grammar: Declension. Conjugation of weak verbs and of the more usual strong verbs. Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Prepositions. Syntax.
Memorizing: Vocabulary for oral and written work. Prose and poetry selections.
Composition: Translation into German. Transposition.
Reproduction. Dictation.
Easy conversation. Reading and translation of Fairy Tales.
II. Grammar: Conjugation of strong and irregular verbs and modal auxiliaries. Order of words.
Translation: Schiller's Der Neffe als Onkel. Arnold's Fritz auf Ferien.
Gerstacker's Germelshausen. Hillerne's Hoher als die Kirche. Storm's Immensee. Sight reading from easy texts.
III. Prose Composition.
Grammar: Continuation of difficult points. Conversation. Dictation.
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Memorizing of German Folk Songs.
Translation: Gerstacker's Irrfahrten.
Lessings' Minna von Barnhelm.
Schiller's Ballads, Die Jungfrau von Or- leans.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
I. Introduction to science, - training in careful observation and scientific methods as a preparation for subsequent work.
The evolution of the solar system and the formation of the earth.
The elementary facts of astronomy and geology.
The examination of a few of the common minerals and rocks.
The systematic observation and record of some common phenomena.
Simple experiments to ascertain facts or to test given propositions.
The classification of facts under divisions of science.
II. Zoology, first half year.
The time is about evenly divided between laboratory and recitation work.
Elementary work in morphology, physiology and some ecology.
Botany, second half year.
There is considerable field work for the purpose of identi- fying plants, studying their habitat and procuring specimens for a small herbarium.
III. Chemistry or Physics.
A class in one subject only will be formed for those elect- ing science in the third year.
IV. Physics or Chemistry.
The subject not taken in the third year is offered in the fourth.
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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
I. Elementary algebra.
II. Elementary algebra completed.
III. Plane geometry, - demonstrations and original work.
IV. Solid geometry or advanced work in algebra.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR
Commercial Arithmetic. A review of fundamental processes. Short methods and drill in business problems. Business correspondence, spelling and penmanship.
SECOND YEAR
Bookkeeping. Double and single-entry bookkeeping. Pen- manship.
THIRD YEAR
Bookkeeping. Business practice.
Stenography. Principles of stenography.
Typewriting. Use of the typewriter. Drill exercises.
FOURTH YEAR
Stenography. Practice in reading and writing shorthand.
Typewriting. Transcribing shorthand notes. Copying. Du- plicating. Commercial Geography. A study of commercial and industrial conditions, products and countries. Pupils who elect the household science and arts course are required to take commercial geography the third year of their course.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING
Physical Training I.
Individual prescription work. Class work. Military marching; free exercises, bar and ring work, folk dances, Virginia Reel. Games. Basketball. Tennis.
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Physiology I.
Relation of health to posture; dress and cleanliness. Study of skeleton and of muscular system.
Emergencies.
Physical Training II.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Marching, fancy steps, folk dances; free work, dumb-bells, club and wand exercises.
Games. Basketball. Tennis.
Physiology II.
Anatomy, physiology and hygiene of the digestive and circulatory systems.
Physical Training III.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Marching; free exercises, chest weights, horizontal bar, ring and club exercises. Folk dancing, fancy steps.
Games. Basketball. Tennis.
Physiology III.
Anatomy, physiology and hygiene of circulatory and nervous systems, skin and kidneys.
Physical Training IV.
Individual prescription work.
Class Work. Marching, jig and fancy steps; free work, bounding balls, dumb-bells, chest weights, clubs, wands and ring exercises. Folk dancing.
Games. Basketball. Tennis.
Physiology IV.
Physiology of nervous, respiratory, circulatory and diges- tive systems, reviewed.
Special senses, eye, ear, voice.
Advanced emergencies with demonstrations and talks on first aid to the injured.
Papers on diet, exercise, sleep, bathing, clothing.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
I. Ancient History. (a) A preliminary consideration of the origin and races of mankind, - their primitive con- dition, migrations, and progress toward civilization. (b) A brief study of the extinct civilization of the East.
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(c) Greek history to the death of Alexander.
(d) Roman history from the founding of the city to 800 A.D.
II. English history to the accession of George V.
III. American history, special attention being given to the forces which have shaped the government of the United States and developed its present institutions.
Civil government of the United States.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
The aim of the department of music is to cultivate a taste for good music and to prepare the girls for intelligent and appre- ciative work in the further pursuit of the art in its various branches.
The vocal and choral study includes vocalization, solfeggio, sight reading, dynamics, breath control, intonation, enunciation, unison and part singing.
The elementary theoretical work (required) aims to give the pupil a thorough foundation in the elements of music and includes rhythm, meter intervals, the derivation and construc- tion of our present-day tonalities, major, all minor forms and chromatic scale in all keys, triads, chords of the dominant and diminished sevenths and cadences, leading to the study of
Harmony - elective but strongly advised for all pupils in vocal or instrumental study.
Individual class work, one period weekly.
Vocal and choral work (entire school required), one period weekly.
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 stu- dent 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:
Freehand 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
I. A simple outline of the location, surroundings, and proper conditions of a home. Special attention is given to the dining room and kitchen, together with the care and use of their furnishings.
II. Study of air, fire, water and some of the most important elements in relation to life, heat and cooking.
III. Study of food, its functions; growth, waste and repair of the human body.
IV. Food principles; water, mineral matter, carbohydrates, proteids, fats and oils. Under these subjects, foods are prepared and cooked by the pupils. The composi- tion, food value, growth, market value and best method of serving are discussed.
The second year course will be a continuation and enlarge- ment of the first year course, with lessons on invalid cooking and serving, table service and table etiquette, the 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, economically and tastefully.
SEWING FIRST YEAR
I. Brief review of stitches, and making of samples illustrat- ing uses.
II. Ornamental stitches; construction of seams; methods of finishing seams.
III. The use of the sewing machine.
IV. Study of cotton, growth, manufacture and cost: the terms warp, woof, bias, lengthwise and crosswise.
V. Uses of paper patterns.
VI. Cutting and making sewing bag, sewing apron, plain undergarments and shirt waists.
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SECOND YEAR
I. Continuation of the first year's programme with more attention given to design.
II. The use of laces and embroideries.
III. Study of linen in relation to the household.
THIRD YEAR
Draughting; cutting and making garments from patterns draughted.
FOURTH YEAR
A rapid general review with the addition of millinery.
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FOUNDER'S DAY
Tuesday Evening, March 12, 1912, at Eight O'clock
Program by past and present pupils of the school under the direction of Mr. John D. Buckingham.
Chorus. a. "Madrigal" Michael Este, 1600 b. "To Me Thou Art a Flower" Rubinstein
SCHOOL
Violin. a. Nocturne, op. 9 b. "La Menetrier" Wieniawski
Chopin
MISS RUTH KEATING, '10
Piano Solo. Sonata, op. 1st Movement
Beethoven
MISS MARGARET READ, '13
Soprano Solo. "Ave Maria" Del Riego
MISS ANASTASIA HARKINS (With Violin and 'Cello Obligato)
Recitation.
a. "The Bear Story"
b. "The Book Canvasser "
MISS MAUD READ, '06
Riley
Piano Solo. Rondo Brilliant, op. 56
Hummel
MISS AMY FALLON, '12
(Orchestral part on second piano)
Soprano Solo. "Ernani Involami"
Verdi
MISS ESTHER DASHA, '12
Violoncello.
a. "Meditation"
b. "Capriccio "
MISS MARION MOORHOUSE, '10
Squire
Golterman
Chorus. a. "Indian Serenade"
Beresford
Browne
b. "Indian Dance"
SCHOOL
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GRADUATING EXERCISES CLASS OF 1912
Wednesday Evening, June 12, at Eight O'clock
PROGRAMME
Music by the School.
MR. JOHN D. BUCKINGHAM, Musical Director "Minuet"
Patty Stair
Songs. a. "A Birthday" Cowen
b. "Jean" Spross
c. "When" Dorothy Gandy
MISS ESTHER DASHA, '12
Pianoforte Solo. Rhapsody No. 2 Liszt (Bendel version) MISS AMY FALLON, '12
a. "Ave Maria" Marlois
b. "The Shepherd Lady" Armstrong
Address.
"The Acquisition of Knowledge and what to do with It" REV. R. PERRY BUSH, D.D.
Conferring of Diplomas
REV. ADELBERT L. HUDSON, A.M., S.T.B. Chairman of Board of Trustees
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NAMES OF GRADUATES
Mary Perkins Beal
Alice Lakin
Esther Elizabeth Beckford
Mary Alice LeCount
Mary Carmel Brogan
Ruth Irene McConnell
Martha Helen Burch
Lillian Eleanor McDonnell
Frances Gertrude Cain Helen Louise Croucher
Mariam Lee Miller
Alma Sophie Nelson
Esther Helen Dasha
Mary Frances O'Brien
Emily Mary Dinegan
Mildred Turner Polk
Amy Elizabeth Fallon
Jeanie Cameron Russell
Mary Ellen Finn
Bertha Elizabeth Schultz
Eva Mildred Frazier
Harriet Waterhouse
Elizabeth Mary Golden Marion Gertrude Green
Ella Maude Whitehead
Grace Hazel Hunter
Marion Loring Whitmarsh
Edith Marie Kolstad
Marion Adlene White
Irene Dyer Williams
CALENDAR FOR 1913
First Term: Monday, December 30, to Friday, February 21.
Founder's Day: Tuesday, March 12.
Second Term: Monday, March 3, to Friday, April 25.
Third Term: Monday, May 5, to Friday, June 20.
Graduation: Wednesday, June 18.
Fall Term: Tuesday, September 2, to Friday, December 19. New Year: Monday, January 5, 1914.
Holidays: February 22, April 19, May 30, June 17, October 12, and the remainder of the week from Wednesday next preceding Thanksgiving.
Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
City of Quincy Massachusetts
For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1912
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NANET
QUINCY
PUBLISHED BY THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1912
At Large Term Expires
DR. EDWARD H. BUSHNELL. . December 31, 1912 566 Washington Street, Quincy Point.
DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING. December 31, 1913 1136 Hancock Street, Quincy.
MR. ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB. December 31, 1914 98 East Howard Street, Quincy Neck.
By Wards
WARD 1. MR. JOHN D. MACKAY. December 31, 1912 64 Merrymount Road, Quincy.
WARD 2. MR. ARTHUR B. FOSTER ... . . December 31, 1913 18 Bay View, Quincy Point.
WARD 3. MR. JOHN L. MILLER. . . December 31, 1913 211 Franklin Street, South Quincy.
WARD 4. MR. JOSEPH H. McPHERSON .. . December 31, 1914 80 Common Street, West Quincy.
WARD 5. DR. WILLIAM G. CURTIS ...... December 31, 1912 10 Grand View Avenue, Wollaston.
WARD 6. DR. DANIEL A. BRUCE. December 31, 1914 139 East Squantum Street, Atlantic.
Chairman MR. JOHN L. MILLER 211 Franklin Street, South Quincy.
Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools MR. ALBERT LESLIE BARBOUR, 14 Linden Place, Quincy. Office, 8 Washington Street. Office hours: Mondays and Fridays from 8 to 9 A.M., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 P.M.
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Clerk MISS LUCY M. HALLOWELL. Office, 8 Washington Street. Office hours: 8 to 12 A.M., 2 to 5 P.M .; Saturdays, from 8 to 12 M.
Truant Officer MR. CHARLES H. JOHNSON.
Office, 7 Temple Street, Room 3. Office hours for issuing labor certificates: 8 to 10 A.M., 1.30 to 2 P.M., and from 7 to 9 all evenings except Thursday.
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 1912
Books, Supplies and Sundries MESSRS. NEWCOMB, CURTIS, MACKAY.
Text Books MESSRS. HUNTING, BUSHNELL, MACKAY.
Transportation MESSRS. FOSTER, McPHERSON, BRUCE.
Evening Schools
MESSRS. BUSHNELL, MILLER, McPHERSON. Special Subjects MESSRS. BRUCE, MILLER, NEWCOMB. Rules and Regulations MESSRS. CURTIS, MACKAY, McPHERSON.
Teachers THE CHAIRMAN, MESSRS. BUSHNELL, BRUCE
Finance and Salaries THE CHAIRMAN, MESSRS. MACKAY, HUNTING.
For the Different Schools
High MESSRS. MILLER, HUNTING, BUSHNELL Adams MESSRS. NEWCOMB, MILLER, McPHERSON
Atherton Hough MESSRS. FOSTER, MACKAY, HUNTING Coddington MESSRS. HUNTING, MACKAY, NEWCOMB Cranch. MESSRS. NEWCOMB, BUSHNELL, CURTIS
Gridley Bryant MESSRS. FOSTER, MILLER, MCPHERSON
John Hancock MESSRS. MACKAY, BUSHNELL, NEWCOMB
Lincoln. MESSRS. MACKAY, HUNTING, MCPHERSON Massachusetts Fields MESSRS. CURTIS, BRUCE, FOSTER Montclair MESSRS. BRUCE, CURTIS, McPHERSON Quincy MESSRS. BRUCE, CURTIS, NEWCOMB
Washington
MESSRS. BUSHNELL, FOSTER, NEWCOMB
Willard .
MESSRS. McPHERSON, HUNTING, BRUCE
Wollaston MESSRS. CURTIS, MILLER, BRUCE
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Quincy:
The order and prosperity of society, as well as the rights of the individual boy and girl, require that every municipality provide ways and means for the development and improvement of the mind. Quincy has always manifested due appreciation of her duty in this respect by maintaining a creditable system of free public schools. During the year that has closed ample means have been placed at the disposal of the School Committee to enable it, with the exercise of prudence and economy, to perform the important duty entrusted to it by the voters. The Committee herewith submits its Report for the year 1912.
Early in the year, the Wollaston schoolhouse, consisting of twelve rooms and an assembly hall, was completed and turned over to us. The building is entirely satisfactory and the accom- modations will prove ample for some time. Overcrowding at the Massachusetts Fields School suggested to us the wisdom of retaining the old Wollaston schoolhouse for possible temporary use, but the authorities did not take our view of the future necessities of the situation and sold the building.
The Montclair schoolhouse, although not officially ac- cepted, has been taken possession of. It is an eight-room building and its capacity will prove sufficient for the present. The attendance is larger than was anticipated. Some of the seats are too large, and it is recommended that such changes be made as will make them suitable for the various sizes of the pupils.
There was overcrowding at the Quincy and the Massa- chusetts Fields Schools, making it necessary to send children who lived within the districts of these schools and comparatively near them to the Montclair School. There was dissatisfaction expressed by many of the parents over the arrangement thus made and the Committee regretted the inconvenience caused, but they had no practicable alternative.
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A lot has been purchased for the new Adams School and work is progressing satisfactorily in the construction of the building. We have reason to expect it will be turned over to the school department before the end of the coming year. The building is planned to be a duplicate of the Wollaston school- house. It should be here recorded that the site was not of our choosing, nor did we consent to its being so chosen. We favored a less expensive lot in another locality.
Faulty construction was discovered in the new assembly hall of the Quincy School, whereupon the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Chairman, caused the school to be vacated by the pupils for a few days until the building was made safe. We hope to see the hall completed before the end of the school term. The expenditure of the money necessary for its building will be justified, as there is no other hall avail- able in that vicinity for educational or school purposes.
We recommend that the use of the school halls be allowed for educational purposes and social uses conducive to educa- tion, but careful discretion should be exercised, especially when the use of a school hall is desired for private or purely social purposes.
Under the leadership of Superintendent Albert L. Barbour, the schools have continued to do good work. His painstaking efforts are supplemented by those of a loyal and efficient corps of masters and teachers. Larger compensation paid in other places, and other causes, have drawn from us several valuable teachers and Head-Master Howlett of the High School, but the Superintendent has been able to fill the vacancies with persons of approved ability.
There must be further enlargement of the High School building or some other provision made to relieve the congestion which confronts us there. If the Adams Academy building could be secured for the use of certain classes, the question would be thereby postponed for the next two years. We ask the city to give the subject its early attention, to the end that the teach- ing force be not hampered by inadequate accommodations.
A State-aided Industrial School has been conducted with a full attendance. It is serving as a model to educators in other parts of the State where the matter of industrial education is
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being taken up. In investigating the problems of industrial education, the Committee sought the assistance of Mr. H. Ger- rish Smith, Mr. Frank Burgess, Mr. Alexander W. Russell, Mr. Herbert S. Barker, Mr. Samuel H. Couch, Mr. Henry A. Marr and Mr. Frank W. Hibbett, and of Mrs. John D. Mackay, Mrs. Dexter E. Wadsworth, Mrs. W. Ward Whitcher, Mrs. Walter S. Pinkham and Mrs. John W. Walsh, who together with the Chairman and the Superintendent of Schools devoted much time to the subject of both the boys' and the girls' needs, and whose committee reports covered the field very thoroughly. In this annual report the School Committee desires to express its appreciation of the valuable services rendered the city by these men and women. The recommendations embodied in their reports were adopted by the Committee and have proved of great value.
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