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TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
HISTORY AND STORY.
I. Indians,-
I. Reviewed children's previous knowledge.
2. Read and discussed in class, appearance, dress, manners, customs, disposition, etc.
3. Read and memorized short selections from Longfellow's "Hiawatha."
4. Class recited from topics.
II. Mound Builders,-
I. Read and discussed in class.
2. Used pictures brought by children.
III. Northmen,-
I. Read and discussed their coming to America and their manners and customs at home.
2. Teacher read to class Longfellow's "Skeleton in Armor."
IV. Class study and discuss,-
I. Extent of geographical knowledge and of
2. Travel in Europe before discovery of America.
3. Story of Marco Polo.
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4. Helpful inventions.
. A few daring travelers.
V. Columbus,-
I. Several accounts read, some brought in by pupils.
2. Studied under four heads:
a. Boyhood and early manhood.
b. Theory and struggle to get help.
c. Voyages.
d. Later life and death.
3. Class reproduced story orally.
VI. Learned and recited briefly,-
I. Story of the Cabots and England's claim.
2. Story of some of the early Spanish explorations and Spain's claim :
a. Ponce de Leon.
b. Balboa.
c. Ferdinand de Soto.
3. Permanent Spanish settlements :
a. St. Augustine.
b. Santa Fe.
4. England's earliest attempts at settlements :
a. Frobisher.
b. Sir Francis Drake.
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c. Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
d. Sir Walter Raleigh.
5. Permanent English settlements :
a. Jamestown. Where? When? Who? What?
b. Plymouth. Where? When? Who? What?
VII. Story of the Pilgrims,-
I. Teacher told story briefly from Scrooby, England, to first Thanksgiving, Plymouth, Mass.
2. Pupils read and_discussed in class.
3. Pupils told story in class.
4. Pupils wrote story from outline.
The Pilgrim stories were illustrated by small photo- graphs and bound into a "Thanksgiving Booklet," having covers made during the drawing lesson periods.
VIII. Other stories learned and reproduced .-
I. "The Legend of the Trailing Arbutus." Mabel Bragg.
2. "A Legend of the Golden Rod and Aster." Helen Kern.
3. "The Oak Tree's Christmas Dream." Anderson.
4. "A Legend of the Chrysanthemum."
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IX. Dates learned, 1492, 1498, 1565, 1607, 1620.
REPORT OF HISTORY AND STORY WORK IN A PRIMARY ROOM
I. Telling of Stories by Teacher.
II. Retelling of same by child.
III. Dramatizing any story which could be dramatized.
IV. Writing of stories (by Grade III).
V. Committing to memory choice memory gems and poems, so that they may be recited in concert or individually.
STORIES TOLD THIS TERM.
Little Red Riding Hood.
King Midas.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
The First Christmas. The First Christmas Presents.
Christmas in Other Countries.
The First Thanksgiving.
Cinderella.
The Fox and the Grapes.
The Dog and his Shadow.
The Hare and the Tortoise. Leak in the Dike.
The Fox and the Crow.
Mercury and the Woodman.
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The Lion and the Mouse.
Damon and Pythias.
The Boy and the Wolf. The Boy and the River.
The Maid with the Basket of Eggs.
POEMS LEARNED.
The Children's Hour.
H. W. Longfellow.
The Village Blacksmith.
-H. W. Longfellow.
Little Boy Blue.
Eugene Field.
A Good Boy.
R. L. Stevenson.
Miss Mabel C. Bragg of the Lowell State Normal School has gained a wide celebrity by her skill in story telling, and has done much to promote the systematic introduction of story work into the schools of the State. It is now a part of our course in history and of our course in language. We were fortunate in being able to secure Miss Bragg to give an address to the teachers of the three towns in September, in which she gave a delightful stimulus to the work, as well as many valu- able practical suggestions. She urged all teachers to become good story tellers. While they differ in natural gifts, as imag- ination, humor and fluency of speech, they can all learn the best stories and tell them with due adaptation to the age and mental ability of their pupils. Teachers who study stories,
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first, to make a wise selection and, second, to bring out the main points in narration in the most effective way, will find their story telling powers rapidly improving. While the routine teacher who is merely a good drill master grows small and mechanical, she who brightens her work with the variety, animation and good cheer which the children need constantly improves and keeps her heart young.
PUPILS' HEALTH-TEST OF SIGHT AND HEARING.
Reference was made in my last annual report to an effort of the State Board of Education to secure better instruction in physiology and hygiene in the schools with a view especially to improve the health and general physical condition in the home. Such subjects were suggested as temperature in sitting rooms and in sleeping rooms, cleanliness in person and in cooking. athletics, use and abuse of exercie, food and drink, alcohol, care of the teeth, ventilation, the eyes and ears. A portion of these recommendations were embodied into a law by the last Legislature and special provision and requirements were made for carrying them into effect in the schools. The num- ber of diseases for which pupils shall be excluded from school has been increased and special provision has been made for testing annually the sight and hearing of all pupils attending the public schools. Provision is also made for the appoint- ment of one or more school physicians, but no expense for this purpose may be incurred until an appropriation has been made for it at a town meeting. Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this law are as follows :
Section 5. The school committee of every city and town shall cause every child in the public schools to be separately and carefully tested and examined at least once in every school
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year to ascertain whether he is suffering from defective sight or hearing or from any other disability or defect tending to prevent his receiving the full benefit of his school work, or requiring a modification of the school work in order to prevent injury to the child or to secure the best educational results. The tests of sight and hearing shall be made by teach- ers. The committee shall cause notice of any defect or dis- ability requiring treatment to be sent to the parent or guardian of the child; and shall require a physical record of each child to be kept in such form as the State Board of Edu- cation shall prescribe.
Section 6. The state board of health shall prescribe the di- rections for the test of sight and hearing and the state board of education shall, after consultation with the state board of health, prescribe and furnish to school committees suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books and other useful appliances for carrying out the purposes of this act, and shall provide for pupils in the normal schools instruction and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of children. The state board of education may expend dur- ing the year nineteen hundred and six a sum not greater than fifteen hundred dollars. and annually thereafter a sum not greater than five hundred dollars for the purpose of supply- ing the material required by this act.
Section 7. The expense which a city or town may incur by virtue of the authority herein vested in the school committee or board of health, as the case may be, shall not exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose in cities by the city council and in towns by the town meeting. The appropriation shall precede any expenditure or any indebtedness which may be incurred under this act, and the sum appropriated shall be deemed a sufficient approprioation in the municipality where it is made. Such appropriation need not specify to what sec-
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tion of the act it shall apply, and may be voted as a total ap- propriation to be applied in carrying out the purposes of the act.
The following instructions have been sent out by the Sec- retary of the State Board of Education with reference to car- rying these provisions of law into effect.
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
State House, October 1, 1906.
To School Committees and Superintendents :
In accordance with Chapter 502 of the Acts of 1906, the State Board of Health has prepared directions for testing the vision and hearing of the pupils in the public schools.
The State Board of Education, in compliance with the same law, will send to the superintendent of schools of each city and town a sufficient number of printed copies of these direc- tions to supply one to each teacher.
The tests must be made by the class teachers or by the prin- cipal of the school under the general direction of the superin- tendent, and should be made this year, as soon after re- ceiving the material as possible.
Test cards of two kinds are furnished as called for by di- rections. These cards will be sent in sufficient number to fur- nish one set to each building and an additional number to be distributed among the larger buildings according to the judg- ment of the superintendent.
In accordance with the suggestions of the State Board of Health, envelopes for these cards will be sent in equal num-
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bers, and the cards should be kept in these when not in use.
Besides the test cards three blank forms will be sent as fol- lows :
I. A sheet for recording the names of the children ex- amined, with the results of the tests.
2. A form of notice to parent or guardian required by law to be sent in case of defective sight or hearing.
3. A form of report of the annual examination by the teacher or principal to the superintendent.
A number of each of the blanks will be sent equal to the number of schools reported in the town or city. Additional material will be furnished on application to this office.
The State Board of Education will in the next annual school returns ask for a report on the following questions :
I. Have the eye and ear tests required by Chapter 502, Acts of 1906, been made ?
2. Whole number of pupils examined.
3. Whole number of pupils found defective.
(a) Eyes. (b) Ears.
4. Number of parents or guardians notified.
Great care should be taken to have these tests made as promptly and as accurately as possible in order that children suffering from defective sight or hearing may be discovered
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and measures for relief taken without delay. This is the aim of the law.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE H. MARTIN,
Secretary.
In accordance with these requirements, the sight and hear- ing of all pupils have been tested. These specific directions of the State Board have left very little discretion to teachers and they have undoubtedly applied the tests with good judg- ment. Some report a larger per cent of cases than others, partly because the power of visual accommodation is so strong in childhood that slight disability is not discovered ; partly be- cause the eyesight is often injured during childhood and youth by reading and studying in poor light or other un- favorable conditions.
The following are the results obtained by these tests of pupils' sight and hearing :
Number of pupils examined,
678
Number found defective, sight,
83
Number found defective, hearing, 30
Number of parents notified, 90
The last meeting of the New England Superintendents' Association was devoted almost entirely to a consideration of backward and troublesome children in our schools. It was argued with great confidence and unanimity that much of the inattention and dullness of pupils spring from defective sight or hearing or other physical disability. In many cases the needed remedy has been found to be a pair of spectacles and in many other cases the long continued strain of the eyes, or the imperfect hearing, has produced nervous conditions and other mental and physical disorders. In some of the school
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rooms of New York 67 per cent of the pupils have been found to be suffering to a greater or less degree from some physical disability, mostly of sight or hearing. Fortunately, we live under more favorable conditions; but a limited per cent of our pupils show any physical defects. It is important, how- ever, that defects of sight and hearing should be remedied, if possible, without delay.
ATTENDANCE.
The importance of regular attendance has been dwelt upon in previous reports. Most rooms show a steady gain in this particular from year to year. One of the evidences of a teach- er's interest and efficiency is found in the constant attendance of her pupils. Of course this depends somewhat upon the age of the pupils and will be affected by bad weather and preva- lent sickness. But there are other causes of absence which are more serious, especially the indifference of parents, neglect to send their children to school and the disinclination and lack of interest of the pupils. It is one of the most responsible and most delicate duties of the teacher to overcome these obstacles to good attendace-to make pupils enjoy their school work and to enlist the home influences in behalf of regular attend- ance and earnest work. Perhaps the subject has been suffici- ently emphasized in former reports, but the following figures giving the number of pupils neither absent nor tardy during the fall term-September to December-in each year are gratifying and will be of interest to friends of the schools. Pupils neither absent nor tardy during the fall term:
Term ending December 20, 1901. 71
Term ending December 19, 1902, 88
Term ending December 18, 1903, I39
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Term ending December 23, 1904 147
Term ending December 22. 1905, 180
Term ending December 21, 1906, 18I
CONCLUSION.
Attention is called to the tables of statistics ; also to the re- ports of the Principal of the Stetson High School, the Super- visor of Drawing and the Truant Officers, which are annexed.
In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation of the loyalty and co-operation of the teachers, and the confidence reposed in me by the committee.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. BRADLEY,
Superintendent.
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APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE
Superintendent of Schools
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SCHOOL STATISTICS. FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING SEPTEMBER II, 1905, AND ENDING JUNE 28, 1906.
.
TEACHERS
SCHOOL
GRADE
Number
Enrolled
Average
Average
Attendance
*Per cent. of
Pupils neither
absent nor
tardy.
Grade
Promotions
F. E. Chapin
Stetson High .
92
87.13
83.00
95.30
7
77
Katherine O. Fletcher
Stetson High .
·
·
8
34
30.85
30.18 45.80
97.80 96.60
8
37
Mary A. Molloy -
Prescott
6
46
46.00
44.30
96.00
2
44
Hannah F. Hoye
Prescott
5
39
35.00
34.00
96.00
5
35
Mary E. Wren
Prescott
4
50
46.90
45.08
96.00
8
38
Ellen E. Mclaughlin
Prescott
3
48
41.10
38.40
93.50
O
37
Fannie A. Campbell
Prescott
2
46
42.50
40.80
95.00
I
39
Kittie R. Molloy .
Prescott
I
51
44.00
42.00
95.00
O
31
Joseph Belcher
·
North Grammar .
7 and 8
50
47.80
45.60
96.00
5
46
Ellen P. Henry
North Grammar .
5 and 6
51
44.00
40.00
91.00
1
42
Sarah C. Belcher
.
.
North Grammar .
3 and 4
50
43.00
39.00
91.00
O
43
Clara A. Tolman .
North Grammar .
I and 2
38
31.00
28.00
93.00
O
29
Hannah F. Hoye
Tower Hill
4, 5 and 6
1 7
15.30
14.36
93.85
4
1 5
Fannie M. Devine
Katherine J. Riley
Tower Hill
1, 2 and 3
26
19.37
18.00
92.90
I
18
Lucie W. Lewis
.
·
West Corner
1-3
34
26.00
23.00
90.00
I
26
·
·
Bertha M. Munster
Katherine F. Garrity
Stetson High .
3
27
Katherine A. Kiley
Prescott
7
54
47.10
·
.
.
REPORT.
*Per cent. of attendance is based on average membership.
SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL
Nelson Freeman
.
Prescott
.
·
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
·
Membership
Attendance
.
Katherine A. Sheridan
SCHOOL STATISTICS .- SEPTEMBER IO TO DECEMBER 21, 1906.
TEACHERS
SCHOOL
GRADE
Number
Enrolled
Membership Average
Average
Attendance
*Per cent. of
Attendance
Pupils neither
absent nor
tardy
F. E. Chapin
Stetsor High .
·
90
89.40
86.30
96.50
22
Bertha M. Munster
Stetson High .
.
·
Katherine F. Garrity
Stetson High .
.
8
39
35.54
35.16
98.91
23
Katherine A. Kiley
Prescott
7
49
47.20
46.50
98.50
19
Hannah F. Hoye .
Prescott ·
6
39
38.10
37.30
97.90
I5
Prescott .
5
44
41.00
40.00
97.00
I 2
Prescott .
4
50
47.60
46.27
97.00
II
Ellen E. McLaughlin Fannie A. Campbell
Prescott .
3
51
48.40
46.40
95.90
9
.
.
.
2
4I
38.00
37.00
97.00
13
Kittie R. Molloy
·
·
.
I
5I
47.90
46.00
96.00
I3
Joseph Belcher
North Grammar
7 and 8
60
58.00
56.00
96.60
20
Ellen P. Henry
North Grammar
6
31
30.00
28.00
93.00
6
Sarah C. Belcher .
·
·
37
35.00
34.00
97.00
7
Fannie M. Devine
North Grammar
·
44
39.75
37.19
93.00
3
Clara A. Tolman .
North Grammar
I and 2
35
32.00
29.00
90.60
I
Katherine J. Riley
Tower Hill .
I-4
24
21.70
20.58
94.80
I
Lucie W. Lewis
·
West Corner
1-3
33
30.00
31.00
93.90
0
*Per cent. of attendance is based upon average membership.
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96
·
Prescott .
·
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
North Grammar
5 3 and 4
.
·
.
.
Nelson Freeman
·
Katherine E. Sheridan . Mary E. Wren
.
·
·
·
Prescott .
Prescott .
SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.
Roll of Honor.
The following are names of pupils who were neither absent nor tardy during the school year, 1905-1906:
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Norman E. Jones Lester L. Payne Clara G. Perry
Nora M. O'Niel Marshall F. Robbins Roger B. Willard
John R. Willard
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Eighth Grade.
Patrick Gill
Charles Hand
Michael O'Niel
Seventh Grade.
Ralph Boyd George Hollis Mary Leahy Elizabeth O'Niel
Dorothy Piper Elizabeth Sheehan Charles Spence Herbert Towns
Sixth Grade.
Anna Morgan
Mary Rooney
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Fifth Grade
Kathleen Donovan Leo Kelliher
Mary O'Niel Agnes O'Niel
Anna Lyons
Fourth Grade.
William Leahy Peter Collins Malcolm McNiel Timothy O'Niel
Mary Dauto Amy Whalin
Mary Margan Annie Madigan
Second Grade Earle Crowd
NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
Elizabeth Holden Mary Mahan
Alice Hayden Gladys Porter
Corinne Tileston
Fifth and Sixth Grades. Edith Mahan
TOWER HILL SCHOOL.
Intermediate Grades.
Florence Webster Edward Fahey
William Carroll John Carroll
Primary Grades.
Anna Carroll
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WEST CORNERS SCHOOL. Seth Mann
Not absent nor tardy during two terms :
Norman Jones
John R. Willard
Roger B. Willard
Mary Deuch
Geraldine Kennedy
Alice McCarthy
Blanche Meaney
Marion Meaney
Michael O'Niel
Jesse Beal
Esther Farrell
Hereford Kenyon
Irwin Smith
Ralph Boyd
George Hollis
Mary Leahy
Elizabeth O'Niel
Leo Dench
Joseph Murphy
Joseph Rudderham
Agnes Kane
Mary Rooney
Roy Robbins
Lewis Page
Rosomond Hagney
Anna Lyons
Mary O'Niel Mary Hagney
Henry Mullins
Lester Payne Clara Perry Nora O'Niel Marshall Robbins William McAuliffe Clifton Stetson Patrick Gill
Charles Hand
Mary Brady Alice Dowd Katherine Foley Mary Linnehan Joseph Mahoney Dorothy Piper Elizabeth Sheehan Charles Spence Herbert Towns Gertrude Bowen Alice Mulligan Anna De Costa Leo Sullivan Anna Morgan Earle Crockett Mary Tierney Francis Woodman Leo Kelliher Kathleen Donovan Agnes O'Niel Evelyn Curtis
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Grace Foley George Dolan Marshall Leavitt Mary Danto
Amy Whalin
Timothy O'Niel
Elizabeth Luddington Dorothy Brennan
Alice Keith Alberta Wales
Katharine Ferguson
Arthur Shepard William Conlon Alice Desmond Marion Leavitt
Henry Morgan
Inez Abbott Elizabeth Holden
Mary Mahan
Corrinne Tileston
Milton French
Grace Bustard
Mary McLeer
Almina White
Edith Mahan Lillian Converse Alphonsius McCarthy Frederick Dee
Edward Fahey John Carroll Anna Carroll Seth Mann
Ester Sullivan Blanche Farrell Martin Young William Leahy Peter Collins Malcolm McNiel Mary Morgan Annie Madigan Mary Hagney Helen Brady Grace Scannell Frank Desmond Arthur McCue Arthur Curtis Leon Hogan James Donovan Richard Walsh Hattie Neary Alice Hayden Gladys Porter Granville Wright Walter Coddens Evelyn Mahan Mabel Scott Edith Wright Alice Connell Elizabeth Larsen Anna Larsen Florence Webster William Carroll Elinor Smith Martha Smith
Edith Mann
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The following were neither absent nor tardy during the fall term of the present year, September to December, inclusive :
STETSON HIGH SCHOOL.
Winthrop Atherton
Elizabeth DeNeil
Ray Hayden
Emma Kelly
Herford Kenyon
John Mahoney
Marion Meaney
Michael O'Neil
Nora O'Neil
Ruth Rudderham
Almira White
James Cahill Alice Dowd Norman Jones Robert Kelliher Mary Mahan Winifred McCabe Mary Murphy Charlotte Robbins Marshall Robbins Mabel Scott John R. Willard
PRESCOTT SCHOOL.
Eighth Grade.
Ralph Boyd Anna DeCosta
Annie Desmond Walter Farrell
Edmund Flaherty
Florence Foster
Gertrude Henneberry George Hollis Anna Kane Agnes Kane Josephine Kehoe
William Kiley Mary Leahy Blanche Marcille Joseph Murphy Elizabeth O'Neil Dorothy Piper Florence Roddan Elizabeth Sheehan Leo Sullivan Charles Spence Herbert Towns
Thomas Kennedy
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Seventh Grade.
William Brennan Hazel Champion
Terence Dargan
Thomas Desmond
Sara Johnson Abbie Lyons
Anna Morgan Alice Shepard Marie Sullivan
Madeline Dillon Edward Fahey Margaret Gill
Rosamond Hagney Ella Heney Henry Kiley Hugh McCabe Joseph Rudderham Mary Spence
Mary Tierney
- Sixth Grade.
Evelyn Curtis James Condon Mary Desmond
Kathleen Donovan Edward Foley Mary Hagney Marshall Leavitt
Mary Long Annie Lyons Mary O'Neil Agnes O'Neil Albert Powderly Bernard Scannell Ester Sullivan
Blanche Farrell
Fifth Grade.
Frank Desmond Elmer French Elizabeth Luddington Aloysius Murphy Annie Madigan Lillian McAuliffe
Mary Morgan Gertrude Sullivan Edith Simmons Joseph Roy James Tierney Amy Whalen
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Fourth Grade
Dwight Boyd James Dowd Henry Dillon David Good Barbara Hoye
Harold Jones William Lonergan Timothy O'Neil Edward O'Brien Hazel Trombly
Marjorie Sullivan
Third Grade.
Arthur Brennan Walter Carney James Donovan Henry Morgan
Viola Wood John O'Brien John Purcell Russell Towns
Marion Leavitt
Second Grade.
William Condon Walter Good Harold Kane
Theodore Luddington Frederick Mahony Frank Mahony
Louis Mulligan Francis Mullaney Anna Brady Celia Devine Mabel Foster Anna Leahy
Mary O'Leary
First Grade.
Leonora Bump Agnes Brittan Grace Donovan Elizabeth Good May Griffin Katharine Madigan
Aurora Nelson Lillian Purcell Kenneth Hutchinson John McCarty Charles Marcille George Trombly
Richard Walsh
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NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
Walter Coddens
Charles Devine
Milton French
Charles Smith
Granville Wright
Mahlon Wood
Alberta Bustard Alice Hayden
Marion Hinckley
Elizabeth Larsen Jennie Mann Mary Meaney Gladys Porter - Gertrude Niles Catherine Williams Edith Wright Edna Rhodes Mary Barry
Sixth Grade.
Lillian Converse Edith Mahan Elinor Smith
Sumner Eddy Henry Pinkerton Arthur Lyons
Fifth Grade.
Bessie Hall Daisy McLear Mary Meaney
Marion Truelson Lena Wrisley Herman McGrath
Jennie Prebble
Third and Fourth Grades.
John Bustard
Hazel Hewins Rose Meaney
First and Second Grades. Carl Bustard
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TOWER HILL SCHOOL.
Martha Smith
SPECIAL ROLL OF HONOR.
The following have neither been absent nor tardy for four years :
Lester Payne
Roger Willard
Edward Morgan
The following have neither been absent nor tardy for three years :
Lester Payne Roger Willard
John R. Willard Gladys Porter
Corinne Tileston
Florence Webster
The following have neither been absent nor tardy for two years :
Lester Payne
Roger Willard
Florence Webster
Norman Jones
Clara G. Perry
George Hollis
John R. Willard Gladys Porter Corinne Tileston Nora O'Neil Charles Spence Ralph Boyd
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Report of the Principal of Stetson High School.
John E. Bradlev. Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir :- Conditions in Stetson High School remain prac- tically as they were one year ago; more room for recitation purposes is needed. equipment in physics is almost wholly lacking. and an additional teacher could be employed to ad- vantage. These needs and others have been discussed in for- mer reports; so fully, in fact. have they been set forth, that there is no necessity for referring to them again in detail.
Taking it for granted that many parents read the report of the principal of the high school, it would seem to be in order to urge upon the authorities at home a greater care in regard to attendance. The business of the store or the fac- tory cannot go on unless the employees are present regularly ; no more can the business of the school be carried out with suc- cess, if there be a large amount of tardiness and absence. In securing good attendance on the part of a pupil, the responsi- bility is divided between parent and teacher; it is plainly the duty of the teacher to encourage pupils to attend with reg- ularity, but it is the parent who determines the attendance or non-attendance of the pupil from day to day. This is especial- ly true of high school pupils who in most cases are not under
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any legal compulsion to continue in school. Many parents yield too readily to requests to remain at home, or to get ex- cused from a portion of the school session. Suppose we cite a few instances of the many which illustrate this evil of irreg- ularity of attendance.
A pupil has a friend who falls dangerously sick; the pupil becomes so wrought up over the case that school duties must be put aside for sev- eral days. The teacher is inclined to regard the resulting absence with leniency, but his confi- dence is somewhat shaken when he learns that during this period of sympathetic mental stress the pupil has attended several social functions which were prolonged far into the night.
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