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At 4.25 p. m. by vote the polls were closed, the ballot box register indicating two hundred and twenty-nine as the total number of ballots cast and two hundred and :wenty-nine names had been checked on the lists.
The result of the count of ballots for the several officers was as follows:
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Total number of ballots cast was 229 Governor-Eben S. Draper of Hopedale. Rep .. 180: Jolin A. Nichols of Boston, Pro .. 2; Moritz E. Ruther of Hope- dale. Soc. Labor. 4: James H. Vahey of Watertown, Dem., 29; Daniel A. White of Brockton. Soc .. 6; blanks. 8.
Lieutenant Governor-Eugene N. Foss of Boston. Dem .. 34; Louis A. Frothingham of Boston. Rep., 177; George G. Hall of Boston. Soc., 8; Ernest R. Knipe of Hopedale. Pro .. 2 : Lawrence Yates of New Bedford, Soc. Labor, 2; blanks. 6.
Secretary-David T. Clark of Williamstown, Dem., 26: Harriet D'Orsay of Lynn, Soc .. 7 : Henry C. Hess of Boston. Soc. Labor. 3 ; William G. Merrill of Malden. Pro., 7 : Wil- liam M. Olin of Boston. Rep., 174; blanks, 12.
Treasurer-James H. Bryan of Westfield. Dem .. 25: James B. Carr of Chelmsford. Soc., 7 : David Craig of Mil- ford. Soc. Labor. 2: Daniel Parlin of Worcester. Pro .. 5: Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville, Rep., 177: blanks. 13.
Auditor-Alexis Boyle. Jr .. of Southbridge. Dem., 22: Charles A. Chace of Swansea, Pro .. 4: Sylvester J. Mc- Bride of Watertown. Soc., 8; Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem. Soc. Labor. 2: Henry E. Turner of Malden, Rep .. 178: blanks. 15.
Attorney General-Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park, Pro .. 9: John A. Fredrikson of Quincy. Soc. Labor. 2: Dana Malone of Greenfield. Rep .. 177: Harvey N. Shepard of Boston. Dem .. 23; John Weaver Sherman of Boston. Soc .. 6: blanks, 12.
Councillor. Second District-J. Stearns Cushing of Nor- wood. Rep .. 184: Charles W. Guy of Quincy. Dem., 23; Frederick H. Lord of Quincy, Soc .. 8; blanks. 14.
Senator. Second Norfolk District-James M. Lynch of Avon. Dem., 22: Bradley M. Rockwood of Franklin. Rep .. 187 : Blanks. 20.
Representative in General Court. Twelfth Norfolk Dis- trict-Fred P. Chapman of Franklin, Rep .. 192: blanks. 36.
County Commissioner, Norfolk-George F. Maxwell of
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Brookline, Dem., 25; Evan F. Richardson of Millis, Rep., 183; Hiram B. Turpel of Weymouth, Soc., 7; blanks, 14.
County Treasurer, Norfolk County-Henry D. Hum- phrey of Dedham, Rep., 187; A. Hale Kingsley of Quincy, Soc., 13; blanks, 29.
The result of the ballot was recorded and declared and the ballots and sheets and lists sealed up and the meeting adjourned at 6.30 o'clock p. m.
(Signed)
JAMES H. SHANNON, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Town Clerks' Meeting
Doings of Town Clerks of the Twelfth Norfolk Represen- tative District.
FRANKLIN, Mass., Nov. 12, 1909.
A record of the doings of the Town Clerks of Towns of Bellingham, Foxboro, Franklin, Plainville and Wrentham, constituting the Twelfth Norfolk Representative District, at their meeting in the Town House in Franklin in said district on Friday November 12, 1909, being the tenth day follow- ing the day of the Annual State Election, and upon a can- vass of the votes cast in the several towns of said district, did find the total number of ballots cast was sixteen hun- dred and sixty-two, of which Fred P. Chapman of Frank- lin, Republican, received twelve hundred and seventy-four and there were three hundred and eighty-eight blanks, and did ascertain that the foregoing Fred P. Chapman of Frank- lin was duly elected, and made certificate of his election one of which was sent to the Constable of Franklin to be served on the said Fred P. Chapman and one was sent to the Sec- retary of State as the law requires.
Witness our hands at Franklin this twelfth day of Nov- ember, in the year Nineteen Hundred and Nine.
HENRY A. WHITNEY, Torun Clerk of Bellingham.
HOWARD E. NEWTON, Town Clerk of Foxboro. ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk of Franklin. JAMES H. SHANNON, Town Clerk of Plainville. DAVID T. STONE, Town Clerk of Wrentham.
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Tabulation of Vote.
Wrentham Franklin Foxboro Billingham Plainville Totals
Frank P. Chapman 176
508
293
104
193
1274
Blanks
26
156
I26
44
36
388
Totals
202
664
419
148
229
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PLAINVILLE, Mass., Jan. 31, 1910. Respectfully submitted, JAMES H. SHANNON,
Town Clerk.
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Births Recorded in Plainville in 1909
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
February 22.
Raymond O. Bartlett, Jr ..
Raymond O. and Elsie P.
February 27 .
Dorothy Elizabeth White
John E. and Ella M.
March 18.
Blaisdell . .
Caspar T. and Flora
March 21 .
Florence Marie Desautels.
Adelard and Aurora
March1 23.
Jennie Zaino
Antonio and Justina
May 9.
Ruth Helen Stolworthy . .
George and Alice
May 22.
John Alexander Macdonald
Augus and Annie
June 7 . .
Mary Osborn . .
Clarence and Julia
June 17 .
Bird . ..
Arthur and Viola
June 21 .
Agnes Louise Boyle . . .
Thomas J. and Delia
June 28.
Irving Francis Fielding.
Smith and Angelina A.
July 13 ..
Myrtle Irvine Fisher.
Percy and Harriet I.
July 31 ..
Edmund and Sadie M.
August 14.
Edward and Dora
September 19 ..
Victoria Renbach.
Joseph and Sophia
September 21 .
Thelma Evelyn Quirk.
Charles and Laura
September 29.
George Herbert White.
William H. and Martha
November 7 ..
Oscar Miller Schubert.
Otto and Eva Louise
November 10.
Helen Mihowski ..
Tony and Rose
November 10. .
Dana Burton Hatch.
Clarence M. and Bernice E.
November 17 . .
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George Harmstead Curtis.
George E. and Anna E.
December 2 . .
Esther Gertrude Casey ..
John F. and Mabel A.
December 9 . .
Alexander Grzenda ..
Adolph and Annie
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Marriages Recorded in Plainville in 1909
Date
Groom
Bride
May 5 . . .
· Leon W. Briggs
Ellen E. Ware
June 25 . .
· Harry A. Jaegar
Florence E. Hawkins
June 30 .
· Leroy A. Metcalf
Ethel A Barber
July 3.
· Leroy Walter Keyes
Effie Myra Bassett
July 21 ..
. Louis Corbett
Maud Clyburn
July 30·
· William Frederick Luscomb
Licia Mildred Gannett
July 31 . .
· William Bate
Mary Ann Greenwood
August 4.
Archibald Ezra Battersby
Mary Jane Evans
September 14 ..
· Walter E. Angell
Catherine Butler
October 14.
. Henry B. Crook
Alice B. Wilde
November 17.
. Raymond Nicholas Nerney
Ethel Marion Olney
November 19 ..
· Edward A. Gardner
Jennie A. Nash
November 26 ..
· Newell Robert Bartlett
Jornna Serena Thomason
Deeember 25.
· Charles J. Reed
Gertrude A. Nash
December 27 ..
· Edward Grinnell Smith
Elizabeth Jane (Shepard) Gifford
JAMES H. SHANNON, Town Clerk
ANNUAL REPORT.
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Deaths Recorded in Flainville 1909.
Date
Name
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Cause of Death
January 3 . .
Laura Grace Luscomb.
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Tuberculosis
January 22 .
.'Edith Estelle Prew . .
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February 10 ..
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February 14.
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March 6 ..
Ernest Lincoln Walden
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
February 14.
Ellen E. Barnev . . .
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Nepritis
March 24 .
Annie Theresa Kimball .
54
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
March 26
Leonard Ballou Brown.
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Cirrhosis of Liver
March 31 .
Esther French Pond . .
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Cancer
April 10
Edith M. Smith. ..
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Accidental Burns
April 26.
William Leroy Jencks.
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Acute Nephritis
June 9.
Mary Osborn
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July 6.
Luke Kelley
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Paralysis Stillborn
July 24.
Albert Williams Burton
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October 29.
Joseph Crocker Briggs.
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December 30.
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Trustees of the Public Library
The history of the Library during the past year has been about the same as the preceding year except that we are pleased to report a much larger efficiency by reason of the acquisition during the year of works in general literature of good quality and quantity.
An extraordinary demand in this town has been for fiction and works added in that class have been of the best. Addi- tions have been made to the other classes of reading matter even though our records show so small a circulation in works not fiction.
The schools show a growing interest in the Library and we have the same desire to make the Library of increasing value to their needs.
All money granted for the maintenance of the Library is used in purchase of books and equipments, nothing for ser- vice. Nine-tenths of the amount expended during last year was for books. The balance for shelves and other furnish- ings.
The circulation was about the same as the preceding year and though we hoped to have the room opened more often, we have not yet been able to bring that service about though the time when better facilities will be secured is not far dis- tant.
The Library now contains more than sixteen hundred vol- umes. Five hundred and forty-three were purchased during the year and about thirty-five volumes were received from the State.
We are grateful for the support given the Library the past year and expecting to make it of more value during the coming year by additions of technical works relating and of value to our local industry and schools the same liberal sup- port is anticipated.
JOHN W. BLACKWELL, FRED W. NORTHUP, JAMES H. SHANNON, Trustees.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF PLAINVILLE, MASS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1910.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
School Officials
RUFUS KING, Chairman, 1911 GARDNER WARREN, Secretary, 1912 JOHN W. BLACKWELL, 1910 GEO. M. BEMIS, Superintendent E. WRIGHT SARGENT, Truant Officer JAMES R. FOSTER, M. D., School Medical Examiner
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Plainville:
We herewith submit our fifth annual report.
Under the careful supervision of Superintendent Bemis, who was unanimously re-elected at the joint conference of the Towns of Wrentham, Plainville, and Norton, the schools of the town have continued the good work of the previous year.
Regardless of the numerous changes in the teaching force, that conditions are rather satisfactory in our schools may be gathered by the remarks offered by those parents who have taken the trouble, or, who have availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the schools and watch the work as con- ducted by the teachers.
Perhaps a more disturbing and far reaching evidence of advanced methods and results is shown by the readiness of larger towns and cities to take away our teachers after a year's experience in these schools.
A partial remedy for this condition will be found in the recommendation of appropriations for the ensuing year.
The overdraw in the incidental account was niade neces- sary by the grading in front of the Town Hall building. The original intention of expending $100, did not show results at that point and a finished job was the only satisfactory stop- ping place.
The sides can now be graded at less expense.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
For detailed account of school work we refer you to the appended reports of superintendent and supervisors.
We recommend the following amounts for the Public Schools for the ensuing year.
Teachers' wages, care and fuel. $5,600 00
Incidentals 500 00
Books and supplies 500 00
Superintendent
540 00
Respectfully submitted, RUFUS KING, GARDNER WARREN, JOHN W. BLACKWELL, School Committee of Plainville.
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Teachers' wages, care and fuel. $5,200 00
Incidentals 500 00
Books and supplies 450 00
Superintendent
525 00
State School Fund 2,350 83
Dog tax 303 26
Interest on Town School Fund. 29 09
State for High School. 500 00
State for teachers' wages
150 00
- $10,008 18
TEACHERS' WAGES, CARE AND FUEL,.
Appropriated $5,200 00
Teachers' wages from State
150 00
High School support from State. 500 00 Dog tax 303 26
Interest on Town School Fund
29 09
From Town for coal used. 25 00
Transferred from State Fund
1,390 12
$7,597 47
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EXPENDED.
Teachers' wages
$4,887 90
Care
624 00
Fuel
869 57
Transportation
1,216 00
$7,597 47
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriated
$500 00
Received from tickets and charges. . 3 43
$503 43
Expended
629 39
Overdrawn
$125 96
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriated
$450 00
Received from Manual work and
books
34 57
$484 57
Expended
474 91
Unexpended balance
$9 66
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY.
Appropriated $525 00
Expended
532 50
Overdrawn
$7 50
STATE FUND.
On hand $1,073 03
Received from State
1,277 80
$2,350 83
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Transferred to School account. .
1,390 12
Balance in State Fund 960 71
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
William M. Hall $3 93
Mabel Brigham 8 23
L. E. Knott Co.
14 79
Edward Babb Co
71 45
N. J. Magnan Co. 52
Atkinson, Mertzer, & Grover 27 87
A. L. Palmer Co. 18 40
R. King 5 00
J. L. Hammett Co. 52 95
Orville Brown Pub. Co
2 16
C. C. Buchard Co. 2 23
American Book Co. 58 22
Combination Ladder Co 7 50
Ginn & Co. 74 45
Hinds & Noble
II 94
Silver, Burdett Co.
19 86
Houghton Mifflin Co
2 90
Sun Pub. Co
3 50
Grace Knowlton
I 25
Milton Bradley Co
32 13
Geo. W. Howland
I 40
Oliver Ditson
2 82
Remington Typewriter Co 25 00
Allyn & Baker
II 65
Phonographic Inst. Co
2 82
E. C. Barney
6 16
Benjamin H. Sanborn Co I 63
F. W. Kling Co
3 00
D. C. Heath Co
I 15
$474 91
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
J. R. Foster $15 00
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Trowbridge Piano Co 2 50
H. E. Thompson
16 24
Mrs. F. E. Redding 40 00
Colburn Tea Store.
I 15
A. L. Keyes 7 00
E. C. Barney 299 28
Burt Furniture Co.
12 74
C. N. Moore 12 00
E. W. Sargent
IO 25
George W. Greene 14 87
F. H. Gould
12 33
No. Attleboro Chronicle
2 40
Silas Schofield
I 00
George M. Bemis
5 65
Prov. Paper Co.
5 75
F. W. Kling Co
33 05
W. M. Hall
23 26
N. J. Magnan
16 29
A. R. Block
60
T. H. Shepardson
I 00
W. H. Nash
4 75
M. F. Edwards
20 00
Prov. Telephone Co.
I 75
Fitch Dustdown Co
II 20
Plainville Land Co
5 00
John Sullivan
3 25
Masury Young Co
26 00
George Cotton
60
George W. Howland
10 00
J. A. Sharpe
13 98
Adwear Co 50
$629 39
TRUANT OFFICER'S REPORT.
Number of cases reported and investigated .... I4
E WRIGHT SARGENT, Truant Officer.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Superintendent's Report
To the School Committee of Plainville:
GENTLEMEN :- It is my privilege to submit herewith my fourth annual report.
TEACHERS.
Our directory shows the names of only three teachers who were with us a year ago. Mr. Howland was called to Fal- mouth ; Miss Byrne, to Saugus ; Miss Saunders to Braintree ; Mrs. Morey, to Medfield; Mrs. French and Miss Knowlton, to New Bedford. Miss Sutton was married.
In "The World's Work" for February, Mr. William Mc- Andrews says, "The public might treat the teachers better. It tells them in ceremonial addresses that they are perform- ing the highest kind of work known, and it tells them on the pay-rolls that they are doing the cheapest public service known. The happiness of a teacher is like the sweetness of the water supply. There is no other public servant whose state of mind matters very much."
The cost of living is constantly increasing. Girls in of- fices and factories are earning fifteen to eighteen dollars per week the year round. Is it reasonable to expect teachers who have had normal training to be content with ten or eleven dollars for thirty-eight weeks?
The Committee are doing the best they can with the money available but a slight increase in the school appropriation
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would enable us to retain for a longer period those whom we are now losing. Teachers are happy in Plainville; they are' fond of their pupils; they particularly appreciate the loyal treatment which they receive from the people of the town; most of them leave with regret.
Let us be as progressive in this matter as we have been along other lines and we shall have reason to feel proud of our schools.
Our new teachers, Mr. Ward, Miss Cole, Miss Pattison, Miss Smith, Miss Hart and Miss Jewett, have the natural ability, energy and training which should speedily win for them the high place in the regard of the community formerly enjoyed by their predecessors.
CHANGE TO EIGHT GRADE SYSTEM.
By vote of the Committee, the ninth grade will be abol- ished at the close of the spring term. I believe there are good and sufficient reasons for making the change.
Most children who enter school at the age of five are un- able to do satisfactorily the work required in grade I. These should, undoubtedly, be placed in a sub-primary division and take nine years for the elementary course. This can be done under the new plan.
On the other hand, children who begin their school life at the age of six should be ready for the high school at fourteen, and for graduation at eighteen. To spend a longer period is, for the majority, time wasted. Past experience teaches us what becomes of the boy or girl who enters high school at fifteen or sixteen.
Requirements will not be decreased. This means, of course, more intensive work, but intensive work gives men- tal power. While demands will not be such as to impair the health of any child, the indolent and inattentive will find themselves left behind, as they would under the same condi- tions in the business world. Our special teacher will con- tinue to assist those who require individual instruction, and
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will make it possible for many to go on who could not other- wise do so.
Some of the advantages which will come from shortening the elementary course are the following :
I. The high school enrollment will be doubled.
2. More will be likely to complete the high school course.
3. Pupils will be ready for college or business one year earlier.
4. A saving of expense to parents and to the town.
SPEAKING CONTEST.
Many a man owes his political, social or professional ad- vancement to his ability as a public speaker. There are but few born orators. The power to convince and to persuade is usually acquired by hard work and constant practice. Surely every citizen should be able to express his views on public questions clearly and with force.
I feel that every boy and girl who has taken part in the contests inaugurated and carried on by Mr. Maintien has de- rived much benefit therefrom.
The second in the series, held Feb. 26, was even more suc- cessful than that held the previous year, showing that the standard had been raised.
The high school prize was won by Miss Dacia Northup; the upper grammar by Joseph McQuade and the lower by Ida Corbin.
INDUSTRIAL FAIR.
Wishing to have our pupils feel that they could make arti- cles having a market value, we held a sale during the day and evening of the grammar school graduation. The excell- ence of the program given by Miss Ware's pupils (Hia- watha-Dramatized) attracted so many people that our rooms were crowded and much of the work could hardly be seen.
The net proceeds-about thirty dollars-were spent for new materials to be used in the manual training department.
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DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Dynamic teaching requires on the part of pupils as much activity as possible. Ideas and feelings have a new signifi- cance when accompanied with appropriate muscular activity. The young child has little or no self-consciousness. It is a part of his natural order of development to act out or play stories. Reading lessons are dramatized because the author's meaning is thereby made clearer, and the child's oral ex- pression is greatly improved.
With the double purpose of showing parents what we were attempting along this line, and to make a little money for the benefit of the schools, a dramatic entertainment was given January 28 by the pupils of all grades.
We greatly appreciated the generous patronage. The sum of sixty-four dollars was cleared.
PARENTS' MEETING.
To afford parents and teachers an opportunity for a bet- ter acquaintance and also for the exchange of ideas in regard to the various phases of education, a parents' meeting was held during the spring term in the high school assembly- room.
Music was furnished by the Norton high school orchestra under the direction of Miss Bertha Piggott.
Many valuable suggestions were offered, from which we hope to profit. Light refreshments were served.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION.
From time to time children have been requested to bring from home individual drinking cups for their own use. Some have not taken the trouble to do so. Others have been careless about keeping them clean. I believe the most satis- factory and healthful plan would be to do away with cups altogether and to install a bubbling fountain in the lower corridor of both buildings.
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At our parents' meeting a suggestion was made which seems to me worthy of serious consideration. Quite a num- ber of pupils are transported on barges and consequently have to remain away from home the entire day. Would it not be beneficial to the health of these children, if hot choco- late, milk and sandwiches could be furnished at prices that would simply pay the cost of materials and labor ? If the idea should meet with your approval, I believe the small expense of equipment could be easily met.
Our manual training department has been made to in- clude a class in elementary wood-work, under the direction of Miss Smith, our special teacher. A set of folding tables, for the working drawings, has been provided. This course could be made much more interesting and valuable, if a full set of tools were added.
A magic lantern or reflectoscope would be of material . assistance in teaching geography, history, and science and could also be used to advantage for illustrated lectures on Art or other subjects.
Our high school, though small in numbers, is working well. I believe there will be much more enthusiasm when every seat is occupied next fall. A larger percentage should be induced to continue their education after graduation. Special efforts must be made to bring this about. If pupils will let us know their intentions during the first year of the course, we shall be able to prepare them for any college or technical school, provided they are willing to work. Those unwilling to do their part, however, are wasting their own and the teachers' time and would accomplish nothing any- where.
The efficiency of our regular teaching corps, ably assisted by special teacher and Supervisors of Music and Drawing, has enabled us to raise the standard of scholarship and dis- cipline in the grades a little higher each year. The conduct of pupils in the rooms and on the playgrounds is very satis- factory.
We know the children better, and have, I believe, exer-
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cised wiser discrimination in selcting the useful from the useless, and laid greater relative stress upon the power to apply knowledge than upon unrelated facts.
Our average membership and average attendance were higher than last year.
I am grateful to you, Gentlemen of the Committee, for your friendly attitude and untiring efforts in behalf of the schools.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE M. BEMIS.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Report of Principal of High School
Mr. George M. Bemis, Superintendent of Schools:
DEAR SIR :- I herewith tender my report of the High School for the year ending February 1, 1910.
The enrollment has decreased during the year from thirty- five to twenty-seven. Five of these did not return in Sep- tember. Three have left us since the close of the Fall term. Of the present enrollment six are Seniors, seven are Juniors, five are Sophomores, and nine are Freshmen.
During the Fall term eight out of the thirty then enrolled were neither absent, tardy nor dismissed. May we ask for the cordial support of parents and pupils that the record of attendance of each pupil may be as nearly perfect as possi- ble. The teachers believe that a greater interest on the part of parents in the reports which are sent out each month and a prompt return of the same would further the mutual under- standing between parent and teacher and promote the best interests of the school.
The course of study is being carried out in accordance with the plan of last year. The method of marking points and the amount of work required for diploma remains the same. These regulations formulated by Mr. Howland at the beginning of the year are submitted for your approval :
I. No credit is given for part of a course.
2. No pupil is allowed to do four years work in less than that time.
3. A recitation period or its equivalent shall count as a point.
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4. Each pupil must take each year at least twenty and one-fourth points and no pupil shall take more than twenty- seven and one-fourth points.
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