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Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT L. BARBOUR, Superintendent.
STATISTICS
CLASS AND TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY YEARS
Teachers
Seventh Class
Sixth Class
Fifth Class
Fourth Class
Third Class
Junior Class
Senior Class
Postgraduate
Total
Regular
Part Time
Total
Spring of 1894 .
28
15
17
13
7
. .
. .
80
7
7
1894-1895.
41
44
18
17
5
.
. .
125
8
1
9
1895-1896.
9
41
36
10
11
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
1912-1913
82
62
36
25
6
211
9 ·
2
11
1913-1914.
60
69
36
32
4
201
8
2
10
1914-1915.
52
59
49
32
5
197
8
2
10
1915-1916.
72
49
32
47
7
207
8
4
12
1916-1917
65
63
28
34
7
197
8
4
12
1917-1918.
68
46
39
29
2
184
8
4
12
Fall of 1918
. .
.
32
50
31
41
1
155
8
4
12
Average attendance.
. 92.11 per cent
FITTING FOR HIGHER INSTITUTIONS
Fitting for College
Fitting for Normal School
Postgraduates
1
1919.
4
9
1920
6
8
1921
16
14
1922.
8
10
Total
35
41
. .
14
13
17
21
27
92
8
3
11
1899-1900
.
..
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SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY COURSES
· Enrollment September 3, 1918
English
Physical
Training
Physiology
Music
History
Science
Mathematics
Latin
French
German
Commercial
Arithmetic
Bookkeeping
Drawing
Stenography
Typewriting
Commercial
Geography
Sewing
Cooking
Postgraduates
1
.
.
· .
1
1
1
1
. .
*
. .
. .
..
. .
· .
..
. .
1919
41
=
40
. .
5
20
3
1
9
19
5
. ·
7
11
26
26
10
10
10
1920
31
31
30
. .
16
6
10
00
10
21
9
16
7
17
17
2
. .
. .
1921
50
50
50
.
. .
40
16
21
29
28
34
1
Cr
10
9
9
. ·
. ·
. .
1922
33
33
33
24
24
4
16
20
14
4
5
. . ·
.
·
.
. .
. .
· .
Totals.
156
155
153
24
85
47
50
59
62
79
11
9
28
38
49
49
12
10
10
REPORT OF WOODWARD INSTITUTE
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.
. .
10
.
.
· .
...
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COST OF CONDUCTING WOODWARD INSTITUTE SINCE ORGANIZATION
Total Cost
Per Capita Cost
1894-1895
$8,874.00
$70.99
1895-1896.
11,060.00
96.17
1896-1897
10,874.00
101.66
1897-1898
10,349.00
110.09
1898-1899
10,458.00
113.67
1899-1900
10,924.00
128.52
1900-1901
10,947.00
125.54
1901-1902.
12,727.00
105.18
1902-1903
11,877.00
78.56
1903-1904
12,241.00
74.64
1904-1905
12,122.00
75.76
1905-1906
12,359.00
73.56
1906-1907
12,374.00
72.62
1907-1908.
12,625.00
77.93
1908-1909
12,963.00
80.52
1909-1910
13,036.00
76.23
1910-1911
13,168.00
73.95
1911-1912
13,422.00
71.39
1912-1913
13,009.00
61.65
1913-1914
12,991.97
64.66
1914-1915
13,013.27
66.16
1915-1916
13,208.39
68.65
1916-1917
13,617.13
74.68
19.7-1918.
14,409.25
86.46
COURSES OF STUDY
ADOPTED 1919
COLLEGE COURSE
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
English
4
English
4
English
4
English 4
Algebra
5
Geometry
5
Latin
5
Latin
5
Latin
Latin
5
French
5
French 5
Ancient History5
French
5
Music (1)
Music (2)
1
Music (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Music (1)
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Elect one
Elect one
German
5
German
5
ModernHistoryõ
American History and Civics 5
NORMAL COURSE
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
English
4
English 4
English
4
Algebra
5
Geometry
5
Chemistry (5) 4
Ancient History 5
Science (5)
4
ModernHistory5
Music (2)
1
Music (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
Physical Train- ing (2) 1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2) 1
Drawing (2)
1
Music (1)
Drawing (2)
1
Drawing (2)
1
Music (1)
Drawing (2) Elect two
1
Elect one
Elect one
Elect one
Latin
5
Latin
5
Latin
5
Latin 5
Science (4)
3
French
5
French
5
French
5
Review of
Mathematics 5
Industrial Geography 4
Harmony may be taken during the third and fourth years
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English 4 AmericanHistory and Civics 5
1
Review of Mathe- matics 5
Chemistry (5) 4
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GENERAL COURSE
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Required
Required
Required
Required
English
4
English
4
English
4
English Music (1)
4
(Algebra or
5
Music (2)
1
Music (1)
Arithmetic
4
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Physical Train- ing (2)
1
Elect not more than sixteen points
Elect not more than sixteen points
Elect not more than sixteen points
Elect not more than ten points
Drawing (2) 1 Latin 5
1 Drawing (2) Latin 5
Drawing (2) Latin
5
Drawing (2)
1
French
5
French 5
French 5
Latin 5
Science (5)
4
German 5
German
5
Science (4) 3
Geometry
5
Science (5) 4
Review of
Ancient History 5
Bookkeeping 5
Mathematics 5 Industrial
Physiology
4
ModernHistory5
Geography
4
American History and Civics 5
Stenography
5
Typewriting (5)3
Cooking (2) 1
Sewing (8) 4
1
Stenography 5
Typewriting (5)3
Music (2)
1
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NOTES
1. The figure at the right of each study denotes the diploma points allowed for its successful completion. The figure in paren- theses 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.
9. Cooking and sewing will be offered in the fourth year of the General Course, if ten elect the same.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE
The first two years of the course in literature are spent in reading carefully, but without attempting detailed analysis and criticism, 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 literature 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;
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(3) to lay a broad foundation for the subsequent study and appre- ciation 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 lit- erature - 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. Fortnightly themes are required during all four years. These formal compositions are supplemented by frequent classroom ex- ercises in dictation, letter-writing and outlining. During the fourth year, formal argument is studied, together with preparation and practice in debating.
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. Caesar - Commentaries on Gallic War, books I-IV in- clusive.
Sight reading.
Prose composition. Grammar.
III. Cicero - Orations against Catiline, The Manilian Law and Archias.
Sight reading.
Prose composition.
IV. Virgil, Æneid, books I-VI inclusive. Sight reading. Prosody. Prose composition.
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DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
FRENCH
Pronunciation.
Grammar: Conjugation of regular verbs, and a few irregular verbs. Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Syntax.
Memorizing: Prose selections.
Reading: Lectures Faciles, Le Français et Sa Patrie or La 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. Le Gendre de M. Poirier. Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon.
Memorizing: Poetry.
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.
Reading: Moliere's L'Avare.
Corneille's Le Cid. Merimée's Colomba. Balzac's Eugenie Grandet.
Prose Composition: François.
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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.
Im Vaterland, Storm's Immensee.
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.
Wildenbruch's Das Edle Blut. Sight reading from easy texts.
Memorizing: Poetry.
III. Prose Composition.
Grammar: Continuation of difficult points.
Conversation.
Memorizing of German Folk Songs.
Translation: Gerstacker's Irrfahrten.
Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm. Schiller's William Tell. Freytag's Die Journalisten.
Selected books for supplementary reading.
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
I. Introduction to Science - to teach the meaning of science as a whole and to develop a taste for science as a prepa- ration for subsequent work by making it both useful and attractive. This is done by including in the course subjects of common interest like the following: How to read a meter; water supply systems; adulterants and simple methods for their detection; color in foods; headache preparations; removal of stains; the camera and photographic printing.
II. Biology. This is made to include the functions of all living things, both plant and animal, as they relate to man; movement, irritability, nutrition, respiration, excretion and reproduction.
Birds, reptiles and mammalia from the economic stand- point.
Health and disease from the standpoint of private and public hygiene.
Protective medicine and sanitation.
The relations of insects and animals to the spread of disease. Man is the center of the course, and at the close all bio- logical principles studied are applied to the human mechanism.
In the spring a small herbarium is made.
III. Chemistry or Physics.
A class in one subject only will be formed for those electing 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. Plane Geometry,- demonstrations and original work.
III. College reviews.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
FIRST YEAR Commercial Arithmetic. A review of fundamental processes. Short methods and drill in business problems.
THIRD YEAR
Bookkeeping. Double and single entry.
Stenography. Principles of stenography.
Typewriting. Touch method.
FOURTH YEAR
Stenography. Practice in reading and writing shorthand. Typewriting. Transcribing shorthand notes. Copying. Duplicating. Commercial Geography. A study of commercial and industrial conditions, products and countries.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING
I. Physical examination. Prescription and individual work, when necessary.
Class work: Free gymnastics, bar work, rings and clubs. Games: Basket-ball, tennis and outdoor games, when the weather permits.
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Simple dancing steps, including the polka and schot- tische steps. Folk dances.
Physiology twice a week during the year. Practical demon- strations in first aid to the injured.
II. Physical examination and prescription work. Class work: Muscle free work as well as apparatus work, which includes bar, rings, wands, dumb-bells and clubs.
Games: Basket-ball, tennis and outdoor games. Folk dancing and fancy steps.
III. Physical examination and prescription work.
Class work the same as that of the second year, but more advanced.
Games: Basket-ball and tennis.
Advanced folk dancing and fancy steps.
IV. Physical examination and prescription work. Class work: Free work and apparatus work. Games: Basket-ball and tennis. Advanced folk dancing and æsthetic dancing.
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.
(c) Greek history to the death of Alexander.
(d) Roman history from the founding of the city to 800 A.D.
II. Mediaeval and Modern History.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
The aim of the department of music is to cultivate a taste for good music and to prepare the pupils 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 construction 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 in 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 ad- vanced 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.
Study of form, light and shade.
Study of design, applied decoration.
Study of color in waters and in oil.
Modeling and casting.
Mechanical drawing.
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SEWING
The course in sewing is given as an elective only in the senior year. The aim of the course, therefore, is an entirely practical one; namely, to give a good understanding of hand-sewing, machine sewing and the use of commercial patterns.
The following gives an idea of the kind of work taken up during the year:
1. Sewing bag.
(a) Pincushion.
(b) Needlecase.
(c) Emery.
(d) Spool case.
2. Muslin sewing apron with lace and insertion.
3. Cotton chemise or combination.
4. Cotton nightgown or kimono.
5. Woolen dress.
6. Hand-knitted sweater.
7. Hemstitched towel with embroidered initial.
8. Silk shirt waist.
9. White dress skirt.
10. Summer dress.
COOKING
The course in cookery is designed to familiarize pupils with the principles underlying the cookery of foods, and to arouse an interest and afford practice in household duties.
The general plan is as follows:
1. Work on foods.
2. Study of the diet.
3. Marketing.
4. Estimating costs.
5. Table setting.
6. Meal serving.
7. Care of house and house furnishings.
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FOUNDERS' DAY, WOODWARD INSTITUTE
Friday Evening, March 15, 1918, at eight o'clock.
PROGRAM OF MUSIC
CHORUS. "The Snow " Edward Elgar
Obligato for two violins
PIANO SOLO. Impromptu in C Sharp Minor
Reinhold
MISS DOROTHY HALL, '17
VIOLIN. Solo No. 1, in D Leonard
MISS OLIVE CHAPMAN, '20
CHORUS. "When Mother Sleep Comes 'Round " Ambrose
SOPRANO SOLO. Berceuse from " Jocelyn " Godard
With chorus and violin obligato MISS MARIAM MILLER, '12 MISS EMMA WALKER, '10
PIANO SOLO. Polonaise in E Liszt
MISS AMY FALLON, '12
SONGS. (a) " The Patter of the Shoon " Bryceson Treharne
(b) " Mother, My Dear " Bryceson Treharne
(c) " Under the Greenwood Tree " MISS MILLER
Buzzi-Peccia
VIOLIN. (a) Romance in F
(b) " Un Soir a Portici " (Tarantella)
Papini
MISS WALKER
CHORUS. "Stars Brightly Shining " Emil Bronte
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CLASS OF 1918 WOODWARD INSTITUTE, GRADUATION EXERCISES
Wednesday Evening, June 19, at eight o'clock
PROGRAM
MUSIC BY THE SCHOOL
1. THREE NEGRO SPIRITUALS
(Harmonized by H. T. Burleigh)
(a) " Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen "
(b) " My Home is Over Jordan"
(c) " I Want to be Ready "
2. EXCELSIOR M. W. Balfe
ADDRESS. " American Youth and the World Crisis " MRS. LUCIA AMES MEAD
CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS
REV. THOMAS C. RICHARDS Member of the Board of Trustees
CLASS OF 1918
Gertrude Marion Buckley Ellen Frances Kapples
Mary Margaret Callahan
Grace Adeline Laing
Margaret Mary Chrisom Katherine Gertrude Desmond
Rose Harriet MacDonald
Mary Esther Mackenzie Alice Theresa O'Connell
Frances Erica Djerf Tyra Elvira Eastman
Reba Isabel Osgood Doris Platt Peterson
Gertrude Virginia Fitts
Eleanor Elizabeth Frisk Esther Ingegerd Gibson M. Lois Grant
Mildred Agnes Robertson Doris Sampson
Lillian Augusta Schenkelberger
Marion Louise Spear
Ruby Jean Hunter
E. Beatrice Johnson
Agnes Margaret Raleigh
Sibyl Winslow Hobbs
Eula Violet Holmes
Esther Augusta Weeden
Gertrude Teresa Whalen
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CALENDAR FOR 1919
First Term: Monday, December 30, to Friday, February 21.
Second Term: Monday, March 3, to Friday, April 25.
Founder's Day: Friday, March 14.
Third Term: Monday, May 6, to Friday, June 27.
Graduation: Thursday, June 26.
Fourth Term: Wednesday, September 3, to Friday, December 19. Holidays: February 22, April 6, 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, 1918
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PUBLISHED BY THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1918
Chairman HON. JOSEPH L. WHITON, Mayor
Vice-Chairman DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING
HON. JOSEPH L. WHITON.
December 31, 1918
Term Expires 29 Whitney Road, Quincy.
MR. ALFRED O. DIACK. December 31, 1919
47 Independence Avenue, South Quincy DR. NATHANIEL S. HUNTING. December 31, 1919 1136 Hancock Street, Quincy.
MRS. ALICE M. ARNOLD December 31, 1918
57 Spear Street, Quincy.
DR. GEORGE M. SHEAHAN. December 31, 1918
12 School Street, Quincy.
MR. CHARLES W. BAILEY
December 31, 1920
365 Highland Avenue, Wollaston.
DR. DANIEL A. BRUCE
December 31, 1920
139 East Squantum Street, Atlantic.
Secretary of Board and Superintendent of Schools MR. ALBERT LESLIE BARBOUR 14 Linden Place, Quincy
Advisory Committee on Industrial Education for Men
MESSRS. SAMUEL W. WAKEMAN, W. H. BENSON, ALEXANDER W. RUSSELL, HERBERT S. BARKER, CHARLES L. GILLIATT Advisory Committee on Industrial Education for Women
MRS. CARL G. HORST, MRS. ROBERT E. FOY, MRS. GEORGE W. ABELE
Stenographers
MISS MARION NILSEN MISS HELEN M. CANTY
Office: Cliveden Building, 1535 Hancock Street Office hours: 8 to 12 M., 2 to 5 P.M .; Saturdays, 8 to 12 M.
Attendance Officer
MR. CHARLES H. JOHNSON
Office: Cliveden Building, 1535 Hancock Street. Office hours: 8 to 9.30 A.M., and from 1.30 to 2 P.M., 4.30 to 5 P.M .; Saturdays, 8 to 12 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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To the Citizens of Quincy:
It again becomes the agreeable duty of the School Com- mittee of the City of Quincy to comply with a requirement which calls for an annual report, and it submits the following for the year 1918.
It is gratifying to record that Mayor Joseph L. Whiton will continue as Chairman, and the Committee feels confident that he will bring to the work the same intelligent interest that has characterized his work as Chairman during the past two years.
It is felt that the funds intrusted to the Committee have been wisely used and any increased appropriation asked for above that of the previous year while partly due to war conditions was also due to the steadily increasing number of school children for whom to provide.
This increased number of children brings up the perennial question of accommodations for them. The new school at Squan- tum is nearing completion and will solve the problem in that section for the present, and it is understood that the residents in that locality are well pleased with the architecture of the build- ing. The matter of increased accommodations in the Point district is still pending, but will require immediate attention. It seems desirable and is entirely practical to add classrooms to the Webster School, it having been built with that in view. The solution as regards the Washington School presents much greater difficulties, it seeming not advisable to add to the present building, as necessary light would be sacrificed and the present school lot being too small upon which to erect an annex.
The tempting opportunities offered in war work drew away many of our older school children, so that the matter of caring for any increase in the number of pupils in the High School has .been lying dormant. It is, however, now expected and hoped
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that the attendance there will show a marked increase, and this matter should be taken under consideration. Perhaps some change which might seem radical at the time would make for ultimate efficiency and economy. Suggested plans are sectional high schools, the separation of the sexes, an academic and a mechanic arts school, or even something so ambitious as a junior high school.
With the increased demand for industrial training the need is keenly felt for more room and equipment in our Home-Making School and in a greater degree in our boys' Industrial School. It is to be hoped that this important branch of our school work may be developed along broad vocational lines. It should be remembered that apart from their own desirability, special schools relieve the High School.
During the past year the almost kaleidoscopic changes due to war conditions, partly to meet the changing needs of a general nature, but more especially in our teaching force, have placed upon our Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Albert L. Barbour, a greatly increased amount of work and responsibility, as was prophesied in the Committee Report of last year. The prophecy proved equally true that these added demands and new prob- lems would be met efficiently and wisely, and in no degree have the schools or the scholars felt any unfavorable effect of this trying time.
The teachers have also responded unselfishly, and both teachers and children may well feel that through the Junior Red Cross work they have answered loyally the call of their country to service.
Quincy ranks well in the physical care of its school children through its dental clinic, the excellent work done by our school nurses and the general attention paid to physical development by its teachers in that department. But the physical train- ing of our school children might be still further developed with good results, for almost the first of the many facts which the war has demonstrated is that of the fundamental importance of a strong, healthy body, so that every child may have "a sane mind in a sound body."
The year just passed sees the conclusion of the great war,
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and with that conclusion comes a challenge to educators, a chal- lenge to meet the changed conditions and which emphasizes more strongly the need of educational opportunities for all. The first duty of a country is to its children, and to perform that duty thoroughly and wisely it is economy, to put it on no higher grounds. "Where there is no vision, the people perish," and our foremost educators are seeing visions of something more worth while than the old-time curriculum, good though it may have been.
Let us in Quincy have a vision of open-air schools, of special classes for those less well endowed than the majority, of increased vocational opportunities and of classes for illiterates, if the need exists. It may not seem too ambitious to bear in mind that summer sessions must come in time.
The personnel of the Committee has changed during the past year. Dr. George M. Sheahan, an interested and broadly intelligent member, was called to the service of his country. We record with regret the death of Mr. Alfred O. Diack, another member of the Committee. He was a gentleman whose business experience and good judgment made his service of value.
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