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" The art exhibits of pictures furnished by the Library Art Club have been 5 in number, illustrating the following sub- jects : Siena, English country houses, Orvieto, Helman-Tay- lor, Holland.
" Due notice of the several exhibits has been given in the local paper, and by personal invitation the lovers of art have been fully informed regarding any changes.
" It is a matter of regret that such educational agencies as these are not more fully appreciated and studied by the gen- eral public. There is now on exhibition a choice collection of Dutch views representing art and artists of Holland. This exhibit has been selected with especial reference to the needs of the Randolph Art Club, Dutch art being their study this winter. The views will remain with us from Dec. 22 to Feb. 1, twice the usual time, thus affording the ladies abundant opportunity for study and for holding their meet- ings in the Art Room of the Library, before the pictures give place to the more popular exhibit of ' Yachts and Yacht- racing.' I mention some of these things that you may know how we plan our exchanges, and to show you that our chief desire is to make the library, in its several departments, use- ful and instructive to all.
" The circulation has fallen slightly below that of 1902, attributable chiefly, I apprehend, to the constant employ- ment afforded the laboring classes during the past year.
"It is gratifying to report a large circulation, and as a general rule it is indicative of a desire on the part of the people of the town to improve themselves, and yet we know full well that the efficiency of library work cannot be prop- erly measured by its circulation of books.
" The borrower who comes every evening for a new and thrilling story, is by no means the one who is receiving the greater benefit from the library. Indeed, those who read much less in pages but more in pith, those who read less for
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simple pleasure and more for actual improvement, are the patrons whose course of reading and study can best justify the generous expenditures annually made. 3'
At the close of another year the trustees desire to again place upon record their appreciation of the valuable services rendered by the librarian and the assistant librarian in the care and management of the library.
Respectfully submitted, J. WHITE BELCHER, President of the Board of Trustees. Randolph, Jan. 1, 1904.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF TURNER FREE LIBRARY.
RANDOLPH, Mass., Jan. 1, 1904.
To the Trustees of Turner Free Library :
In compliance with the requirements of the By-Laws, I hereby submit my annual report as Treasurer of Turner Free Library.
Jan. 1, 1904. RECEIPTS.
Income from Turner Fund
$502 00
R. W. Turner legacy
800 00
Rent from Randolph Savings Bank . 300 00
250 00
C. Fred Lyons Ladies' Library Association
15 00
Interest on Town Randolph note
200 00
Town appropriation for insurance
322 20
From Randolph Savings Bank, for fuel
101 38
Fines and collections ·
55 00
Balance January 1, 1903 .
591 26
$3,136 84
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid for books and periodicals
$724 86
binding
116 55
salary of librarian
500 00
salary of assistant
250 00
salary of janitor
125 00
electric light
100 00
printing and supplies
126 39
express
16 60
insurance
277 20
repairs
38 90
fuel .
300 20
rent of safe deposit box
10 00
Balance December 31, 1903
551 14
$3,136 84
The Turner Fund of $10,000 is invested in :
2 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. bonds of $1,000 each. ce
2 Chicago & West Michigan R. R. bonds of 1,000
1 Old Colony R. R. bond of . 1,000
1 Western Telephone & Telegraph Co. bond of 1,000
2 Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western R. R. bonds of 500 3 Union Pacific R. R. bonds of . 500
33 shares of the preferred stock of the Union Pacific R. R. Co. The Royal W. Turner legacy is invested in :
10 Old Colony R. R. bonds of $1,000 each.
10 Wayne County, Michigan, bonds of · . 1,000
The remaining funds of the library are represented by a note of the Town of Randolph for $5000, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. J. CRAWFORD,
Treasurer.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ROYAL T. MANN, CHAIRMAN. REDMOND P. BARRETT, SECRETARY.
REDMOND P. BARRETT
Term expires 1904
JOHN E. McDONALD . .
Term expires 1905
ROYAL T. MANN .
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Term expires 1906
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Trustees of Stetson School Fund.
ROYAL T. MANN, Chairman. FRED M. FRENCH, Secretary.
REDMOND P. BARRETT
Term expires 1904
JOHN E. MCDONALD
Term expires 1905
ROYAL T. MANN .
Term expires 1906
Superintendent of Schools. Dr. JOHN E. BRADLEY.
Office, School Committee Rooms. Tuesday and Thursday, 3 to 4 o'clock P.M. Regular meeting of the School Committee last Friday of the month, 7.30 P.M.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Randolph :
The School Committee hereby make and submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1903. The school buildings are generally in good repair ; some improve- ments in furnishing the schoolrooms have been made during the year. As much was expended for that purpose as our appropriation would warrant.
We desire to call the attention of the voters of the town to the report of the Superintendent of Schools relative to the North Grammar School building, one room of which is entirely inadequate, and is taxed beyond its seating capacity . In view of the fact, it would appear that increased facilities were required ; therefore your Committee would recommend that an addition of one story be added to the westerly end of this building, thereby making one room suitable for this school, without a large expenditure of money, which we think would be ample for many years to come. An article for this purpose will be inserted in the warrant for the annual town meeting.
School census taken September, 1903, shows the number of children between the ages of five and fifteen to be 653, an increase of 14 from the previous year.
The report of the Superintendent of Schools is subjoined, giving a detailed account of the condition and work of the schools for the past year.
A detailed statement of the expenditures in this depart-
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ment for the year ending December 31, 1903, is annexed to this report.
The Committee ask the town to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to meet the expenses of the schools for the year ending December 31, 1904 :
For teaching . . $7,780 00
Care of rooms .
600 00
Fuel
600 00
Books and supplies .
900 00
Miscellaneous, incidental and permanent repairs
800 00
Transportation of pupils .
.
.
80 00
Superintendent of schools . ·
. 600 00
$11,360 00
Less estimate revenue from dog tax, State School Fund and Coddington Fund . ·
$700 00
State, for Superintendent of Schools . 300 00
State, for salary of teachers 200 00
1,200 00
$10,160 00
Also for Stetson High School
. $2,200 00
Respectfully submitted,
ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN E. McDONALD, R. P. BARRETT,
School Committee.
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EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS, 1903.
FOR TEACHING (38 weeks).
Paid Nelson Freeman . $1,000 00
Joseph Belcher
1,000 00
Ellen P. Henry
449 92
Katherine A. Kiley
488 00
Katherine E. Sheridan
418 00
Mary A. Molloy
449 92
Mary E. Wren
399 00
Katherine R. Molloy
380 00
Clara A. Tolman
380 00
Lucie W. Lewis
380 00
Hannah F. Hoye
380 00
Sara C. Belcher
380 00
Fanny A. Campbell
380 00
Emma Stetson
380 00
Ellen E. Mclaughlin
380 00
Katherine Riley
380 00 .
Katherine T. Woodbury
156 00
Margaret L. Powers (4 months)
43 20
$7,824 04
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid John E. Bradley
$600 00
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Paid E. E. Babb & Co. .
$214 43
Silver, Burdett Co.
51 01
Ginn & Co.
209 78
American Book Co.
414 30
Educational Publishing Co.
24 48
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.
7 60
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Paid T. H. Castor Co.
$4 80
J. L. Hammett Co.
95 43
Thompson Brown Co.
11 51
L. E. Knott Appr. Co.
31 29
Chandler Desk Co.
12 30
Forbes Lithograph Co.
18 50
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
5 38
Boston School Supply
4 80
D. C. Heath Co.
3 75
Thorp-Martin Co.
2 50
L. H. Findley
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5 25
Milton Bradley Co.
1 75
G. & C. Merriam Co.
18 80
M. A. Atherton
25 50
C. H. Batchelder
1 88
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
74 00
Remington Typewriter Co.
74 00
Atkinson Mentzer Co.
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14 16
$1,327 30
CARE OF ROOMS.
Paid George M. Johnson
$120 00
John P. Rooney
290 00
Francis B. Thayer
47 08
Eleanor Holbrook
42 00
W. H. Carroll
49 97
Andrews Hayes
7 50
A. W. Alden
.
.
6 00
$562 55
FUEL.
Paid D. B. White
.
$499 00
E. M. Mann .
24 50
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55
Paid M. E. Leahy .
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$62 75
Andrew Hayes ·
·
9 00
$595 25
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
Paid Old Colony Street Railway Co. $60 00
GENERAL EXPENSE.
Paid W. McElwain
$57 65
J. White Belcher, insurance
32 00
Fred M. French, insurance
133 32
Lyons Express
10 00
George F. Taylor
20 59
Francis B. Thayer .
12 60
Continental Brush Co.
40 00
F. W. Hayden
45
E. A. Perry .
55 35
John P. Rooney
82 00
A. W. Alden
9 75
M. E. Leahy .
3 00
F. J. Donohue, truant officer
20 00
Nelson Mann, truant officer
20 00
M. F. Hayden
8 87
C. A. Lyman
17 00
M. W. Baker
26 80
James F. Hurley
13 50
Joseph Belcher
3 03
E. W. Campagna
61 03
D. J. Hand
1 00
Alfred H. Smith
7 15
W. H. Carroll
.
13 00
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Paid James B. McDonald
$124 23
Burditt Williams
.
·
96
J. Frank Libby
36 15
C. E. Lyons
7 70
W. A. Croak
56 55
Dexter T. Clark
5 00
J. E. McDonald
2 00
Taunton Lumber Co.
3 20
R .. E. O'Brien
94 50
C. H. Cole
5 00
W. F. Barrett
20 00
Loring & Howard
7 75
Griffith Jones
9 20
C. Fred Lyons
12 66
Nichols Express
19 08
D. H. Huxford
.
48 84
Eugene Thayer
25 34
$1,126 25
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Teaching .
$7,824 04
Superintendent .
600 00
Books and supplies
1,327 30
Care of rooms ·
562 55
Fuel ·
595 25
Transportation of pupils
60 00
General expenses
1,126 25
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$12,095 39
INCOME FROM FUNDS, TAXES, ETC.
Wards of State, tuition . $123 00
Wards of City of Boston, tuition 41 00
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Massachusetts School Fund
$622 39
State Treasurer, on account of Superintendent of Schools
300 00
State Treasurer, on account teaching
200 00
One year's interest on Coddington Fund 64 00
Dog licenses .
478 84
$1,829 23
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STETSON SCHOOL FUND
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.
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To the Citizens of Randolph :
There has been only a sight change in the investment of this fund since our last annual report. At the commence- ment of the year the trustees purchased a piano for the hall at a cost of $375, which sum was taken from the deposits in the Randolph Savings Bank, thereby decreasing that deposit by that amount.
The fund now stands as follows, the valuation being at par :
10 shares National Bank of Redemption $1,000 00
10 shares Eliot National Bank 1,000 00
4 shares State National Bank 400 00
10 shares Exchange National Bank 1,000 00
10 shares Boylston National Bank
1,000 00
10 shares Old Boston National Bank 1,000 00
10 shares National Shawmut Bank
1,000 00
6 shares Webster National Bank
600 00
7 Northern Pacific and Great Northern 4 per cent bonds 7,000 00
Deposit in the Randolph Savings Bank 1,023 83
1 piano, value 375 00
$15,398 83
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The investment of the Turner Fund has not been changed. The trustees heartily indorse what the Superintendent of Schools has said in his report relative to the accommodations of our High School building, and we feel that the time has come when the town must take action in regard to more comfortable and commodious quarters for this school by some addition to the present building. An article for this pur- pose will be inserted in the warrant for the annual town meeting, and we recommend that the voters of the town take immediate action upon this matter, that the long felt need of our High School may be supplied.
Relative to the work of the High School for the past year, see report of the Superintendent of Schools.
The report of the secretary, Fred M. French, Esq., is hereunto annexed.
Respectfully submitted, ROYAL T. MANN, JOHN E. McDONALD, R. P. BARRETT, Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
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DR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN ACCOUNT WITH
1903.
To balance of old account .
.
$41 96
town appropriation for year
2,200 00
bank dividends, Eliot .
$70 00
Shawmut
60 00
Redemption
60 00
Exchange
60 00
Boylston
50 00
Old Boston
40 00
Webster
30 00
State .
24 00
$394 00
interest on N. P. & G. N. bonds .
280 00
M. M. Alden for radiators .
25 00
Stetson High School, refunded on table
20 00
Randolph Savings Bank, interest
48 98
rent of hall for year
163 00
rent of piano
16 00
bank tax refunded by town
152 18
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$3,341 12
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CR.
THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND.
1903.
By paying F. E. Chapin, salary for year $1,400 00
Alice R. McGann, salary . 173 67
Nellie G. Prescott, salary 26 05
Katherine O. Fletcher, salary 521 04
Katherine F. Garrity, salary
376 31
Arthur W. Alden, care of schoolroom 84 00
Arthur W. Alden, extras .
7 50
Estate of Charles Doughty, lighting and supplies 75 16
Kingsbury Tibbitts, labor and material . 20 95
George F. Taylor, labor
II 51
R. E. O'Brien . .
14 12
Estate of F. Porter, supplies ,
24 10
Daniel B. White, coal
263 00
F. E. Chapin, decorating hall .
3 00
C. W. Smith Co., piano cover and tuning piano .
8 00
Derby Desk Co., for table
45 00
George E. Crafts, musical instructor
75 00
Daniel H. Huxford, printing
46 60
Fred M. French, insurance
52 48
J. B. McDonald, labor and material .
55 OI
Frank F. Smith, charcoal 9 60
J. White Belcher, insurance
17 00
Edwin M. Mann, wood
8 00
H. C. Kendall, filling diplomas
2 00
Trustees and Secretary for services .
20 00
Balance
2 02
- - $3,341 12
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FRED M. FRENCH, Secretary.
RANDOLPH, February 1, 1904.
The undersigned have this day examined the accounts of the Secretary of the Stetson School Fund and find the same correct with proper vouchers for all orders drawn.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE H. EDDY, CHARLES H. THAYER, Selectmen of Randolph.
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RANDOLPH, February 1, 1904.
The undersigned, Selectmen of Randolph, having this day made an examination of the accounts of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund for the year 1903, find them correct.
The investments for the fund are as follows :
National Shawmut Bank, 10 shares . $1,000 00
Eliot National Bank, 10 shares 1,000 00
National Bank of Redemption, 10 shares 1,000 00 · National Exchange Bank, 10 shares . 1,000 00 .
Boylston National Bank, 10 shares . . 1,000 00
Old Boston National Bank, 10 shares .
1,000 00 ·
Webster National Bank, 6 shares . 600 00
State National Bank, 4 shares .
400 00
7 Northern Pacific & Great Northern 4 per cent joint bonds at $1000 7,000 00
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank . .
1,023 83
Piano in Stetson Hall . 375 00
$15,398 83
We also find in the hands of the Secretary a $1,000 bond of the City of Minneapolis, Minn., the investment for the Turner Fund.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN, GEORGE H. EDDY, CHARLES H. THAYER,
Selectmen.
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REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
RANDOLPHI, December 31, 1903. To the School Committee of the Town of Randolph :
Gentlemen,-I have the honor to present to you and through you to the people of Randolph a report of the schools under your charge for the school year ending June 30, 1903 ; also additional statistics and remarks relating to the work of the current year.
The schools opened on Tuesday, September 8, 1902, and closed on Friday, June 26, 1903. Owing to the lack of coal the holiday vacation was extended two weeks; a vacation of one week was also taken in the spring, March 29 - April 5. The schools were therefore in session for the usual period of thirty-eight weeks. Prolonging the school term so late into the summer is in general to be deprecated and fortunately is not likely to become necessary again. The work of the year has been in many particulars excellent. The teachers have been earnest and faithful, and the pupils have to a gratifying degree caught their spirit and evinced a desire and determina- tion to make the most of their school days. The attendance -93.06 per cent - shows a slight improvement over last year and a still larger gain over the previous year, but is still below what we hope it will be. Several rooms have made a marked improvement in this fundamental matter. The amount of tardiness has been much reduced. The health of teachers and pupils has been good, no epidemics have pre-
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vailed, and few pupils have left school to go to work or for other causes. The following summary gives the usual sta- tistics of the year :
STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1903.
Number of school buildings
7
Number of schools keeping separate registers
17
Number of regular teachers
19
Whole number of pupils enrolled
695
Whole number of boys
356
Whole number of girls
339
Average membership
632.89
Average attendance
588.96
Per cent of attendance (based upon average membership) 93.06
Number of pupils under 5 years of age
5
Number of pupils between 5 and 15 .
646
Number of pupils between 7 and 14
463
Number of pupils over 15
.
44
Number of pupils in -
First Grade 92
Seventh Grade 78
Second Grade
77
Eighth Grade . 59
Third Grade 77 Ninth (High School), 46 .
Fourth Grade .
76 Tenth
33
Fifth Grade
64 Eleventh
12
Sixth Grade 71 Twelfth ce .
8
Number of cases of truancy
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13
Number who have not been absent
28
Number who have not been tardy
302
Number who have neither been absent nor tardy, 18
Number of grade promotions . 564 .
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THE STATE APPORTIONMENT.
It has long been the policy of the State of Massachusetts to grant special aid to the smaller towns in the support of their schools. The reasons of this policy relate to the high- est welfare of the whole State and need not be enumerated here. From 1834 to 1891, one-half of the income of the State School Fund was distributed among the various towns and cities of the State on the basis of population ; the other half was distributed, under varying conditions, among the smaller towns on the basis of valuation, the smaller towns receiving the larger sums. Various amendments of the school laws were passed in 1891, 1893, 1896 and 1901 favor- ing the smaller towns. In 1902 the law relating to super- intendency districts went into effect, providing, in addition to the general distribution of school money, for the payment of one-half of the salary of a superintendent of the schools of the district, and giving $500 additional for the benefit of the district. In 1902, by a resolve of the Legislature, a com- mission was appointed by the governor to take into consid- eration the aid given to the towns from the income of the school fund and to determine a method of distributing the amount paid by the State for educational purposes and re- port the results of their investigations to the next Legislature with recommendations for such legislation as they deemed advisable. Their recommendations were enacted into a law by the last Legislature, under which the smaller towns re- ceive a large increase in the amount apportioned to them from the State.
Mention should also be made of the fact that since 1894 large sums have been annually added to the school fund from the general tax levy of the State, thus providing for a steady increase in the income, which is to be distributed among the towns. It is also to be noted that, by a special
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law passed in 1902, provision is made that every child in the State may receive a high school education if he desires it, holding his town liable therefor. This law also provides that towns having less than five hundred families, and main- taining a high school of a certain grade, satisfactory to the State Board of Education, shall receive from the State an- nually the sum of $300. It is doubtful whether any other State has shown so generous a forethought for the welfare of the boys and girls in its smaller towns as is evinced by these legislative enactments.
The distribution of the income of the school fund under the new plan adopted by the last Legislature is made along several different lines. A portion of it, as heretofore, goes for the support of the normal schools and other specific ob- jects. The remainder, $214,000 for the current year, as estimated in this report, is distributed as follows: Each town whose valuation does not exceed $500,000 is to receive $500; each town whose valuation is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 gets $300 ; each town whose valuation is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 gets $150, and each town whose valuation is between $2,000,000 and $2,500,000 gets $75. Every town whose tax rate is $18 or more receives an ad- ditional $75. The remainder of the fund is distributed to all towns whose valuation does not exceed $2,500,000 on the basis of their appropriation for the support of their own schools, in the proportion of one-third, one-fourth, one-fifth and one-sixth, according to the ratio of their school tax to the tax for all purposes.
On this basis, when this law is carried into full effect according to the figures given in this report, the town of Randolph will receive, on valuation, $150 ; on tax rate, $75 ; on ratio of school tax, $597.84, making a total amount to be received from the income of the school fund $822.84. The apportionment for the past year, under the old law, was
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$344.76. The town will also receive, on account of superin- tendent of schools, $500, making a total to be received from the State of $1,322.84. Of the above items the amount re- ceived on the basis of valuation and of tax rate cannot be changed, but a small increase in the proportion of our taxes devoted to education would enable us to receive some $200 more from the State. In this way several neighboring towns will receive $797.84 on their ratios.
The amount which this report shows that Randolph will receive from the State is as follows :
On Valuation
$150 00
Tax rate
75 00
Ratio of school tax to entire tax
597 84
Account of superintendent
300 00
Account of superintendent
200 00
$1,322 84
The law providing for this increased apportionment also requires that a separate account shall be kept of the funds received from the State and that " it shall be expended only for expenses in the maintenance of the public schools author- ized by the School Committee."
THE WORK IN ENGLISH.
The new course of study in English, which went into effect at the beginning of the year, has given good satisfaction and has already yielded good results. The constant effort from the very beginning is to enable the pupil to gain fluency. The little child must be induced to talk, to express his thoughts freely and with ease in conversation with his teacher. Then he must learn to express them in writing. He will make some mistakes and his language will be that of a child; but this need not trouble us if we can only make
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his thoughts and his words flow freely. He will soon out- grow his mistakes ; as his years mature, more attention may be given to his choice of language. Education consists in drawing out, not in repression. Make the pupil familiar with the correct forms of expression, accustomed to use them, and the errors in language will quickly disappear. Later in his course he will learn the reasons why he should use cer- tain forms of expression, but he should be thoroughly habit- uated to the correct forms of speech long before he is mature enough to understand the reasons for them. This means that much work in language and composition should be done in the lower grades. The child is then in his imitative period of development, and rapidly acquires correct modes of expression. Many of the incorrect and coarse forms of expression, which teachers in the grammar grades strive so hard to eradicate, ought never to have become habitual. To a good degree the bad habits of speech might have been prevented by wise and efficient instruction in the earlier years of school life. It was during these years that the bad habits of expression were forming. It is comparatively easy to correct them then; it is difficult after they have become settled habits. It is for this reason that teachers of the primary and intermediate grades are required to give pupils much practice in oral and written language. Ease, fluency and naturalness in expression cannot be too early acquired. It is far better to spend our time in cultivating these than in trying to overcome the faults of expression which will other- wise spring up.
An interesting test of the language work in the schools has recently been made by Dr. J. M. Rice, the editor of the Forum, whose study of American school systems is well known. He selected thirty-two representative school build- ings in nine principal cities of the country and read to the pupils of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades
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in these schools a story which they were asked to reproduce at once in writing. No opportunity was afforded for cor- rections or re-writing. As might have been anticipated, great differences were found to exist, not so much among the in- dividual pupils as among schools. Many thousand papers were carefully examined and marked, and in some cases the averages obtained in the fourth and fifth grade rooms were higher than those obtained in the eighth grade rooms. Heredity, nationality and home environments, which are usu- ally supposed to count for so much in education, proved to have very small effect upon the general result. The principal factor, Dr. Rice says, is the teaching power of the teacher - not of one teacher alone, but of the succession of teachers which pupils have had as they have advanced in their grades.
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